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WE LCOME I often leave the writing of this letter to the last minute, and while that’s sometimes for disorganisation reasons, this issue I hesitated in case the government made an announcement about when childrenmight return to school – nothing so far... To help you and your pupils get through this rather strange period of limbo, we’ve put together a special home learning section this issue. If your charges are suffering fromworksheet fatigue, JonnyWalker’s dreamt up 25 exciting ideas children can try at home that are rich in learning opportunities. Find themon p18. Trying to video conference with an excitable bunch of KS1 kids is a challenge many of you will have faced over the last fewweeks. Jack Dabell shares five great tips for making remote learning work with younger pupils on p25. The wellbeing of both teachers and children is something that will be at the forefront of everyone’s minds when schools reopen and we return to some sort of normality – whatever that might look like. Head over to p69 to hear fromassistant principal Kat Howard about how tokenistic initiatives like free cake Fridays and yoga classes (as nice as they are) just won’t cut themustard. If, likeme, you count Gogglebox on Friday night as the official start of the weekend, you’ll enjoy Baasit Siddiqui’s piece on page 48. Did you knowhe used to be a teacher and now runs education workshops? Until next time, Hello! POWERED BY . . . AIDANSEVERS says forget flashy session plans – simple lessons can save you time and give you your life back “Make each task as simple as possible so that the focus is on what children need to learn” p50 ANDREWHAMMOND explores how to make RSE lessons open and honest while protecting pupils’ innocence “Creating a foruminwhich children’s concerns can be aired in class is vitally important” p45 LAURACROSS promotes engineering and the numerous benefits it can bring to primary pupils “It’s not a fancy discipline requiring resources you don’t have the budget for” p37 Don’t miss our next issue, on sale 3rd July Elaine Elaine Bennett, Editor @editorteach www.teachwire.net | 3