(and tentatively returning to sharing my thoughts)

Time is central to our experience as humans, and it’s important for children to know not just how to tell the time, but also how to make the most of it.About Time will help them learn how to tell the ...

In this blog I would like to consider the purpose and content of a properties of matter strand in a science curriculum. It follows on from the previous blogs in the series where I set out some theo…

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The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...

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Safely view a solar eclipse by making and using a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.

Why Don’t Things Fall Up? delivers what every adult and schoolchild deserves, but often doesn’t get: an authoritative and accessible account of the key ideas in science. The book is rooted in Alom’…

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The best tips and tricks to have a fun - yet affordable - summer break with the family.

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This Nuffield Foundation funded research seeks to clarify the role of practical work in primary school science.

As an inquiry finally confirms the scale of PPE waste and corruption, this excerpt from The Decade In Tory reveals the true, horrifying detail of government incompetence as the pandemic struck.

Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report

As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot