Rob Matthews

Principal at Lightwoods in Sandwell. My interest: Pedagogy and effective learning for the benefit of the children. See also @LightwoodsPA. Views my own

[Rob Matthews @matthewsrt]

@PrimaryHT_Mum @Headteacherchat Similar.

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

We came fourth! 🎉🌍

Out of 43 countries who tested children of the same age in the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), England's nine and 10-year-olds made the top five for primary reading proficiency. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

More: https://t.co/0SVwFL1zN9

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

The results are in – and something is going very right in English schools https://t.co/qihsbuYsC7

[Tim Taylor #MantleoftheExpert #TryThis... @imagineinquiry]

He hadn't even looked at the paper. https://t.co/WGwxaD2BJC

[Angry Tom @AngryTomtweets]

If you're not using AI, you're falling behind.

Here are 8 new AI websites you cannot miss in 2023:

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

The fact that some people don’t believe that this is exactly what it can be like for many teachers, is part of the problem we face in fixing it. If you’ve never worked in a challenging classroom/ school, it’s easy to think behaviour isn’t an issue. https://t.co/1WIumABftb

[Evidence Based Education @EvidenceInEdu]

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New today!

Free and fully resourced DIY (Deliver It Yourself!) INSET session based on the ‘Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review’ and ‘Model for Great Teaching’.

Primary and secondary versions available.

Pls share.

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[Professor Smudge @ProfSmudge]

@ybgoi Might be 'elementary' but it's a neat task!

[Yacob Goitom @ybgoi]

Elementary level.

What fraction of the square is shaded? (Please note that the red segment is parallel to the diagonal of the square)

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

It's Mental Math Monday! What goes on in your head when you're mentally calculating 12×18?

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

Proper ChatGPT prompting has saved me hours of work.

This is an opportunity of a lifetime, take advantage of it.

Here are the top 5 prompts that I use every day:

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

P.S. I created a cheat sheet for myself to copy and paste all of the most useful prompts.

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[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate this sum?

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

"People need meaning & purpose. These aren’t sufficient but they are necessary. Teaching offers good odds at them and what we do has never been more important than now...

I wouldn’t trade it in."

Superb @bennewmark

https://t.co/S0esmlYsgb

[Joe Kirby @joe__kirby]

School leadership and emotion: values, passion, empathy, connection, imperfections, vulnerability, fears, self-doubts, bravery.

https://t.co/2XDN6vKDRc

One of the best blogposts I've ever read on school leadership. Thank you for writing and sharing it @CarlyWaterman21!

[Rob Matthews @matthewsrt]

https://t.co/vZ4qVeScxk

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

The US National Academies release uncorrected proofs of the proceedings of a workshop on "Foundations of data science for students in grades K-12": https://t.co/TFgqNJWGC4. More opinions than data, but still a potentially useful summary of where we are now.

[Rob Matthews @matthewsrt]

@twinklresources 1000 GLUE STICKS

[Rob Matthews @matthewsrt]

Alcohol and drug abuse - experience of safeguarding participants: https://t.co/af5aaBNfUZ [£££]