Sunday’s Gospel in Catholic Churches across the world is the Parable of the Sower. Here’s my version…
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Now That’s What I Call Inclusive Teaching 26!
The Education Endowment Foundation has just released its latest guidance, ‘The EEF Guide to Inclusive Teaching’.
Is this:
(a) groundbreaking, or
(b) simply a rehash of old ideas?
Read on and find out!
(Hint – the answer is not a vowel)
To Write The Word ‘It’
Ever thought about all that learning to write actually involves? From sensory input to spatial awareness, it’s a lot more involved than you might think.
Executive Function, Working Memory, Processing Speed, Motor Skills, and Cognitive Load in Primary School Children
Executive Function, Working Memory, Processing Speed, Motor Skills and Cognitive Load all impact children’s learning and development. But what does this have to do with school?
Pub Quiz Curriculum Addendum – Life in Quiz Shows
Is your life more Mastermind or Taskmaster?
Sir Ken Robinson and the Debate on Creativity in Education
Welcome to the battle for the soul of education! The two camps – academic standards and creative freedom – lie ready to fight it out for supremacy. But is this really an ‘either/or’ situation? The reality is a lot more nuanced…
Pied Piper – One Week To Go…
One week to go until the premier performance of ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ (my setting of the Robert Browning poem) at: Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EQ The concert will feature: The second half of the concert will be a performance of Karl Jenkins’s Mass for Peace ‘The Armed Man’. FurtherContinue reading “Pied Piper – One Week To Go…”
The Evolution of Primary Education in the United Kingdom
It would seem to me that, overall, the history of educational development in the United Kingdom is one of best intentions with attempts at promoting social mobility and justice rather sabotaged by questionable judgement calls and biases. Read on to see if you agree…
Research based methods for teaching, learning, planning and assessment
Given the current focus on the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) and its impact on teaching and learning, I thought I would share my own thoughts, for what they are worth. They are informed by 30+ years of classroom practice and 20+ years of being a SENCO. Read on for details of the topics I intend to cover…
Discernment curriculum addendum
The ‘Curriculum and Assessment Review final report – Building a world-class curriculum for all’ asserts: ‘As our Interim Report noted, many aspects of the current system are working well. In comparison to other jurisdictions, we have a reasonably broad and balanced curriculum to age 16 which offers all children an entitlement to a core setContinue reading “Discernment curriculum addendum “
Mike Stubbs, Composer 