Top 10 Blog Posts of 2023 (So Far)
From the blogs of 2023 so far, this is my top 10 most popular blogs. They span from ‘Crafting Great Sentences’ to free research reads on spelling, and more.
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From the blogs of 2023 so far, this is my top 10 most popular blogs. They span from ‘Crafting Great Sentences’ to free research reads on spelling, and more.
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2023 (So Far) Read More »
This is not another moan about the perils of ChatGPT, or teeth-gnashing about the inexorable takeover of AI. It is a quick expression of a genuine concern about the potential losses to learning that could attend useful tools like ChatGPT if it becomes a classroom mainstay. I suspect that ChatGPT, and the AI revolution, like
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Do our pupils need support for bolster their writing development? In my last blog, I posed the question about whether there was a hidden problem with the damage wrought by the pandemic on pupils who have joined secondary school. The evidence of a dip in national date at both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage
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Is ‘instructional coaching’ the next big thing? Maybe I should be a little clearer: by ‘next big thing’, I wonder whether a nation-wide wave of enthusiasm for this particular professional development vehicle will soon wane, and the promise of coaching will quietly fold into mass of unshared failures in schools. In their book, ‘The Next
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Are pupils new to secondary school this year prepared for the challenges of academic writing? After a couple of terms of secondary school, it becomes clearer whether pupils are getting to grips with the academic demands. As they write narratives in English, essays in history, notes in science, or annotate in art, pupils are expected
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Read this… ‘Liz Truss culpa de su caída política al ‘establishment’ económico del Reino Unido La ex primera ministra conservadora defiende su rebaja de impuestos y asegura que “nunca se le dio una oportunidad real” de impulsarla El modo más fácil en política de admitir errores sin admitir culpa es asegurar que todo fue un
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It is the time of year when well-meaning parents pay for a legion of revision guides and they sit atop all the book charts.
The sobering truth is that the purchase is both optimistic and likely lacking in the specific supports and guidance required to use it well.
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