Excited to see where the class take this morning starter 🙌 #playinupperprimary

A dazzling ocean of tulips stretching endlessly in Hokkaido, Japan...

It’s been some journey but the kids vision of a Global Goals non fiction library is starting to take shape 🙌

Amarbeer Singh Gill presents at ResearchEd Bournemouth

Session 3 comes with the excellent title ‘Why are students do bad at learning?’ - Amarbeer Singh Hill asks why it is so difficult to know exactly what students have learned.

Teaching is Blind WITHOUT Cognitive Science Understanding cognitive science makes teaching smarter, not scripted. A practical look at how learning actually happens in classrooms.

No two classrooms are the same, and neither should be the humans teaching in them.

Teaching is very much, a humane endeavour.

Pattern Bouncing Outside

So easy to setup, so many options to adapt, so much purposeful play to be had 🙌 #playfullearning

I think about this poem a lot at the minute

Our #ReadingRights report with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now, because early shared reading is vital.

Frank & our CEO @dianajgerald.bsky.social joined @profsamwass.bsky.social at a Baby Lab to discover the difference it makes - watch the full vid 👇

www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...

Inspiring celebration of David Attenborough from Kate Winslet and many others - and a much-needed reminder to stand with science www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The power of beautiful resources

I think it’s important to think about beauty when we are evaluating resources we use for teaching.

This isn’t about taste, it’s about value.

Our pupils deserve the best.

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Hear from Flynn post-Notts County win Hear from Flynn post-Notts County win

Michael Flynn @ctfc.bsky.social ; there no I in team but there’s 5 in individual brilliance 👌🤩😆 www.ctfc.com/news/2025/ap...

I also think play is of equali importance- immeasurable but vital.

This is a photograph I took in Vietnam in 2010. It will forever remain in my episodic memory. 🧠 ❤️

While I may remember this lady’s face and teeth, I cannot recall anything about the Vietnamese tradition of teeth blackening (semantic memory). 🐘

Does subject knowledge matter more than teaching techniques? That is a terrible question. Earlier this week I got sucked into a stupid ‘debate’ about subject knowledge after making some comments on X and replying to some other posts. It seemed to me that various people &#821…

Does subject knowledge matter more than teaching techniques? That is a terrible question. teacherhead.com/2025/04/20/d...

Loved reading play matters which was foreworded by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social such an important book and read for anyone working with children.

Why we shouldn't be making things too easy..

When pupils going into Year 6 were asked what they thought about ability tables, their responses related to the level of interesting work they were given:

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❓ Do the resources we offer pupils privilege thinking over task completion?

Sometimes work is completed but pupils haven't really learnt it.

❓ Are they likely to lead to mastery?

Are pupils likely to be able to do something in a new context as a result of what they are learning today?

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A young child standing in front of a large-scale interactive periodic table of elements

Looking for fun activities to inspire young curious minds? 🧑‍🔬

Explore what's coming up at the Ri for families: rigb.org/whats-on?type=24,26,25

Such a good point 😊

One of the barriers to reading aloud in class:

It's enjoyable

So we think it can't be work

But it IS work

Not everything has to be difficult

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Bob Mortimer on WILTY

‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’

Loved this wee multiplication game two pupils created that I had to show it off #playinupperprimary

🔄 Do you want to reduce teacher talk and increasing student engagement at the same time?

Effective questioning is the key! 💥

Join me for a live webinar on structuring & sequencing questions to empower learners. 🏆

CPD for all teachers! bit.ly/4imqyHJ

Cognitive science and learning the curriculum:

Given the amount of research that has become available to us in the last few years, there are some great gains to be made if we take account of these when we are considering how to help our pupils learn the curriculum.

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Exciting news !!!!

It doesn't matter what type of feedback you provide.

1. Students need to TRUST your feedback

2. Students must KNOW HOW to act on your feedback.

🔗 bit.ly/3DU2CMX

Where can I buy a Watson?!

Bushcraft Basics 🍂

The wind this afternoon was anything but pleasant so hope this is useful! 🙈 Shelters, cooking tripods, weaving frames, stretchers - once your kids can use a square lashing, the forest is at their feet!

#playinupperprimary #outdoorlearning

Puppets for Writing!

Just a wee overview of how we’ve been using these floofy guys to drive engagement, excitement and immersion in literacy #playinupperprimary