Alison Liversidge

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@KateJones_teach I have just finished reading the book and would love to be able to view this webinar @KateJones_teach is there any way of being able to play this back?

[Mike Downes (NPQLTD) @MrDownesteach]

NEW!! 2/6. The second one-pager in the new series is on GTT Dimension 4, Element 2 – Explaining. It focuses on how teachers can communicate new ideas clearly by managing cognitive load, activating prior knowledge, and making thinking visible through carefully selected examples and models.

This one-pager provides concrete, actionable strategies to support effective explanation, including:

✅ Using dual coding to enhance explanations
✅ Chunking ideas to reduce cognitive load
✅ Using examples and non-examples to clarify meaning
✅ Modelling with worked and partially-worked examples

It summarises ideas and practical strategies from @olicav and @MrGoodwin23's 'Organise Ideas', @olicav 'Dual Coding with Teachers', and the @EducEndowFoundn research on the 'FAME' approach.

Please repost if you would like a copy.

@EvidenceInEdu @ProfKime @ProfCoe

[Mike Downes (NPQLTD) @MrDownesteach]

NEW!! 4/6. The fourth one-pager in the series is on GTT Dimension 4, Element 4 – Interacting. It focuses on how teachers should respond appropriately to students' levels of knowledge and understanding by using feedback and formative action to adapt teaching.

This one-pager provides concrete, classroom-ready strategies to support responsive and adaptive teaching, including:

✅ Setting clear learning goals and success criteria to guide learning and feedback
✅ Identifying levels of understanding to decide whether to reteach, defer, or move on
✅ Using verbal, written, and whole-class feedback to identify misconceptions and next steps
✅ Providing opportunities for students to turn feedback into actions to ensure immediate improvement

It summarises ideas and actionable strategies drawn from the work of @HFletcherWood, @toetsrevolutie , @ValentinaDevid , @RenéKneyber, @bwildelopez, @MrThorntonTeach , @m_chiles and @teacherhead.

Interested? Please repost for a copy.

@EvidenceInEdu @ProfKime @ProfCoe

[Mike Downes (NPQLTD) @MrDownesteach]

NEW!! 3/6. The third one-pager in the series is on GTT Dimension 4, Element 3 – Questioning. It focuses on how purposeful questioning and dialogue can promote student thinking, participation and accountability.

This one-pager provides concrete, classroom-ready strategies to support effective questioning, including:

✅ Asking probing and process questions to elicit student thinking
✅ Cold calling, think-pair-share and choral response to increase ratio
✅ Show-me boards and targeted questioning to check for understanding
✅ The five key principles of powerful questioning

It summarises ideas and actionable strategies from the work of @teacherhead, @WALKTHRUs_5 @Doug_Lemov, @TeacherToolkit and @m_chiles

Interested? Please repost for a copy.

@EvidenceInEdu @ProfKime @ProfCoe

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard I'm in college Thursday and Friday til lunch this week x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard hope you had a good night! will be in school next week. let me know when you can pop in x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@laurabradleyxox sorry, top one plz x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard you can still get 13 marks but will lose 6marks if you did repeated instead of independent so not going to lose many marks x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@RoseWhitelam @alice_sheard @libby_best how did the exam go? Can't believe it's the end:( hope it went well xxx

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@RoseWhitelam @alice_sheard haha I'm going to miss you two and your little feuds x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard only just got out of hospital so don't know yet! We should Arrange to go out for tea, need to say goodbye to you all x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard I'm sorry I haven't been there :( section a is research methods and section b is your A3 worksheets that we did x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard I'm still in hospital! Will be thinking bout you all tmz, stay focused on the q and you will do great! X

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@libby_best remember to draw valid conclusion back to the the question once you've raised the strength r weaknesses, then conclude at end

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@libby_best I'm so sorry I've not been there for you all! Excellent comparison points like that will get you top band

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@sweetsugar456 don't worry about it. You will still have done well :)

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard yes, that's why it's a debate

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@libby_best @RoseWhitelam @alice_sheard if you all haven't been revising i am going to be really upset and disappointed :(

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard look at my retweet from today for current mood x

[Alison Liversidge @missliversidge]

@alice_sheard @RoseWhitelam hope you are doing more revising than Tea drinking, can't wait to see you so you can show off your matching skil