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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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    On the RISE

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    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / October 20, 2018

    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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5-a-Day for Teacher

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley22/11/20153 Comments

We all know the recommended dietary intake of 5-a-day for fruit and veg. Is it a simple shortcut to remind us to eat better because we need it. Now, the 5-a-day principle …

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I really enjoyed reading this book - lots of useful disciplinary literacy examples and insights - which is much needed.

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Good literacy skills underpin all other aspects of learning – find out how to embed them successfully at Key Stage 1 with the updated EEF guidance report.

Download now: http://eef.li/literacy-ks1/

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Weekend post...

What is your school literacy focus: reading, vocabulary, structured talk, or writing?

NEW POST: ‘Covid-19 and the Literacy ‘Matthew Effect’

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2020/09/covid-19-and-the-literacy-matthew-effect/

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the EEF, supporting teachers to access research evidence. After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support from outside the school gates.

I write edubooks and I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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