Can we make our schools anti-fragile? educontrarianblog.com/2021/10/02/can…

This is the presentation that I did today for Seneca on inclusive behaviour management. #SenecaCPD thinkingediaz.wordpress.com/2021/10/02/eff…

This is a really thought provoking blog. Plenty to relate to here: the difference in impact from acute versus chronic stressors; the types of stressors imposed by leaders, Ofsted, accountability. Smart thinking - very much looking forward to the book.

Well worth stocking up bookcases with some of these fantastic books! ukla.org/news/quality-l…

Sue Belton, head of St Helena's Church of England Primary School, quoted in crownhouse.co.uk/imperfect-lead… "When working with teachers in Macedonia as part of a UN Children's Fund teacher training programme, I learned about the power of helping children to create beautiful outcomes" 1/2

Test results don't make us who we are, or define what we can do. READING FOR PLEASURE impacts children's life chances far more than any test scores. So please don't let the pressure of #SATs crush the love of books. Always give them time to read for the pleasure of it! #literacy

Just going to leave this here… #edutwitter #education #sats2022 #SATs

This is the way I currently go about planning a new curriculum unit: All my work is draft/work in progress - Unit title - Link to the NC programme of study - A note on how this unit builds on pupils' prior knowledge (if that's the case) - A note on where it might lead /1

There are three weeks left to apply for one of our National Professional Qualifications in partnership with the Teacher Development Trust. durhamcommercialservices.co.uk/education-supp… Sue Rounce Jane Kennedy Zoe Millican Anne Brass

School Environment and Leadership: Evidence Review. “These school-level factors are our current best bets for school leaders to pay attention to in order to promote students’ learning” Robert Coe Download, share and discuss👇 evidencebased.education/school-environ… #GreatTeaching

So, I've read the reports; I've read the reactions. Here's my take on the RWI trial (I'll do a separate thread on Fresh Start)

Good thread. Something I find endlessly fascinating is how ideas ‘get into schools’.

How we use diagnostic assessments to guide reading instruction The latest blog from @LouiseQ12715769 researchschool.org.uk/shottonhall/ne…

#Oracy isn't a 'fad', any more than reading & writing are. And it isn't an 'approach' or a thing to 'implement', which has to be justified in terms of its 'impact'. Oracy is a hugely important set of social (& academic) practices & competences, worth developing in themselves.

Dylan Wiliam Paul A. Kirschner This is very nicely put

💡 Are you looking for ways to support pupils with SEND in your school? Our animation shows how teachers can use the “Five-a-Day” approach to improve outcomes for all children in their classroom. Watch here 👇

Teresa Cremin reflects on the conditions which are needed to help disengaged readers to find pleasure in reading and to begin to become motivated and engaged readers in a reading community.

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Check out our new guide to early reading! Shotton Hall Research School researchschool.org.uk/shottonhall/ne…

“it is not the job of a headteacher to impose a never-ending cycle of initiatives, rather being a headteacher is about being the intelligent, humble custodian of an educational institution for a period of time.”