Here’s your round-up of practical and useful advice for schools that we have published in the past seven days.  

Back to school:

• How to make light work of long lessons
• Five behaviour basics for back to school
• How to prepare for local lockdowns
• A levels: 4 ways to support new Year 12 students
• 3 things to remember about SEND support this term
• 2 reasons new starter ‘welcome packs’ are a bad idea

Teaching in the time of coronavirus:

• How to keep an all-natural classroom clean
• What happens if a student tests positive for Covid-19?
• What happens if a teacher tests positive for Covid-19?
• 4 ways to make staggered school start times work
• Have you got your attainment groupings right this term?

General teaching topics:

• How to perform your own subject knowledge audit 
• How to use multimodal texts when teaching the IB
• What did I miss? A reading list for this year’s NQT
• Teaching placements: 8 things I wish I’d known
• Beware: there’s a WAP fad heading your way
• GCSEs: Why it’s time to scrap target grades
• Why teachers at my school work in threes
• Podcast: ED Hirsch on why education still doesn’t produce equity
• How to boost pupil motivation: a quick guide

Recruitment/careers: 

• Watch: How to maximise this year’s recruitment window (webinar)
• Common misconceptions about teaching in south east Asia 
• Podcast: So you’re thinking about teaching overseas? 
• What makes a good international candidate?

For those with a subscription to the magazine:

• In the Covid-19 catch-up, beware intervention traps
• Why schools need to cut the bullshit
• Teacher assessment isn’t the school standards bogeyman
• How I got reluctant readers to love books
• Tips for handling post-lockdown behaviour problems
• Forget Zoom - you’re back in the meeting room
• How to walk the fine line of line management
• Could esports be a winner for colleges?