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Tom Sherrington
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My son made this beautiful record of his 82 day journey overland back home from Hong Kong last year. The people and places. No narration. Its a mesmerising 2.5 hrs. Dip in; or watch it all. You’ll feel like you were there. HK to UK by Sam Sherrington
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@FatherHeilman @ThomasJTobin1 Parody account? Jeez. The pure myopic prejudice; the delusion of it all. We all evolved on our lonely rock in space; your festering bigotry is all your own.. your church infested with child abusers for decades. Millions of humans are gay. You people really need to wake up.
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Tom Sherrington
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Mr Adonis, DM' me. I replied.
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Here’s my recovery plan. 1. Teach everyone as well as you can, in normal school hours 2. Implement your existing curriculum as well as you can in normal school hours 3. Set a stack of nicely varied homework and reading 4. Ignore all the catastrophising and push on.
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3 years
Blimey @educationgovuk @GavinWilliamson you’re so shit. It’s remarkable. Is there no limit to the shitness? Doesn’t seem to be.
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6 years
Imagine teacher A is way more effective than teacher B. Tendency is to make B emulate what A does. I think this is wrong. We need to work with B to establish how B, a different unique person, can improve; not to be more like A but to be a better B. Laminate that! BE A BETTER B!
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4 years
Here's how you respond when a member of staff plucks up the courage to tell you they're pregnant and will be going on maternity leave: Joyful; happy and excited for them. No problems; no fuss. Unconditional, undiluted support and gratitude. Anything less is bullshit.
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4 years
No no no. Mocks?!! FFS. @GavinWilliamson - if you’re going to bottle it, just give the CAGs. Everyone has them, they were determined with a level of rigour.... Mocks aren’t proper controlled exams in many situations.... not fully graded. It’s just a terrible idea. Take advice!
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2 years
NEW: Five Ways To.. the Booklet by me and @MrGoodwin23 All 10 posts in one downloadable booklet. Share freely. Amazing work by David. The booklet is dedicated to our friend and mentor @olicav
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1 year
@GavinWilliamson Seriously… piss off Gavin. You’ve shown your contempt for teachers enough for all to see.
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3 years
@educationgovuk @GavinWilliamson F**k off Gav. Nobody trusts you. There is no ‘we’. The good will reserves are empty. Some schools are working today on track and trace from last week because you didn’t let them close; your cut ‘n’ paste guidance is unresourced crap. You’re a bad joke.
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3 years
I'm thinking the most important thing students need to 'catch up' is to return to schools with great behaviour, great curriculum and great teaching... core stuff done really well, supported to the maximum. Give schools resources for that. Not bells and whistles. Not extras.
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I live near a primary school. It’s playtime. I can hear the sound of children playing for the first time in months. It’s rather lovely.
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4 years
As a teacher, rule of thumb, if the story is this convoluted, it’s bullshit. Smacks of ‘I just touched him lightly on the arm as a joke and he took it all serious’.
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4 years
😱😭😭😭😭😭😭😤😫😭😖😭😫😭🤬🤬🤬😳😳. People actually fall for that lying racist self-serving charlatan and all his buffoonery? We’re screwed.
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Tom Sherrington
5 years
So it’s ok to: close school for all kids because of snow take students on an official trip to Parliament, missing all other lessons have kids on reception or school tours missing lessons but it’s damaging their education to take part in an actual protest about something real?
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2 years
The #1 problem/weakness in teaching and how to address it. Now with an awesome infographic by @olicav to download from the linked post.
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Tom Sherrington
3 years
Here’s my wonderful step-Dad Larry making an entrance - into his study
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Joe from 10B has finally logged into Teams.
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Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission is just beginning.
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4 years
It's so depressing that our country is run by such an appalling bunch of insincere mendacious half-arsed back-coverers. That feeling of being lied to constantly.. sickening.
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4 years
My sense is that the kids who need the very best remote support now are Y10. The gap in the schooling will have an impact; it’s a very very long break and the most vulnerable will suffer without contact and structure.
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Tom Sherrington
5 years
If you work in a school with privileged context: independent, selective, leafy ££ catchment - accept and acknowledge it. You might feel you work hard but it’s just nothing compared to the day-in day-out challenge some other schools face. Poles apart. Show respect for that always!
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Tom Sherrington
4 years
I've recorded and posted a series of five screen capture videos of my one-day Rosenshine Principles Masterclass. It's 2 1/2 hours of free CPD to access whenever you want.
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The #1 problem/weakness in teaching and how to address it.
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Tom Sherrington
3 years
I'm confused.. @GavinWilliamson what did you just say exactly?
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Tom Sherrington
2 years
Just tidying up the medium term curriculum intent roadmap…
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Tom Sherrington
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Teaching some vs teaching all. This is where the action for improvement lies.
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Tom Sherrington
4 years
Was sent this.. just get a Head of Year on the case - before phoning home: 😂
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Tom Sherrington
2 years
Come on @Max33Verstappen @redbullracing - holding onto the 21 title is just embarrassing now. Giant double asterisk *cheated finances and *dodgy race control.. @LewisHamilton really won it and everyone knows it.
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Red Bull have disovered their punishment for breaking Formula 1's budget cap ⤵️ #BBCF1
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Tom Sherrington
5 years
I may be off message but I don’t see enough prizes for teachers who do a solidly effective job week in week out, speak one language, keep their whole salary and wouldn’t claim to be any kind of saint. These are the people that matter the most; the true inspiration.
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Tom Sherrington
3 years
Distributed leadership. +Excellent behaviour system +Excellent CPD +Manageable teaching load +Exciting curriculum +Tons of team time. +Intelligent appraisal. +The opposite of a ‘stay late’ culture. +Family first attitude. = Well-being. Actions, not words.
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If Boris’ government designed a behaviour system. Be on time if you’re not too busy. Listen at all times unless you’re having a good chat. Show respect whenever convenient. Walk on the left unless you feel like walking on the right.
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Tom Sherrington
3 years
Imagine if all your students left school having had all these books read aloud? Sensational from @DavidDidau - superb #Masterclass
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I’m sceptical that teenagers can be taught to be more resilient through generic sessions about resilience - as opposed to, say, teaching a curriculum of things they need to know and do that directly fosters the capacity to respond positively to actual difficulties and setbacks.
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The more I think about it, the more I feel written feedback by a lesson observer is 90% about the needs/ego of the observer - showing what they know. Instead - meet, share perspectives and, only then, agree a short plan of action. That's what it's all about.
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Teachers and Ofqual: weeks and weeks of work trying hard to generate a coherent, credible, fair set of exam results @educationgovuk : stays up late one night to produce a colossal 'triple lock' dogs' breakfast to 'boost fairness' Farcical.
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He blocked me. Go democracy. Oh wait... he’s unelected? Ah.
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Mr Adonis, DM' me. I replied.
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I reckon if every school development plan was five bullet points.. it would save time, be easier to communicate, make more impact and … no fairies would die. The value of that detailed SDP document… it’s all a delusion! It’s not the reason for anything good happening. 🔥
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Tom Sherrington
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1 Epic Fail 2 Disgraceful Fail 3 Dismal Fail 4 Standard Pass 5 Strong Pass 6 Mega Pass 7 Herculean Pass 8 Bionic Pass 9 SuperMassive Pass
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A delusion-paradox at the heart of so many edu-issues in the UK: children and schools can’t all be average or above but below average is considered a failure. Our system is institutionally disgusted by the statistical existence of the lower part of the bell-curve. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
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@nadhimzahawi Oh FFS. What a shockingly self-serving letter. No humility. No apology?? You’re a disgrace. You don’t actually think you did anything wrong do you. Corruption to Tories = Water to Fish. It’s your normal environment.
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Tom Sherrington
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So @Andrew_Adonis - I know schools with outstanding outcomes, leaders and teachers who have opted not to live stream lessons. Are you seriously thinking you know more about what’s right/effective/appropriate than they do?
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3 years
Decluttering.... before and after. 😍🤩
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Here’s an idea. Get Heads, MAT leaders, union and policy folk to form a national crisis council for education to make all the calls from now on. Bypass the DFE and the Idiot altogether. We’d be safer; kids will learn more. @ASCL_UK @CharteredColl - you know it makes sense.
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If you interview a young person for a position and don't select them, have the decency to let them know eh? None of this 'if you don't hear by Wednesday...assume...' lazy bullshit.
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Tom Sherrington
4 years
It’s all about destinations today - thrilled my son is off to @uniofedinburgh to study Philosophy. Huge thanks to his school and teachers. So excited for him.
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Teaching some vs teaching all. This is where the action for improvement lies. The basis of my #rEDKent session today. Thanks to everyone who came along.
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Tom Sherrington
2 years
Five Ways to Secure Progress Through Modelling With a new brilliant one-page by the mighty @MrGoodwin23
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"It's hard to conjure up a more incompetent decision making process than that". Exactly. Move over @GavinWilliamson -you need to go.
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Gavin Williamson is annihilated by @piersmorgan with a “charge sheet” of failures & asked “why are you still education Secretary, why have you not resigned” This is how to hold Gov’t to account
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First ever 5k @finsburyparkrun . Milestones: I finished ☑️😄 Wasn’t lapped ☑️ Didn’t come last ☑️ Did it without walking ? ✖️😂.. next time!! Gave my resilience muscles a workout .. ☑️☑️😭😭 Before: Dreading it. After: Feel great - and all the @parkrunUK people are lovely.
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Every child should (have the opportunity to.. ) Grow a bean Sing Poot insects in long grass Go to the Museum Track the moon Make a motor Inflate a sheep's lung! Read novels (x 100!) Make a fire See mountains and the sea Recite a poem Give a speech to a real audience ...and ..
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Amazing how different these questions are: Michael, have you understood? Michael, what have you understood? One operates on assumptions - mainly Michael’s - keeping learning hidden. The other invites real dialogue that reveals how learning is going. Check for understanding!
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I really really miss those fabulous noisy busy places where you sit opposite your partner for three hours right next to other couples doing the same while nice people bring you food and wine all evening before you stumble home feeling wonderful.
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So ..apparently @GavinWilliamson doesn’t know @ofsted guidance on remote learning; mass lateral flow testing is an unapproved ‘pilot’ costing £bn and @BorisJohnson announced ‘no exams’ on the hoof without warning @educationgovuk first. What a total shambles.
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Tom Sherrington
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10 low impact activities to do less of – or stop altogether.
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Why do we devalue arts in our curriculum? Why at 16 do hard exams matter more than breadth of experience? My daughter did art and drama GCSE. Too many kids do not have that possibility or even an option to engage in arts activities. #ArtsforAll ! Ebacc is pathetic without arts!!!
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Tom Sherrington
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Remember the old days when @educationgovuk was so incompetent they were threatening authorities with legal action for closing but then sent all the children back for one day after the hols just to share germs before the lockdown? Feels like only last year.
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Tom Sherrington
6 months
Was meaning to blog this but was getting distracted so a rare🧵: I see 100s of lessons and teachers and it’s clear to me the best teaching appears fluid and artful but is always built on sound techniques deployed with purpose; intentionality; precision.. /n
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Proud. 🍾🎓
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Rosenshine Masterclass Captured. Free CPD!
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2 years
Just reflecting on the extraordinary folly that is and was graded lesson observations. I think it’s the most toxicly stupid idea that has ever been foisted on the profession. Far worse than VAK. .. /n
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I’d say folk who think they can walk into a school for a couple of days and reach a secure judgment about curriculum quality beyond some broad untested hypotheses, they’re deluding themselves and everyone else. Deep Dive?? Shallow scrape more like. Don’t do it. #PauseOfsted
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Tom Sherrington
5 years
A plea to school leaders around curriculum review: give maximum value to the process, not the products. What matters is that teachers understand their curriculum, the sequence, the choices. This takes time. Producing something neat and tidy for parents is waaayyyyy down the list.
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Tom Sherrington
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Tell you what, schools celebrating *P8 scores* next week will have a special place in the gallery of contempt.
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Tom Sherrington
5 years
LOVE this... plants growing in the corridor at @jebelalischool Thanks for inviting me.
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Tom Sherrington
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Hope decision on 2020 exams is soon. How about waiving all public exams and performance tables for one year, awarding qualifications based on teacher estimated grades? Running exams seems untenable and defer to autumn has major knock-ons for progression @educationgovuk @ASCL_UK
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Tom Sherrington
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Superb work from @XpatEducator - he’s on fire at the moment. A one-pager helps you to reflect on your practice; a platform for a discussion, a prompt to check your knowledge and understanding. Nicely done Jamie. 👏🏼👏🏼
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Tom Sherrington
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Commentary on this shows what we’re up against. No bloody clue. #ToriesOut
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Looking out from my window in Westminster… Striking teachers…
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Tom Sherrington
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Everywhere I go I meet someone who is DH/AHT with responsibility for CPD/Teaching and Learning/Research - they are always so enthusiastic and excited to be doing the work - supporting teachers, sharing ideas, getting coaching moving, planning CPD. Such a brilliant job.
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Tom Sherrington
6 years
How to observe a lesson – and make a difference
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Tom Sherrington
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My Lockdown legends - grateful for all the people giving us the facts and calling out the bullshit for what it is: @mrjamesob @maitlis @soniasodha @Samfr @MarinaHyde @mikegalsworthy @campbellclaret @miss_mcinerney @krishgm And @Coldwar_Steve Keeping us all sane!
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#FiveWays of Giving Effective Feedback as Actions
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This could be the first textiles lesson from @OakNational
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Tom Sherrington
2 years
Brilliant work from @MrGoodwin23 making these ideas super easy to access.
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I’d like to apologise for anything rude I’ve ever said about Michael Heseltine - probably just being crudely partisan - because here he is a legend. He speaks for me and millions of others:
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Tom Sherrington
6 years
Half-termly data drops are a terrible idea: Distort curriculum flow to generate assessment info Tell us nothing about actual learning needs. Overshadow formative assessment. Inefficient way to flag concerns. Nobody looks at most of it. MASSIVE Workload. —> Less is more!
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18 months of travelling consultancy tells me this: our country is blessed with so many brilliant schools, inspiring leaders, dedicated teachers and a wonderful spirit of earnest professional engagement with ideas about learning. I love it. It’s something to cherish and celebrate.
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This presentation by @ProfCoe in 2015 with this slide... is one I go back to over and over... Packed with insights. For me, a bit of a game changer.
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So proud of my daughter. Smashed 2nd Yr med school exams!! Punch the air. Yes!! Significant ‘cos last year was hard; she failed some; had to cancel hols, resit them all, dig deep, regroup. This year, studied super hard, (revised better)= aced them! Go Dr Daisy!! XXX 👊🏼❤️❤️
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For the nth time .. the idea that there is a meaningful, valid line between Good and Outstanding judgments of a whole school that a team of biased humans can evaluate reliably, comparably, after popping in for one or two days.. is just so utterly laughably delusional. And yet….
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Cold Calling: The #1 strategy for inclusive classrooms - remote and in person.
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Confiscation of the day.
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@GavinWilliamson Oh piss off. Not one person in the system has any respect for you or values your hollow gratitude. You’re a shambles, inept, chaotic, half-arsed, disingenuous, a charlatan, incompetent, deluded. Get out the way. You’re making people’s jobs impossible. Resign! Resign! Resign!
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Covid-19 response analogy. The glass rolls off the edge of the table. NZ: quickly catches it before it smashes SK. It smashes but sweeps up swiftly UK/US watch it roll and smash and let everyone walk around in the broken shards in bare feet while they order new dustpan and brush
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Tom Sherrington
2 years
Five Ways To.. the Booklet Loving the love for our booklet! Download and share from the linked post. @MrGoodwin23 's design work is 🤩🔥
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Tom Sherrington
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This is epic. Johnson is a coward as well as a liar. Legendary piece from @afneil
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Oh my goodness. Andrew Neil has literally just destroyed Boris Johnson. It’s a matter of trust. #GE2019
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England - hold your nerve. Don't scrap the exams. The alternatives are all worse. End.
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Tom Sherrington
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Exploring Barak Rosenshine’s seminal Principles of Instruction: Why it is THE must-read for all teachers.
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Tom Sherrington
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I know that for some, teaching teachers about teaching doesn’t make you A Teacher but this week, like last week, I’ll have spent 20+ hours on my feet with teachers, supporting the teaching profession and I’ve definitely felt like a teacher - so there.
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So.. I protested but my guide was very assertive and made me do this.... I can only apologise
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Tom Sherrington
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No. Just stinks. @LewisHamilton robbed. Nah. Terrible.
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Tom Sherrington
3 years
If the marking load is just way way too much... give yourself a break. Stop. Just flick through some books, next lesson give some whole class feedback /peer review/ self-assessment. Draw a line and start fresh. Done. Nobody will mind. It might even be better for the students.
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Tom Sherrington
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To address underachieving groups, teach everyone better.
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