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Aidan Severs Consulting

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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.

Subject Leadership and Support for Pupils With SEND

Subject Leadership and Support for Pupils With SEND

Subject Leadership and Support for Pupils With SEND

Subject leadership can be a minefield at the best of times, and for many teachers and leaders looking at it through the SEND lens is potentially even more difficult. This blog post contains a number of starting points for subject leaders who want to improve teaching and learning opportunities in their subject for pupils with SEND. Each of these should be engaged with critically, with leaders thinking not of children with specific conditions or diagnoses, but thinking of those

Jan 26, 20243 min read

Provision for Pupils with SEND = Provision for All?

Provision for Pupils with SEND = Provision for All?

Provision for Pupils with SEND = Provision for All?

If you read articles or listen to podcasts about SEND you'll hear one phrase more often than others: "What works for pupils with SEND...

Jan 25, 20244 min read

Scaffolding: Who Should It Really Support? Children or Teachers?

Scaffolding: Who Should It Really Support? Children or Teachers?

Scaffolding: Who Should It Really Support? Children or Teachers?

When I was a kid I thought scaffolding was to hold up falling down buildings. I was scared to walk by it in case the scaffolding didn't...

Nov 9, 20232 min read

Challenge for All vs. Challenge for Children Working At Greater Depth

Challenge for All vs. Challenge for Children Working At Greater Depth

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...

Oct 6, 20235 min read

S1 E8 - Providing CPD as a Subject Leader with Stuart Rogers

S1 E8 - Providing CPD as a Subject Leader with Stuart Rogers

S1 E8 - Providing CPD as a Subject Leader with Stuart Rogers

In this, the 8th episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast, Stuart Rogers, another Computing primary subject leader, answers the following...

Jun 8, 202321 min read

S1 E7 - Subject Leaders - Monitoring, Assessing Learning and Assessment in Art with Chris Mann

S1 E7 - Subject Leaders - Monitoring, Assessing Learning and Assessment in Art with Chris Mann

S1 E7 - Subject Leaders - Monitoring, Assessing Learning and Assessment in Art with Chris Mann

In this, the 7th episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast, Chris Mann, an English and Art primary subject leader, answers the following...

May 30, 20231 min read

S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing DT Knowledge with Sarah Haigh

S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing DT Knowledge with Sarah Haigh

S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing DT Knowledge with Sarah Haigh

The Subject Leaders Podcast S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing Teachers' DT Subject Knowledge with Sarah Haigh

May 18, 20231 min read

S1 E4: Contextualising Curriculum, Implementation & Teaching Primary History with Vinay Verma

S1 E4: Contextualising Curriculum, Implementation & Teaching Primary History with Vinay Verma

S1 E4: Contextualising Curriculum, Implementation & Teaching Primary History with Vinay Verma

In the fourth episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast we talk to Vinay Verma, an early career teacher and primary history leader. In this...

May 11, 20231 min read

Including Word Etymology On Knowledge Organisers

Including Word Etymology On Knowledge Organisers

Including Word Etymology On Knowledge Organisers

In my last blog post I wrote about the basics of knowledge organisers - if you don't yet use them, that blog post will be a good starting...

Aug 22, 20224 min read

Using Knowledge Organisers In Primary

Using Knowledge Organisers In Primary

Using Knowledge Organisers In Primary

What are Knowledge Organisers? A place where all the selected key/core knowledge for any given unit of work in any subject is organised...

Aug 15, 20223 min read

What Should You Do To Get Your New Classroom Ready?

What Should You Do To Get Your New Classroom Ready?

What Should You Do To Get Your New Classroom Ready?

Summer's nearly here and you might be itching to get into your new classroom to spruce it up. But what should you spend your time on?

Teacher Development

Jul 3, 20226 min read

Your Greatest Gift to the Next Teacher? By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)

Your Greatest Gift to the Next Teacher? By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)

Your Greatest Gift to the Next Teacher? By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)

Russell Pearson of the Dynamic Deputies suggests that there are things children should know and be able to do before they move year group

Jun 20, 20225 min read

8 Scaffolding Strategies: a ‘Q & A’ blog - By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)

8 Scaffolding Strategies: a ‘Q & A’ blog - By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)

8 Scaffolding Strategies: a ‘Q & A’ blog - By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)

Russell Pearson, of The Dynamic Deputies, responds to questions about the scaffolding episode of their podcast.

May 24, 20226 min read

How To Achieve Both Curriculum Cohesion And Teacher Autonomy

How To Achieve Both Curriculum Cohesion And Teacher Autonomy

How To Achieve Both Curriculum Cohesion And Teacher Autonomy

Not that long ago, back when I was a teacher and before I had any SLT responsibilities, I worked in a brilliant school where we teachers...

Apr 25, 20225 min read

Being A Writing Teacher: 6 Reasons Why Teachers Should Write

Being A Writing Teacher: 6 Reasons Why Teachers Should Write

Being A Writing Teacher: 6 Reasons Why Teachers Should Write

"No one would say 'I can't read', so why do people say 'I can't do maths'?" We've probably all heard that frustration expressed before,...

Jan 24, 20224 min read

Becoming An Expert Teacher

Becoming An Expert Teacher

Becoming An Expert Teacher

Hands up who has ever tried to lose weight? And hands up if you've ever tried putting on weight? I'm very sure that if you asked a room...

Dec 18, 20215 min read

Thoughtful Questioning: Why Cold Call Is Not Enough

Thoughtful Questioning: Why Cold Call Is Not Enough

Thoughtful Questioning: Why Cold Call Is Not Enough

Cold Calling is the name given to the practice of asking a question and then selecting a child to answer. The theory is that it causes...

Dec 16, 20217 min read

Forensic Assessment

Forensic Assessment

Forensic Assessment

As teachers we are all too familiar with the concept of assessment and its importance. We know that without assessment there is no...

Dec 15, 20216 min read

Beware The Reverse-Engineered Curriculum (or The Potential Pitfalls Of Retrieval Practice)

Beware The Reverse-Engineered Curriculum (or The Potential Pitfalls Of Retrieval Practice)

Beware The Reverse-Engineered Curriculum (or The Potential Pitfalls Of Retrieval Practice)

Aren't Knowledge Organisers brilliant? Isn't Retrieval Practice just the bees knees? As for Powerful Knowledge... sigh - the stuff dreams...

Dec 14, 20214 min read

Article Archive - Aidan Severs Consulting

Article Archive - Aidan Severs Consulting

Article Archive - Aidan Severs Consulting

Here you can find a collected list of most of the articles I (Aidan Severs) have written for other outlets, including TES, Teach Primary...

Dec 14, 20214 min read

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