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Making every fifth lesson routinely a 10 Minute Knowledge Quiz and 25 Minute Extended Writing Task. Thanks to @kenradical for making me rethink KS3 and keeping knowledge at the forefront #historyteacher

📚 GIVEAWAY TIME! 📚 The Scaffolding Effect by @MrsBallAP & @lamb_heart_tea is out now! Full of practical ways to support every student. Want a free copy? All you have to do is: ✅ Follow us 🔁 RT this post The winner will be announced on Friday, 1st August, at 2pm. Good luck!

Still not finished, not sure it ever will be but we’ve made a lot of progress in developing our KS3 curriculum. Connected second-order concepts, guidance on outcomes and key vocabulary all identified for students, parents and staff to be aware of. #historyteacher

18. Map of Cricket positions

First talk in Moot @ChalkeFestival this morning with @monstroso @history_alice @helenhcarr @almurray the important dates of British History #historylover #chalkehistoryfestival #chalke

Started to chip away at condensing our KS3 KO’s/Topic sheets. These Y7 examples provide one point of reference for foundational chronology, terminology, key figures and the content journey students will be embarking on. #historyteacher

🚨🔔 TICKET RELEASE ⏰🎟️ Tickets for #Soane25 are available now! We're hoping to make this one even better and bigger, with a mix of new and returning speakers. More to be announced soon, including keynotes. Last year, we sold out fast. Get them soon! eventbrite.co.uk/e/ark-soane-hi…

Day 2 of reflection - as @olicav discussed @researchED1 i am using my external memory field "Canva" to help organise my thoughts from yesterday. Here is my blog which provides more detail everythingpedagogy.wordpress.com/2024/09/07/my-…

📘 Highly recommend the book ‘Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI)’ by Hollingsworth, and Ybarra. The ‘TAPPLE’ acronym they introduce is ingenious for memorising their steps for Checking for Understanding. Take a look at this visual breakdown...

I've recently seen discussion about introductory sessions for Y7. It's something we've chosen to do in September but want to use it to set high academic expectations. It's a 4 lesson intro to historical skills done through a study of black British history. cutt.ly/FmmEpsA

15 simple steps to turbocharge your focus - Get more done with this deep work strategy:

Back at it and back trying to solve homework at KS3. We wanted something meaningful, easy to set and rooted in historical skills = the ‘All Four One’ homework. One glued in sheet, 4 Individual tasks that can be set stand alone/together, from reading to source work.#historyteacher

@YorkClio So very sad to read this. I was very fortunate to learn so much from Helen and will always be grateful for the wonderful HA Fellowship she ran. A true inspiration.

For those who knew and loved my inspirational friend and colleague, Helen Snelson, it is my sad job to tell you that she died yesterday afternoon. I know how much she meant to so many of you and she was so grateful for your support and love these last few months.

Coaching should not *just* be about teachers learning how to execute techniques but about supporting teachers to develop their *judgement* too i.e. deploying techniques appropriately to meet goals. Therefore, we need to know about mental models. Why?

Hi Edutwitter - @richkhistory and I are running this webinar series this autumn with @histassoc… All about teaching disciplinary thinking (‘second order concepts’) in history…. Please do share with history folk - first webinar free for HA members history.org.uk/secondary/cate…

Inspired by @educationswuk, here is a poster summarising proactive and reactive approaches to adaptive teaching.

I've finally got round to blogging my ideas about Professional Vision and the implications for teacher coaching. With reference to @teacherhead @WALKTHRUs_5 @Josh_CPD @MissTBegum Building Teacher Vision: A Core Purpose for Coaching? coachingcasenotes.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/bui…

An #IntelligentFailure: 1. Takes place in new territory 2. Is in pursuit of a goal 3. Is informed by available knowledge 4. Is as small as it can be to still provide valuable insights 📕 For more on all types of #failure, check out #RightKindOfWrong: bit.ly/RKWBook

The Golden Road- How Ancient India Transformed the World Published 5th September @BloomsburyBooks @BloomsburyIndia

Welcome back to Somerset County Cricket Club, Joel Garner 🏠 #WeAreSomerset

Neat post on the discipline of teams via @AlKingsley_Edu Resonates with your work @Mr_Crome & @teacherfeature2 hbr.org/1993/03/the-di…