Tom Spreyer
tomspreyer.bsky.social
Tom Spreyer
@tomspreyer.bsky.social
Vice Principal, OGAT
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Summary:

T&L is hard
One thing at a time
Don't move on till your sure
Don't bewilder your team with a bazillion things
September 2, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Breaking: The 12-member panel appointed to review the curriculum and assessment for the new Labour government has been named

Here's the full list...
Labour curriculum and assessment review panel named
Academy trust leaders, a SEND consultant and exams expert among those appointed
buff.ly
August 30, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Partly posting this thread as it’s very good and partly to see if I can post between platforms…

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August 27, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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***NEW Episode***

Allow me to be absolutely direct:

Your biggest problem next year is going to be low level disruption.

It’s worth having a plan for how you’ll manage it before school starts.

@strickomaster.bsky.social and I discuss some strategies.

#PGCE #ECT
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZDu...
How to Manage Low Level Disruption - with Sam Strickland
Episode · The (Un)official Teacher's Manual · Sam Strickland is a Headteacher, CEO and the author of several books on behaviour, including The Behaviour Manual and They Don't Behave for Me. In this e...
open.spotify.com
August 24, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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Excellent blog on reading a complex text (using a geography example) to exemplify a helpful disciplinary literacy approach by @jdurran.bsky.social

jamesdurran.blog/2024/08/19/d...
Disciplinary literacy: reading a challenging text in the classroom
This post unpacks a typical approach to reading a challenging text, in this case in a geography lesson. It also describes a number of practices associated with strong ‘adaptive teaching’. Reading chal...
jamesdurran.blog
August 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM