Anna Iliffe
@ariliffe.bsky.social
Trust Primary Curriculum lead. Previous Deputy Head & English lead with a passion for life, learning, the arts, theatre, animal welfare, the outdoors, English and providing life experiences that help pupils discover who they are and who they want to be.
Poetry planning late into the night with the Poetry greats. If a poetry curriculum doesn't include Maya Angelou, Allen Ahlberg, Michael Rosen, Valerie Bloom and Benjamin Zephaniah, what is life! I've bought so many books for this role but equally half of everything is books from my childhood.
What are schools using for reading assessment at primary which is both detailed and diagnostic but also time efficient?
A genuine joy to launch our CELT Primary Curriculum today. Our 5 curriculum aims the culmination of collaboration on our shared philosophy: Happy and Healthy Prepared for the Future Global Citizens Inspired to Learn Creative Thinkers Complete, of course, with curriculum aim cupcakes.
False summits in education? Hiking gives me a welcome break from, 'work brain'. When hiking this half term, my husband joked about how I'd feel if we were reaching a false summit. I spent at least the next hour reflecting on false summits in education.Can we name our educational false summits?
Today was an incredible, 'Pinch me that this my job' day. First, a meeting with Dr TIm Mills who is working with us on the development of our writing curriculum. Then a round table with partners interested in sustainable nature-connected education including Dr Tim Oates & the DFE. Joyful education.
Christmas came early when I got to spend an hour with @suchmo83.bsky.social planning @celtacademies.bsky.social new primary reading curriculum. Chris is so generous with his time and expertise.
www.facebook.com/share/r/17nW... Tired to the very bones of my being from this term but proud that we made this happen for our little people last week.
Redirecting...
facebook.com
Feel like a child at Christmas waiting for the Curriculum and Assessment Review so much of my pending projects are halted waiting for this to be released.
After 14 months heading the government’s curriculum review, Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise – and finding the right balance between ‘firebrand’ and ‘technocrat’ schoolsweek.co.uk/i-dream-the-...
‘I dream the curriculum every night’: Becky Francis profile
Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise, and finding the balance between ‘firebrand’ and 'technocrat'
schoolsweek.co.uk
Gifts from our garden. 🌺 🥚 🫐 🍯 Love this time of year. Getting the winter stores ready before the term. Back to school garden preparations have begun.
End of an era. Teacher; lead of computing, history, arts, personal development, English, curriculum& assessment; lead teacher;assistant head;deputy head, Trust Deputy Head. 15 years; 4 classrooms; 1 office; 4+ schools: one constant - St M. Onto the next exciting chapter: Primary Curriculum lead. 🖤💛
Incredible working week full of curriculummy things that make my heart happy. Yellow weather warning is right on time for further exciting curriculum mapping projects accompanied by my zoo including the latest two foster kitties. Genuinely can't wait. ❤️ #curriculumjoy #animalsandeducation
What a gorgeous Englishy week - writing framework released and some further training with @suchmo83.bsky.social and the English Hub.
The problems posed by LLMs for education are immediate and obvious, and the promised benefits remain untested and uncertain. But I see one way that LLMs may inadvertently improve student thinking. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
How ChatGPT Might Inadvertently Improve Student Thinking
In the past few weeks some articles in high-profile publications have alerted people outside of education to a problem teachers have thought about nearly continuously since late 2022: students use lar...
substack.com
Interesting insight. Every pupil deserves better.
Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · last yr.It's interesting that 75% passing Reading tests is a sign of a great success in phonics and reading teaching, but 72% passing Writing is a sign that we need a "first step towards transforming" writing teaching
Anyone who knows me knows that today will have brought me great joy: data AND the long-awaited writing framework.
Looking forward to tomorrow
Whole Education@wholeeducation.bsky.social · last yr.We're delighted to be welcoming over 500 leaders to the University of Warwick for our #SummerConference #BetterForEveryone. The day has started with a tribute to David Price OBE from @shonogh.bsky.social and Valerie Hannon. #IfNotUsWho #WholeEducator
We're delighted to be welcoming over 500 leaders to the University of Warwick for our #SummerConference #BetterForEveryone. The day has started with a tribute to David Price OBE from @shonogh.bsky.social and Valerie Hannon. #IfNotUsWho #WholeEducator
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells and pretty maids all in a row.
Love the dichotomy that is my life. Last weekend I was volunteering at RCS with the alpacas; this weekend - St Austell Children's Literature Festival. Yesterday I had three authors in my van; today I have Supertato; and tomorrow there will be a goat. 😂 📚 🐐 🦙 🥔 ❤️ 🏫
Curriculum experts! We are reshaping our Trust's primary curriculum. Keen to make it balanced, research-informed and thoughtful. Lots of reading and thinking taking place ahead of the review. A really reductionist question but what weighting of time do you think each subject should receive and why?
It’s an oldie but might still be a goodie! bit.ly/InFGr As it’s the final leg to #SATs time I’m resharing my #grammar one pagers. I used them as part of teaching, homework & revision. The children liked the simplicity! #education #Year6
Fantastic morning of CPD with colleagues across Cornwall, including my husband 😂. Lots of thought-provoking discussions and insights.
@inspiringsw.bsky.social · last yr.A wonderful start to our AI in Education conference in Cornwall #InspiringSW
I have some of the best 'over my laptop' views going. Good excuse to pause and look up.
Do join us for this FREE seminar- bit.ly/4384c6B It will draw on 4 studies @openuni-rfp.bsky.social with 4-16 year olds and highlight the potential of IBT! @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social
Received photos and a message from the mum of a pupil I taught 10 years ago. School wasn't easy for him but he had so much potential. He's just completed his first term of pilot's training at Sandringham. The message said 'We will never forget you and the faith you had in him' #findwhatmakesthemtick
Ofsted may postpone the roll-out of its new school inspections until 2026, Schools Week can reveal schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-mulls...
Ofsted mulls report card inspection delay
Inspectorate considering pushing back the roll-out of new inspections until 2026
schoolsweek.co.uk
