Gareth Rein

The #TDaPE Cymru Conference is being held at St Peter’s School, Cardiff, on Saturday 27th September.
Thinking Deeply about Primary Education is a very popular podcast. This live event has amazing speakers and will be brilliant.
Tickets are only £22.38!
bit.ly/4nneJ6i

Congratulations, Adam. Great news.

It was wonderful.
Twenty schools and thousands of children working in partnership.
Together, we are pilgrims of hope.

Today, the pilgrims' staff arrived at St David's Metropolitan Cathedral where over three hundred students gathered to attend a special Jubilee Mass.
Well done to everyone who took part in this wonderful project.
#Jubilee2025 #pontifex

Over the past two months, the twenty Catholic schools of #cardiff and #ValeOfGlamorgan have taken part in a Jubilee pilgrimage.
A specially commissioned pilgrims' staff was carried around each of the schools by groups of children and young people.

We really must take action in Wales to educate and inform about the science of reading.

If there were to be a Teach Meet type event in Cardiff with reading as the sole focus, would you attend?

If yes, would you prefer this to be held during the evening or on a Saturday?

LAST CHANCE - it is the ATCRE Confernece in Birmingham *THIS* Saturday. The ONLY national event for Catholic RE!

Book now: www.atcre.co.uk/event-detail...

Read full programme here: www.atcre.co.uk/conference-m...

I’ll be speaking about this:

@atcre-ew.bsky.social

ATCRE National RE Conference is this Saturday - excellent Keynote and seminar speakers, TenTen RE Deep Dive resources, RED Survey from OUP, St Mary's University MA in RE, CAFOD Jubilee and Lent resources - mailchi.mp/7bec345c4d63...

They're all opportunities for improvement!

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Last summer was the safest on Wales’ roads since records began, according to new police statistics
nation.cymru/news/last-su...

OPEN ACCESS randomized control trial showing benefits of knowledge-rich curriculum in K, via Sonia Cabell, Jimmy Kim et al psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday.

Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.

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It's a great time to look up at the night sky.
If you don't have one, download a star gazing app and take a look at the wonders above.
#astronomy

Diolch yn fawr, Lloyd.
It was great catching up with you. The Thinking Deeply gang is doing incredible work. You are all adding so much value to our profession.

We are delighted to welcome Hodder Education as one of our conference exhibitors. Tickets are now on sale for the ATCRE National RE Conference in Birmingham on Sat March 1st. The theme is 'Scripture at the heart'. Tickets at atcre.co.uk/event-list #ATCRE2025

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Personally I don't mind drinking poison if it means private companies can increase their profits.

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The membership of the expert literacy panel in Wales has been published by Welsh Government.

Doesn't feel particularly balanced, quite a progressive & academic heavy panel 😬😳

We are delighted to announce Lat Blaylock as one of our conference seminar speakers. Tickets are now on sale for the ATCRE National RE Conference next March in Birmingham. The theme is 'Scripture at the heart'. Tickets at atcre.co.uk/event-list #ATCRE2025

Great photo. But it's sad that so many ugly buildings are being given planning permission in Cardiff.

NEWS - Welsh Government intend to require all teachers in Wales, Foundation Phase right through to secondary to use play & play-based learning.

If it's in the guidance, Estyn will inspect it. There's a consultation on it, closes Dec 20th. Tell WG what you think www.gov.wales/curriculum-w...

Let's hope schools are aware of the proposals and respond to the consultation.
www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...

Coming soon to a secondary school near you (if you live in Wales)…

Enabling adults & play based learning.

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If you are involved in curriculum planning or development at primary/elementary level, I recommend taking a look at this interesting review.

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It has been a joy to see their implementation across the classes over the past few days.

On day 2 we took a deeper dive with What to Do and The Art of the Consequence. This was in response to staff requests as they want to develop even greater consistency throughout the school. The combination of these techniques was perfect.

We are four years in to our TLAC journey at St Peter's and we started the year by revisiting 100% techniques and systems and routines. This was helpful for all staff members, but it was especially important for those who have joined the school over the past year or so.