Primary

Tuesday

29th Oct 2024

Why primary schools should always ask about birth history
Children born prematurely have an increased chance of requiring extra support in the classroom, so it’s crucial for teachers to know about their presence, writes Catriona Ogilvy
Premature baby

Thursday

24th Oct 2024

How we begin to prepare primary pupils for future careers
Fostering vital skills for future work can begin at the very earliest stages of education, with a focus on communication and problem solving, say these heads of department
How we begin getting our primary students ready for their careers

Tuesday

8th Oct 2024

How to help your pupils love reading in an age of tech
We’re all guilty of getting distracted by technology, writes primary head Richard Slade, so a sharp focus on developing a passion for reading is necessary
How to help students love reading in the era of tech

Tuesday

1st Oct 2024

How a 3-step process can boost primary maths understanding
It can feel overwhelming to introduce new concepts in maths, writes education lecturer Michelle Windridge, but a stepped approach can help
Child stepping stones

Thursday

26th Sep 2024

Do we really need to ‘fix’ the primary maths curriculum?
Talks about reforming maths learning for the youngest students may be overlooking some important points, argues Christian Bokhove
Broken abacus

Tuesday

24th Sep 2024

How we’re improving attendance and behaviour with additional roles
Thinking beyond traditional student roles has enabled our school to make remarkable improvements to engagement, writes this executive headteacher
How we’re improving attendance and behaviour with additional roles

Thursday

19th Sep 2024

School literacy experts are disappearing, yet we need them more than ever
Unpicking the pandemic’s effects on literacy in primary will be a long slog, not a walk in the park, writes Megan Dixon, but do we have the right people for the mission?
Sculpture of letters

Wednesday

18th Sep 2024

How to fix the primary maths curriculum
‘Phonics’ for maths and more pleasure in the subject should be the aim of the primary maths curriculum, and this is how we achieve it, argue Peter Foulds and David Thomas
Stacked numbers

Sunday

8th Sep 2024

AI tools for planning lessons? It just won’t work
The government’s move to use AI to help teachers with workload is well-meaning, but fundamentally misunderstands the process, writes Ed Finch
Broken robot toy

Friday

2nd Aug 2024

Is this the ‘right’ way to teach early maths?
What does the research say about the best way to teach early maths and build better mathematicians? Two maths experts explore five things every primary teacher should know

Thursday

1st Aug 2024

Inside the primary writing wars
With general agreement now about how to teach reading, attention is shifting to improving writing instruction – but can the research provide a clear solution?
Is there a formula for teaching writing?

Thursday

18th Jul 2024

Transition: We made Year 6 more like Year 7 - and it’s helped
For pupils moving up from primary to secondary, the shift to having different teachers for each subject can be difficult, but a radical change to Year 6 at this school has been hugely beneficial
Transition: How we made Year 6 more like Year 7 - and how it helped