Curriculum
Posted on November 12, 2019 by Alex at Rising Stars
To mark World Diabetes Day tomorrow (Thursday 14th November), we're giving away a free extract from Bionic T1D by Nina Wadia, a Reading Planet story about a young boy with very special super powers...
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Curriculum
Posted on November 5, 2019 by Lucy at Rising Stars
On 5
th November the DfE published new guidance and introduced the 'Six Character Benchmarks' to support the teaching of character education in primary schools.
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Curriculum
Posted on November 5, 2019 by Athena at Rising Stars
In August 2018, teen activist Greta Thunberg started a school strike outside the Swedish Parliament to raise awareness for climate change. Since then, she has inspired millions of young people all over the world to join her campaign against climate change through her 'Fridays For Future' movement. Want to inspire the next Greta Thunberg? Browse our free lesson ideas and related book series to help introduce ecology and climate change to your pupils.
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Posted on November 5, 2019 by Kerrie Wheelan, Endeavour Academy
With 10% of children and young people having a clinically diagnosable mental health issue it remains concerning that 70% have had no appropriate interventions. The impact of this is evident in schools where Mental Health and Wellbeing is being placed high on agendas.
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Curriculum
Posted on November 1, 2019 by Athena at Rising Stars
Next week is Anti-bullying week, an annual campaign run by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2019 is ‘Change Starts With Us' and will run from Monday 11th November - Friday 15th November. We know it's important to make sure children feel happy and safe at school and online, so we've compiled some helpful resources to help start the anti-bullying conversation and promote kindness this Anti-Bullying Week.
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Posted on November 1, 2019 by Catherine Casey
This month is #NonFictionNovember - a national celebration that aims to promote reading non-fiction for pleasure, to allow young readers to indulge in their fascination for facts and to celebrate the breadth, depth and richness of non-fiction writing. In this blog, On Track English author Catherine Casey explores the positives of reading non-fiction.
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Posted on October 31, 2019 by The Question Bank Team
Get ready for bonfire night by starting your English lessons with this firework themed reading comprehension quiz from Question Bank.
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Assessment
Posted on October 31, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
Join us on the fourth and final part of our journey with St Barnabas Church of England First and Middle School as we explore their use of our termly standardised assessment suites PiRA, PUMA, GAPS and NTS Assessments. St Barnabas also makes full use of MARK, our free online assessment and reporting tool trusted by over 6,000 schools.
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Posted on October 29, 2019 by Hamish Baxter
As Black History Month draws to a close, Hamish Baxter (Assistant Commisioning Editor at Rising Stars) discusses the importance of diversity in children's books and reading schemes.
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Posted on October 25, 2019 by Bev Forrest
Let’s be honest how much time do we have for giving pupils quality feedback in History? The answer is usually very little as our attention is still firmly focused on raising standards in literacy and numeracy.
Here are some ideas to ensure that even when you are short on time your feedback has the necessary impact to move learning forward.
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