If ‘Every Child a Reader’ and ‘Every Child Counts’ achieve such significant and sustainable improvements in children’s reading and numeracy why aren’t schools making these approaches mainstream.
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Friday, 15 June 2012
‘Toolkit of Strategies to Improve Learning’
The Sutton Trust's brilliant publication; ‘Toolkit of Strategies to Improve Learning’ summarises some of the research evidence on improving learning and attainment to help schools to make more informed choices about how to support their students.
Thursday, 14 June 2012
The Power of Project-based Learning!
Why is project-based learning so powerful and what are the learning experiences that happen more frequently in classrooms where colleagues are developing project-based learning approaches?
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
How do we Build Resilience!
I am working on a new curriculum framework in Sheffield and Martin Seligman, Carol Dweck and Alison Duckworth all stress that resilience is a key aspect of success in learning and whether you are a parent, a teaching assistant, a teacher, a headteacher or a Director of Learning this is a critical issue!
Monday, 11 June 2012
No, it’s not about good enough anymore!
We need to build networks and connections that collect, share and distribute best practice and build consistently excellent provision that releases the magic in our children and young people.
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Leadership Matters but success is all about TEAM!!
My dentist asked me last week what makes a good school? what makes a really successful school? Research clearly shows that the leadership of schools can have a hugely positive impact on the educational outcomes of young people... but success is all about TEAM!
Love the ones you're with!
"Devote yourself to loving others,
devote yourself to your community around you,
and devote yourself to creating something
that gives you purpose and meaning."
Morrie Schwarz
We all know and we all understand that we are facing another onslaught from our friends at OFSTED who are visiting our 'satisfactory schools' and ratcheting up the bar and rightly focusing on leadership, teaching, data, outcomes and progress. At times like this I often ask myself what are we trying to achieve together?
Friday, 1 June 2012
The Things that Make a Difference!
Evidence and research suggests that big improvements are possible provided we focus vigorously on the things that make a difference.
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