Exploring ecology in action! Year 10 students conducted field work at Bowling Park, studying plant abundance and distribution. They discovered how biotic and abiotic factors shape the environment. 🌿📊 #Ecology #Fieldwork

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🪜 This one-pager explains why explicit guidance outperforms self-discovery models in learning. Based on the research of Kirschner, Clark, and Sweller, it summarises the benefits of feedback and support provided by guided instruction. 🔁 REPOST and get a free HQ copy here:

New Blog. Tried using chatGBT to design a lesson. Was pleasantly surprised when I carefully considered my promts. Wrote about my process here. open.substack.com/pub/richardwhe…

🗣️🗣️🗣️CHORAL RESPONSE! When every student answers every question, you multiply practice opportunities, surface misconceptions instantly, and build fluency. This FREE one-page guide shows how to implement it with clarity and consistency. newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/choral-respo…

STEMYMissBanda I 💯% have a blog post and a resource for that … teachingsciencecom.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/emp…

Analysing exam results can be a tedious process, but these simple steps will help you to get the most out of it, writes Mark Enser 🌍 tes.com/magazine/teach…

Yes, yes, a million times yes. You can teach brilliant lessons day after day, but without a formal and sustained programme of retrieval practice, your students will forget everything you say.

We’ve disaggregated our CPD to make it shorter and more frequent throughout the year at Haggerston School. On Friday we used our Twilight to explore ‘adaptive expertise’ and what that practically means in the classroom. Some shares below👇🏽

Rosenshine Principles of Instruction ⚗️DistillED series. Packed with insightful tools and resources… (two editions to go): 1. Daily Review 🗓️newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/daily-review 2. Small Steps 👣newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/small-steps 3. Ask a Large Number of Questions 🗣️newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/ask-a-large-… 4.

Many middle leaders feel pulled in too many directions and risk running themselves into the ground. But it is possible to lead without burning out, as @ensermark explains tes.com/magazine/teach…

Very little detail up to now. However, numerous exam boards, H & F tier, combined or separates & a massive curriculum have made science one of the hardest middle leader roles in schools. Let's hope the changes amount to more than just mandating triple. thetimes.com/uk/education/a…

Professor Becky Francis has published her final curriculum and assessment review report. She spoke to Schools Week about some of its key recommendations and the thinking behind them schoolsweek.co.uk/interview-beck…

Is 'teaching to the top' compatible with 'teaching inclusively'? teacherhead.com/2025/11/04/is-… via Tom Sherrington

Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/exp… via Tom Sherrington

Mary M. Kennedy reviewed 28 studies on teacher professional development to find out what actually works. She discovered that the best programs help teachers think strategically or discover insights on their own, rather than just giving them step-by-step instructions to follow.

Reflecting on my year working in schools in very different contexts, I'm convinced that the most important - yet underrated - relationships in school improvement are between CLs (curriculum /phase leaders/HoDs) and their SLT line managers. Before individual coaching processes

The best PD you could probably do next week is to revisit what you were working on before and explore where things could improve or be consolidated: 👍Go deeper, not wider. Talk about how to form deeper effective habits, with more precision, within the areas on that same agenda

The principal of one of the first schools inspected under the new Ofsted framework explains how it achieved 5 ‘exceptional’ ratings tes.com/magazine/leade…

Teaching your children even a single verse, Surah, or even a phrase plants a seed that grows beyond your lifetime. Every recitation they make because of you becomes your ongoing reward: a chain of blessings that continues through generations. True legacy is not left in wealth,