Modelling for excellence
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : I’m fortunate to watch a large number of lessons – being taught by brilliant teachers. There are many things that they all do well, but one thing they all have...
View ArticleDESIGNING A NEW CURRICULUM – WHAT ARE YOUR ‘BIG IDEAS’?
Edssential article from @HuntingEnglish : Cross the threshold and seize a new and improved curriculum. Many teachers will already be thinking about the significant curriculum changes just around the...
View ArticleThinking
Edssential article from @GoldfishBowlMM : ‘What students think about is what they will remember.’ Daniel Willingham I had a lesson this week which seemed to be successful: students worked hard,...
View ArticlePlanning to Get Behaviour Right: Research Plus Experience
Edssential article from @LeadingLearner : There is nothing like a discussion about behaviour and discipline, either in the staff room or in the classroom, to get people talking with passion, intensity...
View ArticleModelling writing… and the meaning of life
Edssential article from @atharby : Forgive me for starting with a personal story. My son, George, was born with a rare corneal condition in his left eye. At 3 months, his eye was operated on at Great...
View ArticleI can see clearly now….
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : I thought I would write this post in the spirit of #nurture1314 – starting with a confession! I used to be a bit of an OFSTED chaser – there’s a lot of it...
View ArticleThe boy who saved my life (in teaching)
Edssential article from @kevbartle: Eddie was his name. As incongruous in 1996 as it is now. And he was a fairly incongruous manboy: fully grown moustache to put my facial hair to shame; built like the...
View ArticleDifferentiating the responsive way
Edssential article from @atharby : In last week’s post – here – I looked at how we might mark students’ written work strategically, considering not just the feedback we will give them, but also the...
View ArticleThe Vocabulary Gap
Edssential article from @GoldfishBowlMM : “Learning, as a language based activity, is fundamentally and profoundly dependent on vocabulary knowledge.” * This is the first in a series of posts about...
View ArticleNo more forgetting what they learned yesterday- forgetting curve homeworks
Edssential article from : How many times have you heard teachers complain that students couldn’t remember what they learned yesterday, let alone last week or last month? Retention of learning is a big...
View ArticleModelling for excellence
Edssential article from @shaun_allison : I’m fortunate to watch a large number of lessons – being taught by brilliant teachers. There are many things that they all do well, but one thing they all have...
View ArticleThis much I know about…why putting your family first matters
Edssential article from @johntomsett : To publish this has been a tough call. After a week of talking it through with him, my son Joe agreed to me posting this article. The tipping point came when one...
View ArticleBehaviour is more than behaviour for learning
Edssential article from @HoratioSpeaks : And indeed, it takes from our achievements, though performed at height, the very pith and marrow of our attribute. – Hamlet Behaviour as an issue in schools...
View Article10 Reasons to Love Teaching
Edssential article from @headguruteacher : 1. Doing the things you love while you’re at work It has always struck me as remarkable and fortuitous that I am paid to do a job where I get to have so much...
View ArticleAt first glance: A sentence starter adds unexpected rigor to writing
Edssential article from @Doug_Lemov : We wrapped up two days of workshops on Ratio on Friday. Ratio is the principle that it’s not whether the teacher gets a mental workout, but whether students do....
View ArticleThis much I know about…teaching students how to plan stonkingly good essays!
Edssential article from @johntomsett : I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about teaching students how to plan stonkingly good essays!...
View ArticleQuestioning
Edssential article from @carlnewman9526 : Alex Quigley, subject Leader of English & Assistant Head at Huntington Secondary School, rightly calls questioning the ‘bread and butter of great teaching’...
View ArticleFrankenstein’s Essay
Edssential article from @Xris32 : The more I teach English, the more I am faced with difficult questions. What coloured post-its should I use in this lesson? Should I use the whiteboard this lesson?...
View ArticleThis much I know about…why we should stop intervening and focus upon...
Edssential article from @johntomsett : This is my first ever request post. I loved reading a post by @DHTJohn on the corrosive nature of examination run-in interventions. I wish I had written it. When...
View ArticlePace, challenge, engagement and differentiation: clearing up the confusion.
Edssential article from @andrewwarnerkms : Last week we had some external CPD at our school. It was quite good as far as these things go; interactive, practical and with lots of ideas for activities...
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