All ready! I’m having my English lesson filmed tomorrow morning - to be used in LA training… no pressure 😬 Wish me luck 🤞

I've had a day to digest the CAR, and I have to say I'm a tad disappointed. It seems to have paid little attention to the fundamental problem that the primary curriculum is bursting at the seams, or provide an honest realisation that some subjects at primary are just not fit for purpose.

Here’s to my fellow primary teachers who on week 4 are somehow already 3 weeks behind on the White Rose small steps 😂🙌

Excellent thread. This problem can be traced all the way back to LKS2 where Ofsted's insistance of having a broad and balanced curriculum significantly impedes a school's ability to support children who reach Year 3 unable to read well enough.

Put the men’s 1500 meter final on the board in class today. The kids loved finding out about the British runners and cheering them on. Great race too. 🇬🇧🥈

We’re ready 🤘

I've seen one of these very recently. Can schools refuse to engage if they believe it has been written by AI? Could (should) the DfE step in and back schools on this?

📣 NEW BLOG 📣 Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...

Just caught up with the @carousel-learning.bsky.social x @pkckst.bsky.social retrieval webinar... if I where lucky enough to lead a school, this is the first place I'd be going for curriculum.

NEW BLOG: We Taught It. They Forgot It. We Moved On. www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

Cracking day at the @walkthrus.bsky.social conference - always an inspiring day (and a chance to nerd out about teaching 🤓)

@pkckst.bsky.social has partnered with @carousel-learning.bsky.social 😍 How I wish my school adopted PKC 🙏

A birthday present from yesterday. I’ve been looking forward to reading this one.

This is a really interesting read. The quotes from interview parcipants portray the slide in expectations (in regards English and mathematics) this curriculum reform brought about.

It was great to contribute to this discussion. This booklet is a concise and useful starting point for thinking about improving assessment practices in schools.

10 Things: The essentials of your pedagogical toolkit. teacherhead.com/2023/08/31/1...

This happens in our school partnership and although it’s well intended, it’s incredibly patronising and frustrating.

A sunny Sunday on the Welsh coast. Perfect way to clear my head ☀️

🚨BANGING NEW EXPERIMENTAL STUDY on effective teacher development just dropped. Quick summary: ↓

Adaptive teaching: A Thread… Adaptive teaching is crucial to high quality, inclusive education that enables pupils to achieve success. So, what is adaptive teaching, when does it take place and how can it be implemented?

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It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

Great stuff from @michaelt1979.bsky.social on proposed Ofsted framework. I’m now pondering if it’s possible to make well-judged adaptations that aren’t appropriate. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Despite the new Ofsted proposals, this soundbite has kept me hopeful about curriculum at least.

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Great day taking the school council to the Houses of Parliament.

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My early career was dominated by sub-level progress. Two sub-levels every term, every year, without fail. It lacked any understanding of how reliable assessment works or how children learn.

New post from me in @teachprimarymag.bsky.social on narrative thinking in primary history. cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...

Today’s stroll ❄️

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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...

A very peaceful walk along the Shropshire Union Canal today 🍃

Feeling festive - at last!

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

Oak and the GA have given primary geography an overhaul. This is an incredible curriculum offer and much better than most commercial schemes of work.

Lots of people talking about talk at the moment! We were lucky enough to film a teacher in Fenland this year working with a class of fabulous children - scaffolding high quality dialogue. All children talking, listening, explaining, taking turns...and learning! researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...

"When the expected standard is 54 marks out of 110 (as it was in 2024 KS2 Sats), it’s clear that we do not really have a mastery system." It's always baffled me how there has been a sustained national push towards a mastery approach, yet the assessment framework has remained woefully misaligned.

I have a blog series on task design. There are 24 blogs thus far. Check them out here - morgsedu.wordpress.com/2022/07/09/t...

Just sent off an expression of interest 🤓

A much needed stroll by the sea.

*Adaptive expertise* is a woolly concept. But here’s three key quotes I’ve picked out that tell us something useful for teaching...

An interesting discussion from @pepsmccrea.bsky.social on codification and alignment. I'd be interested to this this in action in a primary setting. youtu.be/L-1BqYCQj_o?...

Does anybody subscribe to @thekeysupport.bsky.social? What are peoples thoughts? There's quite a few articles I'd like to read, but unfortunately they don't do individual memberships.

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In this episode, we discuss key elements of my new book, Primary Reading Simplified, including how I... (a) Organise reading lessons (b) Support schools to make changes (c) Systematically assess and address reading difficulties (d) Build a reading curriculum (e) Nurture a reading culture ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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A few outcomes from my class’ cloth, thread and paint unit. If anyone is on the hunt for an art scheme, I couldn’t recommend Access Art more. It’s brilliant