Jack Wardle

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The feedback is in...

We are delighted to recieve such excellent feedback on the @twinklresources.bsky.social TeachMeet delivered by Dr Emily Bennett and Dr Gemma Costello.

Thank you Twinkl for your support in facilitating this wonderful session!

Having attended and been inspired at the last Yorkshire History Forum, if you’re anywhere near Sheffield (or even if you’re not!) on 15th March, this is the place to be! 👇 Bound to be a fantastic event! @1972shp.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social

Superintelligent judges Can AI models judge as well as humans?

If you ask an LLM to assess which of 2 pieces of writing is better, it will often change its mind if you reverse the order of the two pieces. Humans don't do this.

Other researchers have found this - not just us.

One of the many challenges in making AI work in education.

The Power of Teams was such a valuable resource during my time in school leadership - it shaped my thinking as a leader and still does as I guide the curriculum team here at Twinkl.

Excited to see this course on building highly effective teams with @samcrome.bsky.social on Twinkl PD!

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Amazing! 🤩

An interesting read - particularly given the amount of current debate on how, rightly or wrongly, our current system has assessment as upstream of any curriculum reform 👇

Are you a KS3/4 English, History or Geography teacher, leader or specialist? 🤔

I’m looking to collate insights on your experiences on the KS2/3 curriculum transition in these subjects.

If you’d be interested in sharing your insights towards this project, drop me a message for more details!

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A rare baby-free afternoon to see #Wicked 🧙

I’m predicting it’s a fortnight before I can register any other music..

I’m here for the socially acceptable excuse to eat cheese boards on repeat classing it as being festive (pretending I don’t all year round).

Three suggestions for SATs reform It's all about trade-offs

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Hugely interesting piece from @daisychristo.bsky.social well worth the read beyond primary as well. Assessment structure and effectiveness from the mechanics side is both gloriously nerdy and deeply enlightening.

It’s fine! 🙌 That is, ignoring the many tickets I’m always likely to get for accidentally being in a bus lane.

I’m so intrigued by this - and what the focus/activity was (it could be so many things!)? 🤔

‘David Plowie’ and 'Chilly Connolly' among Scottish gritters out in force this weekend Scotland's gritters will be out in force this weekend as Storm Bert approaches, with ‘David Plowie’ and 'Chilly Connolly' among them.

Entirely non-education tweet.

Scotland’s gritters hitting the news this week. My personal faves:
❄️ Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
❄️ Gritney Spears
❄️ Lew-Ice Capaldi

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A great #CurriculumandAssesment event in Darlington this afternoon, brilliantly hosted by Wyvern Academy. Thanks to everyone for attending and sharing their views

Themes? Concepts? Enquiry questions? Literature-led? Discrete subjects?

What anchors your curriculum design? ⚓

Chatting with schools last week over their approaches to balancing curriculum design models and subject disciplines. Huge variation, with some creative innovations! 💭

What does the model look like in your school? #edusky

Have you an example of what you’d consider to be an effective example of narrative-led approach?

Recently came across a review of this book - it may well have been your review! Looks interesting.

Some debates on:
- some have kept themes but brought in more rigour
- book-led focuses asking whether or not the book should come the term after wider curriculum content (so the context of the book is understood)
- the drive to individual subjects vs. missing out on cross curricular opportunities

Themes? Concepts? Enquiry questions? Literature-led? Discrete subjects?

What anchors your curriculum design? ⚓

Chatting with schools last week over their approaches to balancing curriculum design models and subject disciplines. Huge variation, with some creative innovations! 💭

What does the model look like in your school? #edusky

Lots of discussions including:
- Terms centred around a book. But, should the book be studied the term after the content/vocab of the book's context?
- Enquiry questions that tie together all subjects
- Keeping with classic humanities-driven themes
- Wholly focused on discrete subjects

I wonder which spring to mind that have managed to avoid becoming a zombie network and instead have kept the mission alive and successfully driven real change? Agree with this and can see it apparent at every level of the education system.

I think you’ve nailed it here @primaryteachermary.bsky.social 👌

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"Complexity is a feature, not a bug"
Anywhere you get lots of humans, you will necessarily get complexity.

These conversations are too good to pass up listening to! 👇 The final report is filled with great questions to reflect on and innovative case studies. Particularly enjoy the debate this sparks around disciplinary oracy.

Would be great to be added! 👋

With oracy, reading, and writing being so low, it really does seem crazy to be sending children to KS2 who might (and I stress the might) be able to use a timeline, but that can't speak in a full sentence.

KS3/4 Maths and Science are so overcrowded that the Circle line on a Friday evening seems positively spacious.

Too often a feeling of ‘getting through’ the content - would love to see this, and would lend itself to focusing on oracy. Could be quite the foundation for KS2.