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Welcome to your September/October issue of The Teacher. A lot has happened since the last issue of the magazine; not least the incredible turnout we had on 30 June when thousands of you marched and demonstrated outside schools and in your communities against the government’s planned pension cuts. To read the latest news of the ongoing campaign and see photos of the strike action, see page 26-28 or visit
www.teachers.org.uk/pensions.
As it’s the start of a new school year we are focusing on the classroom. See our feature for new teachers on dealing with classroom behaviour on pages 12- 13 and news on our workload campaign, which is targeting classroom observation. See pages 34-35.
We are offering readers 5 per cent off at M&S and discounts on stays at Stoke Rochford Hall – because we all deserve a work/life balance – on pages 16-18 .
Let us know what you think of this latest issue by writing to our letters page – see pages 46-47.
Christine Blower, General Secretary
Features
12 Good behaviour
Teachers worry they won’t be able to control their pupils’ behaviour. Read our tips on how to manage your class.
15 Healthy beginnings
Sarah Lyons gives advice on how to stay healthy throughout the school year.
21 Day in the life: Learning well
A look at a typical day in the life of Louise Hough, a Great Ormond Street hospital school teacher.
25 Teachers networking
Young teachers tell us what they enjoyed about this year’s national education and young teachers’ conferences.
26 Taking action to defend our pensions
Our day of strike action on 30 June in pictures, and Andrew Morris explains what happens next.
33 Biting cuts
David Powell describes the issues facing teachers in sixth form colleges.
35 Under observation
As part of the NUT campaign to control workload, Sarah Lyons suggests how you can manage classroom observation.
43 How we did it: Righting wrongs
How Sir John Thursby Community College in Burnley uses restorative justice to tackle difficult behaviour.
50 Backbeat: Social safety
Karl Hopwood offers advice on the pros and cons of social networking.
Regulars
04 Upfront
11 International
16 Your Union
22 Ask the Union
30 Teachnology
36 Learning with the NUT
38 Reviews
41 Noticeboard
44 Staffroom confidential
46 Letters
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General Secretary: Christine Blower
Deputy General Secretary: Kevin Courtney
Editor: Dorota Brockbank
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