"Above all, cold-calling is done to foster a climate of safety and trust in the classroom, because of its patterned routines and the way it normalises contributions from all students across the ability spectrum. It in fact gives the quieter, more reticent students a voice in the

Carl Hendrick Absolutely. It's about inclusion. It's saying to every student, you belong. You are a full member of this learning community. And I need to hear from you so that my decisions reflect the needs of everyone in the group.

I've been watching lesson footage today, especially around miniwhiteboard usage. A teacher asks half a dozen questions on MWBs within 5 mins, and that's 30 students, so 180 answers. Mind boggling. Can't be achieved through any other medium.

Adam Boxer Anyone who says MWBs are a faff should remember this: no other strategy gives you as much information to decide what to do next.

Watching Rory…

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How does learning really happen? A summary of Carl Hendrick’s excellent webinar with 6 key insights from cognitive science—working memory, retrieval, knowledge, motivation & more—into practical takeaways for the classroom.

Just under 48 hours for a lucky person to come and work with yours truly, Mrs Holland, Daniel Dishkin, MrDrew luke purnell and the gang. It really is a great department with over a decade outstanding outcomes and exciting extra curricular plans ahead!

🧵 How much does prior knowledge really matter for learning? New study challenges one of the most foundational ideas in education: that the more you know, the more you can know. Here's why it surprised me ⬇️

Going to blog but here’s a 🧵 There are too many distractions from the sustained hard work needed to deliver and maintain effective PD programmes that lead to improved teaching and improved outcomes. And I worry that just as we’re making progress, more distractions are coming

It seems so obvious to me visiting schools - everywhere - that there’s just so much mileage in improving everyday responsive teaching practice so that *every* student is engaged, thinking, talking, consolidating, making meaning, achieving a high success rate …

There is also mileage in deepening teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge - knowing which examples to use, how to build secure schema, making learning concrete, weaving together the abstract ideas, language and a rich array of experiences…

The most common teaching mistakes are things like: presenting too much not enough practice not gathering responses moving on too quickly not securing attention no examples I’m struck by how much attention we devote in education to stuff that distracts from these fundamentals.

Inspirational second visit. Even better than 2018. Thank you for your time Katharine Birbalsingh! I’ve already been practicing some of the pedagogical approaches this week Hans Price Academy.

SEND provision is the last bastion of unevidenced practice ‘EHCPs and documents like Pupil Passports often include adaptations and interventions for which there is no evidence of efficacy beyond placebo or Hawthorne effects. These include fidget toys, wobble cushions, sensory

For a profession so centred on teaching, it’s ironic how frequently we fail to provide a high quality teaching environment for the education of *ourselves*.

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🙇‍♂️ RETRIEVAL PRACTICE PRINCIPLES! This new poster is based on ‘Making Retrieval Practice Actually Work: Seven Essential Principles for Teachers to Know’ an important blog post by the excellent Carl Hendrick 🙌 Carl’s Post 👉 bit.ly/4b4Rysh REPOST and grab a free HQ PDF

2008: Novak Djokovic becomes the youngest player to reach the semifinals of all 4 Slams. 2025: Novak Djokovic becomes the oldest player to reach the semifinals of all 4 Slams Timeless.