Pat Hughes is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Liverpool Hope University College and has taught extensively in Early Years, Primary and Further Education settings. She has written numerous publications for teachers, students and children including the in-house version of this text, initially developed as the core text for PGCE courses at Liverpool Hope.

• Theme 1: People in primary schools 1. Knowing your school 2. Teachers in a changing role 3. An introduction to children as pupils 4. Establishing a safe and purposeful learning environment. Theme 2. Learning 5. Traditional approaches to learning 6. Personalised Learning – (accelerated/mind friendly learning etc.) 7. Planning for Mind Friendly learning 8. Emotional Health and Learning 9. Behaviour Management 10. Special Needs Theme 3: Planning 11. Planning 12. Planning in the Foundation Stage 13. Assessment for learning 14. Brain Breaks for the Curriculum 15. Managing and leading a class teaching team 16. A Healthy Curriculum 17. Thinking Skills in the Curriculum Theme 4: Current Issues 18. Schools as Learning Communities 19. Extended Schools 20. Education and Integrated Services 21. Modern Foreign Languages 22. Citizenship 23. The Future

Pat Hughes is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Liverpool Hope University College and has taught extensively in Early Years, Primary and Further Education settings. She has written numerous publications for teachers, students and children including the in-house version of this text, initially developed as the core text for PGCE courses at Liverpool Hope.

• Theme 1: People in primary schools 1. Knowing your school 2. Teachers in a changing role 3. An introduction to children as pupils 4. Establishing a safe and purposeful learning environment. Theme 2. Learning 5. Traditional approaches to learning 6. Personalised Learning – (accelerated/mind friendly learning etc.) 7. Planning for Mind Friendly learning 8. Emotional Health and Learning 9. Behaviour Management 10. Special Needs Theme 3: Planning 11. Planning 12. Planning in the Foundation Stage 13. Assessment for learning 14. Brain Breaks for the Curriculum 15. Managing and leading a class teaching team 16. A Healthy Curriculum 17. Thinking Skills in the Curriculum Theme 4: Current Issues 18. Schools as Learning Communities 19. Extended Schools 20. Education and Integrated Services 21. Modern Foreign Languages 22. Citizenship 23. The Future