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42 WAGOLL Peer inside the mind of the author and help pupils understand how to use dialogue to show character and develop plot 45 BOOK TOPIC Join a found family on a perilous journey in Kieran Larwood’s charming adventure story, The Legend of Podkin One-Ear 50 NO MORE TALKING PARTNERS It’s time to start listening, say Nikki Gamble and Jo Castro 52 BOOK CLUB We review five new titles that your class will love 6 | www.teachwire.net 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 ADVERTISING MANAGER: Demi Maynard, demi.maynard@artichokehq.com 01206 505962 ACCOUNT MANAGER: Kim Richards, kim.richards@artichokehq.com 01206 505420 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. FEATURES 23 LOCK IT DOWN Find out how your school can best combat the rising threat of cyber crime 24 HEAVY IS THE HEAD It’s tough being art lead, but this is a role that really matters, says Kaytie Holdstock 33 PARTNERING UP A good home-school relationship can make all the difference to a child with special educational needs 37 THIS WAY! School improvement advice for headteachers and SLT – this issue we’re looking at attendance AWARDS 71 TEACH PRIMARY RESOURCE AWARDS 2024 The results are in! We reveal this year’s winners, chosen by our panel of expert judges LESSON PLANS 90 HISTORY Exploring Star Carr – give children a glimpse of life in the Mesolithic period 92 ENGLISH This zero-prep poetry lesson includes a video prompt from a CLiPPA prize-winning poet 94 SCIENCE Take your class on a moss safari 96 ART Create your own night sky with these seasonal activities for KS1