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Top 50 places to find FREE teaching resources
Resource Bank presents our top 50 places to find the best free teaching resources, in collaboration with Collaboroo!
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Books to Read this Remembrance Day
On the 11th November, we remember and honour the men and women from all wars who have served. Books are a fantastic way to educate children about the significance of this event.
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Giving Great Assemblies: 15 Top Tips
What makes a good assembly? John Dabell shares his top 15 tips to elevate your assembly skills.
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Exciting school trip ideas for the autumn term
Engaging and educational school trip ideas for Primary and Early Years this autumn term.
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20 Back To School Tips For Parents
John Dabell our resident teacher blogger gives his top 20 tips for helping parents prepare their children for back to school!
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Why do teachers teach?
Teaching is a great job with lots of magical moments, but it can also be stressful with a pile of challenges and long hours. So why do teachers teach?
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Top Tips for Engaging with Parents
Parental engagement has a huge impact on children’s learning, but it can be a tough nut to crack. John Dabell shares his top tips for engaging with parents and creating a healthy learning community.
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Make the most out of PM
PM is the largest and most finely levelled reading programme in the UK, with a pedagogically sound, proven approach to making every child a successful, balanced reader. To help you to make the best use of PM resources, we…
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Celebrate National Storytelling Week
It’s National Storytelling Week! No matter what age you are, there’s nothing quite like listening to a story read aloud. Join the fun and celebrate an ancient tradition by making sure you read aloud to your children this…
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Chinese New Year activities and articles
Check out our selection of great Chinese New Year resources on the Scholastic Resource Bank.
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Read our Times Tables resources review
Read the Times Tables review from leading educational magazine, Teach Primary
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The new times tables check is coming!
Sharpen your skills for the new 2020 multiplication tables check and try our free online practice test.
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Poetry for a Change
National Poetry Day will take place on 4th October – make sure the date is marked on your calendar!
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Scholastic and Darrick Wood School win Educational Resources Award
We are delighted that Scholastic and Darrick Wood School have been awarded the Educational Resource Award 2018 for Collaboration between School and Supplier.
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Important information for schools in Scotland
Scholastic have been accepted onto the Scotland Excel tender SXL 06-17.
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Win a £50 John Lewis voucher
This World Book Day, we’re offering you the chance to win a £50 John Lewis voucher with We Are Writers.
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Our top rated resources from Scholastic Resource Bank
Discover some of our best reviewed teaching resources and find out how they can save you time and inspire your classes.
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Current state of ELT in UK
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson looks at how various external forces have impacted on the state of ELT in the UK.
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Michael Rosen is supporting We Are Writers
We want to turn more pupils than ever into published authors – and Michael Rosen is here to help us do it!
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Stories and anecdotes from the ELT Classroom
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson tells us funny stories that the quirks of the English language have caused in his classroom.
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ELT Readers – Festive Favourites
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for English learners. Featuring best-loved stories and characters, they are a great way to inspire your students.
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IELTS Listening – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson gives advice on helping students to tackle the IELTS Listening task.
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Poetry and Performance with Paul Cookson
Author and poet Paul Cookson went on tour to Northern Irish schools, performing his poetry and encouraging children to get into reading, writing and performing themselves!
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European Day of Languages Competition
For European Day of Languages we asked you how you inspired your students to learn languages and here’s what you had to say!
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Empathy, imagination and children’s stories
Primary school teacher Jonny Walker talks empathy, imagination and the power of children’s books to allow us to gaze at life’s complexities in great detail, but from a safe distance.
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Tips on how to help students cope with stress during exams
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson gives advice on helping students to cope with stress as they prepare for their IELTS exams.
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Best-loved ELT Readers
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for English learners. Featuring best-loved stories and characters, they are a great way to inspire your students.
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IELTS Writing Task 2 – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
In his latest post, Martin Wilson gives advice on the second IELTS writing task and offers tips on how to answer the essay question to allow candidates to obtain the highest possible grade.
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Top 10 Stand Alones for Teens
We asked teachers their top books for teenagers and these are their top rated stand alones!
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Top 10 Series for Teens
We asked teachers their top books for teenagers and these are their top rated series!
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Top 3 Fun Facts
We asked teachers their top books and the results poured in but here are some things you may not know about the top three books for teenagers!
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Ideas for every teacher with our Lollies shortlist!
In her latest post for us, education expert Jodie Lopez shares her ideas for teaching the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards shortlist in the classroom.
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IELTS Writing Task 1 – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
In his latest post, Martin Wilson gives advice on the first IELTS writing task, offering tips to avoid some of the most common pitfalls that prevent candidates from obtaining the highest possible grade.
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ELT Reader of the Month – Smurfs: The Lost Village
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for young English learners. This month, the spotlight is on Smurfs: The Lost Village, a Level 3 ELT Reader based on the latest film in the much-loved Smurfs series.
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Make life easier with Language Lab
Looking for ways to make your language teaching easier? Take a look at our top five reasons to start using Language Lab.
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IELTS Exam Speaking Section – Common Mistakes
Experienced English Language teacher Martin Wilson discusses the common mistakes made by students when preparing for the IELTS English speaking exam.