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Issue 19 

• Gifted and talented - using your specialist skills and interests to bring out the best in children
• FREE DOWNLOAD Supporting pupils with a parent in prison
• Trade unions for teaching assistants - complete guide to what they offer, and what they cost
• Your health: bad breath
• "Mathslexia" - helping children with no head for figures
• The big move - secondary transfer
• Making football fair in the playground

Issue 18

• Child neglect What is it, and what should you do?
• What makes a good TA? By the TA who judges the Teaching Awards
• How TAs get by on their pay
• Classroom displays: health and safety matters
• Children's health: Incontinence
• New NVQ standards  What has changed, and will it affect you?
• Craft project: windchimes
• Your health: snoring can be a real nightmare

Issue 17

• More talking please! How speaking can help children
• think and learn 
• Displays - Make yours more effective as teaching tools
• Autistic spectrum That squeaky door could be upsetting your pupil
• "Our school is for whole families." TAs take a lead on family learning   
• Children's health  Don't let school damage their backs   
• Reading - TAs' role in the new catch-up literacy drives
• Wet play - it doesn't have to be hell

Issue 16

• What a foundation degree could offer you
• Display know-how - new series on what works best
• Don't be bullied
• Helping children make the most of PE
• Autistic spectrum -using rewards to motivate children
• Working with parents
• Is a food intolerance making you ill?
• Craft: make a winter patchwork

 

Issue 15

• Boosting children's self esteem 
• Violent behaviour 
• Autism - giving children choices means giving them a voice
• Professional development - how new TAs can best learn on the job
• Job satisfaction for teaching assistants
• Teaching road safety to SEN children
• Tackling anti-gay bullying
• Better Circle Time in the early years

 

Issue 14

• New term, new teacher? How to make sure the two of you are working as an effective team
• Left-handed children - don't let them lose out at school
• Women's work? Male nurses are a common site. So why are so few men working as teaching assistants? FREE DOWNLOAD
• Child poverty Why low family income can put children at a serious disadvantage at school
• Autistic spectrum New expert series of tips on working with children with autistic disorders
• New dawn for TA pay? National pay scales for school support staff are on the horizon
• Children's health All about eczema

Issue 13

• How to cope in class when the temperature soars
• Is that child sad, or could he be depressed?
• Taking first aid seriously
• Awards galore - TAs get into the limelight FREE DOWNLOAD
• Different job, same skills - would you consider working in a secondary school?
• Creepy-crawlies craft project
• ICT - how to make a quiz
• Curriculum - where to find what you need to know

  
Issue 12  

• How teaching assistants are getting parents involved in school
• Playground basics - first of a new expert series for playground supervisors
• Going green: TAs take a lead in making schools more environmentally friendly
• Muslim pupils - what you need to know to support them FREE DOWNLOAD
• Networking: why meeting up with TAs from other schools can benefit everyone
• Children's health: all about anaemia

Issue 11

• Helping children whose parents drink too much
• Develop your skills and knowledge while you work - new CPD series 
• How to find your perfect job
• Circle time expert Jenny Mosley starts a series on how TAs can run great circles with small or large groups
• Your health - get a good night's sleep
• Special needs: differentiating work for children with learning difficulties
• Children's health: HIV infection
• Our club: readers write about the clubs they are running
• ICT: Making labels with Microsoft Word
• Plus: News, Me and My Job, Playtime, Advice Please, and more

Issue 10

• Working with children who don't speak any English
• Could you be a school goveronor? 
• How to ask for a pay rise
• Supporting children in care
• Your health - coping with pain
• Special needs: gifted and talented children FREE DOWNLOAD
• Children's health: obesity
• Our club: readers write about the clubs they are running
• Using the internet to find the best pictures for your displays 
• Plus: News, Me and My Job, Playtime, Advice Please, and more

Issue 9

• Looking after children's medical needs
• Supporting children when their parents separate FREE DOWNLOAD
• How to start a club
• Teachers who are working as teaching assistants
• A practical guide to tackling bullying in your class or playground
• Your health - look after your feet
• Special needs: children with a hearing impairment
• Plus: news, book reviews, expert advice on HLTA roles, How to Use a Spreadsheet, Me and My Job, Playtime Games, and more

• Touchy subject - the pros and cons of physical contact with children
• Managing children with challenging behaviour
• How to improve your school library FREE DOWNLOAD
• Special needs: supporting a child with a visual impairment >
• All about asthma
• Staff vetting: what the new rules mean for you
• Assessment for learning: make sure your feedback gives children the right messages
• Your health: keeping fit for the job
• Plus news, book reviews, playtime games, ICT advice, Me and My Job and more

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• Helping children prepare for secondary school
• Children who are carers
• Manage your time better
• Stammering 
• What is assessment for learning?
• Understanding sickle cell disease 
• Here's to safe drinking!
• PLUS news, reviews, Advice Please, playtime games and "Me and my job" 

Issue 5

• School councils - teaching assistants are making the difference
• Using your body language to improve children's behaviour
• The teaching assistant who became a prize-winning author 
• Child sexual abuse
  
• Shattered? You don't have to put up with chronic tiredness
• Understanding ADHD
• PLUS news, reviews, Advice Please, playtime games and "Me and my job" 

Issue 4

• Behaviour management for support staff - start of a new expert series
  
• All about phonics
• No joke - avoiding trips and slips at school
• Children with food allergies
• Supporting refugee children
• What to expect from an autistic child
• Class cover - how to prepare
• PLUS news, reviews, Advice Please, playtime games and "Me and my job" 

Issue 3 SOLD OUT

• How new TA roles are affecting classroom relationships
• Are children with special needs getting enough support?
• How teaching assistants are preventing bullying
• How to avoid the classroom cold
• Pull-out guide to story-telling
• Help children learn to care for their teeth
• PLUS news, reviews, Advice Please, playtime games and "Me and my job" 

Issue 2  SOLD OUT

• Exclusive interview with schools minister Jacqui Smith on government plans for school support staff.
• Your health. Don't let "nits" go to your head.
• Children with diabetes

Issue 1 SOLD OUT

Helping children make good friends

• Perfect partners. Why schools should listen to the parents of children with special needs
• Making a classroom display. First of our two-part guide.
• Finding your way through the qualification maze
• Time to sort out TA pay?
• Children's health. Are your pupils drinking enough?

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