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🌪️Be quick if you want to be involved: deadline is Friday!
📢Northumberland Schools!
📷Boost Early Years & KS1 Maths
A fully funded 2-year, evidence-informed program for Maths/EY Leaders, in partnership with Northumberland CC & Newcastle RS.
Express interest here: forms.gle/f8cKLGoZqvrb...

Recommendation 2 of the EEF's Metacognition GR suggests we move beyond 'Try harder' to 'Try this strategy'. Explicitly teach Knowledge of Self, Task, and Strategy so pupils can select the right tool. #Metacognition #EEF

📢Final call for our webinar on Addressing Disadvantage tomorrow
🔗Sign up link here: forms.gle/P9rt2ZTEUSKL...

The EEF's Metacognition report reminds us: you can't assess what you don't explicitly teach. Are we dedicating enough curriculum time to the 'how' of learning? #EEF #metacognition #EvidenceIntoPractice

📢Northumberland Schools!
🚀Boost Early Years & KS1 Maths
A 2-year, evidence-informed program for Maths/EY Leaders, in partnership with Northumberland CC & Newcastle RS.
Improve outcomes, especially for disadvantaged pupils. Express interest here:
forms.gle/gFWDWqCu15jS...

Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning Apply metacognitive strategies in the classroom.

🧠 The @theeef.bsky.social updated Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning GR has 3 practical tools to help teachers bring evidence to life.
🔹 Metacognitive Strategies
💬 Promoting Metacognitive Talk
🧩 Scaffolding Metacognitive Strategies
🔗 educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning Apply metacognitive strategies in the classroom.

6/6- Explore the updated guidance and start embedding evidence into your classroom:
🔗 educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...
#EEFMetacognition #EvidenceInEducation #EEFGuidanceReports

5/6 - Alongside the updated guidance, @EducEndowFoundn has published 3 practical classroom tools:
🧠 Metacognitive strategies
💬 Promoting metacognitive talk
🧩 Scaffolding pupils’ use of metacognitive strategies
Scroll down on the metacognition guidance page to find them!

4/6- ✨ What’s new?
Updated classroom examples and tools, explainer boxes on common misconceptions, and practical strategies to help teachers develop pupils’ metacognition. Lots to explore!

3/6- 🤔 Why an update?
The original (2018) report was based on a conceptual review. This edition is backed by a new systematic evidence review to help ensure the guidance reflects the most robust and up-to-date global evidence.

2/6 – The new report draws on evidence from 355 studies, strengthening the rigour and practical relevance of the EEF’s recommendations.
🧩 Core messages remain
🗣️ Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
💬 New examples, tools, and classroom strategies

Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning Apply metacognitive strategies in the classroom.

1/6 - The @theeef.bsky.social has released updated guidance on metacognition & self-regulated learning - one of its most widely used evidence resources.
Explore the update here:
🔗 educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-ev...

📢 FREE WEBINAR ALERT! 📢
Addressing Disadvantage
📅 Wednesday 19th November 2025
⏰ 4.00-4.45pm
How can we use evidence from the EEF to support our most disadvantaged learners?
🔗https://forms.gle/bGWLrD1k8rjQ7TW16

🚨 Coming soon: Updated guidance on metacognition & self-regulated learning from @theeef.bsky.social

🛄Packed with practical strategies, new tools, and classroom examples to help your pupils plan, monitor and evaluate.

📅 Launching 13th Nov 2025
#EEFMetacognition #EEFGuidanceReports

🤩What a fantastic SEND Conference 2025 yesterday!
We had 220 leaders, united by a shared passion for inclusion, exploring our theme of Assess Adapt Adjust: Inclusive Practice that Works.
Huge thanks to our speakers and everyone who attended!
#Inclusion #Education #Leadership

🚨Don't miss this! Three Research Schools present an online conference focusing on Memory, Metacognition, & Adaptive Teaching.
Hear from: Prof Rob Coe, Prof Stuart Kime, and Alex Fairlamb.
£55 gets you the live event on Nov 26th AND all recordings.
forms.gle/AjaMLXXNuRf6...

Shout out to our Primary Subject Leaders from Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, & South Tyneside! 🌟

Excellent regional collaboration focused on:
Becoming evidence-informed.
Strong curriculum design.

Absolute dedication to closing the disadvantage gap across the North East.

3 Research Schools unite for an evidence-led T&L Online Conference 🤝
Keynote Speakers: Prof Rob Coe, Prof Stuart Kime, & Alex Fairlamb
Focus on Memory, Metacognition, & Adaptive Teaching.
Just £55 – includes ALL recordings
📅 26 Nov
🔗https://forms.gle/mA5ZSYifX2ma66th8

🔥Great day yesterday with Primary Headteachers and Deputies at Linking Leaders!
📚We explored principles of curriculum design and the power of evidence literacy.
🦹‍♀️Productive conversations and a real focus on improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged learners.

Don't miss out! 🚀 Join us this WEDNESDAY, October 22nd, 4-4:45 PM for a FREE webinar on the latest EEF guidance for your Pupil Premium Strategy. Get practical, evidence-informed strategies to close the attainment gap.
🔗https://forms.gle/YdSeXKetYaRYxKeC9
#PupilPremium #Education

CLASSROOM CLIP OF THE WEEK

Have you seen Clips from the Classroom? Every week we spotlight a clip of a school putting evidence into practice.

This week it's @nclrs.bsky.social exploring ways for pupils to use retrieval practice to deepen connections.

WATCH NOW: buff.ly/Fgxvvk3

Interested in adaptive & responsive teaching? Metacognition? The science of learning? This online conference is for you!

💭 Who helps school leaders turn research into action?

@hmadgwick.bsky.social explores what new survey findings tell us about how teachers and leaders engage with research evidence — and the crucial role of those who help bridge the gap between evidence and practice.

Read: https://eef.li/aPFKrF

🔬 The North East's biggest evidence-informed T&L conference is here!
🗓️3 Research Schools are joining forces on 26 Nov 2025.
💬Key notes from: Prof Rob Coe, Prof Stuart Kime and Alex Fairlamb
#Memory #Metacognition #AdaptiveTeaching
Book now: t.co/g9hq4zxPiq

📣Calling primary school teachers!

We're looking for teachers to take part in a brand-new WhatWorked Education study to test the feasibility of a new research method – teacher-led micro RCTs. You'll test a spelling intervention and receive a tailored impact report.

👉 tinyurl.com/mrrm27zs