What are schema & what have they got to do with learning? ⤵️👍👀

Teach for Learning. To embed learning deeply in the memory you have to engage deeply with it. Learning IS thinking. Check out 5 ways of making sure your pupils are thinking 💭 & learning!

Doctor who broadened autism spectrum 'sorry' for over-diagnosis nypost.com/2023/04/24/doc…

This is a regular staff room conversation theme….

One of the essential experiences in shaping the developing brain's architecture is the "serve and return" interaction between children and significant adults in their lives. This video from the Centre for the Developing Child explains more.... ow.ly/xPI050OyaAP

All prospective parents need to be aware of this…should be part of compulsory training/knowledge..

First Principles of Teaching and Learning. teacherhead.com/2023/06/09/fir…

Teaching some vs teaching all. This is where the action for improvement lies. teacherhead.com/2023/05/07/tea… The basis of my #rEDKent session today. Thanks to everyone who came along.

Can’t help but wonder if deprivation isn’t the only source of stress in the early years. Does lack of parental engagement, overuse of screens, not having needs met for reasons other than deprivation cause same cortisol levels?

Early-initiated childhood reading for pleasure: associations with better cognitive performance, mental well-being and brain structure in young adolescence | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3XvCEom

Teaching Children Essential Skills. browncleeschool.org.uk/37235-2/

Listening Skills / Problem Solving Skills. browncleeschool.org.uk/listening-skil…

Potential Link Between Autism and Screen Time. browncleeschool.org.uk/potential-link…

Does your child play a musical instrument or would they like to learn how to play one?. browncleeschool.org.uk/does-your-chil…

Very powerful video on the impact of screens on young children and their development… linkedin.com/posts/helen-ga…

I saw this and made me think, at this time of year, when consumerism can consume, how true…time, interaction and experiences are so much more valuable than ‘stuff’.

Bernard Jenkin discusses how governments can, and must, up their game when it comes to strategic thinking civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/artic…

How does the Labour Party plan to clear the NHS backlog? What public health initiatives might be mentioned in party proposals? Join Andrew McCracken, Sally & Saoirse Mallorie in our new #KFPodcast episode 🎧 kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

12 Wake-up Calls That Every Leader Needs to Hear in 2024:

I've never met a child who behaved worse when the rules were clear and consistent. It doesn't matter how many times people characterise clear and consistent rules as "high control", "authoritarian" or "zero tolerance". Clear and consistent rules help all kids to behave and learn.