Monday
What works (and what doesn’t) when teaching reading comprehension?
New research is exploring what teachers really need to be able to help pupils improve their skills at understanding texts. Megan Dixon takes a look
Schools cut trips and activities to tackle pupil poverty
A third of primary schools are now offering a food bank and many staff are using their own money to help struggling families, a charity report shows
Sunday
Labour: Breakfast clubs plan ‘could cut half a million days of absence’
Labour sets out plan to turn primary school classrooms into 3,300 new nurseries
How classroom stories can help to heal trauma
The healing power of storytelling for mental health is well established, writes author and teacher Catherine Bruton – so let’s bring it back to classrooms
