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Brilliant Publications Early years Early Years Foundation Stage How children learn Key Stage Key Stage 0 National Curriculum Nursery and Preschool speaking and listening Teaching Ideas

Free Speaking and Listening resources

Free: speaking and listening resources for Early Years And before we go any further may I stress that the resources we are offering are completely free of charge. There is no trickery; no requirement to buy or anything like that. Our aim is simply to show you what is contained Read more…

By Richard, 17 hours ago

Brilliant Publications Key Stage Key Stage 2 KS2 Mathematics maths National Curriculum Primary school puzzles Teaching Ideas

There are two maths: one is better

What is the most effective way of giving KS2 pupils an understanding of how maths actually works? There is no doubt that the rote learning of times tables is helpful to most pupils. But for progress to be made beyond that point children also need to understand the meanings behind Read more…

By Richard, 1 day ago

Brilliant Publications Bullying Citizenship English Free creative teaching resource Key Stage Key Stage 2 KS2 National Curriculum Primary school PSHE speaking and listening Teaching Ideas

Get talking about bullying

Use this free resource to develop your childrens’ spoken language skills by highlighting a topic they will have been hearing about this week. ‘Some people suggest it is best to give in and do what the bully wants. But that won’t stop the bullying. You shouldn’t just put up with Read more…

By Richard, 1 week ago

Brilliant Publications Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Mathematics maths National Curriculum Primary school times tables

The 3Ms of times tables

The three factors within the extraordinary 3M method of teaching times tables. There are indeed three factors that need to be present if all children are going to learn their times tables in good time. First, the children need to be motivated. Second, they need to be taught using a method Read more…

By Richard, 3 weeks ago

Brilliant Publications Foreign Languages French French Key Stage 2 How children learn Key Stage 2 lesson plans Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) National Curriculum Primary school Spanish Spanish KS2 Teaching Ideas

How did it all start?

Why knowing the origins of human communication helps us find better methods of teaching a foreign language. There is much debate as to the way in which human language developed as our species evolved. But many would agree that an early part of the evolution would have been the calling Read more…

By Richard, 3 weeks ago

Brilliant Publications English Grammar Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 lesson plans National Curriculum Primary school Punctuation Reading Writing

To subject or not to subject?

The one thing about the rules of grammar is that without context they ain’t much help Now I know “ain’t” isn’t a word that you would want to encourage in a child’s essay – unless, of course, you had a particularly precocious writer in the class who had already developed Read more…

By Richard, 1 month ago

Brilliant Publications Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Mathematics maths National Curriculum Primary school Teaching Ideas times tables

Engaging pupils’ fluid intelligence

The important link between fluid intelligence and learning times tables It has been argued that “crystallized intelligence has become disproportionately valued over fluid intelligence”, yet it is fluid intelligence that is closely linked to working memory and which is responsible for the ability to recognise patterns. It is therefore important Read more…

By Richard, 1 month ago

Brilliant Publications cross-curricular dialogues English Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 KS1 KS2 National Curriculum plays poems Primary school reading comprehension stories

Why do we teach children how to read?

And how can we use this knowledge to improve our pupils’ level of reading? Too often it is thought that a fluent reader is a good reader but if your pupils have no or very little understanding of what they are reading, their ability to read (fluently or not) is Read more…

By Richard, 5 months ago

Brilliant Publications Dance Drama French French Key Stage 2 French language learners French vocabulary Key Stage 2 Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Music National Curriculum Physical Education (PE) Primary school Teaching Ideas

Sit still or wiggle?

Just because children are told to sit still, that doesn’t mean that’s the best way to study. “Put a group of 8 year olds in a room and play some music with a clear rhythm, and they will move. Some will move gracefully, others may jump about waving their arms Read more…

By Richard, 5 months ago

Brilliant Publications Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Mathematics maths National Curriculum Teaching Ideas times tables

Times tables and the mental block

Is it too much to hope that ALL your pupils will be fluent in their times tables? There is a reason why some of us can’t decode maths problems. An increasing understanding of dyscalculia among professionals has meant that pupils with the specific learning difficulty are getting more access to materials Read more…

By Richard, 6 months ago