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Sep 3 201622/02/2020

10 New School Year Resolutions

The Confident Teacher / By Alex Quigley / 6 minutes of reading

School starts again on Monday for me and so it is an appropriate time to procrastinate…sorry, I mean plan for the year ahead. Now, I know that the best laid plans of mice and men are quickly waylaid when September gets into full swing, but I want to commit to making some changes to my …

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Jan 17 201522/02/2020

Why I Hate Highlighters!

The Confident Teacher / By Alex Quigley / 5 minutes of reading

As an English teacher I am surely granted the eternal power of an exaggeration fueled headline every once in a while. Ok – so perhaps highlighters aren’t the biggest problem in education, but if you know me well, you may have heard my complaint whereat these gaudy coloured pens symbolize some deep rooted issues with teaching and learning …

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Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley·

*NEW*

It is publication day!

'Introducing...Closing the Writing Gap'

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2022/05/introducing-closing-the-writing-gap/

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EEF@EducEndowFoundn·

"We can enjoy rhyme and alliteration to build phonological awareness. We can develop print knowledge. In doing so we are supporting the foundations upon which to build word reading," writes deputy headteacher @bilton_caroline in this new blog.

Read here: https://eef.li/Gq1T9v

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Tom Needham @Tom_Needham_·

These are great summaries. Developing students' reading fluency is so important! https://twitter.com/kathyeroe/status/1526488305549844480

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