A Guide to School Attendance Improving school attendance remains a contentious topic and is a high priority for the DCFS local authorities and schools. Thousands of sessions are missed every day; a waste of money resources and most of all of opportunity. A school’s practice is now subject to scrutiny as never before with targets and standard procedures required. A Guide to School Attendance provides a detailed practical guide for school leaders and managers teachers Education Welfare Officers and other attendance workers in schools and local authorities. New Registration Regulations have been force since September 2006. All state-maintained schools have a legal duty to combat unauthorised absence to maintain a twice-daily attendance record for every pupil and have attendance policies and procedures ready for OFSTED inspections. These should define everyday practice in all schools but are not always widely known about by those on the front-line. Ben Whitney draws together twenty years of education welfare experience to provide a wealth of ideas to benefit any school. The book provides: summaries of the legal requirements extended case studies Question and Answer sections group work activities model policies and procedures GBP 130.00 1
Support Services and Mainstream Schools A Guide for Working Together First Published in 2005. A new and diverse role s emerging for Support Services yet many schools and Early Years settings are unaware of the wealth of specialist skills and expertise contained therein. The editors have drawn together contributions from experienced colleagues working in a variety of roles with Special education needs. They illustrate how support services and schools can work together to develop best inclusive practice and enable children to thrive both socially and academically. | Support Services and Mainstream Schools A Guide for Working Together GBP 115.00 1
Teaching the National Strategy at Key Stage 3 A Practical Guide National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) for Key Stage 3 will be introduced into Secondary Schools in September 2001. The NNS document: Framework for Teaching Mathematics in Years 7 to 9 is based on the National Curriculum but offers a very different interpretation of some of the expected learning outcomes for year 7 to 9. This practical book interprets and explains the document for busy practitioners spells out the expectations of the framework and offers guidance on how to fulfil these describes and explains the types of teaching methods for maximising students' learning and includes many practical ideas for classroom activities within the framework of the NNS. | Teaching the National Strategy at Key Stage 3 A Practical Guide GBP 115.00 1
Supporting Numeracy A Handbook for those who Assist in Early Years Settings First Published in 2001. Starting with references to the Cockcroft Report of 1982 and the National Strategy this study defines numeracy as mathematics in action and outlines its importance in everyday life. Using and applying mathematics within the early learning setting means children are also taught to solve problems to communicate their ideas and develop their reasoning skills. Teaching Assistants provide the most effective support in mathematics when working in partnership with the teacher by sharing goals. To do this effectively it is important for assistants to understand how mathematics learning takes place within the early years setting and to know how and when to use mathematics language and equipment. The purpose of this book is to provide such understanding and knowledge. | Supporting Numeracy A Handbook for those who Assist in Early Years Settings GBP 115.00 1
The Neurodiversity Handbook for Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Assistants A Guide for Learning Support Staff SENCOs and Students This highly practical book supports the knowledge and development of teaching assistants and learning support assistants (TAs/LSAs) in their understanding of neurodivergent pupils. Considering a neurodivergent world is vital in society today and even more so in the classroom. Starting with a model of difference rather than deficit and highlighting the complexities involved this accessible resource focuses on effective strategies to support these pupils and explores the vital role of learning support in a range of different contexts. Rich in pedagogical features this book includes chapter objectives areas for the reader to reflect upon links throughout to the Teaching Assistant Standards and case studies for the reader to examine. Each chapter also has a further reading section which will include links to articles websites and organisations that can aid and support the development of TAs and LSAs. This important work will provide Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCos) with a framework to support their support staff in the classroom. | The Neurodiversity Handbook for Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Assistants A Guide for Learning Support Staff SENCOs and Students GBP 17.99 1
Understanding and Supporting Refugee Children and Young People A Practical Resource for Teachers Parents and Carers of Those Exposed to the This book is the go-to resource for those parents and professionals seeking to support children through the trauma of war and conflict. Not only does it provide the evidence base for effectively integrating refugee children into their new schools but it also introduces the reader to a range of key tools and strategies to both understand and manage anxiety and trauma -related behaviours. Practical and user-friendly it demystifies the process of talking about difficult topics providing helpful advice on how to do this in a trauma informed way making use of effective tools from therapeutic approaches to help our children and ourselves remain regulated and able to engage in post-traumatic growth. | Understanding and Supporting Refugee Children and Young People A Practical Resource for Teachers Parents and Carers of Those Exposed to the GBP 22.99 1
A Guide to Best Practice in Special Education Health and Social Care Making the System Work to Meet the Needs of Children Young People and A Guide to Best Practice in Special Education Health and Social Care explores and explains the changes in governmental policies across the education health and social care services and what they mean for young individuals parents and professionals. In a period of significant change many practitioners need to understand the government’s plans for bringing about a more efficient effective and sustainable system to meet the needs of young people and their families. Without trawling through reviews green papers white papers and bills this book not only explains the significance of recent events but provides practical examples in the form of conversations and case studies about how parents and professionals are making change happen. With decades of experience Rona Tutt and Paul Williams delve deep into the separate origins of the three strands – the SEND Review the review of children’s social care and the Health and Care Act 2022. The book explores how pupils in different types of schools can have their needs met more effectively; how to make better use of available resources; and how to create a culture of mutual respect across all the three services. A Guide to Best Practice in Special Education Health and Social Care not only fills in gaps in readers’ knowledge about the working of all three services but provides innovative examples of how change is happening at ground level. People of all age groups working in schools and seeking to enhance their knowledge will find it to be an essential read. It will also be of interest to parents and professionals from across health and social care. | A Guide to Best Practice in Special Education Health and Social Care Making the System Work to Meet the Needs of Children Young People and GBP 22.99 1
Planning Teaching and Class Management in Primary Schools First Published in 2004. Written new and trainee teachers Planning Teaching and Class Management in Primary Schools does not attempt to provide you with simplistic answers to complex issues. It does however offer important insights and strategies that can be used as a framework for monitoring and strengthening your progress as a teacher so that time on school placement becomes a first rate preparation for the day you have your own class. GBP 130.00 1
Supporting Children with Epilepsy Off-the-shelf support containing all the vital information practitioners need to know about Epilepsy this book includes * Different types of seizures and what causes them * What to do when a person has a seizure * Advice on how to address school issues * Organizing out of school activities | Supporting Children with Epilepsy GBP 115.00 1
Steps in Leadership This book covers the most important aspects of becoming a school leader including: What leadership actually is Different styles of leadership – identifying your current leadership; standard styles; what is likely to work best for you Strategic Vision and how to do it without losing your grip on reality Teams and how they work structures and delegation Coaching leading by moving your team with you. This will be of great help to anyone wanting to be a more effective leader or taking on a primary school leadership role for the first time. | Steps in Leadership GBP 115.00 1
Using Science to Develop Thinking Skills at Key Stage 3 This book presents a series of practical activities designed to help teachers build an effective science curriculum for more able children. It focuses on: developing higher order thinking skills using conceptual language; directed activities relating to text for developing higher order skills; and in-depth study topics that emphasize a real product outcome. | Using Science to Develop Thinking Skills at Key Stage 3 GBP 105.00 1
Reversing Lower Attainment Developmental Curriculum Strategies for Overcoming Disaffection and Underachievement First Published in 1998. All learners and in particular lower attainers need to have a curriculum which is cognitively challenging motivating and enriching. This book aims to help teachers adapt their teaching strategies so that they can offer such a curriculum especially to lower attainers. The nature of lower attainment is examined in its various forms in the highly able the slower learner the dyslexic and disaffected. The origins of these problems and how they may be identified are also discussed. An evaluation of the different curriculum models and methos of differentiation is provided and the author outlines the general principles and practices of good teaching with reference to a wide range of curriculum areas. | Reversing Lower Attainment Developmental Curriculum Strategies for Overcoming Disaffection and Underachievement GBP 69.99 1
Talk Box Activities for Teaching Oracy with Children aged 4–8 Talk Box supports teachers implementing the new curriculum who are looking for fresh ideas with a focus on teaching talk skills encouraging discussion and developing articulate children. It sets out different types of teaching involving children learning collaboratively through discussion with peers and centres on step-by-step lesson plans to develop hidden potential across the entire classroom. At the heart of the lesson plans is the ‘talk box’ - a collection of interesting objects which provide a focus for class discussion and where the activities are based on these linked ideas: • Young children need their teachers to help them make sense of the world; • The most effective medium for explaining discussing describing with children is talk; • Children learn very well from one another when taught how to do so and are a good resource for one another in the classroom; • Children may be able to talk but they are not often aware what sort of talk can help them to get the best from their education; • Direct teaching of essential talk skills and understanding is straightforward and should be undertaken in school classrooms. The numerous lesson plans included in this book are each built around specific learning objectives for speaking and listening and cover subjects such as literacy numeracy science citizenship ICT and Computing. Each lesson includes a resources list and photocopiable worksheets and range from whole class to small group work. This book will help you teach children to engage in the educationally effective kind of discussion known as Exploratory Talk where everyone’s viewpoint is considered opinions are justified with reasons and decisions are made together. This new edition includes updated curriculum links new research findings a home-school link section and contain additional EAL and SEN materials. | Talk Box Activities for Teaching Oracy with Children aged 4–8 GBP 28.99 1
Education in the United Kingdom Structures and Organisation This accessible book provides a basic understanding of the structure and organization of education in the United Kingdom in a time of rapid change and devolved government. It is designed as an introductory guide and reference work for all with an interest in education including trainee and newly qualified teachers university lecturers school-based mentors and governors and managers. It contains an accessible summary of key issues and contributions from some of the best-known writers in the field. | Education in the United Kingdom Structures and Organisation GBP 115.00 1
Helping Children with Autism to Learn This book considers how individuals with Autism can be enabled to learn through specific approaches to teaching that draw together understandings of how such individuals think and learn and the implications for those who aim to teach them. A new and coherent perspective on the education of individuals with Autism is offered - a pedagogy for Autism. Both teachers and parents will benefit from the insights this book offers into reasons behind Autistic ways of behaving and guidance about ways of responding | Helping Children with Autism to Learn GBP 115.00 1
Teaching 14-19 Everything you need to know....about learning and teaching across the phases The emergence of the new 14-19 sector raises huge learning and teaching issues for both schools and colleges of further education. A new generation of skilled and flexible professionals will need to be trained and re-trained. Teachers in both sectors are understandably nervous about the impending changes. Covering everything a teacher needs to know about learning and teaching across these phases this book: supports recent government policy initiatives for the 14-19 sector covers how to teach the 14-19 age phase in both schools and colleges addresses issues of concern for both teachers and college lectures helps both groups appreciate the background and rationale of the other sector. With a FAQ format lots of practical advice and illustrative case studies this book will be vital for all practitioners experienced and trainee in both secondary and post-compulsory education. | Teaching 14-19 Everything you need to know. . about learning and teaching across the phases GBP 130.00 1
Humanities in Primary Education History Geography and Religious Education in the Classroom First Published in 1995. This innovative series is an ideal means of supporting professional practice in the post-Dearing era when a new focus on the quality of teaching and learning is possible. The series promotes reflective teaching and active forms of pupil learning. The books explore the implications of these commitments for curriculum and curriculum-related issues. This book has emerged out of the collective experience of six colleagues who work together at the Faculty of Education of the University of the West of England in Bristol. The twin strands here are a social constructivist model of learning and a reflective teaching model of pedagogy. Through reflecting on our experiences and evaluating their intentions practices and outcomes not only do we learn but we also enrich the learning of those children pupils and students with whom we are working. | Humanities in Primary Education History Geography and Religious Education in the Classroom GBP 105.00 1
Involving Pupils in Practice Promoting Partnerships with Pupils with Special Educational Needs First Published in 2000. Involving Pupils in Practice provides principles and practical examples of the ways in which pupils with a wide range of needs including emotional and behavioural difficulties and learning difficulties can become active participants in learning. The Essex special schools and units involved in the project that provided the basis for this book demonstrate ways in which pupils can become effective managers of their own learning within a context of wider school improvement and developing inclusion. The schools provide feedback from teachers and pupils who report significant improvements in learning confidence self-esteem and motivation. | Involving Pupils in Practice Promoting Partnerships with Pupils with Special Educational Needs GBP 115.00 1
Strategies and Resources for Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Classrooms Teachers students and bilingual teaching assistants looking for resources and activities to help raise achievement among minority ethnic pupils and develop a multicultural perspective will find this book indispensable. Included in this practical and accessible volume are a wide variety of activities; examples of materials and photocopiable sheets for direct use in the classroom which can be easily adapted for different learning situations; tried and tested examples of good practice; practical strategies to help bilingual pupils develop their language skills; guidance on partnership teaching and working with bilingual classroom assistants; and advice on raising the achievement of bilingual pupils from disadvantaged groups. | Strategies and Resources for Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Classrooms GBP 115.00 1
Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom Practical Approaches to Inspire Teachers and their Pupils Teachers in English schools have now had ten years of prescriptive national literacy strategies and it is time for a new approach. This book encourages children from their early years to think of themselves as writers who have something to write and know how to write it. Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom offers an exciting and refreshing approach to teaching writing in the primary school with very practical suggestions to help build a community of writers in your school where everyone writes and loves writing. Building on the research of recent years and with whole-curriculum provision it shows teachers how to actively engage children in the writing process excite them about what they can achieve and help all children to think of themselves as writers. The book begins with a clear analysis of what real writers really need and has chapters on working outdoors using the very best of children’s literature drama and imaginative play as well as sounds and images. It also features a chapter on practical productive planning including two case studies that show the approaches in use at schools. Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom is packed with practical advice games and strategies for the classroom based on the authors’ successful experience as teachers and in-service providers. These new approaches will enable teachers to get their children up and moving experiencing what writers experience feeling what writers feel and most important of all writing how writers write. | Creating Writers in the Primary Classroom Practical Approaches to Inspire Teachers and their Pupils GBP 130.00 1
The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood This revised new edition of The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) offers a brand-new method of measuring the quality of environment and pedagogy in which young children are encouraged to move and be physically active. As physical development is a key component of an educational curriculum MOVERS offers practitioners the opportunity to accurately assess the quality of a child’s physical experiences and the environmental and pedagogical quality of these experiences. The MOVERS is placed firmly in the family of CLIQRS – Curriculum Leadership and Interaction Quality Rating Scales which includes the Early Childhood Quality Rating Scale – Emergent Curriculum (ECQRS-EC) the Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being Scale (SSTEW) and the Pedagogical Leadership in the Early Years (PLEY) scale all of which have a similar format to previously mentioned scales making it easy for educators already familiar with these well-established scales to adopt them and adapt them to their own unique settings. MOVERS has four sub-scales:- curriculum environment and resources for physical development- pedagogy for physical development- supporting physical activity and critical thinking- parents/carers and staff. This book will be an invaluable tool for research self-evaluation and improvement audit and regulation. With additional notes derived using the feedback from extensive use of this resource by practitioners in hundreds of settings and early years specialists around the world it has also been rigorously updated according to latest research practice and policy. | The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood GBP 18.99 1
The Art of Positive Communication Good communication between teachers and pupils and between pupils themselves helps to build a good learning environment where all pupils can achieve. This book covers key communication issues including: forming sound relationships understanding non-verbal behavior accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative. | The Art of Positive Communication GBP 29.99 1
Effective In-Class Support The Management of Support Staff in Mainstream and Special Schools First Published in 1999. Schools are increasingly responding to the challenge of resourcing special educational needs by employing a variety of support staff to help children with SEN access as much of the curriculum as possible. They may be qualified teachers nursery nurses or therapists unqualified learning support assistants or parent volunteers. The purpose of this book is to provide SENCOs and classroom teachers with a practical guide to managing and supporting their in-class support. Emphasis is put on defining the roles and responsibilities of support staff developing partnership and establishing effective communication between the class teacher and the support worker. Photocopiable proformas and checklists are provided for INSET and to help schools plan and appraise the work of support staff. | Effective In-Class Support The Management of Support Staff in Mainstream and Special Schools GBP 99.99 1
Managing Extreme Behaviours in the Early Years Increasing numbers of children attending pre school provision have led to increasing referrals to the advisory services for behavioural issues. Children appear to be having difficulty conforming to social expectations in educational settings and are presenting us with more extreme behaviours. In spite of much advice already available in the form of written material books and TV programmes there appears to be an increase in behaviours reported and in practitioners searching for managing strategies. The suggested strategies are based upon long varied experiences in real life situations and have a grounding in practice designed to be manageable realistic and relevant to educational settings. They cover the following behaviours: Self harm Hitting Running away Sexualised behaviour Refusal to talk Uncooperative behaviour Aggressive behaviour Managing Extreme Behaviours in the Early Years the fifth of the Tried and Tested Strategies series is a ready-to-hand and easy to read guide for those dealing with problem behaviour and who do not always have the time to search for solutions. GBP 130.00 1
Location Writing Taking Literacy into the Environment Presenting a powerful and stimulating approach to writing Location Writing allows children to escape the confines of the classroom and develop written responses to their environment. The book features: activities covering prose poetry non-fiction and faction; examples of written work by both children and professional writers; detailed lesson plans and ideas; advice on establishing writers' trails; cross-curricular links; and lists of resources and suggestions for location writing around the UK. | Location Writing Taking Literacy into the Environment GBP 115.00 1