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Reasons to Become a Teaching Assistant
There are so many good reasons to become a teaching assistant. Being a teaching assistant is a highly rewarding and satisfying job. If you’re looking to make a major difference to the lives of children and[...]
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How much does a teaching assistant get paid?
Being a teaching assistant is a highly challenging, but rewarding career. If you enjoy working with children on a daily basis, then becoming a teaching assistant may be just the right path for you. It’s the perfect opportunity to really make a huge[...]
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Teaching Assistants Can Make A Difference
It’s Teaching Assistants Fortnight at Stonebridge
Were you aware that there’s a National Teaching Assistant Day celebrated every year? Well, it’s always held on the 16th September.
The event is always extremely positive and there’s[...]
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Pupils in Meltdown over Exam Anxiety
Anxiety during exams is on the increase
It was disturbing to read the Guardian’s account of children aged 10 and 11 in complete meltdown – feeling sick and in tears over tests.
Exam anxiety symptoms that can arise in children
Predictably counterproductive[...]
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Care for Yourself Whilst you Care for Children
Hiding negative emotions can be very damaging towards your health and you can risk having all sorts of health problems.
Burying your emotions will affect your health
Don’t let them in, don’t let them seebe the good girl you always had to[...]
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Cyber Bullying Happens To Teachers Online
Some Teachers Face Online Bullying From Parents…
Teaching is a rewarding career but even in ideal conditions, it’s a challenging job. Spending so much time preparing for classes, marking children’s work and doing all the admin which is now[...]
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Are too many troubled children keeping you awake?
A sensitive article about troubled children in this week’s TES struck deep into the heart.
It was entitled “What keeps me awake at night? Too many troubled children, too little time” and was written by an English teacher in south-east England.
Troubled[...]
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3 Ways To Successfully Control Classroom Behaviour
There is an amusing article in this week’s edition of TES about how to control classroom behaviour, shrouded in the language of Zen-type meditation.
The author Steve Edison writes by way of parable contrasting the styles of 3 teachers: Mr[...]
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How Teaching Assistants can improve classroom behaviour
There was an interesting and very practical article in this week’s TES showing how good classroom behaviour can be maintained.
It involved teachers working in close conjunction with their teaching assistants (TAs), who can then make a positive contribution[...]
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Teaching Children With Hyperactivity
Perhaps before we consider how to teach children with hyperactivity we need to know what hyperactivity is!
Hyperactivity – could you describe a hyperactive child?
Is it the little girl who squeals as she runs around the nursery or classroom getting[...]
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