Download a free, science resource to help teachers explore connections with young pupils. Taken from Emily Hunt’s book, 15-𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙈: 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠, 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 5–11-𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧-𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨. Discover more here: https://www.crownhouse.co.uk/15-minute-stem

We know that teaching and working in schools can be challenging. According to the Teacher Wellbeing Index, 78% of all education staff experience mental health symptoms due to their work. To mark this important week, we’ve made a sample chapter from Love Teaching, Keep Teaching: The essential guide to improving wellbeing at all levels in schools free to read. The chapter is called The Eight Components of a Balanced Teacher. It outlines some common components of teaching which are likely to cause stress, and explores how to put these into a perspective that will allow you to stay well in this high-pressure profession.

For those in education, stress is inevitable. Behaviour management can be challenging, lessons need to be planned, and marking stacks up. How you respond to that stress can mean the difference between burning out and regaining control. The Mindful Teacher’s Handbook by Kamalagita Hughes is a practical guide to mindfulness that will empower teachers and school staff to take better care of their well-being and find calm in the day-to-day hustle and bustle of the school setting. Here is a free resource to help you get passed that feeling of just getting through the day… To find out more about this new title, go to the Crown House Publishing website!

Zoe Enser and Helen Ralston present this free downloadable lesson plan to help teachers explore Shakespeare in the classroom with pupils of any age. Bringing Forth the Bard links together the golden threads which run through Shakespeare’s work and highlights how teachers can best explore these with students. Zoe Enser equips busy teachers with the core knowledge that will enable them to make links between the themes, characters, language and allusions in Shakespeare’s oeuvre. This lesson plan is just one of the examples from Zoe Enser’s book, 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙙: 𝘼 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. You can discover this title on the Crown House Publishing website!

What are your plans to support children with additional needs at Christmas time? Use this FREE poster in your staffroom