Teach Primary Issue 18.5

53 CATCHING UP WITH JOSEPH COELHO As his two-year tenure nears its end, the poet and author reflects on his time as Children’s Laureate 55 SHOULDA, WOULDA, COULDA Emma Cate Stokes explains how modal verbs can help pupils produce persuasive writing that packs a real punch 58 WAGOLL Peer inside the mind of the author, and help pupils understand how to write a comedic introduction 61 BOOK TOPIC Step through the door, push past the coats and rediscover the magic of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 64 BOOK CLUB We review five new titles that your class will love 67 POETRY IN MOTION CLiPPA-shortlisted author Stephen Lightbown discusses how to write an authentic wheelchair user 6 | www.teachwire.net FEATURES 27 CLAIRE WATSON AND KATE KELLNER-DILKS How to add ‘mirrors and windows’ to your humanities curriculum 32 MAKING MATHS STICK Applying the science of memory to how we teach numeracy skills 37 THIS WAY! School improvement advice for headteachers and SLT – this issue we’re looking at recruitment and retention LESSON PLANS 70 LEARNING IN THE LIBRARY Elevate pupils’ imaginations with a comic character design challenge 72 CREATE YOUR OWN EXCITING IMAGINATION ISLAND Activities to help children write creatively with confidence 76 THE FIVE RINGS FESTIVAL OF PE Capitalise on the Paris Games with this flexible Olympics-inspired event 78 ON THE PLASTICS TRAIL Explore the issue of marine pollution with these geography activities PUBLISHERS: Joe Carter Sam Reubin Richard Stebbing EDITOR: Lydia Grove, lydia.grove@artichokehq.com GROUP ADVERTISING MANAGER: Samantha Law, samantha.law@artichokehq.com 01206 505499 SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER: Demi Maynard, demi.maynard@artichokehq.com 01206 505962 ACCOUNT MANAGER: Kim Richards, kim.richards@artichokehq.com 01206 505240 ART EDITORS: Richard Allen & Sarah Barajas ACCOUNTS: artichokemedialtd@integral2.com SUBSCRIPTIONS: subscriptions@artichokeHQ.com PUBLISHED BY: Artichoke Media Ltd. The views in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher. Every effort is made to ensure the veracity and integrity of the companies, persons, products and services mentioned in this publication, and the details given are believed to be accurate at the time of going to press. However, no responsibility or liability whatsoever can be accepted for any consequence or repercussion of responding to information or advice given or inferred. Copyright Artichoke Media Ltd.