Primary and middle schools

This innovative series is designed to help primary teachers plan focused sessions on the work of popular, well-loved and valued authors, both classic and contemporary.

This book draws on new research exploring the practical experiences of schools and teachers who have used different kinds of grouping.

This book draws on new research exploring the practical experiences of schools and teachers who have used different kinds of grouping.

In Visible Learning: Lesson Planning, John Hattie and Klaus Zierer make explicit how to implement the world-famous Visible Learning(R) research into the bedrock of teaching and preparation - lesson planning.

Researchers in education are interested in the study of learners, teachers, professional support staff, parents and other participants in schools and other educational institutions.

Researchers in education are interested in the study of learners, teachers, professional support staff, parents and other participants in schools and other educational institutions.

Using many examples drawn from classroom practice, this guide supports and aims to extend the student teacher's own subject knowledge and understanding of science in the context of the primary classroom.

Using many examples drawn from classroom practice, this guide supports and aims to extend the student teacher's own subject knowledge and understanding of science in the context of the primary classroom.

Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity.

Throughout the developed world there is an increasing prevalence of childhood obesity.

First Published in 2001.

First Published in 2001.

This text explores the practical implications of a research focus for each area of the primary curriculum, including RE, drama and ICT, along with the special needs and promoting positive behaviour.

This text explores the practical implications of a research focus for each area of the primary curriculum, including RE, drama and ICT, along with the special needs and promoting positive behaviour.

First Published in 1999.

First Published in 1999.

Science is rightly a fundamental part of primary school education, but that doesnt make it easy to teach - especially for teachers without a science background.

Science is rightly a fundamental part of primary school education, but that doesnt make it easy to teach - especially for teachers without a science background.

An annual audit by staff and governors strengthens the school development planning process.

An annual audit by staff and governors strengthens the school development planning process.

This work shows how primary schools can cost-effectively enable children from damaging backgrounds to have real access to a full curriculum through nuture groups.

This work shows how primary schools can cost-effectively enable children from damaging backgrounds to have real access to a full curriculum through nuture groups.

First Published in 1999.

First Published in 1999.

Creative Approaches to Physical Education provides guidance on how to develop innovative new approaches to the delivery of each area of the National Curriculum for PE at Key Stages 2 and 3.

Creative Approaches to Physical Education provides guidance on how to develop innovative new approaches to the delivery of each area of the National Curriculum for PE at Key Stages 2 and 3.

Imagine having a years worth of lesson plans at your fingertipsa PHSE and Citizenship in Circle Time is an invaluable resource for teachers and classroom assistants.

Imagine having a years worth of lesson plans at your fingertipsa PHSE and Citizenship in Circle Time is an invaluable resource for teachers and classroom assistants.

The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan.

The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan.

Today's classroom welcomes diversity, where many levels, speeds and styles of learning coexist.

Today's classroom welcomes diversity, where many levels, speeds and styles of learning coexist.

Ken and Yetta Goodman's professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands.

Ken and Yetta Goodman's professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands.

Young at Art is a practical guide to playbuilding for teachers working with students at an upper primary and secondary level.

Talk is the medium through which children learn; and yet children may not realise why their contributions to classroom talk are so important.

Talk is the medium through which children learn; and yet children may not realise why their contributions to classroom talk are so important.

Young at Art is a practical guide to playbuilding for teachers working with students at an upper primary and secondary level.

Here is a typical classroom scenario: out of the thirty children, two-thirds speak a different language at home and only speak English at school.

Here is a typical classroom scenario: out of the thirty children, two-thirds speak a different language at home and only speak English at school.

Creative Learning in the Primary School uses ethnographic research to consider the main features of creative teaching and learning within the context of contemporary policy reforms.

Creative Learning in the Primary School uses ethnographic research to consider the main features of creative teaching and learning within the context of contemporary policy reforms.

Jumpstart!

Jumpstart!

A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills.

A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills.

Enthralling readers with books like The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson is an enduring force in the world of fiction.

Enthralling readers with books like The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson is an enduring force in the world of fiction.

In Environmental Learning for Classroom and Assembly at KS1 & KS2, the highly successful and popular author Mal Leicester teams up with the conservationist Denise Taylor to teach children about wildlife and environmental conservation through the art of storytelling.

In Environmental Learning for Classroom and Assembly at KS1 & KS2, the highly successful and popular author Mal Leicester teams up with the conservationist Denise Taylor to teach children about wildlife and environmental conservation through the art of storytelling.