Phonics and Books: Phonics teaching- argument? What argument?

Phonics and Books: Phonics teaching- argument? What argument?: I'm always slightly baffled by the incredibly ferocity of the arguments over synthetic phonics teaching.  There is no real argument; syn...

TDRE Boss Blog: GCSE RS: Extended Writings Questions

TDRE Boss Blog: GCSE RS: Extended Writings Questions: "We are all teachers of literacy" (Every English teacher / literacy coordinator, ever!) Many RE teachers have been panick...

TDRE Boss Blog: Portsmouth 2017 with Jonathan Doyle

TDRE Boss Blog: Portsmouth 2017 with Jonathan Doyle: Jonathan and me via  Jonathan's Twitter I was fortunate to be invited to Portsmouth Diocese during a week of talks by Jonathan Doyl...

TDRE Boss Blog: GoogleForms

TDRE Boss Blog: GoogleForms: "[Dylan] Wiliam’s central point: multiple choice questions can be made to be extremely difficult and challenging, and they can cer...

TDRE Boss Blog: Forget Me Not: New GCSE Planning

TDRE Boss Blog: Forget Me Not: New GCSE Planning: The new GCSE courses gives us an opportunity to implement more of what we know about how memory works. Even last year, the homework I se...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Starters and the three part lesson - R.I.P.

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: Starters and the three part lesson - R.I.P.: I remember a time when the most important thing for me in teaching was the starter. I’d spend hours, days and weeks thinking of ways to ...

The Emaths Blog: Solving the Teacher Shortage Crisis

The Emaths Blog: Solving the Teacher Shortage Crisis: The Education Select Committee today was the latest body to highlight the issue of teacher workforce numbers.   All headteachers know the d...