Bart Crisp

If you are working in a school or group of schools and are interested to look into your approach to writing, please do get in touch - we are running a programme which uses the principles and approaches laid out in Philippa's thread from November

Thread here on a piece of work I've been involved with for the last 2ish years, focusing on understanding the teaching of writing, what challenges are involved, and what everyone in school can do to overcome those challenges

5/5 We’d love your thoughts/comments. Writing is under researched/supported. A school we’re working with was asked by an OFSTED inspector trialling the new framework what their approach to writing was. So they asked OFSTED what's known re what it should/ could be. A) Not enough…

4/5 Participants worried re lack of writing support in Y7. So we are revisiting RTI to support transition via CPDL for writing in Y6&& in partnership with LAs/MATS. It worked B4… A new CPDL programme for writing | Centre for the Use of Research & Evidence in Education (CUREE)

3/5 Vulnerable pupils can learn to love writing AND make great progress in & through it very quickly through CCA based selection from practical menu of interventions; all pupils can benefit through using strategic monitoring tools.

2/5 Obstacles impeding vulnerable Y5/6 pupils' writing progress were more complex/dynamic than for reading. BUT teams (teachers, leaders, LSAs) using RTI together built a 3D, actionable picture via scaffolded case analysis; interventions menu successfully expanded possibilities

#rEd25 massive appreciation to Helene, Tom and everyone who helped make yesterday's conference such a success. What a lot of positive energy!

@IanDunt I think so too. Wasn't entirely sure him taking a swipe in passing wouldn't bring some abuse your way, but if it has I'm guessing it's gone under the radar, which is excellent.

@crispy_bart I suspect I'll be wiser and happier by letting that experience pass me by.

@IanDunt not sure if you're aware, but it would appear that you have a new house in Dominic Cummings' head. Sweetheart deal, not even peppercorn rent

Technology is the only thing that has ever eliminated poverty.

While everyone's talking about Taylor Swift or god-knows-what, the government's National Wealth Fund has deployed financial guarantees to secure £1bn private lending to improve energy efficiency in social housing businessgreen.com/news/4370669/n…

The Tories are lost because every part of their ideology has failed. Commentary on the leadership race has focused on the candidates, but their fundamental problem is that their entire worldview has collapsed By me, for Bloomberg - £ but screengrabs: 🧵 bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Weird that a body that is supposed to represent workers is spending its political energy on rich pensioners.

@IanDunt But this isn't Queen of the Damned

What's the best film soundtrack? No trick question it's this one.

@timoconnorbl He's past his best now, sadly, but I always thought of this as Mako V's trademark. He starts the match looking gassed, and then proceeds to absolutely dominate (at his peak, at least)

@cbokhove The stance system is somewhat distinctive, if basically a variant on rock-paper-scissors (although ultimately most gameplay mechanics end up being some variation of that). I think the visuals are probably the game's greatest strength, personally, but to each their own

@crispy_bart Yes, understand. I thought it was predicatble gameplay with mediocre graphics.

I personally think Ghost of Tsushima is a bit over-rated as a game.

@cbokhove So if you want something very different and distinctive, it has essentially nothing for you bar a relatively under-used setting. If you are fine with doing something well-established but to a high level, it's very solidly-executed and comforting

@cbokhove Depends on what you're looking for. It is a very standard open-world adventure & combat game, but it does most of the things that these games do pretty well, and avoids most of the major pitfalls other games of the same kind tend to fall into.

BIG NEWS! The Practitioner Research Programme from the Education and Training Foundation, at SUNCETT, University of Sunderland is back for 24/25! Information and application form here: et-foundation.co.uk Be quick, deadline approaches.

No pensioner has 'paid into the system all their life' for the winter fuel allowance. It's only existed since 1997.