Teach Primary Issue 18.6
WE L COME Hello! POWERED BY. . . LAURADOBSON breaks down compound sentences “Use the mnemonic ‘FANBOYS’ to remember the coordinating conjunctions” P67 MARKMARTIN examines the benefits of collaborative learning “The challenge is ensuring every voice, whether loud or soft, finds its space” P35 FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE lays out his vision as Children’s Laureate “Getting people to share what they do well will be wonderful” P13 Don’t miss our next issue, available from 27 th September www.teachwire.net | 3 A nd we’re back! I hope you all had exactly the summer break you needed. Our special section this issue is on assessment: Adele Darlington discusses ways to track pupil progress in art without stifling creativity (p60), while Marc Bowen explains his favourite approach to whole-class assessment (p53). In leadership matters (p45), we’re focusing on the, sadly widespread, issue of pupil poverty. Three experienced education leaders offer both tried-and-tested solutions at school level, and suggestions for national policy changes. We also have advice from Hannah Mansell on how you can encourage pupils to think beyond barriers of socioeconomics and gender to reach for their dreams (p11). On p45, Hannah Shaw has put together a six-week unit on healthy eating, with the aim of empowering children to make good food choices in a time of widespread childhood obesity. In more lighthearted things, we’ve got lesson plans on comedy (p86), singing (p90) and using drama to generate creative writing ideas (p88). Plus Laura Di Pasquale has some fun ideas for ways to incorporate coding robots across the curriculum (p30). Children will also enjoy Aidan Severs’ maths activities, on page 40, which are all about money. Literacy-wise, Pie Corbett shares findings from the very successful Punctuation Project (p72), and Laura Dobson demonstrates effective ways to teach compound sentences (p67). On page 75 we have a KS1 book topic based on Nadia Shireen’s charming The Bumblebear , while our expert WAGOLL (p70), on crafting an awkward scene, comes from Emma Carroll – bestselling author of Letters from the Lighthouse and Escape to the River Sea . Wishing you all good things this term – and if you’d like to write an article for Teach Primary , just drop me an email. Lydia Grove, editor @TeachPrimaryLG Find out about our Employee Assistance Programme: educationsupport.org.uk/eap Supporting teacher and education staff wellbeing for 146 years Support and counselling for your staff when they need it – from the people who understand education The only education focused Employee Assistance Programme
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