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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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Featured Article: 8 Classroom Routines for Teachers to Nail Before Half-Term
I wrote this quite a while ago (back when I tweeted as @thatboycanteach and when I was beginning my deputy headship at an 'RI' school)...

Aidan Severs
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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The Best RE Lesson I Ever Taught (Spoiler: It Was A Reading Lesson)
It was the last day of half term: business as usual. I always started the day off with a reading 'session' (somehow can't bring myself to...

Aidan Severs
Jul 23, 20244 min read
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Why Should Teachers Complete Tasks Before Pupils Do?
One of the things I advocate for when training teachers on planning is that teachers should have a go at the work they are going to be...

Aidan Severs
Jul 16, 20243 min read
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How To Teach Spelling In Primary Schools
A couple of years ago I worked with a primary school to help them develop their teaching of spelling. The process of preparing and...

Aidan Severs
Jun 13, 20241 min read
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Primary D&T: Is It OK To Design Without Making And Vice Versa?
Does a D&T unit always need to feature both designing and making? Find out in this blog post...

Aidan Severs
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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Can Codifying Teaching Really Improve Teachers?
Can we really codify teaching, simplifying it into a set of easy-to-follow steps? Is it possible to see a video, a diagram or read about...

Aidan Severs
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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The 4 Ps Of The Design & Technology Curriculum
Discover how to revolutionize your design technology curriculum with the 4 Ps approach and learn to teach DT effectively.

Aidan Severs
May 28, 20243 min read
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Curriculum: What Is The Best Kind Of 'Big Question'?
Unlock the secret to crafting the perfect 'Big Question Curriculum' with the ultimate guide. Learn the best question types and their impact.

Aidan Severs
May 21, 20245 min read
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How To Write Good Curriculum Statements (And Why I'm Not Calling Them Objectives)
Learn how to craft effective curriculum statements and why they are more than just objectives.

Aidan Severs
May 13, 20244 min read
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Misguided Reading (6 Questions To Ask When Planning A Reading 'Lesson')
How should we teach reading? What do we even mean by 'reading'? Decoding? Comprehension? Both? Is it more than that? Scarborough's...

Aidan Severs
Mar 19, 20246 min read
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Backwards Planning: What I Got Wrong
Here's the resource that this blog post refers to - you can download it for free below: In the old iteration of the above planning...

Aidan Severs
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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Featured Article: Interleaving: What Is It And How Can It Improve Memory And Learning In The Maths Classroom?
Here's an article I wrote for Third Space Learning about interleaving. It was fascinating to read the research on this strategy and to...

Aidan Severs
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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A SEND-First Approach... To Everything
Imagine a world where children with SEND really were the priority. What would that look like and what would the impact be on all...

Aidan Severs
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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SEND Provision Across The Curriculum: Start and End Points
“All pupils should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum. The National Curriculum Inclusion Statement states that teachers...

Aidan Severs
Jan 30, 20246 min read
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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...

Aidan Severs
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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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...

Aidan Severs
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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5 Ways To Help Children To Access The KS2 Reading SATs
Not many year 6 teachers want to spend months going through past papers, and indeed, many past papers now don't match the rigour and...

Aidan Severs
Jan 5, 20243 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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Featured Article: How To Teach Non-Chronological Report Writing
Following on from my guide to teaching the writing of explanation texts for the Teachwire wesbite (https://www.teachwire.net/news/explana...

Aidan Severs
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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Times Tables Fluency and the KS2 SATs
How important is times tables fluency for the KS2 SATs? I'd say quite important. When we are fluent in speaking a language, we can speak...

Aidan Severs
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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