Planning '..it’s about thinking and asking: what has come before, what children need to have secured already, what is this lesson adding, and what is it preparing children to understand next? ...the hard thinking...the part we still need teachers to do. We should not subcontract this work out.' 💯 👍
Behaviour Book Club, tonight at 8pm with Sam Stocken. Free, friendly and fabulous. Get a seat here www.whentheadultschange.com/event-detail...
Looking forward to reading this. So many words in the introduction already resonate.
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There are heads around like this - presumably raised in Michael Wilshaw's image - who think that you can just demand and bully success from things by being "tough" or "unapologetic".
The damage they cause goes unregistered in the all-powerful data.
A well rested but slightly underprepared teacher is always better than an immaculately prepared but exhausted one' . Free weekly Behaviour Tips, sign up here www.whentheadultschange.com/
Ofsted’s use of the national average when grading schools on achievement could be 'extremely unfair' to those serving disadvantaged communities, leaders have warned
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Great reflections, Sarah. 'Scaffolding, done well, gives all children access to the same ambitious content but varies the route they take to get there.'
Emotional scaffolding first. '... same trajectory: contingency, fading, transfer of responsibility...but to emotional skills, not academic ones.'
🚨 FREE reading lists, resources & PDFs for EYFS-KS5 teachers! From posters & challenges to activities & games, these downloads encourage reading for pleasure. Due to hosting costs, they won't be online forever, so grab them now before they’re gone! 👉 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/fr...
Bringing activism to life through art 👏
Harriet Tubman: Force of Nature is one of the books already chosen for #NewIllustrationOfTheDay that is also in the 2026 Empathy Lab selection of books to make us kinder, which has just been announced. See the full selection on empathylab.uk/rfe/ @whatonearth.bsky.social @empathylabuk.bsky.social
What a fabulous experience for the young musicians! Inspiring a love of classical music by watching highly skilled artists perform #artsmatter #lovestc @marymyatt.bsky.social @royalphilsoc.bsky.social @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social
Equity means planning for our first 20%, not a 'bottom 20%.'
Design lessons around pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged, and you reduce barriers for everyone.
Get it right for those who need the most and learning improves for all. 🐝
On cultivating belonging:
“We need to do the work, the inner work, to reflect, to learn & to grow, in order to be able to do the outer work where we show up, stand up & speak out.”
And @hannahwilson.bsky.social’s book can certainly support us as we do this. Thank you, Hannah.
Thank you to all those primary teachers filling this in for us! If you are involved with KS2, we'd love to hear from you! Please share @ruthswailes.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social
Exclusive: The names of 29 more schools that will become lead schools for the government's attendance and behaviour hubs programme have been revealed
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Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look.
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Why Teachers Need Recovery, Not More Resilience #EdTech
Teacher burnout has reached crisis levels, and proposed solutions often miss the mark. Another professional development session on self-care. Another webinar on stress management. Another reminder …
Currently at three hoops in trees and a Frisbee on a roof.
Fabulous interpretation of a timeline 👏
"THE BIG GREEN BOOKS 500 CLUB"
I started this last July.
Thanks to you, we've been able to send £500 of books to two schools.
We're now close to the next £500 (thanks!).
If you're a school and you could do with £500 of books, check this out.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to Improve Practice
How leaders can provide meaningful opportunities for TAs to discuss their perspectives, ideas, and concerns. researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...
Love the vibrancy in these images. Great work! 👏
Theses strategies from the Bell Foundation are brilliant for supporting English language learners as well as those with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) #DevLangDis
www.bell-foundation.org.uk/resources/gr...
Thanks to @katestarrslcn.bsky.social for reminding me of these today also
Classics for children including titles by E.B. White, John Masefield, Somadeva, Roald Dahl, Michael Rosen, Jenny Nimmo, Benjamin Zephaniah, Vijaydan Detha, Rosemary Sutcliff, Jacqueline Woodson and Sane Guruji. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/class... #teachersofX #kidlit
We now have a sitar and more
... visit the music room next time you are in.
