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Opening a new bilingual school

Hints and tips from a school that opened as a new bilingual school and has proved to be successful.

How do pupils see the link between reading and ...

Talk partners are used to develop pupils' understanding of how reading helps the development of writing skills and vi...

Homework task

The teacher outlines the homework task a group task, but with individual aspects.

Decorating Sticks

These nursery children have a new set of sticks which they will use to make, and to enjoy, music.

The Telescope

A boy is making a telescope (one of a series of pirate-related activities on offer).

The Pirates' Problem

Boys are engaged in role-play in the pirate ship outside the classroom.

Planning with Children

Following their visit to the local museum, these Nursery children meet to remember what they saw and to plan their ow...

New Forest School

KS2 children are involved in the real tasks of designing and making a new Forest School as the original site is becom...

Musical Instruments

Children are involved in two related activities. First, they look for, discuss and draw mini-beasts. Then they make m...

Family Learning

A group of parents meet for a family learning session run by a teacher.

Planning Together

Two practitioners meet to share information and observations about the children's achievements earlier in the day (in...

The Quiz

The teacher introduces a quiz; although pupils may discuss their ideas, final responses are to be individual.

Planning the Alarm

Learning partners plan their smoke alarm; the teacher helps them to bring together their two ideas.

Flipchart List

Having helped pupils to recall what they already know about atoms, the teacher asks them to think about what they wou...

Starting Making

Learning partners are working on their smoke alarm.

Making Learning Enjoyable

A mixed ability group of boys continue to reflect on their drama lesson, and consider what made the lesson enjoyable.

Taking Part

Students in this mixed ability group reflect on their attitude to drama lessons and what encourages them to take part.

Group Support

A mixed ability group of girls reflect on their drama lesson.

Parents supporting schools (but might be called...

A primary deputy headteacher responds to two prompts.

Sharing Information

Pupils continue to think about how their learning was supported in the introductory lesson on Atoms.

Reviewing Learning

Pupils continue to reflect on how their learning was supported in the introductory lesson on Atoms.

Warm Ups

A mixed-ability group of boys continue to discuss their drama lesson with the teacher.

Making Pots

A visiting professional potter is working on his wheel with Nursery children.

Light Box

Following a visit to Forest School, children work with a Teaching Assistant at a light-box.

Drawing of Lesson

As the final activity of an introductory lesson on Atoms, the teacher introduces a task requiring pupils to draw a pi...

Persistence and Expectation

Pupils in this introductory lesson on 'Atoms' work individually on a worksheet task.

Success and Reflection

The teacher supports and encourages the children in moving to a final successful conclusion.

More Making

Learning partners continue to construct their smoke alarm, experiencing difficulties as well as successes.

Clouds and Fish

Introducing the morning's activities on pirates to her mixed YR/Y1 class, the teacher reminds the children of their r...

Encouraging Independence

Nursery and Reception teachers talk about how they plan and organise their work in partnership.

Reviewing Together

Nursery and Reception teachers describe how they and their colleagues record, review and plan collaboratively.

Involving Parents

Teachers from Nursery and Reception classes reflect on ways to encourage parents to be involved in their children's l...

The Whole Child

This Head of Music acknowledges the importance of music for developing the whole child.

Developing a Learning Environment

A primary head-teacher is asked about the physical environment, and how this important aspect of climate is influence...

Shaping the Curriculum

A primary head-teacher outlines his vision for learning and explains how he and his staff have developed and shaped t...

Sharing Learning Objectives

A high school science teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) considers the advantages of sharing...

Encouraging Ownership

A primary teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) reflects on the significance of helping childre...

Creative Thinking

A primary school teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) talks about the advantages of sharing a ...

Script Development

Four girls are reading through and annotating their script before performing it.

Assessing and Recording Progress

A head of EYFS explains how using IT through an app to track learning.

Supporting the play-based approach

A principal tells us of his support for a play based approach in EYFS as long as it has the right expertise behind it.

Parents Communicating with Early Years Settings

Parents explain how communication- informal, social media, email, and formal reports are all important.

EYFS: Developing Writing

This clip is a commentary of how writing develops which works well with the clip "Tomi Writing'.

The School That Knows Itself: Data

We see how diverse data, used daily by pupils, administrators and teachers is enabling challenge in learning for ever...

The School That Knows Itself: Purpose and Direc...

Ensuring that mission and vision are visible in classrooms and their effects inspire students can be measured is seen...

The School That Knows Itself- Being Ambitious

The academic director and principal of a 5-16 school vision the next five years.

Building skills across the curriculum

Students and a PE teacher reflect on how skills practised in Performing Arts subjects transfer to many subjects, illu...

Juilliard: Introducing the collaboration

Juilliard's Curriculum Specialists are both professional musicians and educators and can introduce engagement, creati...

Incorporating Juilliard into an established per...

Integration of a school's former music curriculum and the Juilliard curriculum intervention.