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As the summer holidays draw to a close, many of us will be thinking about the start of the new school year. Whether you are a teacher, a pupil or a parent, the start of a new academic year can feel somewhat daunting, as well as exciting. Phrases that I commonly hear about the beginning…
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I’ve updated my visual guide to the OfSTED grade descriptors in line with the September 2021 publication. You can download them below free of charge, but if you would have been prepared to pay for this unique resource, please consider making a small donation to The David Nott Foundation (via my Just Giving page) to…
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A simple tool to measure how much energy, capacity, and enthusiasm you have and open a dialogue about what you need. Whilst I was spinning the learning and working at home plates, I’d often come up with ideas about what I would do to support my Year 4 daughter’s learning. My daughter loves learning, is…
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As we approach half term, now might be a good time to reflect on your remote learning offer. Here are a few simple yet powerful questions to help you do just that. Anybody who has ever worked with me will know that I am a big fan of Simon Sinek’s ‘Golden Circle’ model. It is…
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The Art of Noticing – a simple, effective way to get your young scientists observing. The Art of Noticing is simply about noticing the things that catch your eye, and talking/writing about them. You can do it anytime, anyplace, anywhere – it’s free and doesn’t need any resources other than a piece of paper and…
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Young teachers often ask me how I know so much stuff. I tell them that I’ve been working in education for a pretty long time now. Whilst this is true, anyone who has sat in a room with me for more than half an hour, will also know that I love BBC Radio 4 and…
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UPDATE: Due to popular demand, I have created my visual guides to OfSTED for Outstanding and Good in Primary, and Outstanding and Good in Secondary. For those of you who are expecting OfSTED, or who just want to get your heads around the new OfSTED framework, I’ve produced a visual guide of the ‘Good’ grade…
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Earlier on this term I had the pleasure of attending a conference to listen to the rather marvellous Mary Myatt. Not only does she have concise, pertinent and incisive things to say about education, she is easy to listen to and has a fab style. Oh, and lest I forget, she loves the Archers…we did…
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The primary science National Curriculum says that children should ‘develop their understanding of scientific ideas by using different types of scientific enquiry to answer their own questions, including observing changes over a period of time, noticing patterns, grouping and classifying things, carrying out simple comparative tests, and finding things out using secondary sources of information.’…
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Those of us who find it easy to access the creative sides of our brains often use that creativity for positive ends, but sometimes we can turn those talents to worry and anxiety. For example, a recent leak in the roof of my house started out in my mind as… – Oooh, that roof doesn’t…