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This free, printable hexagonal concept map template is a versatile and visually engaging tool that you can use to help students explore connections between ideas. Unlike traditional linear mind maps ...

Unless we persuade disadvantaged children to take part in the arts, we’re limiting their future opportunities, says Professor Maggie Atkinson… The debate about why the arts matter to education often ...

Comedian Alexei Sayle (aged 67) restated the comforting aphorism of ‘age is just a number’, before memorably adding, “A number signifying rapid and terrifying physical and mental decay.” It seems that ...

This PowerPoint is a simple, easy-to-understand guide to how and when each of these punctuation marks are used, and the difference between them. This short PowerPoint is a good introduction to ...

School life can feel fraught much of the time, and crisis points all too often seem to be lurking just around the corner – but few situations are more likely to send everyone who works in an ...

You can probably guess the most popular answer. Working from left to right incorrectly gives 8a 2 + 2a. This question tested knowledge of the order of operations just as much as it tested algebraic ...

It is true that all children need boundaries to feel safe, supported, and successful. However, rigidity in defining and enforcing these boundaries can lead to automatic sanctions for types of ...

Imagine the scene: a child wakes up in the morning, peers out of the window, and sees it is snowing thickly outside. School is cancelled. All they want to do for the day is play. What’s important to ...

The clarion call for many geography teachers is that, ‘Geography is everywhere!’ When I was a teacher myself, I’d often say this to encourage pupils in taking an interest in how geography can shape ...

I’m sure that many teachers and specialists have been asked the question ‘What is the point in Religious Education?’, but I wonder what your view is. Often there is a misunderstanding that surrounds ...

Use these Spanish games as a class activity or as warm-up exercises to get your class thinking and speaking. Because they’re so fun, your students won’t think of it as learning… Learning objective: ...