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A weekly round up of the weekly Digest updates in one place.
How will teachers striking impact teaching assistants and other members of support staff?
‘Our teachers do exactly the same job as us but the pay gap is huge.’ - TA in a special school.
What does typical child development look like between three and five years old?
As you return back to school for the second part of the autumn term how can you use your experiences of the last half term to have a positive impact on the next 7 weeks in school?
‘Saying to your line manager ‘there’s a lot going on and I’m feeling overwhelmed’ is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength’.
10% of 8-13 year olds in Britain suffer with maths anxiety, how can TAs help?
‘Change the environment for them to meet your expectations, do not try to change the child.’ - Lisa Johnson.
A growing sense of independence and moving from early to middle childhood, what does age 6-8 have in store for children?
Any member of the family unit can suffer from substance abuse. How does it affect the pupils growing up around it and how can you best support them?
Every ‘Ask the Experts’ TA Digest in one handy place.
Three teachers describe how a lack of TA support would impact their teaching role.
Evolving from the mum’s army volunteer role and having recently been described as ‘babysitters’ – what actually is a teaching assistant and what do they do?
From child to adolescent or ‘tween’, what does 9-11 years old look like?
Why are nursery rhymes so important, not just for young children but for older pupils too?
For the third edition of TAs Talk About, the TA Digest focus group has been discussing workplace clothing and rules around fashion in schools.
‘Ultimately, the children lose out without the presence of trusted TAs and LSAs’ - Education Support.
‘Play is the best way they can learn – they are not playing just for the sake of playing.’ – Emma South.
From tween to teen, what key changes happen between 12 and 14?
There are small steps and actions you can take to bring Plastic Free July into your school and inspire the whole school community to get involved with reducing plastic waste.
Is the movement to professionalise the TA role continuing to gain momentum?
Finding a TA job just got easier – find out how to secure your TA job today!
‘Many schools would be helpless without their TA team’ – Education Support.
From teen to adult, how do children develop and change from 15 to 18?
Twinkl Digest’s #MotivatingMonday articles for TAs will provide top tips for a range of situations. This one looks at tips for making Christmas inclusive for all pupils.
‘Research has made it painfully clear that setting children against one another is destructive’ and ‘generates anxiety’ – Alfie Kohn.
