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**New blog**
+ How much phonics is enough?
+ What about kids for whom phonics doesn't work?
+ Why has phonics teaching not led to far better outcomes in KS2 SATS?
All the most common questions about phonics that I've ever answered all in one place!
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I have just completed a series of four professional development videos on the subject of teaching effective whole-class reading lessons.
These videos contain high-quality footage of me teaching each part of the reading lesson structures from Primary Reading Simplified.
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The belief in transferable skills is perhaps the most common chimera among teachers of reading. Imagine a handful of universal tools we could teach students and in so doing enable them to understand every text they read. Who wouldn’t seek out “the key to all inferences,” for example, knowing that once mastered this skill would allow our students to unlock what was unspoken in every story? Who among us would not dream such a beautiful dream?
The problem is that for all the beauty of the dream, the evidence is squarely against it.
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This month's #UKLALucky13 is Chicken Hill!
Three hilarious and off-the-wall stories in one full-colour graphic novel from debut talent Beccy Blake
RT to win a copy + goodies!
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*NEW POST* Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND. When it comes to SEND, especially those pupils working below ‘age-related expectations’ we have to be really careful about the data we use.
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"If we create a culture where every teacher believes they need to improve, not because they are not good enough but because they can be better, there is no limit to what we can achieve."
Dylan Wiliam
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The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now. Our latest findings show progress in ethnic representation across children’s books and call on the publishing industry to keep inclusive, representative literature as standard practice.
Read more: clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-re…
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I'm absolutely baffled by this. Do the DfE genuinely believe that a struggling reader won't have been identified before Year 8 and that doing another test will make any difference? It's insulting to staff who work in primary schools and won't benefit pupils in any way.
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✨ We're delighted to announce that award-winning poet Matt Goodfellow is our new #WriterInResidence! ✨
For his first job in the role, he's got a special message as the new school year kicks off...
Find out more about Matt's plans here 👇
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My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday (27th January).
Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
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Free writing CPD materials - covering all aspects of writing teaching
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📚 Day 19 of #Eduadvent! Win a £50 Waterstones voucher donated by @ReadSolutionsUK, providers of Reading Plus, improving students’ reading skills. Learn more 👉 readingsolutionsuk.co.uk/rea…
To enter: LIKE & REPOST
Good Luck!
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#Strictly judge @CraigRevHorwood helps us out with a @TeachingAwards surprise 🪩
Congratulations Mark Thomas on winning Head Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School! 🏆
#TheOneShow 👉 bbc.in/4icsF15
#TeachingHeroes
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🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
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Just a lil reminder that even the most sophisticated of observation instruments* only have very modest relationships with student learning outcomes (Gill, 2016).
Worse: evidence suggests that even when experienced raters agree on observations judgements, we tend to be wrong (Strong, 2011) 😱
Teaching is highly complex —evaluating it may be even moreso.
(*CLASS & Danielson have been in development for over 20 year by lots of super smart folks)
Trying to gain a better knowledge of high quality books suitable for KS3/4, so I can support some secondary colleagues (my knowledge is very much primary-based). What books should I read/where are the best places to look for recommendations? #ourfp #readerteachers