Accelerator Fund: The phonics funding explained The application window for the Accelerator Fund in English 2022/23 is open now and schools can access up to £9,000 of funding to support pupils’ reading. Nicola Romaine explains how
How using edtech can help to reduce maths anxiety Sponsored Maths anxiety can be invisible and often go unnoticed; it can manifest in many ways. It is widely acknowledged as a barrier to engagement and progress in maths, as well as other areas of education, employment and life.
From deep dives to safeguarding: Headteacher Update best practice insights From navigating Ofsted’s subject deep dives to effective whole-school reading strategies, Headteacher Update’s free best practice downloads offer a wealth of expert advice and tips for teachers and school leaders in primary schools.
WordMania 2023: Word-building challenge A global online word-building challenge is once again giving pupils the chance to showcase their creativity while also developing their literacy skills.
My Twist on a Tale: Represent! A girl shedding female stereotypes and a story tackling themes of blindness and deafness are among those written by primary school pupils to have won the My Twist on a Tale competition this year.
Nuffield Early Language Intervention An early language intervention aimed at reception pupils as part of Covid recovery efforts has been found to have a sustained positive impact on oral language skills and confidence using language.
International challenge for World Maths Day Pupils are invited to take part in live maths challenges with peers across the world as part of the annual World Maths Day on Wednesday, March 8.
Gadgeteers to lead winter reading challenge A free digital platform is encouraging children to keep reading during the winter holidays, offering rewards and prizes.
A cautionary tale: Helicopter stories The stories young children tell can open up a world of creativity, communication and development, while offering crucial insights to teachers. Trisha Lee explains the concept of helicopter stories
Represent! My Twist on a Tale 2022 The fourth annual My Twist of a Tale writing competition is asking pupils to shine a light on the page, representing what, and who, they feel is being left out in literature today.
Reading fluency: Two free resources Seven years of studying and research has gone into two resources aimed at supporting teachers in developing their pupils’ reading fluency.
Wellbeing to numeracy: A selection of resources From wellbeing and counting to coding and swimming safety, Headteacher Update rounds up a number of free resources available now for primary schools
Schoolreaders volunteers offer free one-to-one reading sessions National charity Schoolreaders has launched its Race for Reading campaign to help raise funds to support its literacy work with primary school pupils.
Book-drop programme to deliver 30,000 books to disadvantaged pupils Schools are invited to apply for free books for their disadvantaged pupils via the UK Reads book-drop. 1 comment
Where's Wally Weekender Children and their families are being urged to take to the streets dressed as Wally to help raise funds for the National Literacy Trust.
SpringBoard Maths Challenge The SpringBoard Maths Challenge is now open to all classes from year 1 to 6 and will run from March 1 to May 8, 2022.
Storytelling Month celebrates cultures, dialects and languages The richness of people’s stories, cultures and language is being celebrated by virtual Storytelling Month, which kicked off this week.
Getting creative with robots Pupils are being asked to draw their own robots and write about all things robot as part of a UK-wide competition.
Improving literacy in key stage 2 Updated guidance has been published to help teachers and school leaders to maximise the quality of their key stage 2 literacy provision.
Connectivity to the universe: A poetry and coding competition A poetry and coding competition themed on “connectivity to the universe” has been launched for pupils.
The Edit: A digital story-telling challenge The Edit – a digital story-telling challenge – is focusing this year on themes of equality, diversity and inclusion and climate change.
My Twist On A Tale: Our Tomorrow The popular My Twist On A Tale writing and creativity challenge has been given a sci-fi makeover for 2021 with the theme of Our Tomorrow.
Literacy: Bite into Writing Sponsored Bite into Writing is NFER’s new resource for year 6 teachers, designed to help you teach and assess writing with confidence.
Marcus Rashford donates 50,000 books to primary schools The newly launched Marcus Rashford Book Club is to donate 50,000 books to more than 850 primary schools across England and Scotland.
Hay Festival reveals online Schools Programme for 2021 Pupils are being offered access to a range of online activities and workshops themed around literature, creativity and writing as part of this year’s Hay Festival Schools Programme.
