Monthly Archives: June 2020

In this blog I examine the use of unseen extracts in the KS2 Reading SAT and what alternatives there are to the SAT itself.  Continued here https://ift.tt/3eKadff

‘It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it ‘t ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it ‘t ain’t what you do, it’s the way… Continued here: https://ift.tt/2COfPHg

thinkingreadingwritings Teachers of any subject will be familiar with the student who struggles to work their way through a text. Not only do these students find difficulty completing classwork, because they often have trouble extracting information from reading material. It’s … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Governing Matters:
On Wednesday, 24th June 2020, I attended BELMAS Governing and Governance Research Interest Group meeting.  Due to COVID-19 restrictions this RIG was held online via Zoom. The theme of this RIG was “The importance of…

1. The primary role of school leadership is to remove extraneous demands on teachers so that they can focus on planning and teaching the very best curriculum possible. If you’re doing anything that… Continued here https://ift.tt/2B113w2

If you missed it, here’s a link to the presentation I gave in my webinar on Five Things Every Teacher Needs to Know about Reading. There were a number of question that I didn’t have time to answer… Continued here … Continue reading →

Last Thursday’s inaugural webinar, ‘Five things every teacher needs to know about reading,’ was, on the whole, a great success. We sold out 1000 tickets and about 500 people showed up on the night…. Continued here https://ift.tt/2YQjP1a

The reality of the Covid pandemic has seen millions of pupils thrust into a position remote home learning. A stark truth is that pupils learn most when they are in the classroom. … Continued here: https://ift.tt/2V2L0EP

An evaluation of SAM Learning under the Education Data Service pilot programme Continued here: https://ift.tt/2NioKT3

Originally posted on Governing Matters:
When a school decides to join a multi-academy trust (MAT), the first thing the governors/trustees should do is carry out due diligence into practices, ethos and culture of the MAT they are thinking of joining.…