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Graphic novels get them reading - Reading for Pleasure

There are now hundreds of inspirational examples of practice on the @openuni-rfp.bsky.social website. I've just spent a few minutes reading through a fantastic one about the importance of graphic novels from my former colleague @richardruddick.bsky.social. So many ideas! ourfp.org/eop/graphic-...

The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching︱Author Sue Cowley talks Adaptive Mindsets One of the most important aspects in successful teaching is actually about our attitude and our mindset as educators.

I've written a new blog for @bloomsburyed.bsky.social ahead of the publication of my latest book on adaptive teaching. Hope you find it useful! #EduSky

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

Me: My publisher have asked me to write an eBook for World Book Day, as there is usually little to no Scottish/ND rep.

You guys: and we will make it a bestseller!!

(Very grateful and full of love. Thank you)

Second Time's the Charm? How Sustained Relationships from Repeat Student-Teacher Matches Build Academic and Behavioral Skills We examine the dynamic nature of student-teacher match quality by studying the effect of having a teacher for more than one year. Using data from Tennessee and panel methods, we find that having a rep...

Quantitative evidence of the impact of teacher-student relationships on achievement is thin on the ground, so this paper on the positive benefits of "looping" (teaching the same class for more than one year) by matthewakraft.bsky.social and colleagues is important: bit.ly/4bBiBvD

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Excellent day today at #PedagooPerth
Great to meet some new people at our in-person @womenedscotland.bsky.social event 💜
Our next meeting is online on Saturday 15th March at 10am - can’t wait for you to join us

Promotional flyer for three upcoming Pedagoo events. From top to bottom text reads: Pedagoo. A sharing space for educators. Come along to one of our events. Expect thought provoking workshops, engaging discussions, and the opportunity to meet like-minded educators. By teachers, for teachers. For tickets head to https://bit.ly/PedagooPerth. To join the mailing list for other events email pedagoomail@gmail.com. All events 10am-1pm. Pedagoo Perth on 22 Feb at Bertha Park High School in Perth. Pedagoo Ghlaschu on 10 May at Glasgow Gaelic School. Pedagoo Grampian on 31 May at Robert Gordon’s College

Listing of workshops for Pedagoo Perth: curious about Curipod. Rolling, beeping and playing: Robotics for all educators. The art of meeting. Challenging assumptions: memory stories from a Ghana-Scotland school partnership. WomenEdScotland. How is artificial intelligence going to shape our future classrooms? Languages in colour. Using Japanese abacus in primary. Clean up your mess, what goes wrong in presentations and what to do about it. Glow +Adobe Express. I love it when a plan comes together. An inspector called.

3️⃣ in person events scheduled #ByTeachersForTeachers
🔜Sat 22 Feb for #PedagooPerth at Bertha Park High School hosted by @ccouser.bsky.social @ciaracreative.bsky.social & Kevin Johnston
⬇️Fab workshops for you to choose from
🆓Sign up to attend bit.ly/PedagooPerth

My latest article for @neunion.bsky.social Educate magazine is about non-fiction. It's often overlooked when talking about reading in the classroom and it shouldn't be. An exciting non-fiction text can engage readers just as well as any other. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social

Promotional flyer for Pedagoo Perth event on Saturday 22 February at Bertha Park High school, Perth PH1 0AU. Between 10am and 1pm. Two QR codes. One to sign up to lead a workshop. One to register for a free ticket.

Listing of all the workshops offered at Pedagoo Perth. Curious about curipod. Rolling, beeping & playing - robotics for all educators. The art of meeting. Challenging assumptions: memory stories from a Ghana-Scotland school partnership. WomenEdScotland. How is artificial intelligence going to shape our future classrooms? Languages in colour. Using Japanese abacus in Primary. Clean up your Mess, what goes wrong in presentations and what to do about it. Glow + Adobe Express. I love it when’s plan comes together. An inspector called.

3️⃣weeks from now and #PedagooPerth will be all over!
🎯If you are a curious educator in any sector, then you won’t want to miss this chance to connect with & learn from educators like you! 🔗🆓 bit.ly/PedagooPerth
👀 ⬇️Full workshop listing

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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Promotional flyer. Text reads: Pedagoo. A sharing space for educators. Come along to one of our events. Expect thought-provoking workshops, engaging discussions, and the opportunity to meet with like-minded educators. By teachers, for teachers. February 22 Pedagoo Perth at Bertha Park High School, Perth. May 10 Pedagoo Ghlaschu at Glasgow Gaelic School. May 31 at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen. For tickets head to https://bit.ly/PedagooPerth. To join mailing list for other events email pedagoomail@gmail.com

#Pedagoo is a sharing space for educators with 35K+ followers across multiple social media platforms
❓Pedagoo? Because pedagogy is messy!
3️⃣in-person events in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ByTeachersForTeachers in Spring 2025
🗣️☕️🧁Expect engaging discussions & interesting practice with like-minded folk
🆓🎟️Get involved #IYKYK

Just signed up! Looking forward to it 😀 #Pedagoo

About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).

The 3Rs - Reading, writing, and research to be interested in #52 is live.

It features a review of the excellent 'Neurotribes', research on mind-wandering and reading, resources for leading reading, and more.

alexquigley.co.uk/the-3rs-read...

'Is comprehension better with digital text?' from Prof Tim Shanahan.

This is a question I get a lot - a nice summary of the evidence here:

www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/is-comp...

How teacher training could make or break the DfE inclusion plan The government wants more pupils with SEND to be supported in mainstream schools, but most teachers say their training did not equip them to meet these children's needs

Only one in ten primary teachers & leaders said their training prepared them to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of pupils. A @tesmagazine.bsky.social investigation into how well prepared the sector feels as the govt strives for a more inclusive system. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system Local government ombudsman report into SEND in England offers damning assessment

Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system

“The result is that young people, and their families, don’t get the help they need and lose vital weeks, months and years of education and development as a result.”

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

How schools can crack project-based learning Plans for all senior students to undertake a project were recently rejected by the Scottish government, but it name-checked several organisations that had impressed with their interdisciplinary work. ...

'How schools can crack project-based and interdisciplinary learning' - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports tes.com/magazine/ana... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Looking for amazing teachers who bring innovation and lots of creativity to their practice for my new list. Please tag folk you know who fit the bill 😀💡
@MsAHinkley.Bsky.social
@mr-minchin.bsky.social already on my list 😊
#EduSky
#EduSkyPrimary

Picture cards representing nine articles from the UNCRC arranged on a desk in a diamond nine pattern to show the order of importance to the learner who selected them

Wall display in a classroom with a human rights banner and learner’s work displayed below showing the nine articles from the UNCRC that each learner felt was most relevant or important to them

We marked #WorldChildrensDay by learning about the #UNCRC Super proud of my learners for how much thought they put into selecting the rights most relevant to them 💎9️⃣ Interestingly, everyone picked article 12 - the right to be listened to and taken seriously #EduSky #ListenToTheFuture

Our next network meeting is on Sat 7th December. More details and sign up to follow.

Love this! Please add me too 🙂

New #StarterPack!

📢 Calling all Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 educators. Here's a wee space for us all. If you're an early years practitioner, school teacher, lecturer or are all about Scottish education, let me know and I'll add you to the list 📃

Pls share x

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School hallway with red lockers. Text reads "there's a need for more universal design."

⏳ If half the class requires tier 2 support, the school doesn't need more tier 2 #intervention strategies or programs. There's a need for more universal design. #LeadInclusion #MTSS #UDLchat #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #EduSky

White lines notebook paper with text that reads "students who have IEP's are not "special education students." They are simply students."

👥 Students who have #IEPs are not "special education students." They are simply students. They belong to every educator they have. Receiving a service shouldn't impose an identity. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #UDLchat #SpecialEducation #InclusiveEd #MTSS #ATchat #EdChat #EduSky

The causes of the SEND crisis - and 9 steps to fix it Government policy in two core areas has resulted in the current crisis in SEND. To now ensure every young person is supported, we need to do these nine things, argues Warren Carratt

"if you’re forced to teach to the test, then the context you have to set (even in an inclusive-values school) will be one that a number of pupils will struggle with"