This week I had an unintentional unscheduled rant in two lots of training about PowerPoint. Here's my latest blog with my slightly less ranty thoughts 😀👇 Matt Peet FCCT He/Him @DrAdamBrett Jo Venables thinkingflexibly.com/2022/06/23/fli…

What a beautiful school 😍. Learnt so much from Mark Dent - thank you for having me! 💙 💚

Great insight into passion for subject leadership “It’s about professional imagination, not about lots of resources” Mary Myatt #NorthernRocks22

Such sensible suggestions being described by Tom Sherrington about an English Baccalaureate approach to education for 14-18 year olds. Fascinating #nrocks2022

Lovely to meet you and hear about your journey!

Some observations on the curriculum Based on the conversations for Huh 🧵 No-one we spoke to thinks their curriculum is finished No-one This is a relief as some of us (myself included) have been in a tiz about getting it ‘done’

Best couple of days of the whole year ✨

Our HT wants to rename our parent consultations as not all children are looked after by their parents. Has anyone else changed their name and what have they been changed to?

It's thank a TA day today, we wanted to say a massive thank you to all of our TA's for everything you do 💜

Timothy Shanahan The Reading Ape Christopher Such Any reading curriculum that wants to improve children's comprehension must be centred on the accrual of background knowledge and vocabulary. The Reading Ape has broken this essential knowledge down into further categories, which I've found helpful:

What might reading fluency practice look like in the classroom? This new tool offers practical classroom examples to support teachers in developing their pupils’ reading fluency. Download here: bit.ly/3PzlZej

My last day as a Literacy Specialist for Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub today. It’s been such a rewarding role, seeing amazing progress in each of the schools I have worked in 📚 I’ve learned so much and met some truly wonderful teachers and leaders!

So beyond grateful for your leadership and friendship ❤️ you have taught me so much.. Keeble misses you already 💙

So why hadn't the child learnt it? Well, was it because the completion of the task was more important than whether they had really got it? We can shift this Instead of saying 'have you finished?' We could say ' tell me what you've learnt' /4

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Myatt & Co Rachel Higginson FCCT ✅ Huh conversations subject leaders for primary and secondary ✅ The 'Faster read' research with Steve Willshaw ✅ Curriculum overviews And truckloads more Free access until Mon 5 Sep myattandco.com /2

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I've been putting together a big spreadsheet of what I would consider diverse and inclusive texts for every year group. It's absolutely nowhere near finished so you're gonna wanna tell me loads to go on - they will! And it'll be constantly updated. Here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Free download from my website. We are going to stick these into our reading records and send them home with a nursery rhyme / song highlighted a week. Let’s get singing! Download here ⤵️ mrmcmakingmemories.com/literacy-resou…

Shared below is an extensive spreadsheet full of the diverse and inclusive books I can think of that are in print. I've split them roughly by year group and included the ISBN to make searching for them easy. Possible I've missed stuff - let me know if so. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…