Do you have a clip of your classroom practice for us to review on Chalk Dust? We're doing a special episode on classroom entry and start-work routines. DM me or Nathaniel for more info, and feel free to share with a stand-out colleague who excels in this area.
This is such a nice activity for this week - creating a class piece of art by giving each child their own section then putting them together. I did this with my class 2 years ago for the Queen’s Jubilee 👑 just upload the picture you want to use to rasterbator.net
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“Barbara Throws A Wobbler” by #NadiaShireen
is just a brilliant, truly funny story, with fantastic visual storytelling and rings utterly true. Perfect for Reception, year 1/2 but also a fab assembly read aloud. A joyous, genius Picturebook.
#PictureBookPage
A quality series! 🙌
One of my faves! ❤️
⚠️ POOR PROXIES FOR LEARNING! Just because students are busy, engaged, or writing doesn’t mean they’re learning. Learning happens when students have to think hard! In this issue, I explore proxies for learning highlighted by @profcoe.bsky.social and what to do instead.
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To celebrate the publication of Jon Klassen's new Your Places board books, we've created a complete guide to all of his books published by Walker! Read now and discover your new favourite 👀
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Retrieval Practice: Myths, Mutations & Mistakes
One of our MOST popular eBooks by Kate Jones. Let us know if you read it!
Download & share 👇https://buff.ly/h7JF8fi
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The Bear-Shaped Hole is publishing this May! 🐻✨
"The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." @jonnybid.bsky.social
"powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure." @smithsmm.bsky.social
By @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 🩵
“I Don’t Want to Read THIS Book” by #MaxGreenfield and #MikeLowery. It’s a fab read aloud in an increasingly exasperated voice. I love the fourth wall breaking, the use of font. It captures the barriers to reading. Get a child to read it aloud. They can’t help but add expression. #PicturebookPage
⚗️ Exciting news — the first edition of my new newsletter, DistillED, is live!
DistillED is about making teaching crystal clear. Each issue breaks down key insights from research and classroom practice into short, sharp reads and downloadable takeaways designed for busy educators.
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“The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases.”
Great blog on strategies to ensure students pay attention during the lessons explanation. Well worth a read. Thanks @priteshraichura.bsky.social
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The three pedagogy/T&L things that generally schools need to focus on are
1. Behaviour
2. Attention
3. A long term memory strategy
For most schools, nothing else is as important.
🗣️ Teaching is challenging, but rewarding. Seeing students grow and succeed is unparalleled.
Check out @joshpd.bsky.social and @priteshraichura.bsky.social on the demands & rewards of teaching in @schoolsweek.bsky.social.
And why not watch Pritesh in action⁉️: steplab.co/film
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An incredible week touring the country with @steplab.bsky.social Huge thank you to all involved in facilitating the coaching conference, training and school visits. Wonderful to also connect with so many Australian teachers and leaders passionate about improving student outcomes. Better never stops.
📢 So, you might have seen that we did a thing and it's completely FREE...
Great Teaching, Unpacked
...our new four-part documentary 📺 which explores one powerful configuration of effective teaching.
Watch ➡️ steplab.co/film
Read about it ➡️ bit.ly/4azaijK
Join our launch webinar ➡️ bit.ly/4gdx9lO
IT’S HERE! I am a massive believer in the power of concrete examples. This 4-part documentary shows lessons & unpacks the thinking behind them.
Huge thanks to @pepsmccrea.bsky.social, the team at Steplab, Postcode films & of course colleagues & pupils for their involvement. 🙌🏼
Links to all the picturebook list blogs i have done… aiming to add a few more and update soon. #PicturebookPage
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It was my turn at work to do Thought For The Day and normally I think of my own but today I just read out every word of this banger of a blog from Tom Starkey
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🔁 CLASSROOM ROUTINES! Routines free up time for what matters most—learning. This new poster summarises key strategies for establishing and automating effective routines to make classrooms predictable and run like clockwork. Inspired by the brilliant work of Peps Mccrea & Doug Lemov!
Buying books and reading books are 2 separate hobbies
Join us for an ACELWA Educational Leadership Book Club to chat about ‘Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don’t’ by L. David Marquet on Thursday 23rd January 2025; 1000-1200.
Register -> acel.org.au/ACELWEB/Acti...
#edleadAU #bookclub #EduSkyAU #EduSkyWA
Mark Seidenberg (Language at the Speed of Sight): “Children who struggle when reading texts aloud do not become good readers if left to read silently; their dysfluency merely becomes inaudible.”
No 4 in my #FavePicturebooks24 is…
“Don’t think of Tigers” by #AlexLatimer. It is brilliantly silly, it feels like a magic trick. It’s the book which had the best readaloud response (page turn gasps and laughs) it’s also a book about keeping trying. Fab! #PicturebookPage
"Our children won't"
One of the most dangerous phrases in education
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No 6 in my #FavePicturebooks24 is…
“The Elephant and the Sea” by
@edvere.bsky.social
It is a truly lovely story of resolve, dreams and courage. Its Cornish setting is vivid and beautiful and the story is full of joy and warmth. A true hug of a book. #PicturebookPage
