One Giant Step for Children Everywhere!
THE GIANT FROM NOWHERE My name is Frances Dickens and I worked as a primary school teacher in an inner London school. Many of the…
Tag: Key Stage 2
VIDEO – Mindfulness Play: Reaching students on a deeper level, with Deborah Plummer
In this series of videos, Deborah Plummer discusses the careful construction of the emotional environment in which the games and activities in her existing books…
Deborah M. Plummer launches her latest activities book on communication skills
This week, JKP Commissioning Editor Steve Jones was thrilled to attend the launch of Deborah M. Plummer‘s brand new book, Helping Children to Improve their Communication…
Helping Children to Develop ‘Communication Well-being’
By Deborah M. Plummer, is a registered speech and language therapist and imagework practitioner, and author of the new activities book Helping Children to Improve…
Listen! JKP author Richard Hanks on the BBC Somerset Breakfast this morning
Listen to this morning’s interview on BBC Somerset with JKP author Richard Hanks about his new book Common SENse for the Inclusive Classroom. [Scroll through the audio…
Richard Hanks on Common SENse: How Mainstream Teachers Can Maximise Existing Skills to Support Special Educational Needs
Richard Hanks is a former Headteacher and has extensive experience of working with children with special needs. Here, he answers some questions about his new…
Help children set goals with this sample activity from Deborah M. Plummer’s latest workbook
School is back in full swing this week, and with it come new challenges for students – especially those who have difficulty coping with change, stress…
Interview with Paul Cooper – Part 4: The Innovative Learning for All series
“Whilst the books are driven by a vision of what the educational experience of students should be, they are also driven by an evidence based analysis of what we actually know about the actual day to day experience of students and their educators.”
Interview with Paul Cooper – Part 3: The pros and cons of academies and free schools for students with SEBD
“The history of educational policy ‘innovation’ tells us that the most vulnerable and at risk pupils are often ignored or, at best dealt with as an afterthought.”
Interview with Paul Cooper – Part 2: Words of wisdom for new and experienced teachers
“It is probably wise to recognise the possibility that SEBD are not only encountered in the classroom – staffrooms have their fair share…”