Summary This blog shows how secondary teachers can use simple tools from the phonics teachers’ toolkit to support older students … More
Author: BenRogers
18 years secondary teacher: 4 years primary. MA in SciEd. Author of 'Big Ideas of Physics and How to Teach Them.' Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy for Paradigm Trust.
Born Listening? Why Listening Is Hard and How to Help Your Students Listen and Understand Better.
This blog is about the forgotten half of oracy: not talking but listening. Listening is often described as the Cinderella … More
Wait! Time!
Wait-Time ticks all the boxes: it’s easy to describe, easy to implement and it just makes sense. In case you … More
The Simple View of Reading
Less Simple than it Looks The Simple View formula presented by Gough and Tunmer in 1986 is presented as a … More
What is the next step for this student?
At the end of this post, please comment on whether writing instruction in KS3 science lessons is an appropriate use … More
Good Enough Comprehension
Or not quite good enough… I’m a decent reader, but I find recipes hard to follow. The trouble is that … More
Writing Full (and I Mean Really Full) Sentences in Subjects
When we quiz students for knowledge retrieval, we are helping them remember key knowledge but we aren’t helping them build … More
Some Jobs Sentences Do in Science
I’ve been thinking a lot about how important sentences are in science. The new DfE Writing Framework puts sentences at … More
Building Sentences in Physics – Talking Precisely about Energy at KS 3&4
It’s a mistake to think that we don’t have time to explicitly teach the sentences that students need to talk … More
As, when, while: three small words that unlock meaning in physics.
In physics, sometimes the smallest words do the most work. This post is about three short, everyday words that powerfully … More
Reading for Learning 