To help all staff keep up-to-date with our SDPs, we use this board in our workroom to document progress over the school year. Staff can refer to key documents or catch up with anything they miss - it acts as a subtle reminder of what we are focussing on keeping the main things

As the Curriculum review is all anyone is talking about today, I've had a quick look at the recommendations. There are a lot of interesting proposals; as a previous Surrey KS2 writing moderator, GPS SATs marker, an SLE for English and avid leader of English over the years, I

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We are stacking a new habit - Bookmark Mondays. Over the week (like many I guess) we save lots of posts that we want to return to or explore in more detail. Like this amazing resources from David Goodwin and Tom Sherrington which we have come back to, through our bookmarks, and will

As a school, we have been involved in SCITT for over 10 years. In fact, we trained 10 of the current teachers in our school. Over the past few years, I have been involved further by being a Support Tutor and supporting and quality assuring the training of trainees in other school

Thank you to the school leaders, teachers and TAs who came to visit our KS1 Continuous Provision session on Thursday - thanks too for your incredible feedback! MissB Karina Kenning Early Excellence Dr. Aaron Bradbury Early Education St Michaels Aldbourne Emma Turner FCCT Tom Sherrington

Mini whiteboards and visualisers… 2 of the most important and useful tools in a classroom. In my 15 years of primary teaching, I have never NOT used a mini whiteboard and implore anyone who doesn’t use one, to have a read and start using them tomorrow. Intentionally plan just

Thank you to Adam Boxer and Laura Stam for the final kick of inspiration yesterday morning to get this blog about mini-whiteboards finally out of my head and into the world. Craig Barton Dylan Wiliam Tom Sherrington oliver caviglioli Kate Jones Mini-Whiteboards: A

This is what our pre-school discovery bags looks like! Complete with book (fiction or non-fiction), props, game and ideas on how parents can use them.

And the love letter for mini whiteboards continues... As described in the blog, we still needed to iron out our consistent routines for how to use and show mini-whiteboards in the classroom and this week, as a staff, we agreed that. We established routines for passing out

If you're interested in spreading the word on topical themes such as: 🍰 using mini-whiteboards 🍰 continuous provision in KS1 🍰 feedback 🍰 authentic school culture 🍰 effective implementation Then please visit our substack.com/@theeducakers and like, comment and repost any of our

Something for everyone in the brilliant world of teaching, learning and leadership ✨ Tom Sherrington David Didau Prof Michael Green FCCT Sam Strickland

🧵Professional Vigilance in lessons. AKA "Walking your class to the hall" or " and the little one said.." A thread. When we say we need to check for understanding in lessons, we really do, with the same vigilance of walking our class to the hall.

✨Happy Bookmark Monday✨ This week, I couldn't decide so am sharing both! The brilliant infographic on Responsive Teaching by Carl Hendrick and the excellent summary of Explicit Instruction from Anita Archer shared by Anna Stokke. Although different, both compliment each other imo

If you are interested in developing rich, rigorous, evidence-informed continuous provision in KS1, come and join us as we dig deeply into this hot topic. Early Excellence Dixie-Louise Dexter Kelly Butler SIP / EYFS consultant/ Ex HMI Primary Headteacher Mia Andy Burt Teach Early Years

I've been listening to a few of these Amy Forrester Adam Boxer on my commute to and from work and they have provided excellent entertainment and a light-hearted, yet deeper insight into the world of secondary education. As a Primary Head I can confidently share there's more

So much content I keep coming back to here - as a Primary Head all so relevant: teacherhead.com 💡blogs 💡links to Mind the Gap podcast with Emma Turner FCCT 💡Kitchen Pedagogy youtube.com/results?search… 💡 Classroom Voices series by teachers for teachers 💡 Everything

We are now officially members! So excited to fully utilise all this platform has to offer across teaching, leadership and coaching.🙌 Walkthrus Tom Sherrington oliver caviglioli Matt Stone Hachette Learning Professional Development

Why I Can’t Teach Without a Visualiser... this week I’m talking all things visualisers — the perfect partner to my previous mini whiteboards post. Like I said a fortnight ago, I genuinely couldn’t teach without either. They’re the icing to my cake and the jam to my sponge — each

Is it just me, or does running a school right now feel less like leadership and more like surviving in the Upside Down? Headship is a joy and privilege. It's hard. It’s all-consuming in the best and worst ways. It's a job like no other. But lately it feels like I’m leading a