Handwriting is having a moment in England. Here’s an old blog on the subject. primarytimery.com/2024/03/09/t...

New blog! primarytimery.com/2025/05/20/w...

@claresealy.bsky.social be interested to hear what you think, all started with you getting @lasalleed.bsky.social in to work with us! fantasticmaths.substack.com/p/planned-an...

Great job opportunity here teaching maths in gorgeous location. career012.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

There’s someone who gives good advice re the UK Teachers Pension. I’ve got a relative who urgently needs advice. Can Bluesky do their thing?

Like every other bugger, I've decided to give substack a go. First post.... Attention, meaning & mastery The questions every teacher needs to answer every lesson open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Teacher handbook: SEND asset.nasen.org.uk/Teacher%20SE... How have I not come across this resource? A gem shared by @bethgg.bsky.social #rEDBrum

#rEDBRUM TIX ARE GO GO GO GRAB YOUR TICKET AND A BIG DOLLOP OF @daisychristo.bsky.social @tombennett71.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social @drchendrick.bsky.social @counsellc.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social @claresealy.bsky.social AND THE REST OF THE GANG www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

Bluesky do your thing. Who is the wonderful woman who presents at researchEDs on evaluating CPD? First name begins with B think. Ideally she is on here too!

Fantastic opportunity to make a difference in secondary special school for learners with learning difficulties. DM for more detail. career012.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

@psalisbury.bsky.social @claresealy.bsky.social @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social @mralmonded.bsky.social @clairestoneman.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social @jasonwade.bsky.social @misssdoherty.bsky.social @morgsedu.bsky.social

Low oral reading fluency at end of KS1 Sobering findings via FFL Data Base. Campaigning to get essential,rigorous foundational phonics teaching complete by end of yr 1 allowing for fluency,recitation,poetry,bk reading,outdoor play,arts,communication ++ @claresealy.bsky.social @geoffv.bsky.social

Can people post links to starter packs that mattswain36.bsky.social can join. He is new here and wants to reconnect with fellow eXiles.

Wow wow Christine carefully explained what is meant by disciplinary knowledge and how experts renew our knowledge of that subject through practice. Thank you @counsellc.bsky.social @haringeyeduc.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.bsky.social #curriculum

I will never, ever get over this.

NEW EPISODE Absolutely fascinating podcast with special guest @samfr.bsky.social! This is absolutely 100% not to be missed. A deep dive into how education policy is made, why everything is broken, and how we fix it. Tune in and share!! open.spotify.com/episode/0Pm0...

This is how knowledge-rich works. Rich, connected schema transform what and how pupils access the next stuff, unlocking fascination, heightening attention and thereby transforming inclusion. Our latest video from #OpeningWorlds, this time about Year 4 geography. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ETA...

Leadership 55 today Clare sealy delivering an amazing session on oracy in school and what it really means @haringeyeduc.bsky.social @claresealy.bsky.social @johntomsett.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social

Stanley Road Primary School Writing Curriculum  As teachers know, you can’t teach a child to write (well) in a lesson, a term, or even in a year. Alas, it takes years. Nor can you wind the… https://masteringwritingmastery.wordpress.com/2024/11/26/stanley-road-primary-school-writing-curriculum/

Amazing webinar earlier today with @claresealy.bsky.social What are the links between oracy & literacy? How is speaking easier than writing & how is it harder? What's "sentence-based idiom"? More from Clare primarytimery.com/2024/06/21/t... More from us blog.nomoremarking.com/assessing-or...

I will be discussing the results of our first oracy assessment in more detail with @claresealy.bsky.social on Tuesday at 4pm. All NMM subscribers can register for the webinar for free here. hub2.nomoremarking.com/trainingVideos

Hello to our new followers! We suggest books for all National Curriculum subjects & PSHE, with accompanying planning including key questions, activity ideas and signposts to resources, as well as cross-curricular links & key vocabulary. Free example units here!

A few months ago on the other place there was a link to research tracking eye movement when people read busy PowerPoints which of course I can’t find? Can anyone help?

An important read and deeply felt by the sector.

***New Post*** Giving this a second airing today. teachreal.wordpress.com/2024/10/12/b...

Great job in unique location career012.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

We've just launched a new programme of oracy CPD to support our new oracy assessment. Mon 21 Oct, Assessing Oracy with Comparative Judgement with Amy Rose from Ormiston. Tues 26 Nov, Oracy & Literacy with @claresealy.bsky.social hub2.nomoremarking.com/trainingVideos More to follow in 2025!

And here's the full Oracy Commission report - 'We Need to Talk': oracyeducationcommission.co.uk/wp-content/u... (pdf)

Our #Oracy Engine features a framework of 6 Strands that puts knowledge front and centre. Choose from 133 practical, evidence informed classroom strategies to learn through talk without detracting from curriculum content. literacyengine.co.uk/index.php/th...

New blog post. Christian Inclusion. My talk to the Flourishing Trusts Network on prioritising vulnerable children and how to frame this within Christian values. Thanks to @andywolfe.bsky.social for inviting me to speak. bennewmark.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/c...

Good post about why making the curriculum about what you want kids to be able to *do* just doesn't work at a national scale. The curriculum should predominantly be about what we want kids to *know*. Leave the rest to schools, and the doing will sort itself. theteachingdelusion.com/2024/10/04/t...

Job for tomorrow: send the below to your science department to see if they want to sign. There's a super short summary at the top. Thank you in advance 🙏🙏

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 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Best thing I've read in a long time

This is superb. Science teachers add your names to this. Adam has nailed it.

This is a really, really good article.

It's finally here!

Hugely enjoyed this concise guide to retrieval practice from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social An excellent balance of evidence and practicalities driven first and foremost around what will support all children to master their learning.

We've been doing a lot of work on how to use high quality texts across the primary curriculum. We've just published some guidance on The Teachers' Collection. Free to download theteacherscollection.com/how-to-make-...

Saw a link here (or maybe in the bad place) for a new A level maths book people raving about. Can anyone remind me what it is?

I know I wrote the thread on the bad place but will say it here too. Stanley Road Primary School is a remarkable school and actually inspirational. @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social is most definitely walking the walk. x.com/teach_well/s...

Here is the link to a HQ pdf of the one-pager on 'Oracies not Oracy' by @claresealy.bsky.social @researchED1 dropbox.com/scl/fi/wrswc... I hope it is of use.

Session 4 at @researchED1 was @mrdownesteach.bsky.social on ‘Using the GTT to create a Metacognitive Cycle of Learning’. RP if you would like a copy of a one-pager summarising the session @evidencebasededu.bsky.social @profcoe.bsky.social @profkime.bsky.social. @funkypedagogy.bsky.social

I've had a fun day at Labour conference, but I'm once again struck by the education panels being dominated by non-teachers making huge, implausible statements. 'We need to make sure creativity and teamwork are throughout the curriculum' Um. This is next to impossible to achieve at a system level.

Fascinating analysis, as ever, from @fftedudatalab.bsky.social How attainment gaps between different groups of pupils change from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4. - The Age Effect reduces over time, but is present throughout. - The disadvantage gap widens over time https://buff.ly/4e7EgMB

"But [...] when you actually kick the tires, you find on the data, you find that actually maybe those claims are overstated.” Absolutely. I've lost count of how many times I've had to say spoken language was never removed from the curriculum. Assessment is not curriculum. We are better than that

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made a short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?...

NEW: The relationship between working memory and long-term memory ⌛What are the differences in capacity and duration? 🚧Can you bypass working memory by using long-term memory? Read our latest blog: researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...