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  • 8 Things To Consider When Designing A Primary Art Curriculum

    with many curriculum areas, it really helps to have someone on board who has a good amount of subject knowledge Think about what you want them to learn in terms of the substantive knowledge, disciplinary knowledge and procedural knowledge. require the least specialist approaches in their use - teachers need to be able to teach the procedural knowledge Progression of skills (or procedural knowledge) A significant part of the process of designing an art

  • Rethinking Differentiation: The Mixing Desk Model for Responsive, Inclusive Teaching

    Very Important Idea: that fundamentally, whoever we are, whatever our diagnosis, need, level of prior knowledge similar way: For a child who comes to a lesson (or sequence of lessons) with a higher level of prior knowledge For a child who has lower prior knowledge (I think this is currently my preferred way to talk about what called a 'low ability child'), and may work at a slower pace (probably as a result of the lower prior knowledge giving them less of a foundation, and therefore less of a network of knowledge to connect the new learning

  • The Right(est) Way To Teach Spelling (part 4)

    When we spell a word, we use multiple sources of knowledge to help us to choose the correct sequence We use knowledge about: The sounds that make up the word (phonology) Spelling patterns, including how The history of the word (etymology) How the word is used (word class) Specific words - word-specific knowledge The use of these sources of knowledge can be employed as strategies when spelling a word. High Frequency words that don’t easily fit into a pattern (see word-specific knowledge above, often known

  • Subject Leadership: Being Ofsted-Ready By Doing It For The Kids

    This will demonstrate a shared responsibility, as you present that shared knowledge to inspectors, acknowledging

  • Subject Leadership and the Ofsted Inspection Framework

    What I'd urge if you're feeling overwhelmed looking at the grid, is that you acknowledge that Rome wasn't Having this kind of knowledge shows others that you really do know your subject well.

  • The 3 Cs of Curriculum Design

    brains add this new learning to things that we already knew - things that exist in our store of prior knowledge If we don’t have the relevant prior knowledge because we haven't been taught it before then some things sequence and that children aren’t going to come across things that they don't have the necessary prior knowledge We should want children have a foundation of knowledge and skills and at the same time we probably want should know all of those things and in that case, you would make all of those things part of your key knowledge

  • Starter for 5: Greater Depth

    consider when thinking about how to challenge higher prior attaining pupils: More (and More Complex) Knowledge Provide Opportunities For Children To Demonstrate And Do Something With Their Knowledge Teach Masterclasses

  • New Service from Aidan Severs Consulting: Remote Curriculum Review Day

    coverage and consistency, as well as reviewing the balance of substantive, disciplinary and procedural knowledge He has a very good eye for detail and has a thorough knowledge of the primary curriculum which has been

  • How To Observe A Lesson

    serves as a warning of things to be aware of so that you either try to avoid doing them, or at least acknowledge Know the context - the more you have a good knowledge of the class dynamic, individual children and might mean that you notice other things, and you might even make a note of them, however, you will acknowledge These questions can be written so as to fill in gaps in your knowledge of the class, individual children

  • No-Quiz Retrieval Practice Techniques

    : • Improves students’ complex thinking and application skills• Improves students’ organization of knowledge • Improves students’ transfer of knowledge to new concepts In other words, retrieval practice doesn’ understanding of classroom material by having practiced using this information, students can adapt their knowledge aids problem-solving by freeing working memory resources and illuminating contexts in which existing knowledge more deeply - we can use this extra capacity to think about how what we already know (background/prior knowledge

  • Helping Staff To Adopt Your New Curriculum

    ‘Implementation is easier when staff feel trusted to try new things and make mistakes, safe in the knowledge Acknowledge to staff that you are aware that this is a long process, and that things might not be perfect Show them that you want them to work alongside you and that you are willing to acknowledge that the curriculum

  • Primary D&T: Teaching The Iterative Design Process

    www.aidansevers.com/services . " It was such a fantastic opportunity to get to work with Aidan; he is very knowledgeable

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