Teach Primary Issue 19.6

6 | www.teachwire.net PUBLISHERS: Joe Carter Sam Reubin Richard Stebbing EDITOR: Charley Rogers charley.rogers@artichokehq.com GROUP ADVERTISING MANAGERS: Samantha Law 01206 505499 Samantha.law@artichokehq.com Hayley Rackham 01206 505928 Hayley.rackham@artichokehq.com 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 21 PITCH PERFECT LESSONS Leaning into digital tools and whole-school approaches can make even the least confident teacher a music maestro 24 EMOTIONAL HEALTH WITH ELSA This psychology-led intervention can let your pupils know that they are heard, and they matter 27 3 STAGES OF A PERFECT PARENTS’ EVENING When nerves abound, remember that three key steps can turn your dreaded appointments into productive meetings 36 A MONTH IS NOT ENOUGH Black history should not be a footnote, relegated to a four-week ‘celebration’. There are plenty of inspiring figures to thread throughout the curriculum 46 IT’S A SIGN This is your cue to expand the horizons of all your pupils – deaf or hearing – with BSL LESSON PLANS 100 GEOGRAPHY Promote creativity, critical thinking and sustainability skills through designing your own town 102 MATHS Transform any routine revision lesson into interactive and worthwhile reasoning skills development 104 PSHE Show your pupils that even small steps can have big impact when you work together 73 UNLOCKING THE WRITER WITHIN What does the government’s new Writing Framework mean for you? 77 POETRY > PANIC We tell kids to stay in school, dream big, and plan for tomorrow, yet we hand them a world on fire. As a teacher, however, all is not lost… 78 WRITING WITH DRAGONS! Use these magical and mysterious creatures as a tantalising hook to get your pupils scrawling and scratching out their own monstrous poems, with Pie Corbett 83 FREE THE VERSE Pay attention to space, zoom in on words and lean into the light to show pupils that they already know much more about poetry than they think 86 WAGOLL Help pupils understand how to set up a mystery story, with Clare Harlow’s Tidemagic: Ista Flit and the Impossible Key 89 BOOK TOPIC Join Ronnie, Micky and Lugs as they navigate friendship, school, and peer pressure against the backdrop of war-torn London, with Jenny Pearson’s Shrapnel Boys 94 HOW TO TEACH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE Do your pupils know their ‘walked’ from their ‘was walking’ and their ‘ate’ from their ‘was eating’? Explain it all clearly and effectively with these simple games 98 BOOK CLUB We review five new titles that your class will love