Monthly update - March

Sensible stuff, no quick fixes

Dear colleague

Here are some links that I hope you find helpful:

There’s been a great deal of commentary about Adolescence: Steve Willshaw and Matt Pinkett had some conversations about toxic masculinity, helpful for dealing with this in schools. You can view this for free if you sign up for a free account on Myatt & Co here.

New webinars on Myatt & Co:

• KS3 The Ambitious Years: a new project developing curriculum resources. Underpinned by the findings from the ‘Faster Read’ I make the case that it’s possible to increase challenge and inclusion. Live and recorded on Thursday 27th March 4-5pm.

• Assessment at KS3: challenges and opportunities

• There are new webinars to show how it’s possible to provide all our pupils with gorgeous, accessible content in geography, history and RE.

You can access the webinars with an annual or group subscription to Myatt & Co.

Huh Academy now on Myatt & Co

We’re adding new resources to support ongoing professional learning for you and your colleagues.

First up is the popular Curriculum Leaders course.

We created the Curriculum Leaders course for colleagues looking to develop their curriculum leadership either as a subject leader in secondary or subject co-ordinator in primary.

Work on the curriculum is never ‘done’!

Curriculum work is a process of iteration and improvement, and it needs to be developed and improved over time.

The course has 8 easy to access modules and we’ll be releasing each session on a weekly basis.

You can access the course with an annual or group subscription to Myatt & Co.

Great education blogs to check out:

• Neil Almond - AI

• Laura Spargo - Glimmers in education

• SEMH – very helpful for practical strategies to support pupils with SEMH

• Emma McCrea – new blog exploring the principles of curriculum design

• Jack Watson – How to be a teacher

• Free resource Why Play Matters in early childhood.

• Amjad Ali is running a session on Wednesday 23rd April on Adaptive Teaching; Low Effort, High Impact T&L Ideas to support students! More information here

• Tom Sherrington Rosenshine’s principles revisited, online on Thursday 19th and Friday 20th June. More information here

• St Michael’s Aldbourne reading showcase Thursday 24th April 8:45 AM - 12:00 PM

• The Bell’s for Me podcast with Craig D'Cunha & Jeremy Rowe from Active Learning Trust as they share their insights on education, from over half a century of experience in leadership roles

Finding my Voice: A whole school approach to oracy and personal development

Rachel Higginson has been running some terrific webinars on practical ways to embed belonging and oracy in our settings.

The latest is Authentic Oracy as Disciplinary Power and you can access the webinars here.

And if you’d like to explore the programme, there’s a 7 day free trial, to Finding my Voice and you can sign up here.

I’ve had several conversations recently about the tricky business of assessment! In primary there have been lots of questions about how to make judgements about how pupils are getting on in the foundation subjects. So, I’ve run a series of assessment webinars which are now available on The Teachers’ Collection.

If you think there’s someone who would appreciate this update, you can forward the link here.

Until next time

Mary