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Category: Closing the Gap

Commonly spelling mistakes English Language papers

On August 27, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, English, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

How do students learn?

On August 26, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

A neat one page summary here

Advice for new teachers 

On August 23, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth MindsetLeave a comment

Here is some sound advice when taking on new classes 

Getting off to the best start with a new class

Reading list for all teachers

On August 19, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, ResearchLeave a comment

Here is a reading list courtesy of the Guardian. We have a number of the these in our library.

https://amp.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/aug/15/ten-books-every-teacher-should-read

Teaching Techniques of Deliberate Practice 

On August 18, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and Feedback, UncategorizedLeave a comment

https://teacherhead.com/2017/04/25/ten-teaching-techniques-to-practise-deliberately/amp/

The benefits of increased oracy skills

On August 10, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, English, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/training-pupils-hold-classroom-discussions-boosts-quality-their

On classroom relationships 

On July 30, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth MindsetLeave a comment

https://thosethatcanteach.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/on-respecting-and-learning-from-children/amp/

Investment rather than engagement

On July 27, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, DifferentiationLeave a comment

An excellent blog here by James Durran on how to manage learning and progress by investing in students rather than simply engaging them. 

https://jamesdurran.blog/2017/07/24/making-the-investment/amp/

Keeping it simple 

On July 27, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, DifferentiationLeave a comment

https://theeffortfuleducator.com/2017/07/14/the-value-of-simplicity-in-the-classroom/amp/

Teacher-student relationships

On July 23, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/strict-or-sympathetic-theres-more-one-way-teachers-relate-their?amp

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