P3: Contents

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

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.

 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

President: Nina Franklin

General Secretary: Christine Blower

Deputy General Secretary: Kevin Courtney

Editor: Dorota Brockbank

Journalist: Janey Hulme

Administration: Maryam Hulme

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