I’ve been thinking hard about how we get students to think hard in lessons. 🤔 Thinking hard is important if students are to understand and remember what we want them to learn. But students can only think about what they *pay attention* to. A 🧵about attention.

mathsbot.com/primary/ks2 Year 5 and 6 teachers please look at this!! 👀 This is an amazing resource that will save time....so much time! 💪🏽 *Infinite arithmetic papers* Marks itself Gives correct answers Please share ☺️

Sometimes, when it’s all getting a bit much grab a book from child and look at their first piece of work in September and then look at the last piece of work they’ve done. See the difference you’ve made.

Vocabulary activity in reading today. Retrieve the word from the text, examine the context, guess the definition, look up the definition. “Mr M, do we need the iPads or will we be googling the words in the dictionary?” “Google them in the dictionary Joey” 😂😂😂

Things you miss about UKS2 teaching Multiplying fractions by integers can be a tricky concept to understand but this really helped children understand the structure to these types of questions. I am firm believer that resources are for all children 🧮

Astonishing 2nd half performance by Ireland. The game was on a knife edge in the 1st half. This Ireland team know how to win no matter what is thrown at them.

Guinness Men's Six Nations

8 tips for coaching children that we should never lose sight of. 1. Fun games in the warm up 2. No long lines 3. Positive body language 4. Lots of ball contact 5. No queing behind a cone 6. Speaking in a positive tone 7. Smaller sided games 8. Inclusion of all

Can’t wait for the new tackle laws to make rugby a bit more exciting.

Our baby boy Rycroft died at Great Ormond Street last month. The thread that follows is a little bit about who he was, and how you can help other children like him. We would love any help you can give to get Rycroft's story to as many people as possible ❤️

The Fijians don’t need an Aux cable, they make their own music. 🔥🇫🇯 #RWC2023

Are you travelling by Southern this weekend? My friend Lucie desperately needs your help. She has spent nine months hand making this beautiful quilt out of disused kimono silk for her oldest friend's brand new baby:

I’m loving the outrage from the Aussies over the non-penalty. That fuming sense of injustice, justified or not, makes the third test a whole lot spicier. Bring it on!

Blair Kinghorn is not moving comfortably