English teachers: I’ve seen a number of requests for stories that could be read & discussed within a *single* class period. So, let’s do a fast 🧵. I’ll share a linked story with a possible discussion Q, imagining the following thumbnail lesson plan for secondary English…

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Why Literacy Fails (Part 2) The Oracy Challenge’ “Put simply, no matter how much we value oracy, meaningfully changing and sustaining practice that improves pupil outcomes is devilishly hard.“ theconfidentteacher.com/2023/09/why-li…

Absolutely glorious day today observing three teachers who are in their 4th year of teaching and trained with us and are absolutely SMASHING IT What things did I really like?

A Behaviour Curriculum isn't just a tick box phrase... I urge all school leaders to teach the behaviours they expect to see to both staff and pupils. theguardian.com/education/2023…

Deconstructing my lesson observation thought processes teacherhead.com/2022/07/17/dec…

NEW BLOG Clearing the bar On raising expectations, looking in the mirror, pedagogical improvement and leading Teaching and Learning achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2023/10/19/cle…

What does it mean to be 'evidence-informed' in teaching? teacherhead.com/2021/07/19/wha…

The budget is just 6 weeks away. Today I sent the Chancellor, Sir Jeremy Hunt MP a letter, on his request, to ask that he fixes: - Unfair Child Benefit rules penalising single income families - The Lifetime ISA penalty hitting young 1st time buyers - Above inflation mid-contract

NEW TRAINING: How to make your own behaviour curriculum. For: anyone involved in creating or rolling out a whole school system of behaviour. When: Wednesday 20th March, 4-5:30pm Live, with me. eventbrite.co.uk/e/823796065207…

Want a good podcast to listen to on your commute this week? Listen to @Strickomaster and Amy Husband discuss effective behaviour strategies. A great podcast full of strategies, ideas and experiences to support teachers and school leaders. shorturl.at/aefw2

If you are interested in behaviour in schools, please do have a watch of this - it's 90 minutes of Bill Rogers providing so much gold! x.com/RogersHistory/…

Responsive Teaching:  The challenge and necessity of checking in on every student.  teacherhead.com/2024/04/29/res…

Establishing Effective Routines in School Culture How to we establish and embed routines? James D shares some useful approaches. researchschool.org.uk/bradford/news/…

Are rewards good or bad for learning? Well, it depends. To understand why, we need to dive into the 2 main sources of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic. ↓

'I visit schools who are doing ‘oracy’ and I see speaking and listening! Mind you – I am so pleased to see children conversing and teachers asking a wealth of interesting questions – but it ain’t oracy...' roswilsoned.com/oracy-is-not-j…

Three Checks: For teachers and observers. teacherhead.com/2023/11/21/thr… > Thanks to Teacher Tapp for sharing again today 🙏🏼

One of three 4 minute animations we've made for students: How We Learn Learning in the Classroom Learning Independently All part of the Learning Walkthrus toolkit. Test this one out with some students... tutor time, assembly?