I am Deputy at a fantastic Primary School. I will share useful, ideas, resources, tweets and CPD. Please feel free to use, retweet or share anything I post.
Schools invest time and resource into #CPD, but making evidence-informed decisions can be hard.
@ArkinstallNikki shows how The NIoT Evidence Portal can support more informed decisions.
https://t.co/6A0nCgwmdG
#Leadership, #SLT, @NatInstTeaching.
AI is already shaping how teachers learn but how should it be used?
For #AIAwarenessDay, I’m sharing the NIoT Evidence Portal strand on AI-enabled professional learning.
Explore how AI can support feedback, reflection and rehearsal.
👉 https://t.co/93lcNV5nD9
#AIineducation
AI is already shaping how teachers learn but how should it be used?
For #AIAwarenessDay, I’m sharing the NIoT Evidence Portal strand on AI-enabled professional learning.
Explore how AI can support feedback, reflection and rehearsal.
👉 https://t.co/oGuEFIhxiD…
#AIineducation
The @EducEndowFoundn has released updated guidance on metacognition & self-regulated learning - one of its most widely used evidence resources.
Explore the update here: https://t.co/bh9RWRzH1z
NATIONAL HEADLINES for SATs 2025:
(Everything up by 1%)
RWM: 62%, up from 61% last year
Reading: 75%, up from 74% last year
Maths: 74%, up from 73% last year
Writing: 72%, up from 71.5% last year
GPS: 73%, up from 72% last year
Science: 82%, up from 81% last year
Primary schools will get one of three levels of 'support' from government school improvement squads aimed at boosting reception teaching, with English and maths hubs expected to do much of the heavy lifting
https://t.co/zAUvqmaS4T
🌟 NEW BLOG 🌟
We discuss the first recommendation of the @EducEndowFoundn Deployment of Teaching Assistant Guidance Report.
Recommendation 1: Making the Most of Teaching Assistants — Don’t Replace the Chef with the Sous-Chef.
https://t.co/4VKq6rcnY5
Thank you to everyone who joined us today for an amazing session with Juliet Stafford, Amy Sandilands and Sharon Leftwich-Lloyd from @EtoneCollege college re: Disciplinary Literacy!
🌟NEW BLOG 🌟
Want to ensure that Teaching Assistants are deployed effectively for maximum impact?
Have you read the updated @EducEndowFoundn guidance report?
Read this new blog for a summary of the new guidance and a link to the full report.
https://t.co/Jj1Jdolq8L
Y6 teachers - planning for the last 4 days before SATs?
See what hasn’t appeared in SATs for the last few years (OR what has appeared every single year so far) and revise it!
See below 👀
🚨-🧵1of2 - A REMINDER: If you’ve employed an Early Career Teacher for September, it’s essential that you read the updated their statutory induction guidance to reflect changes brought about by the introduction of the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF)
“TA-led interventions can have real impact. To be done well, they will need to be targeted to an area of need, be time-limited and support access to classroom teaching.”
@SENDmattersuk explores how to maximise the vital role of teaching assistants.
https://t.co/srSgfllFxR
🌟New Podcast 🎙️- Reading Curriculum comprehension strategies.
Amy Sandilands from @EtoneCollege discusses how they used the EEF pilot study in the Geography department and beyond.
Learn all about Teacher and Pupil Curriculum Comprehension strategies:
https://t.co/yZokH0AL6q
Want to find out all about the 🌟NEW 🌟@eef Deployment of Teaching Assistants Guidance Report?
Sign up to our newsletter to receive a special edition which includes a recorded webinar explaining the new recommendations for effective TA deployment.
https://t.co/5cZ8n2S3Hv
After hosting a social meal in Manchester last night, our team is heading to Leeds to host our final face-to-face event of the academic year. Our North Lunch and Lead Meet will start at 12pm today.
Follow our socials and hashtag #SteppingUpSaturday to see what happens…
Interesting survey looking at school readiness for Reception pupils. There is a big gulf between parent and educator perceptions. https://t.co/Ib1H1QD8ls
Want to support your families with school readiness? Download this useful resource- https://t.co/RfB9wQO6dS
✨NEW BLOG ✨
'I Can't do maths....yet!'
Guest blogger, Neil Randall from @EtoneCollege, discusses how to minimise gaps in recall so that it does not impact on future learning.
He shares some great ideas for a smooth transition to Secondary School.
https://t.co/so9MIqlHQb
✨New BLOG ✨
Joe Goldie, discusses- Reading within a Bridging Curriculum for Y7 pupils.
This is the first in a series of blogs focused on supporting students with high level of Special Educational Needs in Secondary Schools.
https://t.co/2IZE3bYPxr
As part of National Storytelling Week at Willows, a mystery reader from each year group visited another class to show off their storytelling skills, and this little superstar stole the show! Watch out, Michael Rosen! There’s a new star in town. #confident#skills