@MrSimmoGeog

Senior Leader: Teaching and Learning at Durrington, Geographer and father. All views my own.

 Durrington
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Joined March 2013
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Shaun Allison@shaun_allison28 Mar 2017
Just read the foreword for 'Making every science lesson count'...written by Mr Clarke! Yes, THE Mr Clarke! Chuffed. classteaching.wordpress.com/…

Learning with Mr Clarke – Circa 1985

This weekend we cleared out the loft – not a pleasant job, but one that had to be done.  Whilst doing so we came across some of my wife’s old school exercise books.  Not surprisingly, I…

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Shaun Allison@shaun_allison28 Mar 2017
From yesterday - some thoughts about using powerpoint: classteaching.wordpress.com/…

Powerpoint – to use or not to use?

The educational twittershpere can be a very strange place.  Over the weekend there was a flurry of discussion about powerpoint – whether it was useful or not for teachers.  Who would have tho…

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The Bell-Curve Cage: Something must break. teacherhead.com/2017/03/26/t…
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Joint Blogs of the Week: both focussed on helping students learn information from @EnserMark and @teacherhead classteaching.wordpress.com/… #BOTW
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Andy Tharby@atharby23 Mar 2017
A brilliant example of nuanced and thoughtful evidence-informed practice. xitter.cf/chris_runeckles/status…
Chris Runeckles@chris_runeckles23 Mar 2017
Is it really a low stakes quiz? classteaching.wordpress.com/…
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NEW POST: tonight's 15MF was led by @TodBrennanEng and focussed on the stress of low stakes quizzes. classteaching.wordpress.com/ #15MF

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Is it really a low stakes quiz? classteaching.wordpress.com/…
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Bright Spots: STEM Week classteaching.wordpress.com/…
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This week's Blog of the Week is from @mistershankly75 and discusses the problem with revision. classteaching.wordpress.com/… #BOTW
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Tom Sherrington
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Team Culture is King. And that's not necessarily good. teacherhead.com/2017/03/16/t… via @teacherhead. What's your team culture like?

Team Culture is King. And that’s not necessarily good.

  Recently I read a fascinating blog by Harry Fletcher-Wood on some research into the impact of CPD – or, actually, the lack of impact. One of the issues Harry raises is the suggestion t…

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Ben Crockett@BenCrockett117 Mar 2017
#proudofdhs xitter.cf/DanRavenEllison/status…
Dan Raven-Ellison@DanRavenEllison17 Mar 2017
This is really wonderful to see Ben. Thanks so much for sharing. I love how you've used created your own brain sensor of sorts! xitter.cf/BenCrockett1/status/84…
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Ben Crockett@BenCrockett116 Mar 2017
Guerrilla Geography and The Excellence Academy dhsgeography.wordpress.com/2…
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NEW POST: tonigh's 15MF was led by @MissHeane and discussed effective marking strategies. classteaching.wordpress.com/ #15MF

Class Teaching

Finding & sharing teaching 'bright spots'

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Effective Marking/Feedback classteaching.wordpress.com/…
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Teaching Talk – Deliberate Practice with John Mulhern classteaching.wordpress.com/…

Teaching Talk – Deliberate Practice with John Mulhern

In this episode of Teaching Talk, maths teacher John Mulhern talks about how he has focused on developing the ‘deliberate practice’ that takes place in his lessons: TT7 John Mulhern …

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The Blog of the Week is from @HuntingEnglish for The Revision 'Collection' - a wealth of ideas and strategies classteaching.wordpress.com/… #BOTW
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NEW POST: tonight's 15MF was led by Phoebe Bence and focussed on the importance of STEM classteaching.wordpress.com/ #15MF
Why is STEM important for all? classteaching.wordpress.com/…
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