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

• Why your cold tells you little about Covid transmission
• How to re-engage reluctant readers post-lockdown
• Why continuous provision shouldn’t stop now
• Two problems with the guidance on positive tests
• Covid teacher absence: How to solve the cover problem

General teaching topics

• 6 ways to fine-tune your explanations
• The 5 most common questions from Year 7
• RSE update: How the new guidance may change your plans
• 10 steps to introduce mindfulness to your school
• Why early maths teaching should focus on play
• GCSEs: Could your lesson trigger mental health issues?
• Why kindness and confidence matter in EYFS
• 10 things autistic students want you to know

Recruitment, wellbeing, CPD

• Top tips for a mid-life overseas move
• Webinar: how to develop your new teachers
• How to perform a safeguarding audit at your international school
• What’s it like teaching in Egypt?
• Podcast: how have Covid-19 and technology changed child safeguarding? 
• Why you should consider schools off the beaten track
   

For those with a subscription to the magazine

• The struggle for the heart of the early years
• The importance of teacher-pupil trust
• Why your social profiles should stay private
• How I began to provide better in-school support for students who stammer
• The benefits of having plants in the classroom
• Teachers beware: research facts aren’t always what they seem
• How to ensure your multi-academy trust merger lives happily ever after
• The plan to win back adult learners