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Along with being a primary school teacher and leader, blogging is where this all started for Aidan. If it wasn't for his passion for writing and sharing his learning and experiences, he wouldn't be working as an education consultant with schools across the country today. Shared best practice should be available to all and here on the Aidan Severs Consulting blog you can get ideas for making a difference in your own school. The blog is also a great place to learn exactly the kind of work that Aidan can partner with your school on.
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The 6 Profiles Of Children Working At Greater Depth
Way back in the 80s when I was a mere child and some of you weren't even born, George T. Betts and Maureen Neihart were thinking about gifted and talented children, and realising that they weren't just one homogenous group. They could see, just as we can today, that one child considered to be gifted and/or talented could be quite different to another. So they set about finding out whether or not there were any sub-categories of gifted and talented child. According to them, it

Aidan Severs
Oct 136 min read
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Wondering What To Do About Greater Depth?
Your curriculum is great. You meet the needs of your pupils with SEND. But you know you could be doing more for those working at Greater Depth. But what? I have the answers.

Aidan Severs
Jun 93 min read
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Greater Depth: Pupil Pen Portraits and Personalised Challenge
Recently I worked with two schools within a trust on their identification of pupils who are working at greater depth. This is a piece of...

Aidan Severs
Mar 245 min read
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Personalising Challenge for Pupils Working at Greater Depth
If you are here for the blog post entitled ' Greater Depth: Pupil Pen Portraits and Personalised Challenge' then please use this link:...

Aidan Severs
Mar 176 min read
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From SEND To Greater Depth: Taking Everyone On The Journey (And Getting Them All To The Destination)
Imagine your next unit of work as a journey into a city centre. In this post I'll use a journey into the centre of London because it was...

Aidan Severs
Dec 10, 20245 min read
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Assessment: Why Should I Identify Children Working At Greater Depth In Foundation Subjects?
I recently wrote about how we might assess and identify children who are working at greater depth. Upon sharing the blog post , someone...

Aidan Severs
Oct 29, 20244 min read
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Assessment: How Can I Identify Greater Depth Children In Foundation Subjects?
Uncover the complexities of identifying greater depth children with an insightful assessment that goes beyond traditional methods.

Aidan Severs
Oct 15, 20245 min read
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Developing A Greater Depth Toolkit To Aid Task Design
Having written a few blog posts over the years about working with pupils of greater depth , I occasionally get requests to work with...

Aidan Severs
Oct 1, 20246 min read
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Starter for 5: Greater Depth
1. Greater Depth: General Principles Of Challenge For Higher Prior Attaining Pupils 6 general principles to consider when thinking about...

Aidan Severs
Nov 28, 20232 min read
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Challenge for All vs. Challenge for Children Working At Greater Depth
Is it just the children working at greater depth who are being challenged, or are you challenging everyone? In trying to show that you...

Aidan Severs
Oct 6, 20235 min read
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Greater Depth: More Than Harder Tasks
Children working at greater depth need a challenge but there is more to it than preparing some more difficult tasks for them...

Aidan Severs
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Greater Depth: General Principles Of Challenge For Higher Prior Attaining Pupils
6 general principles to consider when thinking about how to challenge higher prior attaining pupils...

Aidan Severs
Nov 29, 202110 min read
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Whole Class Reading: Providing Challenge For Children Working At Greater Depth
With whole class reading increasing in popularity, one of the most asked questions is around the issue of catering to the needs of all...

Aidan Severs
Nov 12, 20218 min read
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What Does 'Greater Depth' Look Like In Primary Maths?
A blog post exploring the meaning behind the term 'greater depth' and how we might help children working at 'greater depth'.

Aidan Severs
Oct 14, 20217 min read
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