A large number of teachers and school leaders are now writing blogs. They use their blog as a way of reflecting on their own practice as well as sharing good ideas and resources.
Every Friday, one of the many excellent teacher blogs that exists will be emailed to all teaching staff at Meden School.
These blogs are a great way of sharing the excellent practice that is happening in other schools around the country. If you are on Twitter, the blog authors are well worth following – as you will receive a notification every time their blog is updated.
2019/20
- WB 2nd September: David Didau discusses how teachers know how their students are making progress. A really interesting post in the context of curriculum and assessment changes at Meden. CLICK HERE to read the blog post.
- WB 9th September: Durrington Research School discusses the benefits of retrieval practice, the science behind it and how to integrate it into your teaching without creating more work load. CLICK HERE to read the blog
- WB 16th September: Tom Sherrington discusses checking recall and understanding. It links really well to our focus on retrieval practices and curriculum work. CLICK HERE to read the blog
- WB 23rd September: Stephen Tierney discusses how teachers should avoid teaching to the middle. It links really well to our Challenge learning Principle. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 30th September: Timothy Shanahan discusses how to teach and have students master vocabulary. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 25th November: Kate Jones explores the myths and realities of retrieval practice. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 2nd December: Adam Boxer shares his views on what to do after mocks and using whole class feedback. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 9th December: Michael Chiles describes how he ensure typicality is key in his classroom. The principles behind it will certainly sound familiar! CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 13th January: Blake Harvard presents ‘Going Goal-Free During Formative Assessment’. An interesting approach to strengthening schemas and making retrieval practice even more effective. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 27th January: Daisy Christodoulou presents the rationale for whole class feedback and also provides links to other sites that provide examples/ downloadable resources from other teachers experimenting with this method of feedback. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 3rd February: Helen Skelton discusses assessments and what to do when students keep failing the same question/ paper. Why are students finding the test so difficult? CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 10th February: Dani Quinn shares her suggestions on issuing consequences to correct behaviour. She addresses the character of the individual student and improving character, rather than equating behaviour and consequences with blame and defensiveness. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
- WB 2nd March: Alex Quigley raises important points in relation to work load and curriculum design and the necessity to match this by dropping other initiatives and work. CLICK HERE to read the blog.
