Blog of the Week
4 Questions to Use When Checking Students’ Knowledge and Understanding – Inner Drive
Fitting perfectly with our current whole-school teaching and learning focus, this blog and accompanying graphic gives some great advice on questions to check for knowledge and understanding.
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Driving the Durrington Way – Ben Crockett
Assistant Director of Durrington Research School Ben Crockett explains how an initiative to reinforce culture and routines at Durrington is being threaded through curriculum areas.
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New Director, Same Direction – Chris Runeckles
Chris Runeckles looks forward to the coming year and the training offer at Durrington Research School
Other Useful Links
- The EEF’s Bob Pritchard explains how worked examples can support pupils’ problem solving.
- Inner Drive explain how to support teachers thinking about how best to utilise the principles of interleaving in this post – Interleave Your Teaching
- The EEF’s Alex Quigley provides a useful perspective on disciplinary literacy in art and design.
- Thahmina Begum applies Occam’s razor to teaching practice in an effort to clear out the clutter.
- Ollie Lovell provides a tentative framework for what learning requires from the perspective of a student – Four Steps to Learning: Curate, Attend, Monitor, Adjust
- Sarah Jones poses the challenge of how to approach curriculum design in subjects where there is limited writing on the best approach in this blog – Subject Symmetry.
- National expert on all things SEND, Gary Aubin provides some sage advice to SENDCOs on how to get the year off to the best possible start with 10 things to tick off by the end of the month.
- Tom Pattison provides some honest insights into what it is like to start your first term as an AHT in this post – One Week In
- From an extensive review of 70 Ofsted reports Pete Foster provides several interesting insights into what inspectors asked schools to improve in this post – What Did Ofsted Want Schools to Improve in 2021-2022
DMAT is looking to grow!
We are looking to grow our trust and are interested in speaking to like-minded schools.
- In light of the white paper are you exploring academisation?
- Do you want to join us and write the story for a growing multi-academy trust?
- Are you interested in utilising the expertise of our own Research School and SCITT to enhance teacher development and recruitment in your school?
- Are you looking for a trust that is respectful of retaining a school’s unique characteristics and autonomy, as well as being committed to collaborative working?
If the answer to the above questions is yes, then come along to our forthcoming MAT information evening on 29th September to hear more. Click here for further details and to register a place for the event and here to find out more about DMAT.
Deep Dive Days 2022-23:
This year the Durrington Research School is offering a range of one-day workshops on EEF guidance reports and evidence reviews. You can book your place here.
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