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Watch back webchat and live lesson highlights, including our live lesson with Brian Cox and webchats with Tony Robinson, Simon Mayo, Malorie Blackman, Dame Ellen MacArthur and Toby Young.

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Upcoming webchats


Have an idea for a webchat or live lesson? Email us at webchat@tes.co.uk




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Nick MacKenzie, Browne Jacobson

How can you improve your collaborative arrangements?

Education law experts Browne Jacobson consider the impact of the reform agenda on school collaboration.


Lee Jackson

Revision: Keys to success

TES has teamed up with motivational speaker Lee Jackson to produce a series of videos designed to get even the most reluctant reviser ready for exam season.


Shakespeare

Shakespeare: His Language and Poetry

Join us on the Bard's Birthday for a poetry workshop hosted by Dr Anjna Chouhan of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.


Rachel Hawkes

MFL and the proposed changes to the National Curriculum

Join Rachel to discuss ideas and share thoughts about the changing landscape for languages.


Greg Dyke

Greg Dyke on film education

Greg Dyke joined us to discuss the BFI’s vision for film education, as well as answered questions on an exciting new development from the BFI that focuses on the delivery of film education to every 5-19-year-old in the UK.


LifeSkills

LifeSkills

LifeSkills, created with Barclays, is a new curriculum linked education programme designed to give young people in the UK access to the skills they need to make the transition from education into work. Find out more here.


Theodora Griff

Jobseeking advice for teachers

TES jobseeking expert Theodora Griff will answer your questions about all aspects of jobseeking including writing a great application and interview technique.


Levi Roots

Jodie Marsh

Jodie Marsh talks to TES about her experiences of bullying and her new documentary on tackling bullies in schools.


John Hegley

Poetry workshop

Join TES and the Poetry Society to celebrate World Poetry Day


Levi Roots

Levi Roots

Musician, chef and entrepreneur Levi Roots joined us in the TES Studio as part of a drive to excite students about food and music – using his own inspirational tale as motivation.


Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

TES Live joined author, actor and television presenter Tony Robinson for a chat on World Book Day


Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo

Well-known BBC broadcaster Simon Mayo, author of fast-paced adventures Itch and Itch Rocks, took part in a live webchat in the run-up to World Book Day.


Stephen Twigg

Stephen Twigg

What would the current shadow education secretary do if he were to take over the DfE after the next election? Tune in to find out.


Rachel Hawkes

National Curriculum Reform

Join our live discussion about the proposed National Curriculum reforms and what they mean for languages teachers.


Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman

Join us as we chat to the award-winning author of the Noughts and Crosses series about her books in the run-up to World Book Day.


Cook 5

Cookery skills chat with Leon founders

John Vincent and Henry Dimbleby, founders of Leon restaurants, join us to discuss the Cook 5 campaign, which aims to highlight the importance of children learning to cook and eat healthily.


Theodora Griff

Jobseeking advice clinic

Join TES jobseeking expert Theodora Griff to answer your questions about any aspect of jobseeking including writing a great application and interview technique.


Red Nose Day Fundraising

Red Nose Day Fundraising

Find out the story behind the Red Nose Day resources on the TES site and discover how you can fundraise by doing something funny for money.


National curriculum: Primary reform

National curriculum: Primary reform

Join us to discuss the government's proposed reforms to the primary curriculum.

Brian Cox professor

Professor Brian Cox: The Big Bang Live Lesson

One lucky school is getting a very special science lesson courtesy of Engineering UK and Professor Brian Cox. You and your class can join in with the live lesson here on TES.


Rachel Hawkes

How learning foreign languages can improve students' understanding of English

TES MFL subject adviser Rachel Hawkes looks at how foreign languages learning can support literacy without us needing to use English.


Rachel Billington

Rachel Billington

The renowned novelist for adults and children joins us to talk about her new book Poppy's Angel, which focuses on a child whose father is in prison.


Rachel Hawkes

Incorporating whole school literacy into language lessons

TES MFL subject adviser Rachel Hawkes looks at how foreign languages teachers can support whole school literacy through their lessons.

Liz Watson Beat Bullying

Strategies to beat bullying

The BeatBullying Group join us for a webchat on strategies for tackling bullying in your school.

Father Christmas

Father Christmas

Here at TES we've been particularly well-behaved this year, and so we've been granted special access to the North Pole to talk to the jolly man in red a week before the main event.


Culture in the classroom

Culture in the classroom

Join us for a roundtable discussion about the evolving role of museums, galleries and other cultural organisations within education.


Toby Young

Toby Young

TES behaviour adviser Tom Bennett interviews the co-founder of the West London Free School about his educational philosophy.


Beat Bullying

Beat Bullying in your school

Join TES and Beat Bullying for a live lesson to help make bullying unacceptable in your school.


Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce

The award-winning author stopped by the TES offices to talk about a number of topics, including his books for children and his authorship of the Olympic opening ceremony.


Speak up for school libraries

Speak up for school libraries

Librarian Barbara Band joined us to talk about the campaign to make libraries a statutory requirement for schools.


PGCE students

PGCE students: surviving your placements

Join teacher trainer James Williams and recent PGCE student Nicola Davison for practical advice on placements.


Tom Bennett

Tom Bennett on "Why aren't they behaving yet?"

Our resident behaviour guru answers your queries about how to deal with behaviour issues once the honeymoon period with a new class has ended.


Lord Robert Winston

Lord Robert Winston

We chat to Professor Winston about his work as a professor, a medical doctor, a scientist, a television presenter, an author and a politician. This webchat was recorded at the opening of Middlesbrough College's new sixth form centre.


Stephen Woolley – Great Expectations

Stephen Woolley – Great Expectations

Join film producer Stephen Woolley for a discussion on adapting books for the screen, with a focus on the new movie based on the Dickens classic.


Pornography and pupils

Pornography and pupils

Teacher Chloe Combi, together with PSHE expert Alice Hoyle, also a teacher, discuss the impact of widespread access to pornography among today's pupils and how schools and teachers can or should manage the consequences.


Ellen MacArthur

Ellen MacArthur

Sailor Ellen MacArthur on inspiring a generation to re-think, re-design and build a positive future through the vision of a circular economy.


Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall - Inspiring creativity

What is sound?- was recorded live on 11 October and it is now available for you and your class to watch back whenever you like.


University applications: Oxbridge

University applications: Oxbridge

Oxford academic Peter Claus and Ken Warman, principal of Bsix Brooke House sixth form college, will be here to talk about conventional and unconventional ways to help your students when they're applying to Oxford and Cambridge.


Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson

The woman behind The Gruffalo and the current Children's Laureate chats about her work, children's literacy and her campaign to save libraries.


Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz is the man behind the hugely successful series of Alex Rider novels. He is about to publish the final in his critically acclaimed Power of Five sequence, Oblivion, and he was online to answer your questions


Alan Watkinson

Alan Watkinson

Alan Watkinson is double gold medal winner Mo Farah's former PE teacher and was the best man at his wedding. We asked him questions about discovering and nurturing sporting talent.


Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

Actor and author Henry Winkler - instantly recognisable to many as "The Fonz" from Happy Days - joined us to talk about his work supporting children's literacy and dyslexia.


Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen

It seemed only right that on Roald Dahl day we invited in the author of the first ever authorized children's biography of Dahl. Michael answered your questions on children's literature and literature in education.


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