Martin Skelton

Passionate about learning. Oh...reading, running, music, lots of stuff. Designed/co-designed IPC and IMYC curriculums and L4L. Working with schools worldwide.

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@rpondiscio There isn’t anything without content knowledge. The issue is how much content knowledge do we need and how much space and time should it take up at different ages and stages.

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@NatashaSnelling @pinkun So @pinkun, will you remember that about Liam Manning, please.

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@GillsInTheBlood Did Max want to leave? If so, I respect that. If not, can someone explain why we are letting go the players player of the year, the community player of the year and the Gills player who created most chances?

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@JenKteach There is something in this. But we have to remember what happened in real life with selecting children by academic ability. Most schools weren’t fluid enough to make changes to their original selection; some selections were poor; and some children became stuck.

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@dylanwiliam @xarxatic Agree entirely. The time and effort making materials (factors that affect learning) is better spent in seeing whether appropriate and sufficient learning is happening or not and deciding why and what to do if it isn’t.

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@rpondiscio @educationgadfly Agree.Teachers also tell me how little they know about learning in general when they start. The big issue in reading and schools generally is how do we refocus from teaching to learning. It should be obvious but there is resistance to a fundamentally different approach.

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@Dee_WkdCreative @TheGillsFC Yup. Get this. I know from the people around me that he’s a marmite player but I don’t really know why. He’s been a great team player, is obviously good in the dressing room and, compared to most other players he’s had a reasonable season.

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@Headteacherchat I would see the headwinds as advantages. Make sure you have clear evidence that the headwinds existed. Then devise a short and medium term plan for each and monitor it closely, with evidence. It’s a good time to be Ofstedded . Andthe ‘obvious essential is student learning!

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@BradleyKBusch @Inner_Drive Yes please. I’m really interested in this. Thanks.

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@FredPerry1965 @BradGalinson This summary by Coleman could be the summary of last season and this. When GA says he shares the fans frustration at the extra time collapse against Crawley he’s missing the point. We are frustrated about exactly the same things Coleman was talking about and which haven’t changed

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@KentOnlineGills Hopefully that applies not just to the players but to everyone at the club. I’m not sure anyone is the best they can be right now.

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@GillsInTheBlood So do you think it’s recruitment? What stops us signing better players? Wages, cost of living? I would put Andy Hess in my top ten all-time Gills players (and that’s over a long time) but is he a poor Head of Recruitment or hamstrung by something backstage we don’t know about?

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@GillsInTheBlood I get that. But we can’t implement long ball either. About 80% of Saturday’s long balls or defensive headers gave the ball back to Bristol Rovers. I’m trying to remember how many goals we have scored from open play. It’s not many.

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@rpondiscio Yes!

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@MrDanielBuck Always dangerous to identify a solution that begins with ‘Simple’. If I listened to everyone who said that to me we’d have super smooth running organisations everywhere. There may be a reason why we don’t.

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@Headteacherchat For what purpose? Should teachers? Or students? Not against the idea yet. Just wondering what the purpose is.

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@campbellclaret Jeez. Vote Reform. Get the shameful last government for free.

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@tombennett71 With RS and philosophy this makes sense. But if, based on evidence, someone teaches about climate change and is accused by an evidence denier of being ‘political’ what is your advice?

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@tombennett71 I agree entirely. But behaviour alone doesn’t enable learning. Some systems and structures in some schools actually get in the way of learning. A good question for leaders is to ask ‘Which systems and structures would have a positive impact on learning in this school right now?’