A book for primary teachers and those training to teach in primary schools on how to develop positive socially-aware teaching that offers deep learning across different curriculum subjects.
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- 2023
- 2022
Everything you need to know about independent schools and colleges in London and the South-East. Now in its 33rd edition.
- 2022
A guide to more than 1,500 independent preparatory and junior schools in the UK providing education for 2 to 13-year-olds, John Catt's Preparatory Schools 2022 is the one-stop resource for all families considering independent preparatory education.
- 2021
Everything you need to know about independent schools and colleges in London and the South-East. Now in its 32nd edition.
- 2018
Applying Cross-Curricular Approaches Creatively
- 168 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Focusing on the importance of cross-disciplinary applications, the book offers resources for teachers to foster creativity through various approaches. It advocates for thematic and project-based learning in primary education as complementary to traditional subject-based teaching. Utilizing autobiographical accounts and case studies, it delves into creative teaching methods while integrating philosophical and research-based discussions on individual themes. This comprehensive exploration aims to enhance the effectiveness of subject learning in practice.
- 2016
Set against a backdrop of enchantment and conflict, the story weaves together themes of mischief and romance as characters navigate the complexities of love amid a war-torn landscape. With elements of magic enhancing the narrative, the protagonists face challenges that test their bonds and reveal their true selves. The intertwining of personal struggles and larger conflicts creates a rich tapestry of adventure and emotional depth, inviting readers into a world where every choice can alter destinies.
- 2015
The Presocratic Philosophers
- 728 pages
- 26 hours of reading
This volume offers a detailed analysis of the arguments presented by the Presocratics, who are recognized as the pioneers of Western philosophy and rational thought. It evaluates their foundational contributions and explores how their ideas shaped the course of philosophical inquiry.
- 2015
Cross-Curricular Learning 3-14
- 376 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Explores the key practical and theoretical issues underpinning cross- curricular teaching and learning across the early years, primary education and lower secondary school.
- 2015
Cannonbridge
- 267 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Matthew Cannonbridge was the most influential mind of the 19th century, the only problem is, he should never have existed, and recently divorced 21st century don Toby Judd is the only person to realize something is wrong with history. As the world prepares to toast the bicentenary of Cannonbridge's most celebrated work, Judd's discovery leads him on a breakneck chase across the English canon and countryside, to the realization that the spectre of Matthew Cannonbridge, planted so seamlessly into the heart of the 19th century, might not be so dead and buried after all ..
- 2010
The Domino Men
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due. . . . An amiable, unambitious London file clerk, Henry Lamb leads an unremarkable life—until the day he learns he's expected to assume the covert responsibilities of his universally despised, now comatose grandfather. London is at war, and a shadowy organization known (to a very few) as the Directorate wishes to recruit Henry to the cause. All he has to do is find "the girl," save the world from the monster Leviathan, and defeat the unspeakable evil lurking in the cellar of 10 Downing Street: the serial-slaying schoolboy twins known as the Domino Men.