Blog of the Week
Phil Stock – Social and Emotional Health: A Whole School Response
Some great exemplification from Phil about how Greenshaw have codified a set of SEMH principles to develop a caring and supportive culture and reduce pupil absence.
Class Teaching
Jody Chan – Routines for attention
Attention is getting a lot of attention at the moment. Here Jody describes some core routines for gaining and retaining it.
Research School Blog
Sam Atkins – Metacognition and self-regulation in geography
Durrington head of geography Sam Atkins explains how he has been helping students develop their metacognitive regulation.
Other Useful Links
- From Lizzie Swaffield (the national delivery manager at the EEF) comes this blog explaining our current regional strategy – How we’re supporting schools to put evidence to use across England: A refreshed approach to regional partnerships
- Anna Appleyard explains how to explicitly teach metacognition – Just because it worked once, does not mean it is going to work every time: Approaching metacognitive strategies with high prior attainers.
- Timothy Shanahan explains why teaching literature is important – Does Literature Count as Knowledge?
- A thought provoking one from Jo Castelino on how we sound when we speak and how it can affect us – On accents and sounding different
- Brad Busch has this on effective professional development – Maximising CPD INSET days: daffodils, quick wins, and big wins.
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 