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The Power to Choose

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This probably won’t be interesting to most people, but on the off-chance that you are feeling like this, I hope this blog makes you realise that you aren’t the only...Continue reading→

A literacy post…

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I haven’t written a new original blog of my own in a while, and have been promising to write something on literacy for months. My role of late has become...Continue reading→

Modelling the Work Review

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This is an extract from The Metacognition Handbook which was published by John Catt Edu in June 2021. Very often, we show students how to create a successful piece of work, but...Continue reading→

What does teaching metacognitively look like?

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This is an extract from The Metacognition Handbook, which is available on Amazon here. I have found that one of the greatest challenges in leading teaching and learning is the...Continue reading→

Macbeth Booklet: a work in progress

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I am making this as I go this term. I’ll update as more is completed. Feel free to use/adapt as you like, and let me know if you have any...Continue reading→

What are we reading for? A helpful list for students…

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When we teach literature, what is it for? Critical reading, analysis, exploration and appreciation of the writer’s craft… In my heart I know that literature is broad and beautiful but,...Continue reading→

Knowledge and Skill Audits: know your team

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Getting started in September with Y11 is always a challenge, even if they have been your class in Y10 and they’ve had a really consistent diet. Throw in a global...Continue reading→

Time for a change

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n.b. In this post, I will use the terms ‘people of colour’ and ‘BAME’ to describe myself and others. These are terms which I am comfortable with, but not everybody...Continue reading→

‘Hollow’ by Vanessa Kisuule

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This astonishing poem was written by Vanessa Kisuule, the Bristol City Poet, in June 2020 in response to the destruction of the statue of Edward Colston, a slaver. His entire...Continue reading→

Language and Power

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The brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25th May this year has sparked an outpouring of grief and anger which has reverberated around the world. Racism and the...Continue reading→