A former Ofsted chief will return to teaching next month to help a school with high staff absences – but will the Department for Education push for ex-teachers to go back to the classroom solve the Covid staffing problems? tes.com/magazine/news/…

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Thanks InnerDrive. Another great flash webinar!

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"Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity" perhaps because handwriting adds desirable difficulties to the task of writing (although participants had to type with just one finger): bit.ly/3HGsRVe

Lucy Crehan is legitimately one of the most brilliant and knowledgable people working in education. A phenomenal talk given today on how we can develop teacher knowledge based on lessons learnt from East Asia.

Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.

Even qualified practitioners are bound to ‘do no harm’. But the desire to support children leads many schools to well-meant but potentially damaging mental health ‘interventions’. The best way to support children’s mental health in a school environment? Provide a culture that is

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Can anyone recommend an assessment test suitable for use across primary age to support teacher assessment for end of year attainment. Online preferred.