NEW EPISODE This week, we are joined by the OG and GOAT of education podcasting 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁CRAIG BARTON!! Craig knows so much about great teaching, it was a privilege to interview him: open.spotify.com/episode/7dzR...

Last year, we ran a pioneering AI-enhanced dynamic assessment of writing. Year 6 students wrote a story, received feedback, and redrafted it. We're running the project again this year and improving the feedback. The deadline for signing up is 20 Feb. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/how-do-you...

The best bit about traitors is we now know we have no clue who it is - deft move and one I wanted! @traitors

If you don't follow heritage schools on eventbrite, I really would... You then receive notifications about their brilliant webinars.

Teachers say children do not know what a sentence is. This worries everyone. Possibly too much. Worrying is a hobby. If children did not know what a sentence was, you would never get an answer. Or an argument. Or a complaint. You get all three daily. …

🚀 NEW BLOG 'Pedagogy' Who? 🤔 🗣️ “Every teacher should understand the word they use daily. Pedagogy is not just practice—it’s a historical lens on power, knowledge, and how we shape the minds in front of us.

@missmc.bsky.social do you have information on primary non-contact time from different countries? And have you ever posed the question about more pay rises v more non-contact time??

Yearly reminder, it’s Sunday! Turn your alarm off!

ICYMI: The government has released final new guidance on the use reasonable force in schools, but has not committed to creating national training standards despite 'strong calls' for it schoolsweek.co.uk/reasonable-f...

Coming soon... A *fascinating* conversation with Jon Hutchinson and Lisa O'Loughlin about the CAR - what changed, what didn’t – and why...

I don’t think as much attention has been paid to implementing the curriculum as it has to the pedagogy to teach it. It’s a bit like going into a restaurant where all the effort has gone in to making it look amazing... open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...

‘This isn’t my real writing’: The fate of children’s agency in narrow writing schemes writing4pleasure.com/2024/08/07/t...

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

Who’d of thought…play and relationships have a great impact on children! More independent play yields happier, more socially competent children, according to an ever-expanding body of research. #play #relationships

💻 Webinar: Beyond Inclusion: Embedding Belonging in Everyday Classroom Practice Join Stuart Kime and guest speaker Dr Jamaal Matthews sharing insights from Jamaal's work on Belonging-Centered Instruction. 🗓️ 28th January 🕔 16:00 GMT Register here: buff.ly/hcctvev #EduSky #UKEd

Possibly the best book - I’ve not even finished it yet. Recommended by our lovely school reading lead Annabel Saladino. #reading

The Governors’ Gateway has launched! We’re delight to share a new learning platform built for the realities of school governance. It’s the brainchild of @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and we know it will be so helpful for governors. /1

Reading aloud is a high-leverage practice that has the capacity to support complex thinking and to provide access to disciplinary knowledge. open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...

@teachertoolkit.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social Looking to do a road trip to visit some schools - not too far from southwest but definitely out of county. Focusing on early writing and writing in general.

All snuggled up - spent the night writing Christmas cards for our team with her at my feet. Puuurfect. #schoolteam

Writing about the importance of "honesty, integrity and humility. These three traits, when aligned to a compelling and worthy purpose, will allow you to lead calmly" @calmleadership.bsky.social : www.crownhouse.co.uk/calm-leaders... @crownhousepub.bsky.social

So I'm absolutely delighted to have teamed up with Hywel to create a new professional learning programme called 'Implementing Botheredness'. It combines Hywel’s work around the pedagogy of botheredness with the practical tools of implementation and improvement science.

@teachertoolkit.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social Looking to do a road trip to visit some schools - not too far from southwest but definitely out of county. Focusing on early writing and writing in general.

This thread is a response to a "knowledge-rich" curriculum. This immediately runs into the difficulty of what the term means - I've never seen anybody advocate for "knowledge-poor". This question is discussed here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blo...

Here’s our weekend round-up of book reviews for you. Thank you @hfj0108.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @gethinwallace.bsky.social @librarylady.bsky.social Ann Cowling, Theresa Gooda and Rebecca Kennedy for your reviews this week: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

‘Rosenshine on knowledge structures’ “Rosenshine emphasises the size of these structures, the strength of the connections between pieces of knowledge, along with the richness of the relationships...” alexquigley.co.uk/rosenshine-o...

@marymyatt.bsky.social Hi can you DM me. Thanks

Poems about historical events(Part one) by top children's poets. Could be useful in the classroom - Great Fire of London, Mary Queen of Scots, Egyptians etc. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/04/hist... @julieannapinto.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social

The Essence of Motivation The third edition of Ian Gilbert's classic text Essential Motivation in the Classroom published by Routledge is starting production now. Here's a taster... www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/th...

@marymyatt.bsky.social long time no see! Hope you are well. I’m looking to to visit a few schools who are doing amazing things with mental health/pshe/brain matters - can you help?? X will travel!

Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.

We're adding the finishing touches to the programme for our biggest ever Big Day Out in June. It's going to be a stupendous day with something for everyone, whatever your background. Save the date - 19th June www.independentthinking.co.uk/events/the-b...

I am looking to connect with Senior mental health leads who are strong in their schools and have lots to share!

Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful! mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/w...

If it's helpful to schools and teachers, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. They're all books I've used and loved. #edusky padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

In 2006 we put together a quirky little video to help teachers understand the neuroscience behind behaviour and motivation in the classroom. A lot has changed in the world of education since then. But not in the brain. We've just put it up online for free youtu.be/xfkPrFPVzsU

What makes children want to write writing4pleasure.com/2020/10/22/w...

A great blog - every child deserves to be able to enjoy their learning & be happy at school. The key is relationships to quote- “Worst of all they didn’t know him. They never knew his dreams, his passion. They didn’t see him. They saw a target and a grade, no one talked to him about his ambitions.”

Just listened to this wonderful conversation on diversity in the curriculum again with @benniekara.bsky.social and @creativehigg.bsky.social (£/free trial) films.myattandco.com/programs/col...

Those days in between Christmas and New year! Oh Camille x

Ofsted’s trial inspections of volunteer schools which will start from the first week of next term will be testing out new toolkits that are set to be part of the next inspection framework. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Why effective writing instruction requires a writer-teacher writing4pleasure.com/2020/11/10/w...

A *new* blog - 5 Key ideas from Primary Reading Simplified primarycolour.home.blog/2024/12/22/5...

@michaelt1979.bsky.social don’t you usually and kindly remind people to turn off their work alarm??

Merry Christmas you filthy animals x

Nearly 5,000 views in two weeks for this ~9 minute video introducing teachers to the most important things to know about reading. Thanks to everyone who has watched and/or shared it. youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?...

@rachtomlinson.bsky.social just moved over to here. We met a couple of years ago at a Whole Education conference- I would love to come and visit your school in the new year. Hope we can make that happen 🌈