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Apr 8 201808/04/2018

Vocabulary Development Reading List

Closing The Vocabulary Gap / By Alex Quigley / 5 minutes of reading

For a long time now I have been reading about vocabulary development. After teaching English Language and English Literature for over a decade and a half (including child language acquisition), I came to the stark realisation that I didn’t know enough about how children not only learnt to read, but went on to read to …

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Sep 11 2017

ResearchEd 2017

Uncategorized / By Alex Quigley / 2 minutes of reading

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the fifth national researchEd conference. It was the biggest event yet and the scale and quality of the speakers was really superb. It really was a privilege to attend, speak and connect with so many teachers and researchers. I really enjoyed hearing from the formidable …

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Tes @tes ·

The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in key stage 1 Sats has widened since before the pandemic, new @educationgovuk statistics show
https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/sats-key-stage-1-2022-ks1-maths-and-literacy-plummet-after-covid

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley ·

These post-pandemic literacy outcomes in the phonics screening check & KS1 teacher assessments are a huge concern.

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-1-and-phonics-screening-check-attainment/2021-22

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley ·

Really good read on the 'sweet spot between research and practice' in @tes from @mikehobbiss.

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