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• 6 Feb '13

  Laugh and Learn this Red Nose Day

  Red Nose Day is back on Friday 15 March offering schools a great opportunity to have some fun, make a difference, and teach about global issues. And to make getting involved with Red Nose Day super si... Read More
• 5 Feb '13

  Home Education, Is It For Me?

  This is a guest post written by Home Educating blogger Mama Crow. Read More
• 3 Feb '13

  How I celebrate Chinese New Year

  This guest blog was written by Eileen Teo. She is a full time stay at home mother of two beautiful children called Kieran, aged 5 and Caitlin, aged 3. During her free time, she blogs on www.etspeaks... Read More
• 31 Jan '13

  Invitation to capture the Primary School Nation

  This is a guest post by Leeds student Lauren about an upcoming competition you might want to introduce to your class! Read More
• 29 Jan '13

  Bett Awards!

  Things are getting exciting over at twinklHQ as tomorrow we are heading down to London for the yearly Bett Show and Bett Awards! We are lucky enough to be finalists this year in the resource category.... Read More
• 23 Jan '13

  WIN! National Storytelling Week Giveaway!

  Next week (26th January to 2nd February) is National Storytelling Week. Somewhere and somehow along the way, I can't help but think that the art of storytelling has been lost. It's a shame r... Read More
• 23 Jan '13

  Super Space Resources!

  I don't know if it's just me, but one of my favourite topics of all time has to be the "space" topic. It's been a tricky transition for me this year, moving from teaching scie... Read More
• 19 Jan '13

  January Newsletter - Lovely Chinese New Year, Winter, Spring, Easter, World Religion Day, Burns Nigh

  New year, new term, what does it hold for you?! AND what do you think of our new look twinkl newsletter? We've made some new year's resolutions - to make our website more twinkly, quicker, s... Read More
• 17 Jan '13

  Win! Lovely winter warmer EXCLUSIVE twinkl mugs :)

  We love giving useful things away to our twinklers, and we've got something super duper lined up for you this week. What do you think of our super duper mugs? These were made for us by the lovely... Read More
• 16 Jan '13

  Display Ideas!

  When I first became a teacher, over 7 years ago (9 if you include teaching in Japan and Spain!) my biggest fear (apart from my terrible handwriting) was displays. I am not really a creative sort, I fi... Read More
• 14 Jan '13

  Thinking of Supply Teaching? Top Tips....

  Today we have a guest post from the lovely Heather who works for Protocol Education. Quite a lot of twinklers have been asking for tips about supply teaching, so here you are! Read More
• 10 Jan '13

  E-Safety Q and A session Thursday 17th January!

  Ellen has worked within education for the past ten years and specialises in online safety and digital citizenship. Much of Ellen's work involves child, parent and educator engagement programmes.... Read More
• 9 Jan '13

  Fine Motor Skills Ideas...

  On facebook yesterday, I was in a bit of a panic as I had had one of *those* letters from my son's school: he has been identified as needing extra help - with his fine motor skills. Thankfully, the... Read More

• 6 Jan '13

  Giving Maths the Wow Factor!

  This is a guest post written by lovely twinkler and maths expert, Charlotte Read More
• 3 Jan '13

  Happy New Year To One and All!

  Christmas is done, the New Year is in and at some point I will definitely be taking my tree down. The twinkl site is busier than ever which can only mean one thing - everyone is cracking on with their... Read More
• 22 Dec '12

  Last minute Christmas Craft Ideas!

  This is our second guest blog from childminder and writer Sarah who blogs over at Knutsfordchildminding, with a few last minute Christmas craft ideas along with some useful information for childminder... Read More
• 20 Dec '12

  A HUGE thank you...a love letter..

  It's been lovely spending time with you this year, without you none of what we do would be possible (there wouldn't be much point really would there?). We love making resources for you that... Read More
• 19 Dec '12

  Twinkl Resource Newsletter - December 2012!

  A festive hello from the twinkl team, at the end of a very long term! We hope you are having a great final week (if you haven't broken up already) and it's time to grab a glass of mulled win... Read More
• 17 Dec '12

  How to teach "tricky words!

  Today we have another guest post from Katy, a primary teacher with 10 years experience, she was a Reading Recovery teacher until cuts made funding her position impossible so she now does supply work a... Read More
• 16 Dec '12

  Introducing the NEW twinkl Avatar Creator!

  Last Thursday things were buzzing over at twinklHQ with the launch of our fabulous new AVATAR CREATOR! For a while, our twinklers have been asking us how we make ourselves look all wonderful in our tw... Read More