Part 1: Understanding primary teaching1 What is teaching? - Catherine Carden and Virginia Bower2 What matters in early childhood? - Ioanna Palaiologou 3 How do children learn? - Sean MacBlain4 What is pedagogy? - Di Swift5 Diversity, equity and inclusion in schools - Georgia VenessPart 2: Essential principles for teaching6 Why is teacher professionalism important? - Glenn Stone7 What matters in planning? - Deborah Wilkinson and Lorna Earle8 Does behaviour need 'managing'? - Mark Sackville-Ford9 What is oracy and why does it matter? - Virginia Bower10 What is assessment? - Mary Briggs11 What can teachers do to raise outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities? - Jonathan GlazzardPart 3: Developing skills for teaching12 How can I work to ensure a positive primary school placement? - Cara Broadhurst13 My space, your space, our space. Re-thinking the learning environment: is it fit for purpose? - Jon Audian, Julie Wharton and Lisa-Marie Martin 14 How can we build positive relationships with children and parents? - Noel Purdy, Jill Dunn and Diane McClelland15 Adaptive teaching: smashing through the glass ceiling? - Charlotte Mosey and Jack Bryne StothardPart 4: Teaching now16 Teacher Wellbeing: Are doughnuts in the staffroom enough? - Adrian Bethune and Catherine Carden17 How can teachers diversify the curriculum to ensure it reflects all of our children? - Aleishia Lewis18 Techology, AI and primary teaching - Matthew Tragheim19 Why do teachers need to know about child mental health? - Sarah Adams, Michelle O'Reilly and Khalid Karim20 What is the true power of reading? - Louise Johns-Shepherd21 What is sustainability, why is it important and what does it mean for my teaching? - Nicola Kemp and Stephen Scoffham22 Talk in the classroom: what counts as 'oracy'? - Evan McCormick and Vikki Chadwick23 Relationship and Sex Education: How does getting to know ourselves, our children and their families create a recipe for an inclusive RSE learning environment? - Bonnie Kerr and Kat Vallely24 How can our teaching embrace neurodivergent learners? - Jon Rainford25 Rewilding learning: an opportunity for meaningful inclusion - Sarah Watkins26 What is coaching and how can I develop coaching approaches in my classroom? - Catherine Carden and Clare Smale.