New this week

Are you prepared for the new term, or is planning getting you down? Plus new exciting Space resources.

What teachers are talking about today

Were you ready for the new term?
Did you have all your lessons prepared for your first day back or are you busking it?

Back to work blues…
This NQT is overwhelmed by paperwork and planning.

Teachers ‘script GCSE oral exams’
Should foreign language students be able to pre-learn material?

The Steer Report – is it full of completely obvious advice on behaviour…
…or is this just Tory spin?

SATs are here to stay
Did you really think they would be abolished?

Teacher to TA
Is this possible and how much less do you earn?

Dates for your diary

April 23 - Shakespeare's birthday
Ten excellent resources to celebrate the birth of The Bard.

April 23 - St George's Day
Lesson plans, teachers’ notes and assembly ideas to celebrate the day.

April 27 - RSPCA Week
Lots of animal resources to celebrate the week.

May 02 - Astronomy Day
Links to useful websites promoting the study of astronomy.

May 03 - RSPCA Week
A collection of resources including quizzes, videos and games all centred around caring for animals.

May 18 - National Smile Month
Smiley face pictures to download for a bright and breezy classroom display.

New Primary resources

St George and the Dragon lesson ideas
Suggestions for introducing the topic of St George into cross curricular activities and lessons.

Playscripts - traditional stories
Cinderella, Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks playscripts for year 1s.

Adjectives and adverbs PowerPoint
Demonstrates what adjectives and adverbs do.

Space role-play area templates
Templates for Space role-play area to encourage writing.

All made with food
Inspiring pictures completely made from food.

Myths, fables and legends
Suitable for teaching different types of traditional stories.

Minibeast medium term plan for EYFS
Updated medium term plan for minibeasts summer 2009 nursery classes.

Chatterbox
Chatterbox to practice questions/answers.

New Secondary resources

Inequalities - 10 quick questions
Simple PowerPoint to use as a recap or a plenary to check understanding of inequalities.

Life and death of stars
PowerPoint on the life and death of stars..

Planet holidays
A guidance sheet to help pupils design a flier for a trip to a planet.

Solar system crossword
Crossword for revision of the Solar System.

World of work
French PowerPoint and worksheet to introduce the topic of the world of work at KS4.

Moments
PowerPoint on the turning effect of a force. Ideal for KS3.

Smoking quiz AQA B1a human biology
Quiz and worksheets discussing the perils of smoking.

Tourist bureau-city tour project
Project for German second year students working in groups to create a four-day city tour.

Advice from the chalk face in our forums

Careers advice
Our resident career expert John Howson has over 30 years in education and is perfectly placed to answer your careers questions.

Independent schools
TheoGriff spent many years as head of a large HMC independent school and he’ll answer your questions on any aspect of teaching in the independent sector.

Behaviour
Our behaviour expert Tom Bennett runs the Humanities and RS departments in an inner city state school. Quiz him on any aspect of behaviour management.

Jobseeking tips
TheoGriff draws on 20 years in senior management to answer your job seeking questions.