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Thoughts from the Team...

• October 2023 - Consultant, Y6 Teacher and Assistant Headteacher Jen Little - Creating a Positive Learning Culture
• June 2023 - Consultant Mandy Pedder - Remembering more means knowing more
• Spring 2023 - Senior Consultant Steph Johnson - How Firm are your Foundations for Great Teaching?

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What's New

• VLOG:

Great Teaching Quick Tip: Effective Talk Partners

• VLOG:

Great Teaching Quick Tip: A, B, C Questioning

Current Reads

• Adaptive Teaching – The four verbs approach (primarytimery.com)

• EEF blog: Clarity is king – reducing extraneous load | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

• Voices from the classroom: Using scaffolds to support working memory | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

• Craig Barton gives some useful 'top tips' for effective use of Venn Diagrams in maths. This could be translated into other subject areas eg. Using Venn diagrams for comparing and contrasting different pieces of art/artists styles; comparing and contrasting in history/geography/English/RE etc - Venn Diagrams: 10 tips to supercharge them in the classroom (substack.com)

• EEF blog by Hannah Heron: Five teacher habits for a new school year. A useful starting point for schools seeking to develop powerful new teacher habits -  https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-five-teacher-habits-for-a-new-school-year?mc_cid=3654e30116&mc_eid=f04f7207d4

Courses

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NEW! Leading on Great Teaching - Package Offer

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