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Cathy Layton
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
Happy Christmas
Education Guru wishes you all a peaceful and restful Christmas. We hope that after such a difficult and demanding year, that you are able...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Coping with climate change anxiety in children
A recent survey that asked 10 000 young people how climate change effected their mental health reveals that ‘27% were extremely worried ,...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Emotions to music - Breathscape
This clever apps helps translates how you are feeling into your own personal theme tune. We all know how beneficial breathing can be to...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
ASE Convention 2022 - update
The ASE Annual Conference, scheduled to begin on January 5, 2022 at Sheffield Hallam University, will no longer take place as planned –...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Once in a lifetime Discovery
Archaeologists working on the path of the proposed HS2 railway, have made what has been described as a “once in a lifetime discovery” of...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
Rudolph's nose so bright...
Rudolph the Reindeer had a very shiny nose, and if you ever saw it…… Well, this Christmas slime doesn’t glow but it does shimmer and...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
Elephants Evolve without Tusks
Rising numbers of female elephants are being born without tusks. Through this amazing twist of evolution these animals will no longer be...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 9, 2021
- 1 min
Father Christmas Early Warning System
This activity can be used with Key Stage 2 children and fits into Year 4’s Electricity objectives. Each child/group will create their own...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Teach wellbeing through science investigation
Creating multi-disciplinary teaching is a win-win situation for children and teachers alike. Research shows that children are more...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Rudolph and the Reindeers
This activity can be used with any age group but will probably work best with those who still believe! The children will think about how...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Roar like a lion
Looking for a book to support the wellbeing of your pupils to add to your class library? Take a look at Roar like a Lion by Carlie...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
Instant Snow
This resource can be used to support the areas of Changing Materials throughout the school from Early Years to Year 6 and also to support...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 4, 2021
- 1 min
The Big Christmas Stem Quiz
Get your teams together for The Big Christmas STEM Quiz from Cognition Creative Learning CIC and Scientrific. This fun, festive,...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
Updated Primary Science Teacher Assessments
We thought we would highlight the Primary Science Teacher Assessment Documents that were updated in July 2021 just in case you have...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min
Research on the Health and Wellbeing of Teachers
Did you know that recent studies by Education Support, a UK charity dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of education staff,...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Websites worth a look
Our monthly round up of some of our favourite websites for December: The Institute of Engineering and Technology has some great Primary...
Cathy Layton
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
National Tree Week
National Tree Week is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the start of the winter tree planting season (November to March...
Cathy Layton
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Christmas Eve Emergency Plan
This activity can be used to develop children’s understanding of electricity, in particular, how to make components brighter and louder...
Cathy Layton
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Walrus from Space Survey – Citizen Scientists needed!
One of the types of working scientifically that we want to encourage the children to develop is Pattern seeking. One way to develop this...
Cathy Layton
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Are you feeling overwhelmed, overworked, stressed, thinking of a career change?
Teaching has one of the highest rates of burn out in all the professions. Even more so recently, as teachers were on the front line...
