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I S SUE 1 9 . 1 Contents REGULARS 8 BREAKTIME Your roundup of news and resources 11 6 WAYS... ...to give pupils more agency in the classroom 22 MEDIUM-TERM PLAN A six-week geography unit on how the Earth’s movements affect our lives 31 HOW I DO IT Inspire creative word choice and build thematic understanding through blackout poetry VOICES 13 DR HELEN LEWIS Having animals in the classroom can benefit us all, but we need to think about their wellbeing, too 15 BEN NEWMARK Giving advice to schools? Be practical, please 17 A LETTER TO... The Education Secretary, on what’s needed to make the nursery initiative work 19 UNDERCOVER TEACHER If behaviour is always an expression of unmet need, how can we justify such uneven reactions to incidents? SPECIAL SECTION STEM SPECIAL 42 SUPER CIRCUITRY Add a spark to science lessons and help pupils comprehend how electricity works 44 THREE, TWO, ONE, CELEBRATE! Take maths games to a whole new level by tying them in with essential support for the NSPCC 47 ICEBERGS OF FAKE NEWS How can children tell the difference between facts and opinions online? 48 FAIL AGAIN, FAIL BETTER Construct some of your most creative STEM lessons yet, and build pupils’ resilience, with cardboard engineering teachwire.net facebook.com/teachwire twitter.com/teachprimary lydia.grove@theteachco.com We want to hear from you! Get in touch with your rants, comments, photos and ideas. We’re all We want to make sure our magazine is a brilliant resource for teachers and are always striving to improve. We love hearing from real teachers about what they liked and what they would change. Got feedback about this issue? Contact us via the details in the yellow box below – we’d love to hear from you! ears! www.teachwire.net | 5