My favourite paper from our next 💡T&L Spotlight💡 is this one on Think-Pair-Share. It found that using a combo of individual thinking time, paired discussions and giving time for pupils to raise their hand improved participation in whole class discussions and confidence

tes.com/magazine/archi… Funding education = a successful economy. Input is pittance compared to what output could be.

How can we check for understanding during lessons? Read time = 1 min 30 secs ↓

A few myths to dispel: 1. Teachers are not paid for the holidays. You read that right, teachers are not paid for the holidays. They could be classed as TOIL for the unpaid overtime they routinely do, but actually they are just not paid (despite many working, prepping etc.).

Can anyone signpost me towards somebody/a primary setting that are successful with their spelling attainment? We need support. We read the research but it’s difficult transferring that to the classroom. We want to know how schools are successfully producing good spellers.

6/ So, here's the link. How long it all takes is entirely up to you. I know someone who said all they wanted to in 10 minutes - it took me a bit longer! But please, this is our best chance of real change. Go for it! (ends) committees.parliament.uk/work/7761/ofst…

I hope that th framework is not changed again because of this. The most recent curriculum focused change was for the better - I think. But it’s taken an insurmountable amount of work to get there. Changing the goal posts now would be the final nail in the coffin for many staff.

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How do you choose high quality texts for reading lessons? We need some new ones for our year sixes next year but I’m interested how others choose theirs. Christopher Such

Seeing a lot of schools mandating retrieval practice in every lesson but also seeing quite a few misconceptions. A quick thread: 10 ways to get retrieval practice wrong ⬇️ 🧵

In this episode of TDaPE, we discuss how I... (a) Organise reading lessons (b) Support schools to make changes (c) Systematically assess and address reading difficulties (d) Build a reading curriculum (e) Nurture a reading culture ⬇️⬇️⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pri…

Can anyone signpost me towards CPD for primary art subject leaders please? #CPD #PrimaryArt #subjectleadership #primaryrocks

Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful! mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/who…

This was a phenomenal. I’m not sure I’ve read anything that bridges the gap between reading research and the primary classroom as excellently as this book does. It’s a genuine must read for all educators.

Inspired by the Three Body Problem (read it if you haven't, it's great), I've written about how we might try to *radically* increase educational outcomes.

NEW EPISODE This week, we are joined by the OG and GOAT of education podcasting 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁CRAIG BARTON!! Craig knows so much about great teaching, it was a privilege to interview him: open.spotify.com/episode/7dzRdW…

My first educational podcast listen in a long time. It was great! I’ll be catching as many of these as I can in the future.