Here's your round-up of practical and useful guides for schools that Tes has published in the past seven days.

Teaching in the time of coronavirus

• Why we can't judge schools on online learning
• Five challenges that schools face when a student tests positive
• Should parents have to wear masks on the school site?
• Tackling the loneliness of teaching in a pandemic
   

General teaching topics

• Why every teacher needs a weighted blanket
• Among Us: the new gaming craze heading your way
• Reflective practice: what does the research say?
• Four small ways to improve your curriculum right now
• Six things every partner of a teacher needs to remember
• Two problems with SEND at EYFS - and how to fix them
• Five ways to make your students work harder than you
   

International schools

• Make the most of virtual coffee mornings with parents
• Why you should start every Tuesday with a Talking Taco
• How to teach EAL: from sandwiches to sucking eggs
• A storm of tension: a teacher's view of the US election
• Why BAME equity, not inclusion, must be schools' goal
   

Recruitment, wellbeing and CPD

• How do you get staff to engage with KCSiE?
• Why IB students are ready for blended learning
• Metacognition: why we need to teach pupils how to learn

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For those with a subscription to the magazine

• Why search-based SEND diagnoses are tricky for teachers
• The psychological impact of obesity on children
• How to avoid being judged on your school lunch
• How spatial ability testing finds 'missing Einsteins'
• The benefits of smiling in school - even if it's faked
• Kindness is essential for supporting school staff
• Taming your maverick teachers
• How are new college students coping with the new normal?