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I S SUE 1 9 . 2 Contents REGULARS 8 BREAKTIME 11 6 WAYS... ...to improve speech and language 22 MEDIUM-TERM PLAN A six-week science unit on the various states of matter 33 HOW I DO IT Explore thermal energy by making delicious s’mores in a pizza-box oven VOICES 13 HANNAH CARTER Stop counting years served to elect leaders and start focusing on talent 15 ANDY MCHUGH Policymakers need to get on board with multi-hyphenate teachers 17 A LETTER TO... School leaders, on fighting back against Ofsted’s twisted logic 19 UNDERCOVER TEACHER Being a supply teacher is intimidating, let alone if we don’t have basic info SPECIAL SECTION MUSIC SPECIAL 53 MOULDING MAESTROS How to make sure playing classical music doesn’t elicit groans 57 VIDEO DIDN’T KILL THE RADIO STAR Why we shouldn’t exclude digital from our music lessons 58 KNOW, RECREATE, CREATE Creativity + knowledge-led curriculum = disaster? Not always... 63 MANAGING MELODIC MAYHEM Some straightforward tools to avoid a real racket 66 STAY COMPOSED... Four essential elements allow rewards to outweigh risks when teaching pupils how to write music teachwire.net facebook.com/teachwire twitter.com/teachprimary charley.rogers@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