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Category Archives: Teaching and learning
Faultlines
The subject of the relationship between teaching and learning, and behaviour, is so fraught, tangled and complex that I hesitate even to talk about it. Notions of blame and responsibility quickly get wound up together, and before you know it, … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Teaching and learning
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The How and The Who
The thing about teaching is that anyone can do it. People do it all the time. This is not to say that anyone should be able to do it in schools; for that you need specialised training. But if you … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Evidence, Learning, Teaching, Teaching and learning
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Wherefore Art Thou Wilshaw?
“Let me be clear: what the poorest children need is to be taught, and well taught, from the age of two.” Michael Wilshaw I’m not really sure where to start with Michael Wilshaw’s speech, made as he announced the publication … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Early Years, Ofsted, Teaching and learning
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Hearts and Minds
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou If you want to get your readers to think about what you are … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning, Writing
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A Standardised Lesson Plan
Insert creative ideas here —> (Base these on: your subject knowledge, your professional judgement, your knowledge of your children, their interests and their individual needs. Note: other teachers have lots of good ideas, you can also borrow and adapt these to … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
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We All Line Up
There are many reasons why we need to use routines in our teaching spaces. Routines are a helpful ‘shorthand’ for getting things done quickly and efficiently. Routines help us ensure that the children are safe, and that there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour, Children, Communication, Creativity, Drama, Learning, Primary, Teaching and learning
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Early Years Play is …
It would be hard to overstate the importance of brilliant early years practitioners when using play to support children’s learning and development. Early years play is … * carefully structured to ensure conceptual development in all areas of the curriculum; … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Pedagogy, Play, Preschools, Teaching and learning
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Input:Output
There was much rejoicing in the primary/secondary sector when Sir Michael Wilshaw sent a letter to school inspectors, insisting that they should not look for a particular teaching style when observing lessons, but focus solely on the outcomes for students. … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Government, Ofsted, Play, Teaching and learning
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Send in the Clowns
Becoming a great teacher is hard won. You can’t reduce it to a set of formulas or put it on a spreadsheet. You can’t sum it up in a database, or map it in a study. You can’t say ‘just … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Teachers, Teaching and learning
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A Very Local School
Yesterday we were given a tour of the secondary school where our son will go in September 2014. There is absolutely no doubt in our minds that he should attend this school. We won’t even list any other ‘choices’ when … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Teaching and learning
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