@matthewsrt

Principal at Lightwoods in Sandwell. My interest: Pedagogy and effective learning for the benefit of the children. See also @LightwoodsPA. Views my own

 Leamington Spa
Joined March 2013
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We came fourth! 🎉🌍 Out of 43 countries who tested children of the same age in the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), England's nine and 10-year-olds made the top five for primary reading proficiency. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 More: ow.ly/LQhY50OoQLr
Table showing results from the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) with England in fourth place

ALT Table showing results from the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) with England in fourth place

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The results are in – and something is going very right in English schools capx.co/1x1Al
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He hadn't even looked at the paper. theguardian.com/education/20…

UK schools minister promises to review Sats paper that left pupils ‘in tears’

Nick Gibb acknowledges concern after teachers and parents raise alarm about difficulty of test

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If you're not using AI, you're falling behind. Here are 8 new AI websites you cannot miss in 2023:
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The fact that some people don’t believe that this is exactly what it can be like for many teachers, is part of the problem we face in fixing it. If you’ve never worked in a challenging classroom/ school, it’s easy to think behaviour isn’t an issue. rogershistory.com/single-pos…

What's it like to be a teacher?

A classroom. 30 seats, set out in rows of 4. 20 boys, 10 girls. Big kids – 14- and 15-year-olds, many of whom are already 6 foot+. You enter the class ‘blind’ as you don’t have your own classroom. As...

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📣📰👀 New today! Free and fully resourced DIY (Deliver It Yourself!) INSET session based on the ‘Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review’ and ‘Model for Great Teaching’. Primary and secondary versions available. Pls share. Link in the🧵↓
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Might be 'elementary' but it's a neat task!
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Yacob Goitom@ybgoi9 May 2023
Elementary level. What fraction of the square is shaded? (Please note that the red segment is parallel to the diagonal of the square)
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It's Mental Math Monday! What goes on in your head when you're mentally calculating 12×18?
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Proper ChatGPT prompting has saved me hours of work. This is an opportunity of a lifetime, take advantage of it. Here are the top 5 prompts that I use every day:
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P.S. I created a cheat sheet for myself to copy and paste all of the most useful prompts. It makes my life easier and is about 10x the size of this thread. If you're interested, you get it instantly when you sign up for my free AI newsletter: therundown.ai/subscribe
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It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate this sum?
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Doug Lemov
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"People need meaning & purpose. These aren’t sufficient but they are necessary. Teaching offers good odds at them and what we do has never been more important than now... I wouldn’t trade it in." Superb @bennewmark bennewmark.wordpress.com/202…
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Joe Kirby@joe__kirby9 Apr 2023
School leadership and emotion: values, passion, empathy, connection, imperfections, vulnerability, fears, self-doubts, bravery. watermanlearning.wordpress.c… One of the best blogposts I've ever read on school leadership. Thank you for writing and sharing it @CarlyWaterman21!

Emotionality as strength in leadership

This is (as promised) a blog of my presentation at the third national WomenEd unconference.  I will, in another blog, talk about my reflections of the whole day.  It was my first ever WomenEd event…

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More strikes planned as teachers reject pay offer

Members of the National Education Union in England will strike on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May.

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The US National Academies release uncorrected proofs of the proceedings of a workshop on "Foundations of data science for students in grades K-12": bit.ly/3n5fhnh. More opinions than data, but still a potentially useful summary of where we are now.

Foundations of Data Science for Students in Grades K-12

On September 13 and 14, 2022, the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop entitled Foundations of Data Science for Students in...

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Alcohol and drug abuse - experience of safeguarding participants: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advanc… [£££]
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"There may be no silver bullet to tackling the disadvantage gap. But if York’s success is anything to go by, a clear focus on speech & language - realised through increased screening, teacher training & engagement with parents - seems like a good place to start." @KateParkerTes👇
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