Welcome

We passionately believe that professional development for teachers and school leaders is the key to educational excellence and that all learning and teaching environments should be focussed towards the goal of preparing our children for life in the 21st Century with all the new challenges and opportunities that it will provide.

Our role as educators should be to create motivated, selfdirected learners who are capable of original thought, who can analyse and solve problems, who know themselves and can interact well with others, who are emotionally intelligent and who know how they learn best. Various initiatives have been at the forefront of this crusade: Personalised Learning, Thinking Skills and SEAL (the social and emotional aspects of learning) have all played their part.

The Learning Centre have teamed up with Crown House Publishing, probably the most innovative publisher of education books today to bring you an outstanding selection of books and related resources from the best authors and trainers in the world. The books we publish together with a carefully chosen selection from other recommended publishers, support these and similar initiatives and will make a difference to the quality of teaching and learning in your school. If you only implement a few of the strategies detailed in one of them, you will have started the process of switching on your pupils to the wonder of learning and creating independent, self-directed, motivated learners.

David Bowman, Managing Director

New Releases

	Little Book of Bereavement for Schools, The Ian Gilbert et al The Little Book of Bereavement for Schools is written by best-selling author Ian Gilbert together with his three children. Is a very personal account of the way educational institutions tried and succeeded, ... Read More In Stock (Usually shipped within 24 hours)
	Primary Learner's Toolkit: Implementing a creative curriculum through cross-curricular projects developing social and emotional intelligence and ... l Jackie Beere The Primary Learner’s Toolkit is a companion to the best selling The Learner’s Toolkit. Here Jackie Beere does for Primary Teachers what The Learner’s Toolkit did for Secondary Teachers. This is an essential ... Read More In Stock (Usually shipped within 24 hours)
	Invisible Teaching: 101 Ways to Create Energy, Openness and Focus in the Classroom Dave Keeling & David Hodgson A book of new fast, fun activities that require little or no set-up to boost the energy, openness and focus of students (and teachers) that promote a positive and focused classroom atmosphere. This practical ... Read More In Stock (Usually shipped within 24 hours)
	Magic of Modern Metaphor: Walking with the Stars David Hodgson (Edited by Nick Owen) A collection of stories for teachers, trainers, parents and thinkers sharing ancient wisdom through a modern relationship between grandson and grandad. The recollections chart the growth of the child from ... Read More In Stock (Usually shipped within 24 hours)