Blog of the Week
Thahmina Begum – I’m really good at multitasking, Miss!
Attention in classrooms is taking a lot of my attention recently. Thahmina articulates a couple of core problems and the associated solutions.
Class Teaching
Fahim Rahman – Vocab instruction in science
Fahim explores some of the challenges he has found with vocab instruction in science and how he and the department have been overcoming them.
Research School Blog
James Crane – Sorry sir, what was the question again?
James looks again at attention and how mini-whiteboards can be a useful tool in securing it.
Other Useful Links
- I’ve always loved listening to Rob Coe, so really enjoyed this Mind the Gap podcast with him, Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner
- Another Emma Turner contribution, this time a blog – Feeling the curriculum in your mouth.
- Greg Ashman has this on why explicit teaching works for all – Explicit teaching is inclusive
- Our weekly dose of Peps McCrea comes through this thread on motivation.
- A new voices from the classroom video from Research School colleagues, this time Billesley and on support working memory in the classroom
- Another in the series from Adam Boxer, this time on why accepting that called out answer is a problem – Calling out calling out: MCA4a and b
- More on leadership from Nick Hart, this time on developing future leaders – Growing leaders | A strategy for succession planning
- Dan Nicholls, this time around trusts and how they support the schools within them – Collaborative Advantage | seeking a trust dividend
- Tom Needham has this on effective annotation, seems simple, really isn’t – Annotating Texts
- Nikki Sullivan on the balance in PD between the macro and the micro – Space for the small things. Space for the big things.
Durrington Professional Development Twilights 2023 – 24
This year we are offering twilight training programmes on the following areas of evidence-informed practice. They will take the format of three 90 minute online sessions spread over 6 – 8 weeks. You can book via this form.
The one remaining bookable session is:
- Effective Professional Development
Class Teaching 