If you want to get a basic idea of how people learn to read, and you have very little time to spare, in this video I try to describe reading development to Craig Barton in under *8 minutes*. (He then asks some great questions afterwards.) youtu.be/03XZFaQyqJU

I lived through enforced task differentiation and ability tables, so I know the counterproductive bits of differentiation pretty well. But sometimes you really do have pupils in your class who need to be learning something different to others.

“The sense of belonging is a core human need.”