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5 Top Tips for Concerned Teachers

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Carl Barton shares his top tips to help struggling and concerned teachers get through the most difficult of times.

Is Growth Mindset Real?

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Growth Mindset the term has been hanging around the world of education, business and sports for close to a decade now. Some people love it, others hate it. Liz Cronshaw looks into what's the real story around Growth Mindset.

Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0

Blogs, News

A fully updated edition of Ross Morrison McGill's, Mark. Plan. Teach. containing best practice, recent thinking and developments around marking and feedback.

NO COST TO ACCESS NEW RHE CURRICULUM RESOURCES

Blogs, News

‘Health and Relationships’ programme helps teachers get ready for statutory RHE curriculum changes and supports blended learning

The Kindness of Youth: Coping with a Teacher with Cancer

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Pupils are often stereotyped as being rude, uncaring, and self-important but ThebigCteacher experienced the opposite when they broke the news to their school that they had advanced cancer.

Weaving Creativity Into All Lessons

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Ben from WAGOLL teaching shares how you can encourage your pupils to be creative in all subjects. He promotes a classroom where no idea is silly.

5 Top Tips for Concerned Students

Blogs

Carl Barton shares his top tips to help struggling and concerned students. He shows you how you can help them achieve their dreams.

How using a scheme of work lets teachers teach!

Blogs, NexEdInsights

Robert Pokorny explains why he thinks that using a scheme of work can actually release a teacher’s creativity rather than shackle it.

Support During School Closures – Free Online Lessons

Blogs, News, NexEdInsights

At Nexus we are committed to helping our teaching community. We are therefore delighted to announce that we have partnered with RocketLearn to offer our schools free online lessons and work for children in Years 3-8.

Research in Brief: Word learning through overhearing

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'Can young children learn words just by overhearing them?' Pete Clements looks into how children learn vocabulary.

Ending Lessons with Purpose

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Do your lessons sometimes end in a rush? Ben from WAGOLL Teaching shares his top tips for ending your lessons with purpose.

Signs of Teacher Burnout- and what to do

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After a long term, we're all tired but Orla Carlin wants us to be aware of the signs of burnout and what to do to combat it.

The Importance of Editing in English- Part 2

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Nadine loves teaching and English is her favourite subject to teach. Here, she continues her writing series as she looks at editing- part 2.

The Importance of Editing in English- Part 1

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Nadine loves teaching and English is her favourite subject to teach. Here, she continues her writing series as she looks at editing.

Welcome To My Classroom

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Like her 1st blog, Farhana has stuck to her philosophical roots. This blog takes us through a journey into her first ever classroom.

Implementing a Reflective Practice Approach

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Jayne Carter has been looking at the ways she delivers professional development and looks at a reflective practice approach.

Why We Should Stop Worrying about Exams

Blogs, NexEdInsights

Last year's exams were cancelled and already, Wales has cancelled exams for 2021. With this in mind, John from Universal Owl argues, do we need them at all?

Toxic Schools

Blogs

Lynn How reflects on when things go really bad. She recalls when she had to 'bite the bullet' and admit that she needed to leave a school.

Different Cyber Threats: how can teachers protect themselves and their students

Blogs, NexEdInsights

Brad Smith from turnonvpn.org looks into different types of cyber threats facing teachers and how they can protect themselves and their students.

Dancing To Teach Coding and Algorithms

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Dancing is a great way to teach coding and algorithms. Algorithms are a set of instructions, just like the instructions for a dance. By challenging the children to write their algorithm for a dance, they are effectively writing code!

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