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Group work can be powerful, but it has a time and a place – in particular, you need to consider the prior knowledge of pupils, says Beth Budden

For a knowledge-rich curriculum to be effective at primary level, teachers need to become subject specialists, writes Beth Budden

Observation is the most reliable method of learning, says Beth Budden – and ‘cognitive apprenticeships’ tap into this by modelling to children the thinking processes that experts use in different subject areas

Capital letters and full stops have mysteriously gone missing from pupils’ schoolbooks across the land. But why? To solve this case, Beth Budden dons her deerstalker and runs her magnifying glass over the way literacy is taught in primary schools

The time-consuming and environmentally questionable practice of encasing posters in plastic has had its day, says Beth Budden, who enjoys the art of crafting handwritten displays

‘Science capital’ is key to engaging pupils – it is about showing the subject is relevant to daily life, says Beth Budden