6 strategies to support reading for students with SEND
Shared reading is vital for every student to succeed in education. Reading in the classroom helps build knowledge, develop ideas, boost vocabulary, fuel creativity, and so much more. But we know that some students with additional special educational needs can struggle to develop their reading comprehension and engage in shared
The challenge of belonging
There appears to be a problem with a lack of belonging from children in education. It makes sense then for schools and settings to prioritise belonging in their work. Belonging may be a valuable and important concept, and something schools want to improve, but it also hard to pin down.
Introducing...Literacy Essentials for Every Teacher
It is the new year, which is a time for a fresh start and developing new habits. I've been working away for the last year on a new book that distils what every teacher needs to know and do when it comes to literacy in the classroom. In
Teacher professional development is hard!
Every teacher can recite awkward experiences from their teacher professional development past. Pleasing all the teachers all the time, with various approaches, is simply hard work! Years later, I can still remember my left/right brain training (twice - by the same trainer!), as well as undertaking coaching approaches, and
Metacognition - New and Updated
Metacognition is a well known term but perhaps less well understood for some busy teachers. Education Endowment Foundation guidance on the topic of 'Metacognition and Self-regulation' has always proven popular and now it is new and updated so it is well worth returning to explore. It is helpful
Feedback: A message in a bottle
Approaches to feedback, such as written marking or 'whole class feedback', are popular classroom strategies that are undertaken daily with students of all ages and stages. But do they truly land with students in the ways we intend? Or is it like a message in a bottle, cast
Dyslexia: Issues with definitions and diagnoses
Teaching a struggling reader, whether they are seven or seventeen, can be a gut-wrenching experience. It can make the typical tasks of a school day difficult and sap the enjoyment out of learning. It is no surprise then that every teacher, and parent, wants to get to the root of