DHFS' short story. A story called 'Stay Home' by Sita Brahmachari and read out in 6 instalments across mentor time and every lesson today. Part of our Reading Celebration week with links to health & wellbeing and a focus on dealing with loss. D H F S #readingforpleasure

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A very useful guide from Dylan Wiliam. Some interesting overlap with Rosenshine's principles ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Pract… Dylan Wiliam Tom Sherrington

It all makes perfect sense. ukedchat.com/2019/08/29/bac…

*NEW* ‘Academic Vocabulary and Schema Building’ “The final schema represented the rich, well-connected vocabulary knowledge required of a pupil to speak and write about the concept with success.” theconfidentteacher.com/2020/11/academ…

A nice way of getting students to actively think about the interconnections between different themes within and between subject modules using a few simple icons and lines. By collecting in these the teacher can see what knowledge the students have remembered. Simon Beale

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A handy site for curriculum design presentations by the experts. Mary Myatt John Tomsett and many others

Have had a lot of requests for summaries for each of the national curriculum subjects. So, here they are marymyatt.com/resources

Here are some popular online quizzing tools for retrieval practice ... are there any others you would add? 💻🧠💭👍🏻

Student: "How should I study for the test?" LIke this: theeffortfuleducator.com/2020/06/06/how…

A worthwhile read. It certainly makes you think about some of those things you did in the early days of teaching.

Great diagnostic assessment & curriculum readjustment & a focus on “recovery over time” should be priorities for schools – rather than an obsession with “catch-up”, Education Recovery Commissioner Sir Kevan Collins tells MPs bit.ly/308EUFi Education Committee #SchoolsReopeningUK

There's no greater sound than that of students engaged in rich learning discussions in the classrooms next door. #backtoschoolsafely #BackToSchool #welcomeback D H F S

The Art spiral curriculum in action. A Level student modelling the same techniques that the GCSE class are learning but at a more advanced level. #curriculumdesign #spiralcurriculum DHFS CEA Dept D H F S

A fascinating blog about helping our students to be independent again ⁦Julie Dubois Kettlewell⁩ ⁦EEF⁩ EEF blog: Structured support for independent learning | EEF educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-…

One of our English classes has come up with 'Christmas Carol' Quotation Song to 'Away in a Manger' to help them to remember quotes. Several can now cite these quotes from memory. English Faculty D H F S #learning #charlesdickens

Definitely something worth us all reflecting on. learningspy.co.uk/curriculum/the…

Our very own Nic Yates leading an excellent session today on the Wider Curriculum at the national TDT conference D H F S Teacher Development Trust

Wow, a treasure trove of topical curriculum master classes covered here. Thanks Tom Sherrington #curriculum #teaching teacherhead.com/2022/07/16/cur…