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3D Printed Flower Clicker Fidget sensory fidget toy

3D Printed Flower Clicker Fidget: Sensory Benefits, Fidget Ideas and Practical Uses

A detailed guide to 3D Printed Flower Clicker Fidget, including...
4 min read
3D Printed Flower Clicker Fidget
10 Frame Tray wooden educational toy

10 Frame Tray: Learning Benefits and Wooden Play Ideas

An in-depth guide to 10 Frame Tray, exploring its benefits...
3 min read
10 Frame Tray
1-10 Natural Number Stacker wooden educational toy

1-10 Natural Number Stacker: Learning Benefits and Wooden Play Ideas

An in-depth guide to 1-10 Natural Number Stacker, exploring its...
3 min read
1-10 Natural Number Stacker
2 Pack Funny Potato Face sensory fidget toy

2 Pack Funny Potato Face: Sensory Benefits, Fidget Ideas and Practical Uses

A detailed guide to 2 Pack Funny Potato Face, including...
3 min read
2 Pack Funny Potato Face
Explained: Government to ‘update’ collective worship guidance for England’s schools

Explained: Government to ‘update’ collective worship guidance for England’s schools

Move comes after the Supreme Court ruled the delivery of...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Talk isn’t cheap: it sets up a child to thrive in the classroom

Oracy must be nurtured across all settings – especially as...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Small schools don’t need fixing. The system needs to learn from them

Headlines about small schools ‘escaping’ the DfE’s school improvement drive...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Support staff can recognise and share their value by journaling

By recording and reflecting, ‘invisible’ staff can evidence their professional...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Spending on speech and language therapy is vital to tackle SEND

I’m calling on government to view early intervention, training of...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Coast and Vale paid Delta £440k ahead of merger

The sum was handed over for ‘extensive work’ before trusts...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: DfE’s AI tutoring plan prompt calls for more research

DfE says 450,000 disadvantaged children will benefit, but experts warn...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Schools could be required to record internal exclusions

Government looks to collect data as it urges schools to...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report

Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Councils snub alternative funding to press on with special schools

Local authorities were offered the choice of continuing with projects...
2 min read
classroom

Explained: Winter of discontent is a real danger for pupils’ confidence

Data revealed pupils’ sense of agency takes a knock from...
2 min read
classroom
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