Books in the Classmates series

This "Classmate" gives practical advice on how working alongside parents can positively encourage learning, rewarding not only you and the parents but most importantly your pupils as well.

The word 'homework' causes despair in both pupils and teachers. Pupils because they have to do it and teachers because they have to prepare it, enforce it, collect it and mark it. This practical guide covers all areas of homework from reasons for setting it, to motivational techniques and how to support pupils of all standards.

This guide suggests different techniques teachers can use to deal with pupils. From the practical, looking at the impact school uniform has on a pupil's morale, to the fun games teachers can play to get children to develop their social skills, this book aims to be a help to every teacher.

This text shows that experiential learning is an indispensable part of a child's development. It gives teachers practical advice on how to incorporate enjoyable play-based physical activity into a curriculum crowded by academic attainment targets.

Teaching is an extremely stressful job and while stress can never be completely eliminated it should not be accepted as inevitable. There is much that can be done to remove the unnecessary stress caused by excessive workload, paperwork, and indiscipline. This is a guide to handling stress.

Providing teachers with an accessible guide to their responsibilities to children who may have been abused, clarifying their role within the child protection system, this book has been designed to ensure information can be found quickly, without teachers having to wade through excessive prose.