The Thinking Deeply about Primary Education Conference is back! Complete this form to submit a workshop proposal for the conference in Cardiff (September 27th, 2025): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Y6 teachers/SLT When SATs results become available, download your pupils' papers from the portal - they make for a very useful tool in explaining how to/how not to answer questions - especially for the 3 markers on the reading paper.

Very proud of this achievement! 😁

Join our summer cohort for The Responsive Teaching Programme here: www.primaryknowledgecurriculum.org/event/the-re... ✅ Cog-sci ✅ Effective feedback ✅ Checking for understanding ✅ Sustainable support and challenge ✅ A wonderful, knowledgable and friendly presenter! @morgsedu.bsky.social

They say you should never release things on a Sunday as engagement is rubbish, but I have finally gotten around to writing why I think we need a healthy does of scepticism around AI in Education. > t.co/y29zavcz4E Let me know your thoughts.

The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win. The winner will be selected 19th April.

Interesting task design discussion:

Some Y6 SATs advice... Teach pupils, that whenever there is a multiple-choice question, they must go through each of them and eliminate the wrong answers as well as looking for the right answer. Prevents a lot of errors in my experience.

After a week off, your #EduWeeklyRoundUp is back with a bang. #BOTW to @blakeharvard.bsky.social plus loads more (particularly for those with an interest in maths): classteaching.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/w...

Happy equinox day!

Last chance for this before I draw a winner tomorrow. ⬇️

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).

Looking forward to it!

We are very lucky to have Danny teaching in our trust!

What do you do when the headteacher says you have to move on with the tour, but you just can’t bring yourself to leave the classroom? That’s the position that I was in yesterday at West London Free School Primary. Year 5 were learning about the Napeolonic Wars and I was on the edge of my seat.

Through PKC, pupils collect and represent increasingly complex data! via The Duston School on Twitter

Blocking primary DT; @morgsedu.bsky.social explains how progression is effectively built into our @pkckst.bsky.social curriculum ⬇️

Can't wait to dive into this from @suchmo83.bsky.social I learnt a lot from his first book and I am looking forward to developing my knowledge base further.

Fading Guidance Over Time A thread ⬇️

I've pre-ordered my copy!

A working wall I saw this week. Quite the talented artist!

Charlotte should have said that Frankie was the traitor because she only counted 3 minutes to stop the coin task early rather than the full 5. I was screaming at the TV for her to make that play!

I'm not a class teacher and don't use AI but I still find it an interesting read. Worth checking out!

Powerful graphic here from @pepsmccrea.bsky.social and @steplab.bsky.social PD becomes centred on techniques, but it is the purpose and principles that they rest on that matters most. The technique is simply a manifestation of them. Check out their new documentary if you haven't yet!

Getting ready for #TDaPELondon tomorrow. Will be talking about the Norwich Writing Project and our work improving KS2 writing across a whole city. There will be toolkits and portfolios available for all attendees.

***NEW POST*** Inspired by a discussion during an INSET this week... Are we being 'instructionally efficient'? morgsedu.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/a...

Direct instruction vs discovery-based learning is a false dichotomy. Both pedagogical approaches have utility, but at different times in the learning process. It is not a question of which one should I use, but rather, when should I employ each one? morgsedu.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/a...

***NEW POST*** Inspired by a discussion during an INSET this week... Are we being 'instructionally efficient'? morgsedu.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/a...

The PKC team is delighted to be recognised in this wonderful book on curriculum development. The book is free to download here - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-74661-1 Find us on page 65.

Rachel Ball and I are excited to share that our new book “The Scaffolding Effect”, part of the InnerDrive CPD series is now available to preorder on Amazon! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1032...

Delighted that the work of my colleagues and I at @pkckst.bsky.social has been recognised in this book alongside a host of inspirational and knowledgeable authors. The book is free to download here - link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

If all of the students you have ever taught were lined up in front of you (looking identical to when you taught them for the hypothetical's sake), how many do you think you could remember the name of? Answers as a percentage!

This is a very promising role! The Carousel team know their stuff and are leading positive change in the sector. Seriously worth considering!

Trying to make learning enjoyable often results in tasks that have been designed for engagement - at the expense of linking appropriately to what has actually been taught. Consequently, these tasks are designed in isolation, separate from curriculum sequencing. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Insanely good prises in this raffle as well as a great day of primsry-focused CPD!

Buying a ticket to the conference automatically enters you into the raffle for prizes that have great monetary and professional development value! Grab your ticket!

***new task design blog*** This one is on something I'm sure we have all been guilty of at some point in our career... The Two-Task Paradox morgsedu.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/t...

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

Little spike in views for this blog lately. If you're thinking of moving a role, here's some advice for writing a personal statement: morgsedu.wordpress.com/2023/04/24/w...

***new task design blog*** This one is on something I'm sure we have all been guilty of at some point in our career... The Two-Task Paradox morgsedu.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/t...

By far the most powerful way to increase primary pupils' chances of becoming capable, confident mathematicians is to ensure they can rapidly recall single-digit addition facts (and their related subtraction facts) and multiplication facts up to 10x10 (and related division facts). 🪡⬇️

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...

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

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Read any good edublogs recently?

I love this clip. Gets me every time.