Tes essentials: Teacher pay, Ukraine and banned phrases

In a week when the world watched with horror as events unfolded in Ukraine, an urgent plea was made for teachers to be given a pay rise, schools were getting to grips with the end of Covid restrictions and one educator revealed the three phrases he has banned from the classroom.

Catch up on your must-read news and features articles from Tes right here:

News

• Why teachers need a pay rise 
  Schools could be facing a recruitment crisis unless teachers and leaders get a pay rise this year, five education unions have warned
   
• Schools can turn away pupils with Covid symptoms, says DfE 
  The government has told parents that school leaders can make their own decisions about whether to turn away children with Covid symptoms
   
• Long Covid ‘linked to pupil mental health problems’ 
  New research has sparked an ‘urgent’ call for schools to be given extra resources to protect the mental health and wellbeing of pupils
   
• Union withdraws ‘terrible’ Ukraine statement 
  The NEU teaching union has withdrawn a widely criticised statement that it made in response to the Russian invasion
   
• Do you have to buy books for your class? 
  Many primary teachers are having to dip into their own pockets to buy books for their classrooms due to stretched school budgets, a new report warns
   

Features

• How teachers will help pupils make sense of the Ukraine crisis 
  We can trust teachers to find the right way to inform children about the realities of the Russian invasion, writes Henry Hepburn
   
• Three teacher phrases I must stop using 
  Teacher Jamie Thom is on a mission to stop saying these ‘pointless’ common phrases in the classroom
   
• The end of Covid rules: three legal issues explained 
  The removal of the legal requirement for self-isolation if you test positive for Covid has implications for schools - here two lawyers explain everything you need to know
   
• Should you be using lesson hooks? 
  Many educators have stopped creating lesson hooks - here two teachers present the evidence for and against
   
• How to get teachers into the schools that need them 
  A scheme offering financial incentives for teachers to join remote schools in Scotland could provide a solution to staffing issues across the UK, finds Henry Hepburn
   
• Why every teacher should have a career break 
  One teacher enjoying a ‘life-changing’ sabbatical explains how giving all teachers a career break would improve retention