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The feedback is in... We are delighted to recieve such excellent feedback on the @twinklresources.bsky.social TeachMeet delivered by Dr Emily Bennett and Dr Gemma Costello. Thank you Twinkl for your support in facilitating this wonderful session!

Having attended and been inspired at the last Yorkshire History Forum, if you’re anywhere near Sheffield (or even if you’re not!) on 15th March, this is the place to be! 👇 Bound to be a fantastic event! @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social

If you ask an LLM to assess which of 2 pieces of writing is better, it will often change its mind if you reverse the order of the two pieces. Humans don't do this. Other researchers have found this - not just us. One of the many challenges in making AI work in education.

The Power of Teams was such a valuable resource during my time in school leadership - it shaped my thinking as a leader and still does as I guide the curriculum team here at Twinkl. Excited to see this course on building highly effective teams with @samcrome.bsky.social on Twinkl PD!

Just 3 more days to get your Early Bird Ticket for @1972shp.bsky.social's Developing Teachers' Conference! Here's a taster of what's in store from @petejackson.bsky.social youtu.be/-Z07yddTxFo?..., you won't want to miss it! Get yer tickets here store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

An interesting read - particularly given the amount of current debate on how, rightly or wrongly, our current system has assessment as upstream of any curriculum reform 👇

Are you a KS3/4 English, History or Geography teacher, leader or specialist? 🤔 I’m looking to collate insights on your experiences on the KS2/3 curriculum transition in these subjects. If you’d be interested in sharing your insights towards this project, drop me a message for more details!

A rare baby-free afternoon to see #Wicked 🧙 I’m predicting it’s a fortnight before I can register any other music..

buff.ly/3Vb8irj Hugely interesting piece from @daisychristo.bsky.social well worth the read beyond primary as well. Assessment structure and effectiveness from the mechanics side is both gloriously nerdy and deeply enlightening.

Entirely non-education tweet. Scotland’s gritters hitting the news this week. My personal faves: ❄️ Sir David Attenbrrrrrr ❄️ Gritney Spears ❄️ Lew-Ice Capaldi www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/da...

A great #CurriculumandAssesment event in Darlington this afternoon, brilliantly hosted by Wyvern Academy. Thanks to everyone for attending and sharing their views

What anchors your curriculum design? ⚓ Chatting with schools last week over their approaches to balancing curriculum design models and subject disciplines. Huge variation, with some creative innovations! 💭 What does the model look like in your school? #edusky

What anchors your curriculum design? ⚓ Chatting with schools last week over their approaches to balancing curriculum design models and subject disciplines. Huge variation, with some creative innovations! 💭 What does the model look like in your school? #edusky

"Complexity is a feature, not a bug" Anywhere you get lots of humans, you will necessarily get complexity.

These conversations are too good to pass up listening to! 👇 The final report is filled with great questions to reflect on and innovative case studies. Particularly enjoy the debate this sparks around disciplinary oracy.

With oracy, reading, and writing being so low, it really does seem crazy to be sending children to KS2 who might (and I stress the might) be able to use a timeline, but that can't speak in a full sentence.

KS3/4 Maths and Science are so overcrowded that the Circle line on a Friday evening seems positively spacious.

I think the scope of subjects at primary is too broad. There are some subjects that would benefit from being introduced KS3. I also think that we assign disproportionate curriculum time to some foundation subjects.

I'd remove the programmes of study for foundation subjects in KS1 (but keep the subjects), some of the more advanced grammar in KS2, most of D&T content in primary, and particularly cooking, and I'd look completely anew at English to do less but better - more precisely defined.

💬 “The curriculum is overcrowded.” This concern coming up lots in many discussions I’ve had about the Curriculum & Assessment Review, but there’s little clarity (or evidence) on what should/could be removed. Thoughts? Is it? Is it a symptom of something else? 🤔 #EduSky

First visit to York Christmas Market today - living down the road is a blessing and a curse. 👍🏻 I can try everything over multiple visits. 👎🏼 I will try everything over multiple visits.

Great food for thought here @mrrowntree.bsky.social 👇 For primary curriculum, questions to reflect over how well purposefully disciplinary knowledge leads to pupil autonomy in each subject. And in each subject, defining exactly what we want pupils to become autonomous in - e.g. Geography fieldwork

An interesting debate here from @mrmountstevens.bsky.social, particularly for primary where many schools have been (or are on the journey towards) refining subject curriculums to support the embedding of subject-specific pedagogies 👇

A lovely read from @greeborunner.bsky.social 👇 I confess to #2 historically! Seen many primary journeys from: - activity design hiding the curriculum - then to a knowledge focus limiting activity design - and then toward balancing disciplinary knowledge with activity design - a positive shift!

📢 There’s still time to share your views on the Curriculum & Assessment Review with @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the review panel. All those involved in education - this is your chance to share in the call for evidence! 👇 consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...