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All our articles for teachers, including tips for NQTs on managing the classroom, advice on managing time from fellow education professionals, and the truth about whether or not caffeine really makes us more alert.

Lower down on this page you'll find all our articles for teachers relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. These include advice on safeguarding, how to make a virtual parents' evening a success and tips for helping children regain lost learning.

Summer 2023

How reading can build empathy. document

Miranda McKearney OBE, founder of EmpathyLab, looks at how reading can build empathy skills in students.

How reading can build empathy

Raising readers. document

Primary school teacher and reading for pleasure adviser Scott Evans writes about the importance of creating and sustaining a positive reading culture in schools.

Raising readers

Celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day. document

National Thank a Teacher Day is a chance to celebrate schools, teachers and support staff across the country.

Celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day

Celebrate a colleague on National Thank a Teacher Day. document

To celebrate schools, teachers and support staff across the country, some friends of ±«Óătv Teach offered thank yous to colleagues who have made a real difference to them.

Celebrate a colleague on National Thank a Teacher Day

Spring 2023

Flipping the frame on staff wellbeing: Tips for school leaders. document

Teacher, governor and school leader coach Dr Emma Kell shares her advice on looking after colleagues' wellbeing.

Flipping the frame on staff wellbeing: Tips for school leaders

Autumn 2022

How harp seal pups can help children understand climate change. document

Dr James Grecian from Frozen Planet II explains how harp seal pups can help children see the impact of climate change on our planet.

How harp seal pups can help children understand climate change

Reducing anxiety about climate change. document

In this article for teachers educational consultant Helen Young offers advice on how we can alleviate eco anxiety amongst students.

Reducing anxiety about climate change

Decoding the primary computing curriculum. document

In this article, Sarah Hallam, Faculty Lead at Edge Hill University offers tips for primary school teachers on how to approach coding.

Decoding the primary computing curriculum

Careers in creative industries. document

As the ±«Óătv celebrates 100 years, Career Coach Mark Anderson advises on how to explore media careers with your students.

Careers in creative industries

Back To School: Five tips to get your classroom ready for the new term. document

Kira Redmond – a primary school teacher – offers practical tips on how to refresh the classroom, ready for the new term.

Back To School: Five tips to get your classroom ready for the new term

How to plan a Children in Need day at your school. document

±«Óătv Teach asked primary school teachers for their top tips on how to plan for a day of Children in Need activities.

How to plan a Children in Need day at your school

Summer 2022

Jobs on the frontline: Exploring career paths with your students. document

Career coach Mark Anderson offers practical tips for exploring careers in frontline services.

Jobs on the frontline: Exploring career paths with your students

Working at Wimbledon: Exploring jobs sectors with your students. document

Career coach Mark Anderson provides tips on helping your students explore different career paths.

Working at Wimbledon: Exploring jobs sectors with your students

Older articles

How to teach children about climate change. document

Educational consultant Claire Seeley gives practical tips and advice on how to teach children about climate change.

How to teach children about climate change

How to promote an inclusive environment in your school. document

Diversity and inclusion education consultant Aisha Thomas gives tips and advice about implementing diversity and inclusion strategies in your school.

How to promote an inclusive environment in your school

Why is storytelling important to children? document

Former CBeebies presenter Alex Winters went on a mission to find out just what’s so important about stories.

Why is storytelling important to children?

Teacher and education blogger Victoria Hewett shares her top tips for avoiding back-to-school burnout.

Top five tips for avoiding back-to-school burnout

How to turn your classroom green. document

Educational consultant Dr Leigh Hoath gives practical tips and advice on helping pupils understand environmental issues.

How to turn your classroom green

What does it mean to be a black teacher in the UK today? document

Assistant headteacher Josiah Isles writes about his experiences within the education system as a black teacher in the UK.

What does it mean to be a black teacher in the UK today?

Learning to teach: Advice from a career changer. document

Newly qualified teacher Greg Baldwin, who made the change after two decades in the print industry, shares his thoughts on switching careers.

Learning to teach: Advice from a career changer

Teachers’ tips for getting the best out of Live Lessons. document

Three teachers who have appeared in ±«Óătv Teach Live Lessons give their tips on getting the most out of the programmes.

Teachers’ tips for getting the best out of Live Lessons

Sticking with it. document

Teacher and writer, Dr Emma Kell shares her reasons for sticking with teaching when you might be tempted to quit.

Sticking with it

Supporting your students of East and South East Asian heritage. document

Tips and advice on supporting students of East and South East Asian descent who may have experienced incidents of racism.

Supporting your students of East and South East Asian heritage

The latest theories on how we learn. document

Educational consultant David Didau uses research in cognitive science to explore some key theories about learning.

The latest theories on how we learn

How can you use ±«Óătv Bitesize Careers in your classroom? video

Inspire your students about their futures with careers resources from Bitesize Careers.

How can you use ±«Óătv Bitesize Careers in your classroom?

Four ways Sir David Attenborough’s films can help with science learning. document

How exactly can natural history films like The Green Planet help bring science learning to life in schools? Primary educational consultant and science educator Claire Seeley shares her thoughts.

Four ways Sir David Attenborough’s films can help with science learning

How Newsround is helping teachers talk about the war in Ukraine. document

Primary teacher Catherine Weir explains how teachers can use the children’s news service to explain hard-hitting global news such as the war in Ukraine.

How Newsround is helping teachers talk about the war in Ukraine

T-Levels: A teacher guide. document

We asked teachers of the new T-Level courses to explain what they are, how to offer them, and which students might be best suited.

T-Levels: A teacher guide

Managing the classroom: Tips for NQTs from an experienced teacher. document

Teacher and writer, Dr Emma Kell, shares tips for managing the classroom gained from her own 20+ years of experience.

Managing the classroom: Tips for NQTs from an experienced teacher

Back to school: A teacher perspective on the academic year ahead. document

Chloe Vethamony, a KS2 and KS3 teaching, learning and assessment lead looks ahead to the new academic year.

Back to school: A teacher perspective on the academic year ahead

Are my long hours killing me? document

In the modern era many of us feel overworked and stressed out, trying to balance home life and often demanding jobs.

Are my long hours killing me?

Getting the best out of Live Lessons. document

Teacher Ryan Smith shares his top tips for getting the most out of using our Live Lessons to help support your pupils’ remote learning.

Getting the best out of Live Lessons

Five tips for thriving as a new leader. document

Leadership consultant, author and former head Jill Berry offers tips for those who are new to headship.

Five tips for thriving as a new leader

Five things every newly-qualified teacher should hear. document

Victoria Hewett, teacher, education blogger and author of 'Making it as a a Teacher,' shares her tips for NQTs and RQTs.

Five things every newly-qualified teacher should hear

Take the test: Do I care too much what people think of me? document

Do you worry too much what other people think of you? Are you constantly seeking affirmation and approval? Do you put others first at the expense of yourself?

Take the test: Do I care too much what people think of me?

Meeting the needs of all of our learners: Some ideas on inclusion. document

Teacher and author Dr Emma Kell offers practical strategies that can be effective when working with students with SEND.

Meeting the needs of all of our learners: Some ideas on inclusion

Five strategies to help you to reclaim your time. document

Teacher, education blogger and author Victoria Hewett shares tips on how to reclaim your time.

Five strategies to help you to reclaim your time

Lessons in resilience: Earning your stripes. document

Dr Emma Kell – Teacher, Doctor of Education and author of 'How to Survive in Teaching', shares her top tips for developing resilience.

Lessons in resilience: Earning your stripes

Five things teachers are trying to tell you at parents’ evening. document

Teachers confess how they really feel about dealing with parents, as schools open their doors for parents' evenings.

Five things teachers are trying to tell you at parents’ evening

Five things parents want to tell teachers at parents' evening document

Dr Emma Kell's top five tips from parents, for teachers, in the run up to parents' evening.

Five things parents want to tell teachers at parents' evening

The clever CLOGS way to help children catch up. document

Fine out about Bitesize Daily's genius new classroom assistant, ready to help with extra learning while school's out for summer.

The clever CLOGS way to help children catch up

Five top tips to get you through exams. document

We know exams season can be a stressful time for teachers so here's some top tips for handling the pressure.

Five top tips to get you through exams

Four ways to say no. document

Here are our four top tips to help teachers say no, manage their workload and keep stress at bay.

Four ways to say no

How do I stop feeling like a fraud? document

A look at the condition called "imposter phenomenon" and how teachers are one of the groups that suffer with it.

How do I stop feeling like a fraud?

Does caffeine really make me more alert? document

Information about the way caffeine affects our body and mind, and whether or not is it helpful in sustaining alertness.

Does caffeine really make me more alert?

Five ways to support your children through exams. document

As Sats and GCSEs get underway, here are five ways to help your children stay stress-free during exam season.

Five ways to support your children through exams

Articles relating to the Covid-19 pandemic

Celebrating a year of teaching like no other. document

We look at the 2021 Teaching Awards winners and celebrate the amazing work done by teachers and education professionals during a year like no other.

Celebrating a year of teaching like no other

GCSE Results Day 2021: What's it like for teachers? document

Ahead of GCSE Results Day 2021, ±«Óătv Teach speaks to some teachers about what their experiences of teaching during a pandemic and their hopes for their students.

GCSE Results Day 2021: What's it like for teachers?

Safeguarding in a pandemic: What can teachers do? document

Tips from a safeguarding lead and advice that could help educators safeguard children during and after this difficult period.

Safeguarding in a pandemic: What can teachers do?

Cancelled exams: How you can support your students. document

Assistant headteacher Josiah Isles provides tips on how you can support students following the cancellation of GCSE and A-level exams.

Cancelled exams: How you can support your students

How to make virtual parents' evenings a success. document

Tips on managing parents evening in a time of video calls and social distancing.

How to make virtual parents' evenings a success

Covid-19: The positives of being a teacher in 2020. document

Teachers and school staff had to navigate disruption to education like never before in 2020, but through the restrictions and adaptions many have found new ways of teaching and connecting with children.

Covid-19: The positives of being a teacher in 2020

Online learning: Is it here to stay? document

How have schools around the country adapted to using online learning platforms during school closures?

Online learning: Is it here to stay?

Teaching in the time of Coronavirus. document

Teacher and author Dr Emma Kell reflects on the range of experiences teachers have had during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Teaching in the time of Coronavirus

Tips to help children regain lost learning. document

How teachers are dealing with the continuing disruption caused by Covid-19.

Tips to help children regain lost learning

Bouncing back to school: Five ways to support children's wellbeing. document

Children's wellbeing specialist, Shahana Knight suggests five ways to help children stay positive this term.

Bouncing back to school: Five ways to support children's wellbeing

GCSE Results Day 2020: What's it like for teachers? document

As teachers in England and Wales prepare for a GCSE results day like no other, we asked some of the teachers who helped out on ±«Óătv Bitesize Daily about their fears, anxieties and hopes for the day.

GCSE Results Day 2020: What's it like for teachers?

Scaling back screen time. document

Emma Selby, clinical specialist nurse in children's mental health, shares tips on what parents and young people can do to scale back screen time.

Scaling back screen time