Paul Middleton

Saturday 27 June - St Albans School Get your tickets here: trybooking.com/uk/GHMM

There’s a pattern with a lot of conferences. Big venues. Big price tags. A LOT of sitting! SANDBOX is an attempt to do something different. No crowds. No corporate feel. No passive listening. Just teachers working together to design solutions to education's biggest problems.

Excited to be joined by our amazing speakers - @thosethatcan , @TheAverageArday , @NLad84 and Purvi Gandhi!

Get your tickets now for SANDBOX. A teaching & learning conference for fresh ideas. 📍 St Albans School 📅 Sat 27 June 2026 💷 £20 🧩 Keynotes | Workshops | Hackathon Big ideas. Bold voices. New approaches. trybooking.com/uk/GHMM #Education #EduEvents #TeachingAndLearning

@XpatEducator @dylanwiliam Rosenshine

🎁 FREE GIFT: FULL ROSENSHINE CPD PACK! To celebrate 50 consecutive weeks of ⚗️DistillED, I’ve put together something quite cool… Over the past year, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction has been one of the most requested topics from teachers and school leaders. So I’ve put together a complete, ready-to-run CPD pack to help schools explore and implement all 10 principles. The download includes: → 10 CPD PowerPoints (ready for 30–45 min sessions) → 10 strategy checklists (practical classroom actions) → 10 planning templates (put principles into action ) → Covers all 10 of Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction Everything you need to run ten focused CPD sessions — one for each principle. 👉 REPOST and comment ROSENSHINE and I’ll DM you the link. Cheers! ⏰ Available until Sunday 22 March!

I always think this about teaching Russia (1894-1945) - so much contextual knowledge that pupils need right off the bat. Are there any European/World depth studies that don't require as much of this? USA at A-level is generally OK(ish)... #HistoryTeaching #History

‘A mental model is an idea we have of how to do something’ In climbing: Prior knowledge is a foothold (solid foundation) New knowledge is a handhold (reaching for)

Getting a post-lunch fix of cognitive science from @HealJim - ‘if we are going to be better at teaching, we need to start with a foundational understanding of how learning happens’

Useful summary of how a school culture can improve teaching and learning #rED23

‘We have no curiosity for things that are unsurprising…or if something is ridiculously complicated or out of our control’

A packed house for @informed_edu’s talk on expert teaching. Loving the promo of @StanDehaene work (never too early for a bit of neuroscience) #rED23

Secure attention Engage in questioning Respond to knowledge gaps Check prior knowledge Practising and rehearsal Effective scaffolds

“Responsive teaching is creating conditions such that ALL students are THINKING, MAKING MEANING, and PRACTISING” - excellent summary from @teacherhead to get back to basics

@rlrossi64 😂

Anyone else heading to #rED23 dressed for a day at the beach?

@d_a_ellison Sounds great. I’ve gone for ‘let’s dress for a day of walking around the sites, but give up after an hour and sit in a bar’ Looking forward to your session at 3pm 🙌🏻

@MiddletonHist Feel less beach, more beach bar with one of those hollowed out coconuts with a cocktail in it. It’s a vibe anyway 😂

Interesting insights from @AndyBurnhamGM on the MBacc and supporting those students that don’t fit the traditional university route of education #EducationFest I would be interested to find out how this works in rural regions with a lack of large corporate partners

Some excellent ideas from Martin Rigby at @TandLRunshaw on how to make CPD more bespoke for staff. Having the system work alongside departments, the appraisal process, and teacher need is excellent. Definitely some food for thought #EducationFest