Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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Four ways teachers can put adaptive teaching into practice
There is a growing interest among schools in how adaptive teaching can help support pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), to make meaningful progress towards the learning goals of lessons.
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Trainee teacher talks: “It’s the little victories that make all the hard work worthwhile”
When Will Coles taught a child to tie their shoelaces, it sparked his drive for supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
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Four ways early years settings can be more inclusive
How can early years settings create a truly inclusive environment for every child? Expert practitioners Dixie-Louise Dexter and Nicola Middleton explain four approaches their early years team takes to provide tailored support from the very start.
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What is the writing framework and how will it help schools?
Literacy expert Sarah Scott explains what the Department for Education's writing framework is and how primary school teachers and leaders can use it to support your school's writing journey.
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Why writing matters and how schools can strengthen it
By putting writing at the heart of your teaching, you set your pupils up for success not just in the classroom, but wherever life takes them. This article helps teachers and school leaders to use the Department for Education's writing framework. It covers the foundations of transcription and composition and how working memory and executive function play a part in writing. It explores what makes writing complex and challenging, and helps you to reflect and act on ways to target your teaching where it matters most.
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Four ways to strengthen writing in Reception
Reception is a crucial time for building the foundations of writing, but it’s just one part of a much bigger picture. This article helps teachers and school leaders to use the Department for Education's writing framework. It explores four ways you can strengthen writing in Reception through fostering a love of language, creating a writing community, mastering transcription, and giving explicit handwriting instruction to prepare children for Key Stage 1 and beyond.
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Shaping the future from the very start: why the early years matter
Trust CEO Jo Heaton explains why high-quality early years provision is at the heart of her mission to give every child the best possible start in life, and introduces a new blog series to help schools and nurseries make a lasting difference for children who need it most.
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Understanding the unique child: The foundational principle of early years education
Early years expert Corrie Leach explores the principle of the unique child, which is part of the early years foundation stage statutory framework. She discusses why it matters, what it means in practice and how you and your staff can embed it across your early years provision.
