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Start with a smile

Allen Hall September 11, 2021 Opinion Pieces No Comments
In Rita Pierson’s infamous TED Talk, she challenges a colleague’s anti-relationship view on teaching quipping “You know, kids don’t learn from people they don’t like”. Teaching is more than …
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Remote Learning: How I’m Applying Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction in My Planning

Allen Hall January 23, 2021 Classroom Practice, Uncategorized No Comments
Teaching remotely feels a million miles from the classroom but not too far from how I plan lessons. In fact, I feel that my planning for online learning is …
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Curriculum Intent: Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Allen Hall December 27, 2020 Leadership No Comments
It’s great that curriculum is currently taking centre stage in schools but caution should be exercised by school leadership in not turning their curriculum intent into a warp speed …
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Planning for school improvement: What’s actually working?

Allen Hall November 29, 2020 Leadership No Comments
Too often when talking about school improvement, leaders will real off an impressive list of actions they are taking to improve pupil outcomes and rightfully so, helping pupils improve …
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Learning versus Performance

Allen Hall July 7, 2020 Classroom Practice, Educational Research No Comments
Last week, I listened to Mr Barton Maths Podcast 2017 interview with Robert and Elizabeth Bjork. For those readers unfamiliar with the names, they are a power couple in …
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Thinking out loud: Absorbing the lockdown gap

Allen Hall July 4, 2020 Classroom Practice, Leadership, Opinion Pieces No Comments
As September nears, a big question facing my school is ‘How are we going reset the curriculum and close gaps? This is certainly a question that is becoming increasingly …
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Foster a psychological safe school culture

Allen Hall May 10, 2020 Educational Research, Leadership No Comments
Psychological safety means there is a shared team belief that it is safe to take interpersonal risks like admitting a mistake without fear of judgement or reprisal.  This is …
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Why multiple choice for KS3 assessments may be the way forward

Allen Hall April 24, 2020 Classroom Practice, Good Practice, Opinion Pieces No Comments
In my last blog, I took the position that key stage 3 assessment data is still important (even though Ofsted have somewhat side-lined it) but it cannot continue in …
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Redefining Key Stage 3 Assessment

Allen Hall April 20, 2020 Classroom Practice, Opinion Pieces No Comments
It seems not that long ago when key stage 3 national levels were completely scrapped and for the right reasons but what replaced them? Its successor was far from …
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What is your body language saying?

Allen Hall December 19, 2019 Classroom Practice, Good Practice, Leadership No Comments
What is your body language saying? Probably a lot more than you think! The work of Dr Albert Mehrabiam suggests that our body language accounts for 93% of how …
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