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Early Steps into Early Years Professional Development: Laying the Foundations
Co-creating shared principles is the foundation for effective professional development in the Early Years.
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News and blogs
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Uncovering Misconceptions: Harnessing Diagnostic Questions for Instant, High-Quality Feedback in the Classroom
Sophie and Kirsty explore how we can use diagnostic questions in mathematics to uncover misconceptions
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Explicit Vocabulary Teaching: What Now?
Embedding newly-learnt vocabulary: what the Vocabulary in Action poster could look like in practice.
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Collective problems demand collective action: Developing a borough-wide approach to implementation
The North London Alliance team explore how collective problems demand collective action
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Purposeful, Playful Practice
Watch our clip from the classroom which shows the role games can play in supporting children’s mathematical development.
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Implementation: every step we take…
Hannah, Helen and Kat explore the process of developing federation-wide ‘Teaching and Learning Principles’
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‘Talk’ me through TOLD: four key principles for encouraging high quality talk in mathematics lessons
Watch our clip from the classroom, which illustrates the TOLD principles in action.
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Applying the principles of cognitive science to the classroom
Using principles of cognitive science to develop effective note taking
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Do you ‘do’ partner talk?
Building a language-rich environment through explicitly teaching participatory learning behaviours and routines.
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‘Step to KS4’: The Power of Reading Intervention
Exploring the impact of explicitly teaching reading strategies to struggling readers through targeted intervention.
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Speaking Scientifically – Part 2
Using dialogue and collaborative learning to support the teaching of science concepts and facts
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Speaking Scientifically – Part 1
Supporting children’s language development in primary science