Assassinate your pupils
Imagine a secret game of tag, but instead of tapping someone on the shoulder, you “zap” them by making them hold or interact with a secret “weapon” like a pen, book, or even just a wink! That’s kind of like …
Core knowledge improves reading scores
Knowing stuff makes learning new stuff easier. Does more knowing stuff have the same impact on comprehending? That is being able to not only understand, but have the “spare capacity to explore the significance, intricacies, interrelationships and implications of what …
Learning from my Prep colleagues – vocabulary
Ambitious and powerful vocabulary My commitment to exposing pupils to ambitious and powerful vocabulary, the vocabulary of the subject, remains unabated. Although there is a story to be told before “free” reading, I pick up the baton just after the …
System leadership- evergreen
Over the past few weeks ASCL has commented upon on a number of reports and conversations hinting that the Department of Education is listening, that there is greater consultation with our profession’s representatives, leaders and teachers and also hints at …
Staff Wellbeing Webinar – INSET Day
INSET today concluded with a recorded Wellbeing Webinar to be watched “in your choice of venue,” from Rhiannon Phillips-Bianco, (Year 6 Class Teacher and Wellbeing and Positive Education Leader – Rome International School, Globeducate). Teacher Wellbeing Index 2020, 74% of …
Learning from the People Team at BBR Ltd
The Manchester United of the wine world. Keen to further develop my HR knowledge and awareness, I have spent the second week of half-term with Rowena Prenderville (People Development Business Partner) and her team at Berry Bros and Rudd, Britain’s …
Education is failing itself on both retention and recruitment
Retention over recruitment. Education is falling on both counts. We can not keep teachers in the profession, 40% of teachers do not expect to be in the profession within the next five years (NEU Survey). There are specialist recruitment and …
Understanding is not comprehending and ‘comprehension skills’ are a myth
Every time I prepare to teach a new text, I find myself thinking about, and exploring, the differences and the intersection of understanding and comprehension. The vocabulary knowledge required to access the text, the knowledge required to understand the text …