CONTENTS Dear Reader,
Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today, and welcome back to school! The new school year brings with it a host of challenges, not least of which is making sure that schools do not become a hotbed for coronavirus. Anecdotally at least, schools may be linked to a rapid rise in Covid cases in Scotland, although the measures announced there and in the other nations of the UK (twice-weekly testing, self-isolating for close contacts and PCR testing) should go some way towards mitigating the risk of a resurgence, and I know that many schools are putting their own systems and measures in place to prevent outbreaks. I’d love to hear from you if you have innovative solutions to the problems raised by coronavirus in schools – you may even be published! Moving on to the magazine this month, we
have a great feature focus for you, and it couldn’t be more timely, given that we are examining staff and student mental health and wellbeing in the company of James Earl, Executive Director of Sales at The Skills Network, and Gemma Williams, Student Wellbeing Manager at Leeds City College. In our other two features, we look at successful innovative teaching practice with Jackie Hardaker, science teacher and STEM coordinator at Oaklands Catholic School, and Kayleigh Greenacre, Assistant Head of School at Bedford Academy. There’s a lot of useful information to be gleaned from all the feature articles this month, and I do hope you enjoy them. Remember, we love to hear from you, you
can get in touch with us via Twitter @EdTodayMag, as well as by phone or email. Enjoy the issue!
Jonathan Swift - Managing Editor
In this issue...
4-12 NEWS We round up the news from our sector 13 VIEWS
With Al Kingsley, author of My #Secret Edtech Diary; and Julia Garvey, Deputy Director General at BESA 14 BESA CORNER
With BESA members GSync and Welbee
16-17 VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM We hear from Sally Lanni, executive leader of Pheasey Park Farm Primary and Early Years Centre
18 CONTRIBUTORS With Rachael Sackville-Jones from Edge Hill University 19 SPOTLIGHT ON SEND With Joanne Gladders and Hannah Rix
20-25 VIEWS & OPINION
Featuring comment and insight from the UK education sector
26-28 FEATURE FOCUS: MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING
With James Earl, Executive Director of Sales at The Skills Network
40-45 COMPUTING & IT RESOUCRES 46-49 IN OTHER NEWS
50-IBC RECRUITMENT Selected job opportunities from
talentedteacherjobs.co.uk
30-31 FEATURE FOCUS: MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING
We hear from Gemma Williams, Student Wellbeing Manager at Leeds City College
32-33 32-33 FEATURE FOCUS: SUCCESSFUL INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICE
With Jackie Hardaker, science teacher and STEM coordinator at Oaklands Catholic School
34-35 FEATURE FOCUS: SUCCESSFUL INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICE
With Kayleigh Greenacre, Assistant Head of School at Bedford Academy
36-39 BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE & REFURBISHMENT
Including insight from Richard Aylen, Technical Manager, Junckers
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