by Site Admin | Apr 27, 2026 | pedagogy, subjects
In the first of two posts on this theme, Gary Mills from the University of Nottingham’s School of Education considers how and why primary-aged children should learn about ‘difficult history’ and the Holocaust in particular. Whenever I take...
by Site Admin | Dec 8, 2025 | pedagogy, subjects
The Power of Creative Writing Across Schools As schools begin to engage with the DfE’s (2025) Writing Framework, Sally Betteridge suggests ways to motivate and engage children so they thrive as young writers. There is something magical about watching a class of...
by Site Admin | May 2, 2025 | pedagogy, subjects
Many primary school lessons – mathematics lessons included – include use of a PowerPoint, Google slides (or similar) presentation. Popular schemes of work provide slide decks (e.g. NCETM PD materials, White Rose, and Oak National Academy), and also include all of the...
by Site Admin | Mar 27, 2025 | pedagogy, subjects
Initial reflection on the relationship between technology and the development of writing might have you thinking they are not natural soul mates. However, schools across Transform Trust have been integrating technology into the writing process and this offers a...
by Site Admin | Jun 13, 2024 | pedagogy, subjects
In this post, Alex Booth and Mal Kerr make the case for the importance of fieldwork in geography and offer some guiding principles. “Geography wants to take children outside the school and into the streets and fields; it wants to take the keyboard tappers out of their...
by Site Admin | Nov 20, 2023 | subjects
In this post, Jane Morris, from the University of Cumbria considers the potential contribution of a storytelling approach to science teaching. Doris Stickley’s thoughtful book “Water Bugs and Dragonflies” tells the story of a small colony of water...
