Delighted to share that from September I’ll be taking on the role of Assistant Headteacher at Benton Park Primary School. I’m excited to keep working with such a brilliant team as we move into our new school building and begin a new chapter together. #EduSky #Education #Teachers

We continued our Year 6 #Science work on evolution using On the Origin of Species by Sabina Radeva. Inspired by @marymyatt.bsky.social ’s work on high quality texts, I wanted the book to serve the sequence, not sit as a hook. #PrimaryScience #TaskDesign

New blog post. Part 1 of a trilogy on AI, curriculum and professional judgement. AI can generate a lesson quickly, but it cannot build a curriculum. Planning starts with sequence, not prompts. Read here: bit.ly/T4s4126 #Education #Teaching #Curriculum #PrimaryEducation #AIinEducation #TaskDesign

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with @marymyatt.bsky.social for this Chalk Learning Chalk Talk session. Our conversation explored design for learning and, as we discussed, perhaps more accurately, high quality and beautiful design for all. open.substack.com/pub/chalklea...

A surreal moment today. Learning to Lead Computing is now at number 6 in Teacher Training on Amazon, alongside Tom Sherrington and @olicav.bsky.social Teaching WalkThrus. Very grateful. Take a look here: bit.ly/L2LCo #LearningToLeadComputing #PrimaryComputing

Yes indeed! And for those who have quite literally become our Xs thanks to @mrmict.bsky.social I've just rebooted my Facebook profile. Find us both in the various @computingatschool.bsky.social inspired groups.

Messages like this mean a lot. It’s always great to hear that ‘Learning to Lead Computing’ isn’t just being read, but being referred to as leaders shape their curriculum. This is exactly what @compscitsui.bsky.social & I wanted! Get it here: bit.ly/L2LCo #Computing #PrimaryComputing #teachers

We continued our #science work this week in #Year6 by building on learning about evolution. Retrieval moved from paragraph to sentence to word on fossils. Then children tested a hypothesis with an inheritance model before a stick or twist task refined their thinking. #PrimaryScience #TaskDesign

We continued our #Computing work this week by exploring AI bias. Children first ‘generated’ images from different prompts, then analysed biased AI images to spot stereotypes, omissions and assumptions. A strong step in developing critical digital literacy. #AILiteracy

Pleased to share I’ve made the final 24 for the 2026 Let Teachers SHINE Awards with my project, LoopED: Animated Science. Short GIFs to make tricky science concepts visible, revisitable, and easier to talk about. #LetTeachersSHINE #PrimaryScience #CurriculumDesign #BentonParkPrimary

My wife’s dance school Division Dance Company (Newcastle upon Tyne) is fundraising for their final show in a professional theatre. Claire McGrath, my wife, champions arts 🎭 in schools and has taught them since age 4. If you can, please donate: www.gofundme.com/f/division-d...

We brought our Ancient Civilisations learning together in #Year6. #Retrieval task on the Shang, Yellow River, bronze, oracle bones, and why dynasties rise and fall. Then a Diamond 9 on what makes a civilisation successful, with paired talk then written justification. #PrimaryHistory #TaskDesign

We continued our #Computing work with #Year6 in OctoStudio, using retrieval to revisit events, the level variable, and conditionals. Then we planned and innovated our maze game by changing sprites, interactions, and the reward or challenge. #PrimaryComputing #TaskDesign

#Year6 #Computing OctoStudio games with collisions, variables and simple conditionals. #Retrieval revisited sprites and how they touch → state (level variable) → outcome (screen and rules). Next time: bug routine, trigger → change → expected → fix. #PrimaryComputing #TaskDesign

Our #History in #Year6 was the Shang Dynasty through oracle bones. #Retrieval linked to ancient civilisations sequence. Children matched oracle bone questions, justifying overlaps. We ended by discussing strengths and weaknesses of oracle bones. #PrimaryHistory #TaskDesign #EduSky

Year 6 #Science on dispersion. The #Retrieval was True, False and Fix on light and shadows to spot misconceptions. Then a prediction from a diagram and GIF. We defined dispersion as white light splitting into the visible spectrum and linked it to rainbows. #PrimaryScience #TaskDesign #EduSky

Y6 History: Indus Valley. #Retrieval: Sumer + wheel, moving from what to why. Vocab task was to work on defining and using: significant, legacy, innovation. Main task modelled source+image connection, then the children applied it to drainage engineering. #PrimaryHistory #EduSky #Teachers

Y6 shadows after QuBuild. Retrieval: light travels in straight lines (tick and explain). Diagram annotation for key terms. Three Heads prediction on distance, then tested it. Explanations used distance, light spread and shadow sharpness. Next: colour. #PrimaryScience #Year6 #EduSky #Retrieval

First go with QuBuild in Y6 light. Visual prompt + starter question, then pairs generated 3 questions through distance, position and object. Purposeful talk, clear curiosity vs investigable. Next time: free round first, then refine to testable. #PrimaryScience #TaskDesign #Science #EduSky

Sumerian innovations. #Retrieval revisited why rivers mattered. Then shifted to “What did this enable?” irrigation → surplus etc. Finished with map reasoning on trade with Egypt/Indus & growing power. #Year6 #PrimaryHistory #TaskDesign

Started our new #Year6 #Science unit on light by going backwards before forwards. #Retrieval revisited transparent, translucent, opaque, then a simple pinhole setup made straight line travel visible. We finished by applying this to real world examples. #PrimaryScience #TaskDesign

My article “Coding for Understanding” is in Teach Primary. cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-... I argue for teaching coding as reasoning, building conceptual understanding before finished work @teachprimarymag.bsky.social #TeachPrimary #PrimaryComputing #ComputationalThinking #TaskDesign #PRIMM

The final step, it has been long overdue… but The Xodus is complete.

Computing in #Year6 today: #retrieval on mis/dis/malinformation, then a quick critique of a webpage for readability and user experience. We bridged back to #Year5 variables, then an unplugged If…Then…Else… treasure hunt using conditionals. #PrimaryComputing #DigitalCitizenship #ComputerScience

A quick new year update. This week we will notify our first Chalk Ambassadors, then announce the cohort publicly next week. They will help shape, test and share Chalk’s curriculum-led visual learning. More next week. #Chalk #ChalkAmbassadors #TaskDesign #Curriculum #TeacherCommunity #EdTech

Year 6 history, spring, lesson one: spaced #retrieval on ancient civilisations, then a zoom out question on what makes a civilisation successful. We finished by exploring why rivers keep showing up & touched on how this supported their success. Start as you mean to go on. #PrimaryHistory #Year6

Recent CPD from @claresealy.bsky.social helped me reframe a question I get asked often: how do we assess meaningfully in the wider curriculum? I’ve written up my thinking here: mrmict.com/2025/12/30/r... #EduSky #education #teachers #assessment #teaching

Recent CPD from @claresealy.bsky.social helped me reframe a question I get asked often: how do we assess meaningfully in the wider curriculum? I’ve written up my thinking here: mrmict.com/2025/12/30/r... #EduSky #education #teachers #assessment #teaching

Rethinking Assessment in the Wider Curriculum

A seasonal nudge: don’t pull a Howard. If Learning to Lead Computing is on your Christmas list, order it early so it’s “nestled safely under our tree”. 👉 bit.ly/L2LCo Already got it? We’d love an Amazon review. #PrimaryComputing #Computing #SubjectLeadership #CPD

A seasonal nudge: don’t pull a Howard. If Learning to Lead Computing is on your Christmas list, order it early so it’s “nestled safely under our tree”. 👉 bit.ly/L2LCo Already got it? We’d love an Amazon review. #PrimaryComputing #Computing #SubjectLeadership #CPD

Class 6 children have been considering the most influential push and pull factors for living near to a volcano. We had different opinions and shared so insightful thoughts. @rgsibg.bsky.social @mrmict.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @dhmat.bsky.social #GeographyKS2 #perseveranceSTC

Looking for a Christmas present for the computing lead in your life? 🎄 Learning to Lead Computing - a practical guide for experienced & emerging primary computing leads Available from: Amazon - bit.ly/L2LCo #Computing #PrimaryComputing #Edutwitter #EduBooks

Excited for Tuesday’s session: How AI can support planning & task design. I’ll introduce my ‘Cyborg Model’ & share practical ways to use AI while keeping teacher judgement central. 🗓 18 Nov, 3.40–4.40pm 💷 £10 🔗 bit.ly/4pwkNey #TaskDesign #AIinEducation #EduSky #Teachers #Education

This graph is going viral, and I wanted to add a voice from the Year 6 side of the drop. It’s not about blame or systems, but continuity and belonging. 🔗 bit.ly/4nq7c69 #PrimaryEd #SecondaryEd #Transition #ImpactEd #TaskDesign #Engagement

This week, #Year6 explored how the heart, blood & circulatory system work together in our final #Science assessment. We started with a #retrieval task inspired by Alex Quigley’s Connect 4, then used hexagon connections to show how the concepts link. #PrimaryScience #TaskDesign #CurriculumThinking

Join me for ‘Using AI To Support Task Design’ 🗓 Tuesday 18 Nov, 3.40–4.40pm Explore how AI supports planning, task design & feedback while keeping teacher expertise at the centre. 📍Teams | 💷 £10 👉 bit.ly/4pwkNey #TaskDesign #AIinEducation #Edutwitter #Education

My latest blog post is a longer answer to a frequently asked question… Please have a read here: bit.ly/42rtX2d #EduSky #Education #EduBlog #Teachers #PrimaryTeachers

Slides, Tasks, and the Outward Thinking in Between I get asked the same question quite regularly: “Would you be willing to share your slides for this lesson?” It’s a fair question, particularly when I’m already very happy to share tasks, and I completely understand the reasons behind it. We are…

#Year6 explored online choices & their impact. We used scenarios: forwarding screenshots, sharing photos without consent & unkind emojis. Children judged OK, Not OK, Depends or Not sure. STOP, THINK, CHECK, SHARE. #ProjectEvolve #OnlineSafety #DigitalCitizenship #Computing

💻✨ In #Year6 Digital Citizenship we tackled gender stereotypes children may face online. Many were shocked at writing them down, sparking a thoughtful discussion about how harmful they can be. #DigitalCitizenship #OnlineSafety #TaskDesign

🎉 Primary Task Design Facebook group passed 12,000 members! Thank you to everyone sharing ideas & rethinking how tasks connect meaningfully to the curriculum. Here’s to effective design, less worksheet culture. Join👇 bit.ly/3QzMq6Z #TaskDesign #PrimarySky #Edchat #EduSky #Teachers

Back to school is the perfect time to rethink task design. Join our growing FB community where #teachers share models, tasks, & ideas that plan from curriculum first 👇 bit.ly/3QzMq6Z #TaskDesign #Curriculum #EduSky #Education #PrimarySky

🚨 New computing lead? 🧠 Need clarity on progression & pedagogy? 📘 Learning to Lead Computing is your go-to guide with practical tools, real classroom advice & free leadership models @compscitsui.bsky.social @hlearningpd.bsky.social Grab your copy 👉 bit.ly/L2LCo #computing #CPD #EduSky #Primary

🚨 New computing lead? 🧠 Need clarity on progression & pedagogy? 📘 Learning to Lead Computing is your go-to guide with practical tools, real classroom advice & free leadership models @compscitsui.bsky.social @hlearningpd.bsky.social Grab your copy 👉 bit.ly/L2LCo #computing #CPD #EduSky #Primary

I’m intrigued by the idea that #teachers & #animators build an open-source library of free educational GIFs to model tricky processes in #science, #history, #maths & #geography? Clear, simple, classroom-ready visuals anyone can use. Would this help your #teaching? #edusky #primarysky

Displays & #Ofsted baiting! I wrote a blog about the myth that displays will win inspection points. Purposeful? Yes. But they shouldn’t drain your time. 🔗 bit.ly/3Hrf3BC #EduSky #PrimarySky #PrimaryEd #Teachers #Classroom #EdChat #EduBlogs

Displays & #Ofsted baiting! I wrote a blog about the myth that displays will win inspection points. Purposeful? Yes. But they shouldn’t drain your time. 🔗 bit.ly/3Hrf3BC #EduSky #PrimarySky #PrimaryEd #Teachers #Classroom #EdChat #EduBlogs

New #Edublog 💭 inspired by a @marymyatt.bsky.social post. “Do quality curriculum tasks matter?” They do, but only if they’re designed to make children think. Let’s start designing from curriculum purpose. Read 👉 bit.ly/3J5I5ah #TaskDesign #CurriculumFirst #PrimaryEd #EduSky #PrimarySky