If you can’t write it, you can’t think it. The science and humanities curricula are full and there just isn’t … More
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Listening Comprehension in Lessons
We spend a lot of class time talking to students. Explanations; questions and instructions all require students to comprehend what … More
Can We (and Should We) Teach Energy In Key Stage 2 Science?
Energy is not in the KS2 science National Curriculum and is not likely to be introduced following the review. This … More
Strong Writing is Different In Every Subject But Weak Writing Is All The Same
Each subject writes differently. Strong history writing balances evidence to reach conclusions about significance, cause and consequence or similarity and … More
Why Don’t Physicists Just Write Clearly?
Physicists have a terrible reputation for being bad communicators. Physics English is known for being dense and impenetrable. Everyone loves … More
Making Reading Comprehension Visible in Physics
Let’s say you’ve got a class full of students who are strong readers. You give them a text that you … More
What Counts as a High Quality Text in a Primary Science Classroom?
We should be reading more high quality books to children, but which books should we choose? Literacy books, blogs and … More
Using AI For Generating Literacy Feedback in KS3 Science
At my trust, we have used comparative judgement for 8 years. We use NoMoreMarking both for the national tasks, but … More
Does Phonics Have a Place in High School?
Summary This blog shows how secondary teachers can use simple tools from the phonics teachers’ toolkit to support older students … More
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
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