Mary Tang

Teacher at a Talk For Writing School, book worm and life long learner.

[Nathan Lessoncopy @lessoncopy]

This Thursday, 5pm, @TTRadioOfficial

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝘆

with Ben Kingston-Hughes #teachers

[Nicole Piper @Nicole_Piper_]

The beauty of using circle planning to aid story invention with our youngest children as well during Innovation & Independent Application with our oldest children. This is why @Talk4Writing works! @PieCorbett @JamieThomasTFW

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

This paper by @dylanwiliam talks about “the secret” of feedback.

What is the secret?

Simple. That the students actually use it!

https://t.co/7u4KX5KgEe

[Marc Rowland @marcrowland73]

Addressing disadvantage. Adopt a nuanced, pupil / learning led approach rather than a blunt, label led approach. Nuance is key. @HuntResearchSch a model of good practice with this.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Books or screens? “leisure digital reading does not seem to pay off in terms of reading comprehension, at least, as much as traditional print reading does.”

[Andrew Percival @primarypercival]

A Thread on Handwriting…
Over the past 2 years, I have paid more attention to the way handwriting is taught than at any other point in my career. Handwriting seemed a fairly simple thing that pupils would just pick up with a few lessons on letter formation. I was wrong! Here are some things I think about now that I didn’t always consider before…

[Sarah Green @thelitcoachuk]

Great to hear that teachers and leaders are still finding the @EducEndowFoundn reading fluency resources really useful! Thoroughly enjoyed creating them with the support of @mrspennyslater @JulietTeaching and @kathyeroe 😊

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

'Nothing should prevent ppl from engaging with educational research, you shouldn't have to be on SLT or have a certain number of years experience... in every area of life there can be hierarchical snobbery, there shouldn't be a barrier here' https://t.co/rY7eAgH5Hy

[Mary Myatt @MaryMyatt]

So proud of the team behind @TheTeachersColl led by @MrsSTeaches

Some amazing book links, plans, knowledge organisers underpinned by the 'Faster Reading' research from @SussexUni

And 500 followers to boot!

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

A fantastic article. I agree with every single word.

'Many children have internalised the mistaken idea that good mental health means feeling good all the time. But discomfort is not a problem to be solved, it is a necessary part of life we must all learn to willingly endure.'

[Emma Turner FCCT @Emma_Turner75]

Primary? Curriculum? CogSci?
If so these three are right up your street. All available from Amazon or direct from John Catt. https://t.co/UPErUDN4z7

[Emma Turner FCCT @Emma_Turner75]

Here's what a few familiar folk said about Simplicitus. Get your copy here. A complete guide to subject leadership, curriculum design, review and evaluation.
https://t.co/7VqMHmNbdW

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

“If you want kids to learn to read complex texts, you are going to have to let them try to read complex texts -- even if that means they don't get everything the first time through or that the lesson is a bit bumpier than usual.”

A profound point about teaching demanding reading

[Sarah @PWSSarahEvans76]

The Year 5s creating their own pieces for music for djembe. Amazing to see such wonderful leadership and creativity ⁦@PennWoodSchool⁩ ⁦@mrstang3⁩

[Pie Corbett @PieCorbett]

Tremendous to watch teaching across @PennWoodSchool and see upfront teaching without a PowerPoint in sight. Tremendous work in year six with every child using their magpie books to make notes and gather ideas. A genuine community of writers.

[Ofsted @Ofstednews]

New curriculum webinar from history subject lead Tim Jenner @TIJenner https://t.co/8rI2UiLMd8

[Rollama.com •🦙🟣🟡🟠 • SPaG Made Fun @RollamaEdu]

A freebie for Year 6 teachers (and Year 5 if useful😁)

[Mary Tang @mrstang3]

Rereading one of my favourites by #KhaledHosseini #lovereading #athousandsplendidsuns #readingforpleasure https://t.co/qqDqQH7qAc

[Ofsted @Ofstednews]

Out now - Ofsted's subject report on science: https://t.co/HNAKCbqz0l

[Peter Middleton @middleton_pj]

To find out why my first priority as a new Head was to restore a library at the heart of our school- and why libraries are more important now than ever before - have a read of my latest blog post:

https://t.co/8rlFu9gNvZ