@b3ndavi3s.bsky.social @emmagoto.bsky.social Hope you have a great session at the @computingatschool.bsky.social conference tomorrow. So sad I can’t be there! If there is any chance of sharing of slides or resources afterwards I would be extremely grateful! I have a plan for using both barefoot >>>

I'm running a competition to give away a copy of my Science Fix book to my social media followers. All you need to do is follow this account, like and share this post. Competition will close on 21st March and I'll announce the winner shortly after. Good luck! #primaryscience #edusky #uked

It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

Been really enjoying this with my children at home… can’t wait to plan to use it in EYFS/KS1 at school! #Wonderblocks is amazing!

Emma Goto@emmagoto.bsky.social · 2y ago

To find out a bit more about how Wonderblocks links to the EYFS framework and the Computing curriculum, read my blog post for Computing At School (CAS). www.computingatschool.org.uk/forum-news-b... Thanks for the pictures and examples @computingdawn.bsky.social

✏️PENCILS AT THE READY, TEAM! In this brand new episode of #DrawWithRob we're drawing a cute AEROPLANE character ✈️! So grab some paper and something to draw with and let's do this! Remember to share your pictures using the #DrawWithRob hashtag. GOOD LUCK! youtu.be/P72U3AKmJjE

#DrawWithRob 170 Aeroplane

YouTube video by Rob Biddulph

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@jillberry102.bsky.social Hi Jill, hope you’re well. Nice to see you on here.

#UKEd #EduSky If you asked a colleague what constituted cognitive load in professional learning could they answer in ordinary language? Such as: too much, too new, too fast, too transient, only once and, it must be admitted (though Sweller's not there yet) too boring.

Post somebody you've been told you look like who you definitely don't look like.

a man with a beard says " you can t say that "

ALT: a man with a beard says " you can t say that "

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Ed Finch@edfinch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Post somebody you've been told you look like who you definitely don't look like.

It’s doubles day. 6.12.24 How often does this happen? How many times in history has this happened? When will it happen next? What about trebles day? Or squares day? Or…?

By far the most powerful way to increase primary pupils' chances of becoming capable, confident mathematicians is to ensure they can rapidly recall single-digit addition facts (and their related subtraction facts) and multiplication facts up to 10x10 (and related division facts). 🪡⬇️

Lee D@leedon1982.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interesting article about the Multiplication Tables Check. Bizarre headline though. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

8 years ago we stopped writing comments in pupils' books and moved to whole class feedback. Teacher workload and pupil outcomes improved dramatically as a result. We have never looked back. Very pleased to see our case study in @katejonesteach.bsky.social excellent new book.

One of the things that keeps me going back to Twitter is that I get fairly regular DMs on there asking me for advice about reading. Just to be clear: I am more than happy for people to DM on here for the same reason. Please repost this if you think this info might be useful to someone.

Really interesting new study on worked examples which underlines just how easy it is to get things wrong and end up in lethal mutation territory 🧵

What does research evidence say about promoting children's personal, social and emotional development (PSED) in #earlyyears? Check out this free download from @theeef.bsky.social - useful for prompting professional discussions or for a training session #edusky https://buff.ly/3V6UfTr

This is a really exciting idea. Talking through what we’d do in given scenarios has been the highly of my NPQH so glad we are taking this useful, dialogue form of CPD further. Looking forward to seeing what the first scenario is! #GetReal

Get Real Leadership Hub@getrealleadership.bsky.social · 2y ago

So great to see our new followers 👋🏼 Our very first leadership scenario is dropping very soon and we’ll be holding our first Get Real leadership conversation on Monday 25th November at 8pm right here on Bluesky. Please join the community and the conversation. It’s time to #GetReal

Today the children just wanted to chat about everything we saw and did - especially the cows and the “Robot on the bus that tells us where to go.” 💖

Fliss James@flissj.bsky.social · 2y ago

Forest School 🌳🍂🍁 - the highlight of my week💚☺️ 🌟The bus journey, jumping in muddy puddles, collecting treasures, climbing trees & basking in nature.🌟 One of the children commented: ‘I’m so happy to be here looking at the cows.’🐮🥹 So much joy, so much learning. #earlyyears #play #nature

Feedback lessons from TV (via @‌teachertapp) theconversation.com/what-strictl... Having been at writing moderation tonight, I have now shared this great blog with colleagues as a way of bolstering our conversations on how to best give feedback. Great timing @teachertapp.bsky.social

What Strictly Come Dancing can teach us about how (and how not) to give feedback

Feedback should clarify what good performance is.

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Some useful advice here by @teacherhead.bsky.social on how to get good paired talk. I think I'd add 'pair first then square' - i.e. let them go with paired conversation then double up to share. It's less intimidating to share with another pair THEN with whole class. teacherhead.com/2024/04/10/g...

Getting Pair Talk Right. It’s not that complicated but it’s more than ‘having a chat’. Three golden rules.

I’ve written several blogs about Think Pair Share in the past, because I think it’s such an important teaching routine for teachers to master: However, doing this well isn’t massi…

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Excellent thinking in this blog from Jonathan. Well worth a read.

Jonathan Mountstevens@mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 2y ago

New blog post Why Ofsted should not separate teaching from curriculum occamshairdryer.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/a...

My latest writing - a piece for TES on age and stage informed practice.

Jon Severs@jonsevers.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Primary should ring-fence, reflect and champion the unique developmental stage our youngest learners are in. Cogsci is too lean a research base to be educators’ only talking point" A fascinating read from @emmaturner75.bsky.social to challenge you this morning www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Encourage different types of storyboards to enhance oral retelling, which, in turn, enhances written stories. chrischiversthinks.weebly.com/blog-thinkin...

Comparing children’s oral and written storyretelling: the role of ideation and transcription writing4pleasure.com/2024/08/22/c...

Comparing children’s oral and written storyretelling: the role of ideation and transcription

By Anne McIntyre, Amy Scott, Brigid McNeill & Gail Gillon Original article: LINK Helping young children develop their language skills so they can become good writers is a key goal in early educ…

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🧵THREAD🧵 After the release of the “Use of teaching assistants in schools” in September, I have spent the last few weeks reading, internalising and reflecting on what this research from the DfE essentially tells us (with strengths & developments needed)

Looks like dreaded topic work has been happening in primary since at least the 80s:

My biggest small Hallahan starts secondary school today. It’s the sort of day where I read this and dab at my eyes.

Recommendations, please, for chapter books to read to 4/6-year-old. I'm not so keen on the over-illustrated style (not least because of all the showing the pictures!) but I also need to move on from stuff I knew as a kid!