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

Teaching in the time of coronavirus

• 4 things we will all miss about the Christmas party
• How should schools organise Test and Trace?
• Sats 2021: Dates, timetables and key information 
• GCSEs 2021: What is the “sawtooth effect”?
• Ventilation in schools: what do teachers need to know?
• 5 ways for leaders to spread some Christmas cheer
   

General teaching topics

• Are you a bystander to bullying?
• Why nostalgia for classic children’s books is a problem
• Why we need to see pupils’ behaviour as communication
• 5 tips to make January Inset a cracker not a turkey
• 5 common mistakes when teaching pupils how to learn
   

International schools

• Exam changes revealed for iGCSE and IA-levels
• 3 ways to buy edtech with purpose
• What schools can do to ease teacher pressure in 2021
• Could team teaching help to solve large-class management?
• How to fix a problem at your school properly, not just on the surface 
   

For those with a subscription to the magazine

• How Covid has revolutionised teaching
• How to include pupils of all faiths at Christmas
• You’d better watch out - secret Santa‘s comin’ to town
• Meet the teacher breaking down gender barriers in EYFS
• Tips for tackling classroom discussions about racial equality
• Quality research is no guarantee of classroom success
• Why middle leaders need to rise up and disrupt
• Animals in FE: How to handle the teacher’s pet