In this issue... 4-12 NEWS


Highlights from the UK education sector 13 VIEWS


With author Gill Aitchison, and Patrick Hayes, Director of BESA


Dear Reader,


Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today. This month, we take a look back at annual trade shows Bett and the Education Show, selecting some of the shows’ many highlights and offering a recap of the significant events which took place.


We also take an in-depth look at parental engagement this month – in our first feature, regular Education Today contributor Graham Cooper, head of education at Capita SIMS and a former teacher, explores the issues and offers some pointers for schools looking to encourage more interaction between parent and school; while in our second, Geoff Jones from ParentMail explores the benefits for schools of keeping in touch not just with parents but with the whole school community. We continue our regular section shining a spotlight on the many aspects of SEND with Dr Asha Patel and Kate Sarginson, have the aforementioned Graham Cooper and Kirsty Bertenshaw as always offering insight and advice, and a great roster of commenters sharing their thoughts on the world of education.


What’s more, we continue our section on education writers, “From the pen of…”, with Gill Aitchison, author of the multilingual ‘Mungo Makes New Friends’, who argues for the benefits of multilingualism in education.


Remember, we love to hear from you, you can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, Facebook and our homepage, as well as by phone or email.


Enjoy the issue! Jonathan Swift - Managing Editor


14 BESA CORNER


With BESA members DoodleMaths and Ednex 16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM


With Tom Feighan, PE Lead at St. Mary’s RC Primary in Rochdale


18 COLUMNISTS


Insight and advice from Graham Cooper and Kirsty Bertenshaw


19 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND


With Dr Asha Patel and Kate Sarginson 20-25 VIEWS & OPINION


Featuring comment and opinion from the UK education sector


26-33 FEATURE: BETT & EDUCATION SHOW ROUND UP


A selection of highlights from the January shows


34-35 FEATURE FOCUS: PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT


With Graham Cooper, head of education at Capita SIMS


36-37 FEATURE FOCUS: PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT


With Geoff Jones from ParentMail


38 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT


Including news from Junckers 39-40 COMPUTING & I.T. RESOURCES


Including products and services from Frontier Software and KazType 41-45 ROUND UP


Including news from Gratnells 46-47 RECRUITMENT


Selected job opportunities from talentedteacherjobs.co.uk


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