The presence of phones in the classroom reduces academic achievement. It has the strongest negative effect on already low-achieving students. (Probably bc of the correlation btw attention & achievement). via Carl Hendrick sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Here’s our latest T&L bulletin with a focus on planning for behaviour as part of lesson planning. It includes ideas and further research from Sam Strickland and Tom Sherrington as well as exploring Walkthrus strategies. 🤓

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Why being bilingual is good for your brain bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/w… via BBC Ideas💡

I’ve created this flyer to give out during Y9 parents’ evening to reinforce why their children should do a MFL for GCSE.David Binns also is coming to pay us a visit on the 13th December! It’s going to be tough but LOTS of positive Y7/8 ss. #mfltwitterati drive.google.com/file/d/1Y1AzFn…

Chinese companies are now world leaders in wind, solar, hydro, lithium batteries and electric cars. China's green bet has paid off after decades of industrial policy, leaving the West racing to catch up. My cover article for this week's The Spectator 👇 spectator.co.uk/article/how-ch…

10 things: Common problems with Do Now Activities. teacherhead.com/2024/02/05/10-… > latest post .

Improving your practice as a teacher means experimenting in the classroom. Try out our reflective teaching cycle to ensure your experiments have the impact you'd like! impact.wales

Our Yr9 & 10 Mandarin students have been on a trip to China. Visiting Beijing then Xi'An to meet their pen pals, this has given them a wonderful opportunity to practise their Mandarin and immerse themselves in the culture! Read more on our news blog: bit.ly/BartsMandCT24

Is there any point in continuing to practice beyond the point of 100% accuracy? YES! This is what Robert & Elizabeth Bjork call 'overlearning'. You can't improve the retrieval strength, but you can improve how well that learning is stored. impact.wales

Counting the cost: addressing the impact of low levels of literacy & numeracy in the workplace apo.org.au/node/328752 More evidence that the flimsy thing called #FunctionalLiteracy has never paid its way. Literacy & numeracy are *more*, not less important in modern workplaces.

What is the most important of Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction? We believe that Checking For Understanding is the principles that underpins the other nine – read more in this blog 👉 bit.ly/3YBVqv3

OPINION The major advantage of using booklets isn't curricular, it's that you eliminate all the goddamn cutting and sticking of worksheets that plagues secondary classrooms The number of minutes of learning lost to cutting and sticking is off the charts

We're now up to 6,500 views for my 8.5-minute introduction video to the science of reading. Thank you to everyone who has shared it. I really hope you've found it useful in some way. youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?si…

This podcast episode with Daisy Christodoulou (which I listened to 9 years ago at the airport at the end of a holiday in Cologne) was the first step in my journey into understanding why my lessons focussing on skills, not knowledge, were letting my pupils down. open.spotify.com/episode/0YduYL…

We think doing the hard task early is good advice. Here’s why: 🔋 Helps you use your energy wisely 📱 Reduces procrastination 📅 Makes you better at future tasks 📋 Avoid the Planning Fallacy 🙋‍♀️ Gives you time to ask for help Find out more: bit.ly/3U5wbjD

🕷️Kim Cowie, NEVER BE A BYSTANDER Dylan Wilbanks, now at @[email protected] It should. And as I hope the book makes clear, critical thinking is only possible with a strong foundation of knowledge of the things you want to think critically about.

This is such an important consideration when thinking about how learning happens. It's not about being a luddite or a technophobe or being wedded to the past, or not embracing change; it's about recognising that handwriting has a markedly different impact on the brain.

We never do group work at Michaela. For this very reason. Less work, less efficient, often just a waste of time.

Britain is becoming ever more monoglot, starting from its schools. More 18 year olds take A-Levels in PE (Physical Education) than French, German and ancient languages combined, according to a recent Higher Education Policy Institute report I've written this week on why this is worrying. Beyond more