After the most wonderful decade at Central, the curtain closes for the final time. I've written my parting thoughts in the blog below, but in short: thank you for everything, Central.

***SCAFFOLDING*** Thread 🧵 Teaching is a complex activity with lots of factors interrupting learning. Scaffolding is a strategy that allows teachers to be responsive during lessons to support students to move towards the same end goal. The route each students takes can look

Routines enable students to spend less time thinking about the *process* of learning so they can spend more time thinking about the *content* of learning. A thread on how teachers can redeploy attention: ↓

Suggestions and tips for implementing and developing retrieval practice in the classroom. Ideas from @KateJones_teach and (probably) pinched some ideas from relentlessly listening to the @mrbartonmaths Tips for Teachers podcast. FIRST DRAFT - feedback welcome! #edutwitter

Explicit instruction can feel playful. It requires students to inquire. It often feels, to the student, like they are discovering something. The key is the teacher personally guiding students from novice to expert using key principles. Here they are, as illustrated by @olicav

📓 Happy World Book Day! We hope that you enjoy this opportunity to celebrate reading in your setting. We’ve developed a range of resources designed to help you support development in your classroom. 1/4

This line is so memorable for a reason. It's a perfect use of "antimetabole" - the repetition of a phrase with its word order reversed. Here are 8 more memorable rhetorical devices:

Some thoughts on teaching spelling with a specific focus on how we approach the statutory lists on the NC: It’s quite common to see words from these lists thrown at kids without much thought as to how these will anchor onto existing orthographic representations/understanding.

This is a first draft of tips for teachers to develop pupil responses. Can anyone add any tried and tested ideas? I will share the finished document with links to research/further reading/podcasts.

This is our school’s ‘Quality Teaching and Learning Framework’ which I created to support coaches to give feedback to colleagues.

Teaching sequence for spelling, but could apply to so much more. http://t.co/HwSgWKZQcG

It’s possible to turn around a school in a relatively short amount of time. I’ve seen this recipe work, in more or less this order: 1. Ban phones 2. Concentrate admin efforts on behavior 3. Standardize routines and procedures 4. Build a culture of academics 5. Teach bell to bell

I’m looking for some fab school leaders to review my book ahead of its release in March. It’s a digestible read on how to create the conditions within our schools to have the greatest impact on the pupils we serve. RT or like this post for a chance to get a cheeky preview!👇🏽

Just read this for some research I’m doing and wow. All curriculum/subject leaders should have a printed (and highlighted and annotated) copy of this at their desk: https://t.co/H2X1i0s0c1

🧵 '5 Free Research Reads On...Teaching Spelling' I've begun a new blog series that brings together useful research on a range of topics. Here are 5 helpful research sources on spelling in one blog: https://t.co/bqrE00WerZ Read the thread for a quick fix of each link... /1

Why don’t teachers get better? A thread.

*** '7 Helpful Vocabulary Websites' *** 🧵 1. https://t.co/scHUXgOBvh. This tool has lots of uses: 'reword' texts; identify complex Tier 2 vocab; create glossaries; learn new vocab, and more. https://t.co/R8Q2qZVylt /1

Our school library got delivered today! Yes, that is a plane 😂✈️ can’t wait to get inside it with the children! #flyinghigh

I love a mini whiteboard but these are next level. One of Santa’s best buys! No need to clean No lost pen lids Pen doesn’t run out of ink Better pen control Love it!

I compiled a list of teaching strategies to support EAL students according to their proficiency levels for the four key skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing. 12 pages of strategies, took a while. #EAL Here’s a link if useful to anyone else: https://t.co/4l7xwc9yi8

🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 Today, I'm launching a weekly 5-min email for teachers who are keen to keep up-to-date with thinking and research around effective teaching. It's called 'Evidence Snacks'. Here's the lowdown: ↓