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• Website Updates

  We are revamping our sign up pages - make sure you are ready: Renew Now! ALL teaching planning and resources will remain fully available all through next week's changeover.

  By Suzie Hunt

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• Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth!

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  Every year the UK celebrates the official birthday of the Monarch in early June, usually the second Saturday. Use this event as a springboard for key stage 1 teaching about ...

  By Julie St Claire Hoare

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• Inspire Your Class to Create Landscapes Like L.S. Lowry

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  Explore the art of Salford-based painter L.S. Lowry. His densely populated urban landscapes appeal to children and adults alike and will encourage your children to paint their own landscape environment.

  By Julie St Claire Hoare

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• World Biodiversity Day

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  The 22nd of May is World Biodiversity Day (also known as the International Day of Biological Diversity) and an appropriate day for your class to get outside to study local ...

  By Julie St Claire Hoare

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• Get Sporty with Topics this Summer

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  With so many exciting sporting events happening in May, June and July, why not take on 'Sports Tournaments', our cross-curricular sporting topic for lower key stage 2?

  By Julie St Claire Hoare

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• Share a Story Month: Travelling Tales

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  Celebrate the power of storytelling in May with National 'Share a Story' Month.

  By Claire Field

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• Hamilton and OFSTED's New Framework: Intent, Implementation and Impact

  The new Education Inspection Framework just put out for consultation by Ofsted makes interesting reading. The report is structured by reference to the three 'I's.

  By Ruth Merttens

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• Inspire Your Class to Paint like Van Gogh

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  With the current exhibition at Tate Britain in London celebrating vincent Van Gogh and his relationship to Britain, there is no better time to learn about this inspiring painter.

  By Julie St Claire Hoare

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• Walk to School Week Inspires Maths Learning in KS1

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  Every year in May thousands of children join in the five day walking challenge 'Walk to School Week' organised by Living Streets. In 2019, it's 20-24 May.

  By Julie St Claire Hoare

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