anyone recommend any good quality resources for children to learn how to write written answers to a shortish text (e.g. 1 side of A4 text)?
Looking to supplement our whole-class reading with a sprinkle of these.
You know the legendary @ClareSealy has written an epic new blog post on Oracy?
And she has only posted it herself on Bluesky?
What does that say about whether you should try moving over to the kinder place?
From the 'better place' (Bluesky) - here is a starter pack for primary people to dip a toe in the water (and then realise it's a much nicer place and then stay!)
https://t.co/WxkkoQAinT
It includes some familiar people to follow and 2 feeds to help jump start your community :)
Have been updating our Teaching & Learning policy after @KateJones_teach really made crystal clear what had been previously blurring as 'in the moment' learning (performance).
This page is on 'Learning Reviews' - feedback welcome :)
@hathawaykim@KateJones_teach Proformas for lesson obs. Full lessons are never really watched. We have a culture of support and integrate instructional coaching & peer support alongside a comprehensive cpd offering.
Any 'lesson observations' are carried out as part of learning reviews.
@hathawaykim@KateJones_teach Well you're commenting on a 2 yesr old post. The reference to Kate was because of helping put the 'in the moment' /performance clear. Had nothing to do with lesson observations. And what is mentioned on that doc is as much about subject leaders as any 'slt'. We don't use >