Primary and middle schools

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

Teachers in English schools have now had ten years of prescriptive national literacy strategies and it is time for a new approach.

Teachers in English schools have now had ten years of prescriptive national literacy strategies and it is time for a new approach.

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.

This essential and ground-breaking resource for all practising and aspiring teaching assistants brings together all the crucial information necessary to support the full diversity of learners, from Early Years to Key Stage 4 in one comprehensive volume.

This essential and ground-breaking resource for all practising and aspiring teaching assistants brings together all the crucial information necessary to support the full diversity of learners, from Early Years to Key Stage 4 in one comprehensive volume.

Classroom questions have traditionally focussed on testing the recall, understanding and application of content and methods.

Classroom questions have traditionally focussed on testing the recall, understanding and application of content and methods.

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.

Improving Classroom Learning with ICT examines the ways in which ICT can be used in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning in different settings and across different subjects.

Improving Classroom Learning with ICT examines the ways in which ICT can be used in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning in different settings and across different subjects.

Can you recognize and tell the difference between gifted and talented children?

Can you recognize and tell the difference between gifted and talented children?

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.

Primary Teaching Today takes the reader 'behind the scenes' and alerts them to the fundamental attitudes and practices that every new primary teacher must acquire to make a success of their work and, crucially, to get maximum enjoyment while doing so.

Primary Teaching Today takes the reader 'behind the scenes' and alerts them to the fundamental attitudes and practices that every new primary teacher must acquire to make a success of their work and, crucially, to get maximum enjoyment while doing so.

This book describes a system of successful classroom behaviour management techniques developed by the author over more than twenty-five years.

This book describes a system of successful classroom behaviour management techniques developed by the author over more than twenty-five years.

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.

The aim of this pocket guide is to provide an at-a-glance overview and insight into Every Child Matters for busy trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers, working with pupils in a range of educational settings, who want a quick point of reference in order to know how: the concept, aims and principles of Every Child Matters influences their practice to develop a shared vision and ethos for Every Child Matters Every Child Matters policy informs practice to develop effective teamwork and collaborative partnership working to embed Every Child Matters outcomes in personalised learning to monitor and evaluate the impact of Every Child Matters at classroom level.

The aim of this pocket guide is to provide an at-a-glance overview and insight into Every Child Matters for busy trainee, newly qualified and experienced teachers, working with pupils in a range of educational settings, who want a quick point of reference in order to know how: the concept, aims and principles of Every Child Matters influences their practice to develop a shared vision and ethos for Every Child Matters Every Child Matters policy informs practice to develop effective teamwork and collaborative partnership working to embed Every Child Matters outcomes in personalised learning to monitor and evaluate the impact of Every Child Matters at classroom level.

Ali and Sam are best friends.

Ali and Sam are best friends.

Jumpstart!

Jumpstart!

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

How do children and young people experience and understand sport and physical activity?

How do children and young people experience and understand sport and physical activity?

What is physical literacy?

What is physical literacy?

First Published in 2005.

Written for practicing and trainee English and Drama specialists, this text clarifies what constitutes useful knowledge about spoken English and how pupils aged 11-16 can develop their skills in speaking and listening through the use of drama.

Written for practicing and trainee English and Drama specialists, this text clarifies what constitutes useful knowledge about spoken English and how pupils aged 11-16 can develop their skills in speaking and listening through the use of drama.

With contributions from leading international researchers, Contemporary Perspectives on Reading and Spelling offers a critique of current thinking on the research literature into reading, reading comprehension and writing.

With contributions from leading international researchers, Contemporary Perspectives on Reading and Spelling offers a critique of current thinking on the research literature into reading, reading comprehension and writing.

This groundbreaking text provides practical, contextualized methods for teaching and discussing topics that are considered "e;taboo"e; in the classroom in ways that support students' lived experiences.

This groundbreaking text provides practical, contextualized methods for teaching and discussing topics that are considered "e;taboo"e; in the classroom in ways that support students' lived experiences.