Ben McPherson MCCT

Headteacher, educationalist and egg chaser. Father, husband. Northerner turned Southerner.

[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

@skytv must be the worst company to actually talk to a human being. The website and app are terrible and the lack of customer service is appalling. A company that truly does not care about its customers

[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

Isn’t @realDonaldTrump a lair though? #hesfullofshit #heslying

[Gusti Ayu @gustiayutp]

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[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

@Bearefoot_Shoes still no shoes after ordering them 10 days ago. Is this normal?!
Can’t track the parcel, no expectation, awful customer service ‘Just check in a couple of days’
Absolute let down of a company

[Andrew Whitworth NPQH @Whitworthtin4]

✅Professional Development
✅Meticulous Teaching for Learning
✅Breaking Down the Fundamentals
✅40 HQ PDFs for the hopefully reasonable price of £1.99
https://t.co/ypv44J3eGY

[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

@POferries is the ferry that was due to set off from Calais at 7pm in danger of getting back for 2025? #sathereforages #bringingin2025

[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

@TeachLeadAAli Going tomorrow - any top tips?

[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

Just bought some stamps. Absolutely fleeced. #hopeitgetsthere

[Ben McPherson MCCT @bennymacp]

@leighmanning1 @itvnews @BBCNews Give me a text Leigh

[InnerDrive @Inner_Drive]

Foster collaboration, encourage communication, and make use of Retrieval Practice

With Think, Pair, Share 🧠👭🗣️

Here's a blog (and a graphic based on @XpatEducator's) on it 👇
https://t.co/FkobD7hRUW

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map.

The Reading Map - A Primer
https://t.co/WSb7l7nV5l via @YouTube

[Mr P MBE @ICT_MrP]

5 FREE websites every teacher should use this school year 👍

[Ms Duckworth's Classroom @duckworth_ms]

A writing resource to help pupils improve their sentence variety in both fiction and non fiction writing. I have included a range of different sentences with examples. Download 👉 https://t.co/lRGmeZyASG

[Impact @ImpactWales]

Assessment of pupils' progress should be underpinned by these 4 principles.

The most important of the four is the VALUE of your assessment. How is it having a positive impact on future learning? Contact us for professional learning support & resources [email protected]

[Impact @ImpactWales]

Do your pupils struggle with distraction? Use our sketchnote on how to create cognitive control to support your pupils to improve.

More resources on https://t.co/K4k0XXjTT8 just click ImpactPlus

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

🏆 GOLD collection of FREE posters for school walls and PD spaces. Drive evidence-informed practice and help colleagues to reflect on their teaching, build pedagogical knowledge, and spark professional conversations.

🤝 Please REPOST and share with your followers. Grab HQ copies here: https://t.co/Xj2XpPGvnu

[Walkthrus @WALKTHRUs_5]

Introducing Learning WalkThrus: How We Learn - a short guide for students. A taste of the content coming soon to all our members via the website and covered in our Learning Walkthrus book out now: https://t.co/k5ZkCniW9y

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.

👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: https://t.co/Xj2XpPGvnu

[InnerDrive @Inner_Drive]

What is the most important of Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction? 🤔

We believe that his 6th, checking for understanding, underpins the other nine – head to the blog to find out how 👉 https://t.co/5gcPkgcZFy

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

Today’s KS2 maths reasoning paper is a failure at a national level, one which will serve only to put pupils off maths.

There is nothing wrong with tough questions in maths. Mathematicians love the challenge of overcoming difficult problems.

But that’s not the same thing at all as questions that seek to confuse, mislead or hide meaning in meaningless, tiresome contexts.

Show a real mathematician a problem written by someone who is deliberately communicating badly or poking fun by being disingenuous and that mathematician will tell you to bugger off.

We’re in the business of grappling with and resolving genuinely interesting and important questions. We have no interest in silly, dull and ill conceived questions that lack meaning and intend to trip up.

So, an opportunity to show pupils what mathematics is and can be has been utterly wasted and instead we’ve just made it a lot less likely a nascent interest in becoming a mathematician will flourish for many, many pupils who will, quite rightly, reject the subject as tedious sleight of hand.

To those writing, signing off and publishing national exam papers: be better at your job or do something else.