Author: Samantha Lauren King

Primary schools are encouraged to enter their brightest mathematicians into the National Young Mathematicians’ Awards 2017. Run by Explore Learning in conjunction with the University of Cambridge’s NRICH project, the free-to-enter competition challenges teams of pupils to complete a series of maths problems through teamwork, mathematical thinking and systematic recording. Teams should be made up […]

A primary school has appointed its own prime minister and cabinet as a way of getting pupils actively involved in school improvement. At Coton-in-the-Elms Primary School in Derbyshire, pupils are directly involved with big decisions, with an elected prime minister, deputy prime minister, chancellors, MPs and speakers of the house in place across the school. […]

Primary schools across Waltham Forest are backing a bid for the area to become London’s first-ever “borough of culture”. Over the coming weeks, local schoolchildren will take part in lessons inspired by the campaign, and put forward their own ideas of what could be done to improve the area. Pupils will choose a person, place […]

An author and multi-academy trust CEO is using Twitter to give schools free advice on behaviour management. Jeremy Rowe, the CEO of the Waveney Valley Academies Trust, and author of Sorting out behaviour: A head teacher’s guide, is encouraging schools to get in touch via the handle @behaviour999 for free advice on individual and strategic […]

Sixty schools from across the UK will work with scientists to help solve a global parasite problem. In the year-long research project, students will work alongside scientists from the Wellcome Genome Campus to identify and annotate the genes in the DNA of the human whipworm. Launched by the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) and […]

Teachers from a secondary academy are learning ballet, sewing and Mandarin through an innovative partnership with a local independent school. The link-up is part of Hampton Court House’s ‘Form 7’ scheme, which allows teachers to develop new skills in their free time through evening classes in everything from languages to painting. Usually reserved for teachers […]

An extra-curricular rap club is helping improve pupil behaviour at a Croydon secondary school. Established in January, Oasis Academy Shirley Park’s weekly two-hour rapping sessions teach pupils how to write and perform their lyrics, as well as use the genre to channel emotion. Since its inception, Ben Turner, the music teacher who founded the club, […]

Public Health England has launched a series of free online PSHE resources tackling modern-day health issues pupils face, from online stress to FOMO, the fear of missing out. ‘Rise Above for Schools’ includes videos and lesson plans co-created with teachers, as well as activities suitable for KS3 and KS4 pupils. Topics include alcohol, exam stress, […]

An initiative helping young women in rural Tanzania access education and employment has won a top prize in the World Innovation Summit for Education Awards (WISE). The ‘Learner Guide Program’ run by the charity Camfed sends young female African graduates into Tanzanian schools to support the next wave of pupils in their academic studies, as […]