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Expressive arts and design: The Telescope
A boy is making a telescope, as part of a series of pirate-related activities.

Communication and language, rich language environments
A 'ride' on a train made from cardboard boxes inspires communication, mathematical and musical activity.

Communication and language through an arts activity
Children make puppets from natural materials and create stories around their projected images.

Developing language through an arts activity
Children are decorating sticks making a musical instrument.

Inspiring Communication and Language
A visit to the local museum prompts a whole range of high quality language.

Using games to assist foreign language learning
In this clip, Year 3 children take part in a series of activities to learn the names of colours in French.

Seeing the whole child as a learner
Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?

Continuity in children's learning - laying the crazy paving
What is the starting point in planning learning?

What does outstanding learning look like?
Mick Waters discusses what you would see in a learning walk around a successful school.

What can school leaders influence?
What are the elements of the school that leadership can influence?

What is the place of rote learning?
Mick Waters considers the place of rote learning in education and its strengths and limitations.

Narrow v broad based curriculum
Governors and headteachers have to balance the needs of testing and having a broad based curriculum.

School improvement through lesson observation
A deputy head talks about the power of on-going monitoring through lesson observation to set challenging targets for ...

Improving writing composition, vocabulary and punctuation
Talk partners are used to develop pupils' understanding of how reading helps the development of writing skills and vi...

Writing composition - classroom discussion to plan writing to i...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.

Writing composition - classroom discussion to plan writing to i...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.