Daniel Wright

Ofsted: Primary school English curricula ‘often weak’ tes.com/magazine/news/… @GraphiaLearning (can't log in!), We've been saying this for such a long time. All the research says focus on building automaticity as we are asking them to pole vault before they can walk!

🙏 things will improve

NPQH is done. Had a great time learning with @Ambition_Inst and had a wonderful group of people to share the experience with. Working as a group of 4 definitely improved the experience. Well done to all who got their results today

Genuinely excited by this and hope we have many school trips which showcase a sense of living history. I have been grumbling for years that we need this as Put du Fou is truly magnificent bbc.com/news/articles/…

I had a great time this evening teaching the Graphia approach to handwriting at @LEADAcadTrust's fantastic @bishopalexlead. What a great staff team! It's so important to teach children that handwriting can be: - fast - fluent - automatic

I have had the best two days conducting a peer review with other heads and leaders for one of our collaborative schools. Informed leaders, committed staff and engaged children: we have so much to be proud of in North West Leicestershire!

I can't wait to deliver this session for L.E.A.D. academy trust and @LEADTSHub schools again. It's a privilege to share research and practical strategies for teaching handwriting in primary and secondary schools.

@PicturesFoIder Rothko. Giant squares can not be considered a talent

@Sophie_Hirst1 If it's not messy, you're not doing it right

Is presenting the writing process as a step by step linear process too simplistic? I understand the benefit of initially presenting it this way to beginning writers, but what about the complexity and ‘messiness’ of real writing?

@Headteacherchat Knowledge, knowing how to grow people, doing the right thing for the right reasons and having skin like week old custard

Can anyone help? What qualifications do you think are needed to be a headteacher or as a headteacher?

I feel like the Summer holiday has started. So ready for a lie down

Why does doing the right thing take so much out of you

Great evening of networking, support and hearing real word scenarios from experienced heads #earlyheadshipcoaching

Over 100 minutes on hold to @HMRCcustomers and then it hangs up. Wonderful.

@primarypercival Great! Completely changed the way I taught handwriting after conducting MA research. I became interested in it after the children returned from COVID, so I developed a new approach, moved away from the usual schemes, and focused on legibility, fluency and speed @GraphiaLearning

A Thread on Handwriting… Over the past 2 years, I have paid more attention to the way handwriting is taught than at any other point in my career. Handwriting seemed a fairly simple thing that pupils would just pick up with a few lessons on letter formation. I was wrong! Here are some things I think about now that I didn’t always consider before…

Happy team this morning

NEW! Go granular with Element 4.5 of the GTT-33 hyperlinked retrieval practice and spaced practice strategies from the brilliant books of @KateJones_teach. Special mention to @missgeog92 for her sharing of some of the resources. RT if you would like a copy @ProfCoe @EvidenceInEdu

Sometimes it's the little things

How's your Monday going? 1/4 of the teacher and TA team down, the school printer is down and my business manager's computer is down, but I'm not, as I've got my @Lumie_lights (free stuff welcome 🤣)

@MrTeece_ But thanks to the huge back log in assessments it shouldn't be an issue

Is the shortage of ADHD medication another issue the government are oblivious to and impacting families and children in your schools?