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Amy Flinders from Listening Books shares how audiobooks have helped people through the pandemic and discusses how listening isn't cheating.
National Poetry Day 2021 resources on the Education Platform
In this blog we share our top 12 unlocked poetry books to use in your teaching for National Poetry Day 2021.
Four lessons from five years of creating school libraries in Africa
Book Aid International’s Head of Programmes Samantha Thomas-Chuula shares what she’s learned over five years of working across Africa to create school libraries.
Black History Month resources on the Education Platform
In this blog we share a non-exhaustive list of books that are available on the Platform to use in your teaching around Black History Month.
How to make hard things easy with the ‘Habits of Mind’
James Anderson continues his blog series by suggesting how a pupil’s mindset can help them achieve better: learning how to adopt better ‘Habits of mind’.
Newspapers for Schools: New online library
Read all about NLA's Newspapers for Schools new online library.
Roald Dahl Day: 5 things you didn’t know about one of Britain’s greatest authors
For Roald Dahl Day, we want to share our favourite facts about the famous author!
Using graphic novels in the classroom to engage students
Richard Ruddick shares his tips for using more graphic novels in the classroom.
Is this good enough?
Do your students have a good relationship with challenges? James Anderson looks at the concept of the learning landscape to help understand challenge.
Get ready for September with the Education Platform
The first few weeks of the new term can be both exciting and challenging, so in this blog we want to share some tips for using the Education Platform to get ready for September!