Associate and author of Independent Thinking on Primary Teaching, Mark Creasy, with Part Two of his KWL approach to involving children in lesson planning.

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Associate and author of Independent Thinking on Primary Teaching, Mark Creasy, with Part One of an approach to improve learning and engagement by involving children in your lesson planning.

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How do I get children about bothered about their learning? We asked Mr Botheredness, Hywel Roberts, and this is what he had to say.

What simple change can I make to my teaching environment to improve learning? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and author Claire Gadsby and this is what she had to say

How can I best support a child with ADHD in my classroom? We asked Associate Director, author and SEND expert Nina Jackson and this is what she had to say.

How can I make homework more worthwhile? We asked Associate Mark Creasy, author of Unhomework and Independent Thinking on Primary Teaching, for our CPD Jukebox

How can I bring a bit of awe and wonder into my class? We asked our resident wonder expert Dr Matthew McFall and this is what he said

How can I avoid some children being ‘written off’? We asked Associate, teacher author and one of 'those children' Haili Hughes and this is her reply.

As a secondary teacher, what can I learn from Early Years practice? We asked Associate and award-winning EYFS expert Ruth Swailes and this is what she had to say.

How can I make learning really real for my primary class? We asked Independent Thinking Associate, author of the Guerrilla Curriculum and primary school deputy and teacher Jonathan Lear. This is what he had to say.

I’ve inherited a ‘challenging’ class – what can I do to win them over? We asked Independent Thinking Associate and author Lisa Jane Ashes for her thoughts and this is her reply.