🧠 CLT! Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This guide summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
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📘📗 If you find these guide helpful, check out my books Teaching One-Pagers Volumes 1 and 2 on Amazon: https://t.co/fCMU90JkZx
🙇♂️ RETRIEVAL PRACTICE PRINCIPLES! This new poster is based on ‘Making Retrieval Practice Actually Work: Seven Essential Principles for Teachers to Know’ an important blog post by the excellent @C_Hendrick 🙌
Carl’s Post 👉 https://t.co/3QZ9uRxt4F
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Students learn faster when they see what something is and what it isn’t. One of the most important aspect of curriculum planning + instructional design is effectively using examples and non-examples. 🧵⬇️
🔁 CLASSROOM ROUTINES! Routines free up time for what matters most—learning. This new poster summarises key strategies for establishing and automating effective routines to make classrooms predictable and run like clockwork. Inspired by the brilliant work of @PepsMccrea and @Doug_Lemov
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📈 'Amid a widely accepted trend of worsening behaviour across the country, we would do well to learn its lessons'
@worthinghigh_ht
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'While we cannot divulge the discussions taking place we are worried about what the DfE and Ofsted appear to have in mind.
'It feels as though they are engaged in a headlong rush to devise a new system against a very tight timetable'
https://t.co/0uYTQQW1n2
New @Literacy_Trust report on ‘Parents’ support for young children’s literacy at home in 2024’:
“1 in 2 (50.5%) parents said they had read with their child daily in 2024, a decrease of 15.1pp compared with 2019, when 2 in 3 (66.1%) said they had done this.”
https://t.co/fFj1LZhMTL
Doug Lemov, Josh Goodrich, and Peps Mccrea talk about instructional coaching, the importance of technique, and the power of video!
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I know it’s from last year but I just 😍 love this post for parents from THE WRITING REVOLUTION ✍️ Helping Your Child Become a Writer https://t.co/2T8F0kscj7
We’ve published a new report looking at how schools support children to develop the knowledge and skills they need by the end of key stage 1.
The report sets out some recommendations for schools to ensure all children build this foundational knowledge: https://t.co/H0ADuFiiI6
Do you have a visualiser in your cupboard? Plug it into your computer and see how you can bring the teaching slides to life through live modelling! ���
By using the visualiser, you can model your thinking aloud and children can build alongside you. It also gives you the flexibility to model as many examples as you may need! 🟡🔴
🛎️ CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT! This new A3 poster highlights the key principles and top routines from highly practical The Classroom Management Handbook by @coachdowley and @ollie_lovell. Grab your copy of the book via @JohnCattEd - these ideas have helped me personally create calmer, more focused classrooms!
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