Renee Larkin

Head of Department - Humanities. Senior Ancient History Teacher and QCAA Assessor. Bachelor of Learning Management (Secondary) @reneelarkin.bsky.social

[Renee Larkin @_Renee_Larkin]

Applying reading comprehension strategies to a History article on the #FrenchRevolution in Year 11 Modern History 🦅🐺

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

🚨 NEW POST 🚨

'Building understanding about literacy assessment'

Literacy assessment can be done differently. Instead of just relying on reading ages, teachers can use manageable diagnostic assessments to adapt their teaching & support students:

https://t.co/w1fOz6c20G

[James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist]

It’s been great having big A Level numbers. However, the mark load is 🤯, so it’s been whole class feedback all the way! Numbered points for strengths/improvements with student reflection, SPAG and mark scheme.

E.g. strengths 1,3,4 and improvements 4,5.

#historyteacher

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

💡 NEW POST💡

'Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S framework'

R – Review prior knowledge & predict
E – Explore text meanings
A – Identify anchor points
D – Debate alternative meanings & competing views
S – Summarise to consolidate understanding

Link in thread ��️⬇️⬇️

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

@learningandtheb ... and summaries of both here!:
https://t.co/O8uDMfRgaw

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Blog catch-up: Cold Call Codification. An exploration of various versions - and the immense value of codification in general https://t.co/fjNxTESoIb via @teacherhead

[SoL in the Wild @SoLInTheWild]

https://t.co/jBur4LU6hd

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - https://t.co/4Op8682KNK via @teacherhead

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

An excellent blog by @EnserMark on ‘Teaching and learning vocabulary’ in geography.

“Once we begin to look for morphology in geography, it becomes impossible not to notice how saturated the discipline is with these patterns.

https://t.co/QpLtdoKFHg

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

One of the trickiest questions in vocabulary instruction is deceptively simple:

Which words should we explicitly teach?

After years working with schools on vocabulary, I explore that challenge here:

https://t.co/FRpWuHalAM

[Ancient Rome Live @AncientRomeLive]

#FrescoFriday Dido seated on a throne, attended by handmaiden, looking at the personification of Africa wearing an elephant hide. Aeneas' ship feature in the background.
Fresco from Pompeii
c. 1st century CE
#RomanArt #Pompeii #Rome #AncientRome #AncientRomeLive

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Questioning is not recall alone; it is a route into responsive teaching
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[Stephanie Howell @mrshowell24]

Most students read a story. Few read it from someone else's eyes.

Point of View flips the lens. Kids step into a side character, a setting, even an object, and rebuild the story from there. The thinking shifts fast. 📖

See how: https://t.co/rTrCLGfcUR

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

Handwriting is BETTER for learning than typing.

But we all knew that.

The challenge is, what do we do for pupils with SEND?

(Marano et al., 2025, p. 23) - featured in #GuideToLearning

https://t.co/oZmrR0Ddyr

[Deans for Impact (DFI) @deansforimpact]

The Science of Learning, 2nd ed. is here! Updated #cogsci research on attention, memory & motivation, plus new sections on instructional pitfalls & student self-regulated learning. Download now: https://t.co/U501E4ydeN

#TheScienceOfLearning2

[Polymath Investor @polymathinvest1]

A few months back, I published this guide on how to remember everything you read.
Re-sharing it here for anyone who finds these protocols useful.

(1/11)

[Egypt Museum @egyptomuseum]

Servants Serves Noble Women at a Banquet, from the Tomb of Rekhmire

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III-early Amenhotep II, c. 1479–1425 B.C.

[Renee Larkin @_Renee_Larkin]

The frieze at the House of Thiasus in Pompeii. #Ancienthistory https://t.co/3crdhG8uB6

[Ms. Sam @SciInTheMaking]

Mini whiteboards (MWB) are great for formative assessment. But I always struggled with getting students to actually apply the feedback I gave them on their MWB responses.

Tick-Trick took care of that! I explain more in my new Substack post. You can find the link below ⬇️

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Check them out .. … 5-10 mins each.

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Why use mini whiteboards? Data show their efficacy AND reduction in time off task! What's not to like!
Great flash webinar from @Inner_Drive @MrGoodwin23