‘Why Don’t Students Like School?’ by Daniel Willingham is one of the most influential books for teachers on cognitive science. It explores how students’ minds work & how to use this knowledge to be a better teacher. 🪡 THREAD. Here are some ‘brain bites’ I took away from it…

This is savagery. Poor people.

And here's our Education Director, Adam Boxer, with a handy explainer: youtu.be/HbBF4DQfJK4 If you have feedback on C-Scores, please get in touch and share it! In Carousel Castle, feedback is a gift! 🙏

At the heart of the Toolkit is our Model for Great Teaching - the things teachers know, do and believe that research has shown to make the biggest difference to student learning. It can be thought of as a curriculum for teacher learning.

A fantastic article. I agree with every single word. 'Many children have internalised the mistaken idea that good mental health means feeling good all the time. But discomfort is not a problem to be solved, it is a necessary part of life we must all learn to willingly endure.'

This one makes my blood boil! So much money leaking out of educational budgets! 😤

Revisiting Dylan Wiliam's Five Brilliant Formative Assessment Strategies. teacherhead.com/2019/01/10/rev… #2 all-time reads.

Yes I would put in a couple of days off in the first and last term. Where would you take it from though; last week of august or first week of the summer? 😬

Unbelievable 🙏 If you do nothing else tonight listen to this interview!!!

Intermittent running aerobic base fitness session cones 10m apart you can extend the length between cones for progression over a three week block eg Week 1 10m Week 2 15m Week 3 20m This style of session can be nice to use in off season or general preparation phase

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…

Do you think you should be starting?

Ne pas se vexer quand un réalisateur nous choisit pour jouer un personnage petit et narcissique, c'est aussi ça être un bon comédien. Wonka, le 13 décembre en salles. Antoine de Caunes

Just read of the sad loss of Sir Tim Brighouse. This list has been on the wall of my class then Office for ever and was and is the most important list I’ve ever had. It’s constantly reminded me that teaching is more than what happens in lessons and that it’s about being human.

This is incredible.

This isn't just good leaflet copy, this is why politics matters and different parties aren't all "just the same". Here's a collection of similarly devastating graphs 🧵 (1/11)

Nearly three years ago, I came across a stunning house point display @JAGSschool and once I joined Verulam School I spoke to my technology team about it and they designed and created it. Today the tokens arrived and here it is, with Churchill currently in the lead! ❤️

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