We had great success at our Time for 2s conferences held in Manchester and London. Exciting days of Early Years CPD, with award winning, inspirational speaker’s who guided you through the totally terrific world of two year olds. Read more

A good reading corner can take minutes to create yet can provide a child with hours of imagination, days of anticipation and years of progression- do you really need persuading? Read more

Do you allow your children to take risks in their play, or do you wrap them up in cotton wool? Laura England considers the benefits of allowing children to play as they would like, developing important life-skills alongside a greater understanding of risk. Read more

For some, summer means longer days, relaxing in the sun and putting away those long sleeved winter jumpers for another 4 months. Here at TTS, summer is the time where volunteers attend local schools to help complete small manual labour work as part of our Changing Spaces Project. Read more

Slippery slimy rainbow worms - a wonderful spooky addition for sensory play at halloween or any time of year. Read more

Understanding different celebrations provides children with an important knowledge and understanding of other cultures. Diwali is often referred to as a festival of light. As in many religions, light is seen as a symbol of hope with good triumphing over evil. Use this activity to help bring the festival of light to life and engage children in your setting with cookery following this wonderfully simple and tasty recipe for Milk Barfi! Read more

It is easy to make your own slime. To make it even more fun why not make it up in a cauldron! Read more

A handy printable guide to what's new in the 2014 English Curriculum. Read more

September 2015 sees the start of teaching the new curriculum to your children in Years 2 and 6. This handy, printable guide will show you – at a glance – what’s new. Read more

Follow these easy steps and transform your classroom into an exciting prehistoric land, enabling your children to step into the forest and walk with the dinosaurs! These spaces are ideal for learning locations - why not have a dinosaur themed reading area or use it to stimulate story telling and writing. Let the children's imaginations soar with this inspirational area. But watch out…. with their beady eyes, monstrous jaws and crushing teeth they might have you in their sights if they are feeling a little ‘peckish’! Read more

Follow our simple step by step guide on how to use a variety of materials to create these wonderful Christmas characters. This Christmas 'How to’ is ideal for Non-specialist art teachers, as the activity focuses on techniques that can be easily adapted for various seasonal decorations to be used as fun take home gifts or classroom decorations. Read more

Something exciting is happening at TTS. We are having a Rebrand! Read more

My name is Alfie and I am 9 years old. I am very tall for my age – like a netball player (I know that most basketball players are tall so you’d expect me to say that but I play netball at school so I use my height to defend and score goals for my netball team)! My brain tells my body something but my body does something totally different. This makes things a little more challenging … but I like that challenge. Read more

We were delighted to have received this fantastic guest blog from Caroline Alliston, author of the Technology for Fun range of books. Follow this step by step guide on how to make your own working fan using a simple electrical circuit and an old drinks bottle. This 'make' is ideal for KS2 pupils exploring the use of electric circuits and motors with everyday materials. Read more

You may remember as a child playing with your little people in your doll’s house, or stomping your dinosaurs up and down the living room whilst bellowing ‘Roar’ at your family. Perhaps at nursery you fought with your friends over who was going to be Batman or Superman? Children naturally love small world play and can benefit a great deal from getting into character and acting out scenarios whilst using their wildest imagination. One of my memories from childhood was playing cars with my elder brother. He would constantly tell me off for driving on the wrong side of the road, or for going around the roundabout the wrong way. Little did I know I was actually learning a practical life skill! Children can learn almost anything through their play with small world resources. Read more

On Friday 14 November 2014 we held our fourth annual TTS Charity Ball, in aid of the Kariandusi School Trust. This year’s theme was ‘Carnival Evening’ and a fantastic total of 253 revellers joined the party with one guest even travelling from Canada just to attend the ball. Read more