Unbelievable. Kids stage a riot because they don’t like a decision for a change in uniform for SEPTEMBER (ie there is tons of time to bring concerns up with the Head) and the school has to apologise. We have lost our God damn minds. 🙄

The simplifying of educational approaches, and cutting the unnecessary stuff out from Michaela and ex-Michaela staff continues to show what can be achieved. Joe’s writing is inspiring.

Excellent hinge-esque recall starter here, again yielding great learning from the plausible wrong answers as much as the right ones.

The wonder of the piano, and of incredible talent against the odds. So moving.

Two great choices here for staff.

Fantastic thought provoking post here. Do retrieval quizzes need to be more about the skills, thinking and experience, than just the knowledge? An effective strategy for embedding learning within English lessons encompasses different paths.

What are the most effective reading intervention strategies you've seen -on a whole school level?

*** NEW POST *** ‘10 Tips for Using Revision Guides’ Thousands of revision guides are bought this time of year, but far fewer will be used effectively. Here are tips for students, and for their parents, to use these guides guides with success. theconfidentteacher.com/2023/03/10-tip…

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The teaching life bennewmark.wordpress.com/2023/03/29/the…

New blog: sequencing an English literature unit 💡What we need to keep in mind about sequencing 💡Why it matters 💡Practical examples from a unit plan on 'A Christmas Carol' 💡Pitfalls to preempt 📒Free unit plan 📒Free booklet rb.gy/rvnj

I really hope that other unions don’t allow the NEU members to carry the burden of this sector wide issue. #EnoughIsEnough “More strikes planned as teachers reject pay offer” bbc.co.uk/news/education…

What a piece of film making this is…

1/ What is the role of errors in learning? And what is an error, really? The “Derring Effect”- making errors deliberately to improve learning, is newly described by Wong & Lim (2022). It triggered some thoughts around errors, nerd out with me 🤓🧵:

New song for Emi? #AstonVilla

How to get #TheTraitorsUK in to the classroom? I developed a fantastic recap game that my Year 11s have really enjoyed this week. Brilliant for revision purposes. Manageable in a ten minute starter. Give it a go!! Team English

Incredible results from an incredible school. With an unswerving, unapologetic singular purpose, great things can happen.

Analytical question templates. Resource from my recent blog. Download here: dropbox.com/s/5mdy0odb0cfy…