Tag Archives: literacy

Mobilising the Evidence

Posted on January 29, 2018 by classteaching

One of the most important roles for Research Schools such as us, is to support teachers and leaders who work in schools and colleges to mobilise the research evidence that is out there, so that it can make a positive … Continue reading →

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Planning Extended Writing Step By Step

Posted on December 6, 2017 by classteaching

This week’s teaching forum looks at ways that teachers can support the planning of extended writing. I spoke with English teacher Emma Rose who has developed a number of brilliantly simple yet devilishly effective planning approaches. * Many students struggle to … Continue reading →

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Words

Posted on October 8, 2017 by classteaching

In ‘Bringing Words to Life’, Beck, McKeown & Kucan talk about three tiers of words that students will be exposed to during school: Most students come to school with a good tier 1 vocabulary.  Those students who come from a … Continue reading →

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Make it sticky: helping students to remember technical vocabulary

Posted on February 9, 2017 by classteaching

The 15 Minute Forum was led by Andy Tharby and focussed on a simple, but effective technique of helping students to remember technical vocabulary. As Daniel Willingham states: “… memories are inaccessible mostly due to missing or ambiguous cues. Thus, … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Literacy

Posted on April 28, 2016 by classteaching

Tonight’s 15 minute forum was led by our Head of Geography Ben Crockett.  As a part of our CPD programme last year, Ben led an ‘EduBook Club’ group on David Didau’s book, ‘The Secret of Literacy’. Ben started by exploring … Continue reading →

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Subject Pedagogy Development Session 2: Vocabulary Matters

Posted on January 25, 2016 by classteaching

During our INSET day today, we had the second of our ‘Subject Pedagogy Development Sessions’. The thinking behind these sessions is to put CPD back into the context of subjects. So each session has an over-arching theme, that is then discussed and … Continue reading →

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How can we improve the vocabulary knowledge of students?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by classteaching

Tonight’s 15 Minute Forum was led by English teacher and Literacy Leader, Bridget Norman.  Bridget started by posing two questions: How can we improve the vocabulary knowledge of students? How can we address the deficit of general knowledge and word … Continue reading →

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Literacy Matters

Posted on December 4, 2014 by classteaching

  The 15 Minute Forum was led by English teacher and whole school Literacy Leader, Lucy Darling.  Lucy started the session by stressing that literacy is not an add on to our teaching, nor is it just the responsibility of English … Continue reading →

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Developing Reading Strategies

Posted on October 24, 2013 by classteaching

The 15 minute forum tonight was led by our Literacy Leader, Lucy Darling (@DarlingDurr).  Lucy shared a number of reading strategies that can be used across a range of subjects. Reading Strategies Reading Strategies are ways in which you can … Continue reading →

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Developing writing skills

Posted on June 27, 2013 by classteaching

The fifteen minute forum was led tonight by Harriet Schuler – our Deputy Leader in Science. Our science department have been developing  ways in which they can support students with their extended writing – particularly in response to the new … Continue reading →

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