attainment

Primary Teaching and Learning 

10 Tips For Improving Handwriting

26th Feb 20186th Mar 2018 Sophie Horton 1971 Views 0 Comments attainment, automaticity, cognitive load, cursive writing, Debra McCarney, Handwriting, National Handwriting Association, pen licences, pencraft, Stabilo, Teach Handwriting, technology

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do you need a hand teaching handwriting?

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CPD Teaching and Learning 

CPD Picks of The Week

15th Feb 201815th Feb 2018 Holly Gardner 1374 Views 0 Comments attainment, British Medical Journal, British Values, Carol Vincent, Catherine Roche, Centre for Social Justice, Chief Schools Adjudicator, daniel sobel, Education Forward, emma kell, Family Stability Network, Feedback, instructions, Lesson planning, Marking, Mental Health, Myriam Hunter-Henin, Obesity, Observations, Parents, Place2Be, sex education, Shan Scott, The Independent, UCL

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you believe your child’s teacher has lots of free time on their hands?

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DfE Policies Research 

Does Performance Related Pay Make You A Better Teacher?

3rd Feb 201829th Jan 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3831 Views 2 Comments Academies, Appraisal, attainment, classroom observation, Data, Department for Education, evidence, GCSEs, headteachers, LEA< local authority, Main Pay Scale, MPS, outcomes, Performance-related pay, Professor Simon Burgess, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, The Conversation, Threshold, University of Bristol, Upper Pay Scale, UPS, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does performance related pay make you a better teacher?

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Curriculum Resources Review 

4 Tips For Talking To Pupils About Current Affairs

2nd Oct 20171st Oct 2017 Holly Gardner 3771 Views attainment, Current Affairs, Curriculum, debate, discussion, fake news, key stage 3, Literacy, Product Review, Reading, The Week Junior, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we help children understand what they see and hear on the news?

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Curriculum 

Character Education

28th Sep 201727th Sep 2017 Hollie Jones 2646 Views 5 Comments attainment, buzz word, character, Character Education, Curriculum, growth, John Catt Ltd, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, Nicky Morgan, Relationships, Resilience, Taught Not Caught, Tolerance, virtues

Reading Time: 3 minutes Does ‘character education’ actually benefit our students?

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Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

The Homework Conundrum

8th Sep 20178th Sep 2017 Alice England 4685 Views 3 Comments A level, achievement, attainment, Duke University, Erika A Patall, Finland, flipped learning, GCSE, gradees, Harris Cooper, Homework, Jorgianne Civey Robinson, Texas, Time Magazine

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do we really expect of students when setting homework? And, should teachers set it at all?

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Exams Teaching and Learning 

How To Improve A-Level Attainment

16th Aug 201714th Aug 2017 Alice England 3774 Views 1 Comment A level, active learning, attainment, Differentiation, Exams, high ability, low ability, mixed ability, peer-support, Sixth Form, Test, UCAS

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you bridge the ability gap at A level?

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Exams Resources Students 

3 Tips For Developing GCSE Exam Technique

25th Apr 201715th Apr 2018 Beth Hartwell 17084 Views 3 Comments A levels, attainment, BUG, command words, exam techniques, Examinations, Exams, GCSE, Kate Jones, PETAL, preparation, Revision, scaffold

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you help your pupils with the new 1-9 GCSE exams?

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Behaviour Psychology Teaching and Learning 

No Shoes Is Good News

6th Feb 20176th Feb 2017 John Dabell 5757 Views 10 Comments attainment, Bournemouth Univeristy, Bullying, calmer, engagement, noise, Professor Stephen Heppell, relaxed, results, shoeless, slippers, socks

Reading Time: 3 minutes Would you allow pupils to wear slippers in class?

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