Sophie Bartlett is a year 5/6 teacher and English/Curriculum Lead.

Here Sophie offers 5 tips for teaching year 6.

Useful for new teachers or anyone teaching year 6 for the first time.

Sophie tweets @_MissieBee. With over 40k followers and several edu-blogs/articles, Sophie is the go-to for all things primary.

Some tips on how best to communicate/work with parents.

Particularly suitable for PGCEs and ECTs.

Are you a new teacher wanting to refine your practice?

Here're some subtle things you may be doing wrong and how to avoid them.

Has the pace of your lesson(s) ever been described as being 'too slow' but you're not quite sure what that means?

In this episode we explore the nature of lesson pace and offer 5 tips for maintaining it.

Particularly suitable for PGCEs and ECTs.

Do you find that your long awaited holiday is often spent worrying, ruminating and generally not being as restful as you wanted it to be?

In this episode we discuss 5 tips to avoid anxiety in the holidays.

Do you want teachers to develop and feel valued at the same time? You may have missed a couple of tricks. 

When seen by our pupils, the interactions between us and our friends/colleagues have more of an impact than we may think. 

Formal lesson observations are still taking place at schools despite them being ineffective and detrimental in equal measure. 

Here we explore the nature of formal lesson observations and suggest alternatives to this practice. 

Are you an ECT debating climbing the ladder? 

This episode discusses 4 things you can do to put yourself in line for promotion. 

Before you apply, it is important to know as much as possible about the school which you intend to work. 

In addition, you have to decide what is (and isn't) important to you. 

This episode will give you some fact finding tips as well as advice on how to organise your thoughts. 

Particularly suited to PGCEs and ECTs.