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My latest Substack on rethinking scaffolding in the primary classrooms. buff.ly/8NX0yCk
27.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not all modelling is best conducted at the front of the classroom...
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What does your hidden curriculum look like?
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My first post of the new academic year...
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Thinking Aloud - Children need to know how you became intelligent and the process that that entails
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A sample 6 week PD cycle
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The Art of Introducing a Learning Intention
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Modelling is essential for novice learners. It directs attention, encodes key moves, and shows what success can look like. But in practice, we do far more than just model outcomes.
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An example of a 6 week cycle of PD
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To use research-informed strategies effectively, primary teachers must balance the science of learning with how primary school children develop.
05.07.2025 15:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.
05.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in June!
04.07.2025 15:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Using structured discussion to adapt strategies to work in your primary classroom context:
02.07.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Write, Pair, Share scaffolds thinking before it's discussed with a partner. Really important in primary. When discussions are more complex.
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This week's post!
Demonstrating Expert Knowledge: Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom
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Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context
16.06.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Incase you missed my posts in May
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My latest Substack on The Art of Modelling is inspired by posts from Rachel, Alex and Emma!
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My latest Substrack for leads looking to run Adapt Meetings to support the contextualisation of teaching strategies into year groups and subjects.
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Discovery learning to drive would be chaotic and dangerous.
A maths lesson won't cause a crash, but if we agree that direct instruction reduces mistakes and confusion, that alone justifies its effectiveness for teaching biological secondary knowledge.
"If we don’t take the rich evidence base we have and really consider and evaluate how we can use it in real learning environments, then the broader movement termed the ‘science of learning’ will be seen as a fad like so many other failed initiatives in education" #Unterricht #Didaktik
07.06.2025 12:38 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Lived in Dubai for 11 years. My daughter was born and lived here for a years. This week she has now started referring to dinner as 'tea'. Proudest moment so far 🥲🤣 Proud northern dad!
07.06.2025 13:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I really wanted to create a learning model that really focused on the reality of learning, particularly in the Primary and Early Years settings. The interaction with the environment is fundamental to the early learning stage:
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Each week I've been sharing practical teaching strategies, task design research and book recommendations. I've found writing a great way of refining research into digestible content for myself and others.
In case you missed my posts over the last month:
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This week's Books that Stick: The Teaching and Learning Playbook
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The Art of Introducing a Learning Outcome....so it means something to Primary kids.
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The Art of Introducing a Learning Outcome....so it means something to Primary kids.
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