Allen Hall EDU Archive
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …