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Applying Pedagogical Alignment in Primary Education
This video from Peps McCrea has been taking up a lot of my brain power this week. I’ve been banging on for the last 6 months about consistency to everyone who will give me a moment and I think Peps has summed up my thoughts perfectly. However, there are some unique challenges and considerations to…
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Habits In the Classroom – Single Use Environments
Single Use Environments An environment can cue a whole range of behaviours. When we are at our desk we behave differently to when we are in the garden. A whole range of habits are cued by the mere act of being in a certain place. For many of us this became painfully apparent in lockdown.…
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Habits In The Classroom
This week I have been reading James Clears’ Atomic Habits. I could not recommend it enough and it’s made waves already in the teaching community. Its ‘Four Laws’ set out a road map for implementing and embedding habits – their inversions spell out a recipe for how to break bad habits. With the increased focus in…
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The CPD Revolution
Schools can be quiet places. Watching on from the Twitter sidelines at teachers seemingly surrounded by networks of excited, passionate colleagues can be isolating. Not every school is full of engaged leaders. Not every team is stacked with colleagues who enthuse over the latest research papers and books. Maybe it is an isolated culture. None…
Teacher Unlikely 