For many years, educators have spoken about how structuring activities to foster ‘engagement’ results in learners becoming self-motivated to interact with the content of lessons resulting in deeper and more memorable learning experiences…

Why are education professionals...

“I was asked to spend some time with Edwyn, a year 4 pupil, who was being assessed for ADHD”, an Educational Psychologist colleague told me. “I had observed him in class and he had been disruptive, so I sat down and asked if he knew why I was meeting him. He replied th...

There has recently been an increase in coverage within the media about the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children, and with good reason. Recent reports have identified that within each classroom, up to 15 percent of children are at risk of poor emotional and...

The use of colour and shape coding to support learners develop vocabulary and increase the use of different sentence types is on the increase and it is not uncommon to see these resources being used effectively within special and mainstream classrooms.

It is important h...