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In this free reflective symmetry worksheet, students will explore the fundamental principles of symmetry through a practical exercise. They need to identify and name company logos, then draw on all lines of symmetry…
KS3 symmetry – Logos reflective and rotational symmetry activity
This KS3 symmetry logos resource comprises two worksheets, both tailored to foster a deeper comprehension of symmetry...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In this free reflective symmetry worksheet, students will explore the fundamental principles of symmetry through a practical exercise. They need to identify and name company logos, then draw on all lines of symmetry…
This free Christmas maths quiz resource offers a fun and engaging way for secondary students to revise GCSE questions with a festive theme…
Christmas maths quiz – GCSE festive relay questions (+answers)
This free Christmas maths quiz resource offers a fun way for secondary students to revise GCSE Higher/Foundation crossover questions...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This free Christmas maths quiz resource offers a fun and engaging way for secondary students to revise GCSE questions with a festive theme…
Sprinkle some festive cheer into your lessons with this free MFL Christmas activities PowerPoint. It’s packed with engaging activities to keep students entertained and learning right up until the end of term…
MFL Christmas activities – Fun festive PowerPoint
Sprinkle some festive cheer into your lessons with this free MFL Christmas activities PowerPoint featuring fun games, quizzes and ideas...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Sprinkle some festive cheer into your lessons with this free MFL Christmas activities PowerPoint. It’s packed with engaging activities to keep students entertained and learning right up until the end of term…
In this lesson from @colinfoster77.bsky.social, students have to find a formula for a linear sequence based on a physical scenario…
Linear sequences – Find a formula for a real-life scenario
In this lesson, students have to find a formula for a linear sequence based on a physical scenario – stacked plastic cups...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In this lesson from @colinfoster77.bsky.social, students have to find a formula for a linear sequence based on a physical scenario…
It’s taken too long for the initial promise of VLEs to be fully realised, but they’re now the best solution we have for cultivating the kind of learning we want to see… | via Aaron Swan
Virtual learning environments – Are we making full use of them?
It’s taken too long for the promise of virtual learning environments to be fully realised, but could they be the solution teachers need?
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November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s taken too long for the initial promise of VLEs to be fully realised, but they’re now the best solution we have for cultivating the kind of learning we want to see… | via Aaron Swan
Why media literacy needs to be on your curriculum | via Nicky Cox MBE
Media literacy – Why it needs to be on your curriculum
Given today’s febrile news landscape, schools can’t afford to not put media and information literacy on the curriculum, says Nicky Cox…
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November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Why media literacy needs to be on your curriculum | via Nicky Cox MBE
If he had his way, Gordon Cairns would sound the death knell for those rude, school-wide blasts of disruptive noise that signal the end of one period and the start of the next…
School bell – Get rid of it and give teachers flexibility
If he had his way, Gordon Cairns would sound the death knell for the regular rude blasts of disruptive noise from the school bell...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If he had his way, Gordon Cairns would sound the death knell for those rude, school-wide blasts of disruptive noise that signal the end of one period and the start of the next…
Autistic and neurodivergent advocate Joe Fautley suggests ways to support autistic pupils so they can avoid burnout…
Autistic burnout – Help pupils avoid long-term overwhelm
Autistic and neurodivergent advocate Joe Fautley suggests ways to support autistic pupils so they can avoid burnout...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Autistic and neurodivergent advocate Joe Fautley suggests ways to support autistic pupils so they can avoid burnout…
Bett 2026 is on the horizon! Here’s what to expect and why you should be there…
Bett UK – 2026 highlights, edtech trends & visitor tips
Bett 2026 is on the horizon – here's what to expect and why you should be there, with recommendations from the Teachwire team...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bett 2026 is on the horizon! Here’s what to expect and why you should be there…
Take inspiration from art therapy and create powerful art lessons that promote wellbeing | via Alice Guile
Art therapy activities – Powerful art lessons that promote wellbeing
Take inspiration from art therapy activities and create powerful art lessons that promote wellbeing, with these ideas from Alice Guile...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Take inspiration from art therapy and create powerful art lessons that promote wellbeing | via Alice Guile
How a learning programme funded by the Premier League uses students’ love of football as a means to get them re-engaged with the routines and demands of school…
Premier League Inspires – Using footie to re-engage pupils
How Premier League Inspires uses students’ love of football as a means to get them re-engaged with the routines and demands of school...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
How a learning programme funded by the Premier League uses students’ love of football as a means to get them re-engaged with the routines and demands of school…
The headteacher’s guide to SLT alchemy – Hannah Carter breaks down the process of honest chaos that goes into assembling an effective senior leadership team…
Senior leadership team – The headteacher's guide to SLT alchemy
Hannah Carter breaks down the process of honest chaos that goes into assembling an effective senior leadership team...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The headteacher’s guide to SLT alchemy – Hannah Carter breaks down the process of honest chaos that goes into assembling an effective senior leadership team…
How to ease school trip anxiety | via Daniel Harvey
Trip anxiety – How to put students and parents at ease
Residentials can significantly improve students’ wellbeing – but you might have to address trip anxiety, advises Daniel Harvey...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
How to ease school trip anxiety | via Daniel Harvey
Use this free chapter from 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum by Elena Stevens during #DisabilityHistoryMonth to focus on how people in the past perceived and represented disability. You'll focus on the case of Peter the Wild Boy… www.teachwire.net/teaching-res... @crownhousepub.bsky.social
Disability history – Teaching the case of Peter the Wild Boy
How has disability been perceived and represented in different periods throughout history? Use the case of Peter the Wild Boy to find out...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Use this free chapter from 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum by Elena Stevens during #DisabilityHistoryMonth to focus on how people in the past perceived and represented disability. You'll focus on the case of Peter the Wild Boy… www.teachwire.net/teaching-res... @crownhousepub.bsky.social
[email protected] reflects on her ‘geeky’ school days, her A Level turning point and the TEFL experience that deepened her respect for teachers…
Lucy Worsley – "At school I was just ‘the freak’"
Lucy Worsley looks back on being a ‘geeky’ student, how she found her true calling at A Level and her TEFL teaching experience...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
[email protected] reflects on her ‘geeky’ school days, her A Level turning point and the TEFL experience that deepened her respect for teachers…
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Read more about how geography has changed over recent decades from this @geographicalassoc.bsky.social piece for @teachsecondary.bsky.social drawing on the GA's Standards in School geography 1991 - 2023
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A world of change - geography education over recent decades - Geographical Association
'A World of Difference' by GA Chief Executive Steve Brace for Teach Secondary explores positive changes and concerns in geography teaching...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Read more about how geography has changed over recent decades from this @geographicalassoc.bsky.social piece for @teachsecondary.bsky.social drawing on the GA's Standards in School geography 1991 - 2023
geography.org.uk/a-world-of-c...
geography.org.uk/a-world-of-c...
What do we know about Reform UK's education policies? | via Melissa Benn
Reform UK education policy – What do we know about their plans?
Reform UK has been a fixture of the news headlines recently, but what do we know about their policies with regards to education?
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November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
What do we know about Reform UK's education policies? | via Melissa Benn
Is your school ready to weather a storm? Crisis communications expert Jody Cooksley offers her advice on the steps school leaders should take…
Crisis communications – Is your school ready to weather a storm?
The steps school leaders should take when preparing and planning their communications in the event of an unforeseen crisis
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November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Is your school ready to weather a storm? Crisis communications expert Jody Cooksley offers her advice on the steps school leaders should take…
How the leadership, staff and students of a struggling school in East London were able to enact a dramatic turnaround… www.teachwire.net/news/harris-...
Harris Science Academy East London – A dramatic turnaround
How the leadership, staff and students of Harris Science Academy East London were able to enact a dramatic turnaround...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
How the leadership, staff and students of a struggling school in East London were able to enact a dramatic turnaround… www.teachwire.net/news/harris-...
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Huge congratulations to Richard Bustin! 🎉 His book #WhatAreWeTeaching? was highly commended in the 'Curriculum Improvement' category at the @teachsecondary.bsky.social Awards.
Transform your curriculum with #powerfulknowledge & a #capabilities approach with Richard's essential book: buff.ly/9NfUe0v
Transform your curriculum with #powerfulknowledge & a #capabilities approach with Richard's essential book: buff.ly/9NfUe0v
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Huge congratulations to Richard Bustin! 🎉 His book #WhatAreWeTeaching? was highly commended in the 'Curriculum Improvement' category at the @teachsecondary.bsky.social Awards.
Transform your curriculum with #powerfulknowledge & a #capabilities approach with Richard's essential book: buff.ly/9NfUe0v
Transform your curriculum with #powerfulknowledge & a #capabilities approach with Richard's essential book: buff.ly/9NfUe0v
We're celebrating the very best in education resources with this year's #TeachAwards winners! Browse our flipbook to see all of this year's winners and get inspiration for your classroom… cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We're celebrating the very best in education resources with this year's #TeachAwards winners! Browse our flipbook to see all of this year's winners and get inspiration for your classroom… cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...
This KS4 persuasive writing lesson combines a variety of tasks that get students exploring difficult moral issues while also developing their understanding of how writers manipulate language and why it's essential to support opinions with evidence...
Persuasive writing examples – KS4 moral issues lesson plan
This persuasive writing examples lesson plan gets students exploring difficult moral issues while learning how writers manipulate language
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November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This KS4 persuasive writing lesson combines a variety of tasks that get students exploring difficult moral issues while also developing their understanding of how writers manipulate language and why it's essential to support opinions with evidence...
Is 50% off a better deal than 50% extra free? This KS3 percentage change lesson helps students get to grips with the issues surrounding percentage change…
Percentage change KS3 – Maths lesson plan
Use this percentage change KS3 lesson to explore what happens to an amount of money when it undergoes a percentage increase or decrease
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Is 50% off a better deal than 50% extra free? This KS3 percentage change lesson helps students get to grips with the issues surrounding percentage change…
This print-ready reading strategies PDF details six classroom strategies, and assorted associated activities, that Lodge Park Academy in Corby uses to improve standards of cross-curricular literacy…
Reading strategies – Cross-curricular clasroom ideas
This reading strategies document contains six whole-school strategies for improving students' engagement with reading and literacy outcomes
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November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This print-ready reading strategies PDF details six classroom strategies, and assorted associated activities, that Lodge Park Academy in Corby uses to improve standards of cross-curricular literacy…
This KS3 creative writing lesson uses inspiring images and sticky notes to get learners producing some truly creative writing. The collaborative nature of the lesson means they learn from and inspire each other...
Creative writing KS3 – Images & sticky notes lesson plan
This creative writing KS3 lesson uses inspiring images and sticky notes to get learners producing some truly creative writing
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November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This KS3 creative writing lesson uses inspiring images and sticky notes to get learners producing some truly creative writing. The collaborative nature of the lesson means they learn from and inspire each other...