




Dr. Anthony Hoyle
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@HoyleDoc
Assistant Principal - Assessment, Data & Timetabling | Microbiologist turned Science Teacher 🔬| Lover of old cars 🚗










I want to shake the edu-establishment by the shoulders and shout NOT ALL ANXIETY IS BAD “Math anxiety” “Test anxiety” “Exam stress” Yeah. Stress helps you focus. It means you care. Dealing with it builds resilience Protecting students from all anxiety will make neurotic adults



No student should be allowed to use a laptop, tablet or phone in class. You might think you "can use them well" but you can't, sorry. You stand to lose everything for a tiny gain that will never materialise.






Reading education blogs changed my life, so I want to do everything I can to share and amplify recent blogs. Here's a list of some I've really enjoyed, and I'll try and get some suggestions of quality free blogs out regularly. Please do share and subscribe if you can - writing blogs is an intensive process and authors need encouragement or they will stop! Claire Stoneman's characteristically beautifully written piece about the small blessings that make teaching worth it: birminghamteacher.substack.com/p/on-blessings… Teach Like a Champion team with some useful tips for observing lessons: teachlikeachamp.substack.com/p/active-obser… Lee Donaghy on how the most inclusive way to teach is to be clean, clear and explicit at all points: ldonaghy.substack.com/p/good-for-all… Adam Robbins with a nifty tweak to the way you challenge poor behaviour: mrarobbins.substack.com/p/quick-hitter… Shaun Allison with a slew of useful strategies for effective lesson management: shaunallison.substack.com/p/beyond-getti… Lee Wheeler speaking my language in arguing that schools don't focus enough on retrieval practice and long term learning: mrwheeler1.substack.com/p/retrieval-is… I'm posting another blog soon, and you can check out and subscribe to my account here: carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/?utm_campaign=… Thank you to @stoneman_claire @Doug_Lemov Lee, @MrARobbins @shaun_allison Lee W (is he on X?) for writing!


I spent today in St George’s School in Blackpool with @TheTeacher6. This school is achieving astonishing things and has a wonderful culture. The thing that stands out about the school more than anything is how warm it is, and how polite the children are! 🧵




