Assessment… Trying to get better with retention and retrieval practice 11 Mar 202111 Mar 2021 We are in the process of putting together a new curriculum. And with a new curriculum, comes new knowledge...potentially. Like many, as I think about new units, I also think…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: knowledge 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN JAN 2018 - talking about knowledge since day dot. This isn’t a radical blog post but I kind of promised myself I would write more this year…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: interleaving and recall 28 Feb 2021 Over the past year, I've been conscious that we haven’t interleaved our texts as much as we should and that our pupils’ retention is poor so, this term, I've spent some time addressing…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: My work with Quizlet – quotation retention 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN MAY 2018 There is no doubt the embedding of short, concise quotations throughout literature responses supports pupils to hit Band 5. A member of #teamenglish did a…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: The importance of Do it Now tasks in aiding short-term and long-term recall and retention. 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN JULY 2018 Last year, our then deputy, Michael Goves, introduced a lesson framework to the academy for teaching that consisted of a Do it now, the imparting…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: learning intentions and success criteria 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN APRIL 2019 Visible Learning Feedback Last term, my wonderful school sent me to the Visible Learning conference in Edinburgh. It was an absolute privilege to be able…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: Curriculum and assessment 28 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN OCTOBER 2019 The fourth area the curriculum framework asks us to consider is that of assessment and how we assess our pupils in order to ascertain whether…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: Evaluating and growing learning 28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 POSTED ORIGINALLY IN JANUARY 2020 Teaching a new curriculum is an overwhelming and daunting prospect for any classroom teacher. There are a multitude of decisions to make and the first…
Assessment… Revisiting old posts: Slow and steady wins the race 28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 POST ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17TH 2020 One of the things I am hearing a lot about at the moment is the need to strip back, focus on foundational aspects…
Assessment… Reflecting on Rosenshine… 4 Oct 202028 Feb 2021 Rosenshine Principle 1 and 7: daily, weekly and monthly recap. Our school Teaching and Learning focus has been on exploring the Rosenshine principles. In essence, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction are…
Assessment ResearchEd Assessment 19 Jul 202028 Feb 2021 It's with a lot of excitement and a lot of nervous tension that I have begun to see pictures of the new ResearchEd Assessment book appear over the weekend. When…
