10 Things I Learned About Teaching As A Lazy NQT
Teaching is hard, and sometimes teachers find themselves working ourselves to the bone. Perhaps it doesn't have to be that way...
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AIDAN SEVERS CONSULTING
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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Aidan Severs
- Sep 5, 2022
- 5 min
Learning To Fall: Learning To Succeed
"If you can't ride, can you fall?" "I suppose anyone can fall," said Shasta. "I mean can you fall and get up again without crying and...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Simple Teaching
It really is all about the simple things. The longer I've been in teaching, the more I realise this. I thought I'd realised that 10 years...
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Aidan Severs
- Jul 3, 2022
- 6 min
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?
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Aidan Severs
- Jun 20, 2022
- 5 min
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
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Aidan Severs
- May 24, 2022
- 6 min
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.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 31, 2022
- 4 min
The True Purpose Of Year 6
What is the true purpose of year 6? Whilst writing a blog post about how the true purpose of year 6 isn't preparing for year 7, I got to...
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 25, 2022
- 11 min
The Right(est) Way Of Teaching Spelling (Part 5)
If you have not yet read the rest of the parts of this series, click here to catch up: https://www.aidansevers.com/blog/categories/spelli...
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
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,...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 18, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 16, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 15, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 14, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Article Archive - Aidan Severs Consulting
Here you can find a collected list of most of the articles I have written for other outlets, including TES, Teach Primary Magazine, HWRK...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 13, 2021
- 11 min
What Should Adults Be Doing When Children Are Working?
Years ago I was told that I should stop buzzing around the room so much and that I should settle down and spend more time with groups –...
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Aidan Severs
- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
Ditch The Lesson Plans; Try Learning Sequences
This article was first published in edited form in Issue 8 of HWRK Magazine. It's worth a look at that version too as it is presented...
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Aidan Severs
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
Flexible Lesson Design: A Model for Responsiveness and the Release of Responsibility
Flexible lesson design can often be difficult to grasp - let's face it, 30 children all with their own needs with only one or two members...
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Aidan Severs
- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
History: Key Questions To Ask About People, Events or Time Periods
Recently I posted a whole set of questions to ask when learning about a place in Geography. Here are the History versions. They are based...
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Aidan Severs
- Oct 23, 2021
- 7 min
Geography: Key Questions To Ask When Learning About A Place
When reviewing and revising our curriculum to ensure better humanities coverage I began to think about how there were potentially missed...
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