Retrieval practice, not just for dogs! Watch this video for proof. researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...

Interesting Facts About The Fens
1. Long ago, people in Fenland referred to frogs as 'Fen Nightingales'
2. NRS are currently working in partnership with schools in the Fens, focusing on communication.
Read more here - educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/regiona... (no more on frogs I'm afraid)

Want to watch a video about strategies for explicit vocabulary instruction? Or, would you rather watch a video with explicit vocabulary? Well, the first option is here - researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t... and for the second option you will probably have to google Eminem.

Good Morning 💥

Did you miss our new blog? In it @chemDrK provides practical suggestions to help TAs promote independence and avoid over-reliance on them by the children they are helping.

Read it here researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...

As part of the @EducEndowFoundn regional strategy Siobhan Keddie, outlines how a local partnership supported by @Norfolk_RS is tackling early language and communication challenges across rural areas.

Read here educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/regiona...

4. Being told your setting can't meet need but there being no other setting nearby that will take your child. Tales of kids out of school for years at a time. Parents having to give up work. Remortgaging. Being solely responsible for 24 hour medical care.

Still using your fingers to count? If you want to progress to other methods read this EEF blog for some top tips. Read it here - educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/manipul...

Sure Start!

Small things that make a big environmental difference:

- shopping locally
- eating a few plant based meals a week
- riding your bike
- not having your wedding attended via 100 private jets
- composting

Did you see our new blog? In it @chemDrK provides practical suggestions to help TAs promote independence and avoid over-reliance on them by the children they are helping. Read it here - researchschool.org.uk/norfolk/news...

Just a reminder, you’re probably making a bigger impact than you think. For example, I’m willing to bet that basically none of you went to space for 11 minutes this week

Thinking Together: How TAs Can Use Questions to Build Independence Thinking Together: How TAs Can Use Questions to Build Independence

Day 3

Niki Kaiser, Director @norfolkrs.bsky.social highlights how a simple, well-timed question can help a child think about their own thinking and move from feeling stuck to finding a way forward.

Read here- tinyurl.com/yp48udkc

Yep! Started in Switzerland at the top of a mountain, ended in Netherlands at the end of a concrete walkway :-)

Have a fantastic time. Beautiful area

aha! Amazing. That's exactly the stretch I thought it was - I was looking at a photo taken here, thinking it must be around there somewhere :-)
It's such a long, diverse river, but bits of it are really firmly stuck in my head!

Whereabouts are you, Jonathan? We cycled the length of the Rhine (source to sea) a few years ago, and this feels like the area West of Mainz (Bacharch), but we saw a lot of river! So I'm interested...
Anyway... enjoy :-)

Time to Think Again on Attendance At the start of this month, Bridget Phillipson made a speech to school leaders from the Midlands, about what she called her “mission” to improve attendance. This is what motivates her, she declared…

My LATEST BLOG seems to have struck a chord with teachers and parents. Since Michael Gove "cracked down" and banned term time holidays we have had "crackdown" after "crackdown" on attendance. The evidence says they don't work...
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/t...

Refraction in action! Not quite sure where the rest of my body is...

A person lying in a river just bathing

Bliss...

#notquiteophelia

...yep... guess who decided to go and swim in a river among them all....

Great to see our very own Susi Waters imparting so much wisdom here, alongside @nikika.bsky.social and @smncx.bsky.social @blackpoolrs.bsky.social

Wonderful to finally meet @msybibi.bsky.social in person today.
Heard some great insights from her, along with other fab panelists. Loved the mix of humour and knowledge... Giggling and reflecting... Perfect mix!
Thank you! :-)

Exhausted but buzzing with ideas and energy after the Research Schools National Conference. So much to think about and great to catch up with colleagues and share ideas. Also enjoyed delivering session with Susi and Simon about collaboration and comms, including all the things I've learnt from Susi!

How are you deploying TAs in your school?

Research Schools across the East & East Midlands have created a 2-week resource series to help you apply the EEF guidance in practice.

Starts 30 June | Free sign-up 👉 tinyurl.com/48xjx4ve

#EEF #TeachingAssistants #ResearchSchools

Paula starts my weekend off with a smile.
Happy Friday, everyone! :-)

"These videos make evidence tangible."

Check out the new #ClipsFromTheClassroom from @rs_network and see how evidence-informed strategies look in real classrooms. Watch now buff.ly/3XWxu74

These look really useful

What are Clips from the Classroom?

Short videos showing evidence-informed strategies in action—created by Research Schools with support from @EducEndowFoundn

For intro to #ClipsFromTheClassroom see here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/clips-f...

Your 14–16 learners will soon know their protons from their neutrons with this poster and fact sheet by @nikika.bsky.social
edu.rsc.org/infographics...
#sciteachuk #cogscisci #chemed

Everything you need to teach the structure of the atom With this poster and fact sheet, your 14-16 learners will soon know their electrons from their protons

Download the atomic structure poster and fact sheet by @nikika.bsky.social, covering:
⚛️ Subatomic particles
⚛️ Electron shells
⚛️ Mass number
⚛️ Atomic number
edu.rsc.org/infographics...
#cogscisci #sciteachuk #ASEChat

Teaching atomic structure at 14–16? You need this poster and fact sheet from @nikika.bsky.social
edu.rsc.org/infographics...
#SciTeachUK #CogSciSci#chemed