Antony Lowe

Teaching and Learning Lead at Barford Primary School

[Barford Primary School @BarfordSchool]

Today, Reception Apples and Pears had a fantastic day at Ash End House Farm. We loved meeting all of the farm yard animals and enjoyed our exciting tractor ride! 🚜 🐮 @AshEndHouseFarm

[Barford Primary School @BarfordSchool]

Looking forward to seeing everyone back at school tomorrow! @firstdaybacktoschool

[Barford Primary School @BarfordSchool]

Welcome to the brand new official Barford Primary twitter account! Share & follow us for the latest news and updates!

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Barford Primary School will be welcoming top British gymnast Jaydon Paddock on Friday 26th May.
Find out more information on our website!
@sports4champs

[Rob Marchetto @RobMarchetto]

Wise advise. Deconstructing my lesson observation thought processes – ⁦@teacherhead⁩ https://t.co/16TQ6nPES2

[tetheredtoed @tetheredtoed1]

With @WALKTHRUs_5 all staff can learn specific, clear, concise tactics that yield the school culture and climate you want.

Everyone can have a common language and toolkit that truly supports teaching and learning.

These tactics interrelate, as illustrated here:

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

Great conference yesterday on instructional coaching. Lots of interesting and diverse perspectives. Thank you for an inspiring day @steplab_co @olicav ,@teacherhead @Josh_CPD

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

@solomon_teach discrete reading comprehension skills that can and should be taught. Food for thought and I'll definitely be looking more closely at the reading links. Thank you.

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

@solomon_teach Interesting thread that chimes with other things I have read and to some extent my experience in the classroom. I wonder though if it is as binary as suggested. Yes background knowledge, context and domain knowledge are vital to understanding a whole text but there are

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

@humanitiesrhay What a fabulous exhibition. Inspirational!

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

Will be looking at these alongside my half term read from the ever thought provoking Alex Quigley. Closing the Writing Gap @AlexJQuigley

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

*** NEW BLOG ***

‘Closing the Writing Gap - New Resources’

This short blog explains the new, free resources to go alongside my freshly published book on teaching writing.

https://t.co/FQEGTf1CbA

[Amanda Spielman @amanda_spielman]

Very pleased to publish this today - we know this is of interest to many of you.

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

Just started reading ‘Learning in Public’. A newsletter by @mrmarchayes. https://t.co/9x3wJWc1RX

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

@LTeacher123 That was always my understanding but then I discovered instructional coaching which is quite prescriptive. I think therefore, it is helpful to think of a continuum between the two.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

There isn't a teacher in the world who teachers "only facts". Teachers teach facts as part of a broader strategy of empowering children towards understanding. To claim otherwise is disingenuous and demeans the work teachers do every day. https://t.co/cjJs6Q2w1k

[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

Long overdue.

Likely to be particularly popular in #Sheffield, where pavements all too often are an obstacle course

https://t.co/J7zh4Su5tm

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

@TeacherToolkit Zooming as defined by David Didau - The Secret of Literacy

[Antony Lowe @Teachlowe]

@ashharvey23 I also find myself regularly referring teachers to these timeless tips.