Teaching Reading: Boosting Background Knowledge To Aid Inference-Making
A few years ago, the author Tom Palmer sent me a copy of his latest book Wings: Typhoon. It's a great read aimed at 8 to 10 year olds and...
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Along with being a primary school teacher and leader, blogging is where this all started for Aidan. If it wasn't for his passion for writing and sharing his learning and experiences, he wouldn't be working as an education consultant with schools across the country today. Shared best practice should be available to all and here on the Aidan Severs Consulting blog you can get ideas for making a difference in your own school. The blog is also a great place to learn exactly the kind of work that Aidan can partner with your school on.
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Aidan Severs
Nov 198 min read
Want Children To Read For Pleasure? Become a Reading Teacher (or Parent)
Uncover the secrets to sparking a love for reading in children. Become a reading teacher or parent.
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Aidan Severs
Nov 126 min read
Case Study: Revolutionising Curriculum Delivery in KS2
Explore how a UK primary school transformed its KS2 curriculum delivery, emphasizing open-ended challenges, same-day interventions, and more
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Aidan Severs
Sep 21 min read
Featured Article: 8 Classroom Routines for Teachers to Nail Before Half-Term
I wrote this quite a while ago (back when I tweeted as @thatboycanteach and when I was beginning my deputy headship at an 'RI' school)...
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Aidan Severs
Jul 163 min read
Why Should Teachers Complete Tasks Before Pupils Do?
One of the things I advocate for when training teachers on planning is that teachers should have a go at the work they are going to be...
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Aidan Severs
Jun 44 min read
Can Codifying Teaching Really Improve Teachers?
Can we really codify teaching, simplifying it into a set of easy-to-follow steps? Is it possible to see a video, a diagram or read about...
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Aidan Severs
Feb 202 min read
Backwards Planning: What I Got Wrong
Here's the resource that this blog post refers to - you can download it for free below: In the old iteration of the above planning...
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Aidan Severs
Feb 191 min read
Featured Article: Interleaving: What Is It And How Can It Improve Memory And Learning In The Maths Classroom?
Here's an article I wrote for Third Space Learning about interleaving. It was fascinating to read the research on this strategy and to...
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Aidan Severs
Feb 63 min read
A SEND-First Approach... To Everything
Imagine a world where children with SEND really were the priority. What would that look like and what would the impact be on all...
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Aidan Severs
Jan 306 min read
SEND Provision Across The Curriculum: Start and End Points
“All pupils should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum. The National Curriculum Inclusion Statement states that teachers...
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Aidan Severs
Jan 263 min read
Subject Leadership and Support for Pupils With SEND
Subject leadership can be a minefield at the best of times, and for many teachers and leaders looking at it through the SEND lens is...
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Aidan Severs
Jan 254 min read
Provision for Pupils with SEND = Provision for All?
If you read articles or listen to podcasts about SEND you'll hear one phrase more often than others: "What works for pupils with SEND...
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Aidan Severs
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Scaffolding: Who Should It Really Support? Children or Teachers?
When I was a kid I thought scaffolding was to hold up falling down buildings. I was scared to walk by it in case the scaffolding didn't...
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Aidan Severs
Oct 6, 20235 min read
Challenge for All vs. Challenge for Children Working At Greater Depth
Is it just the children working at greater depth who are being challenged, or are you challenging everyone? In trying to show that you...
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Aidan Severs
Jun 8, 20231 min read
S1 E8 - Providing CPD as a Subject Leader with Stuart Rogers
In this, the 8th episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast, Stuart Rogers, another Computing primary subject leader, answers the following...
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Aidan Severs
May 30, 20231 min read
S1 E7 - Subject Leaders - Monitoring, Assessing Learning and Assessment in Art with Chris Mann
In this, the 7th episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast, Chris Mann, an English and Art primary subject leader, answers the following...
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Aidan Severs
May 18, 20231 min read
S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing DT Knowledge with Sarah Haigh
The Subject Leaders Podcast S1 E5 - Setting Objectives, the National Curriculum & Developing Teachers' DT Subject Knowledge with Sarah Haigh
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Aidan Severs
May 11, 20231 min read
S1 E4: Contextualising Curriculum, Implementation & Teaching Primary History with Vinay Verma
In the fourth episode of The Subject Leaders Podcast we talk to Vinay Verma, an early career teacher and primary history leader. In this...
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Aidan Severs
Aug 22, 20224 min read
Including Word Etymology On Knowledge Organisers
In my last blog post I wrote about the basics of knowledge organisers - if you don't yet use them, that blog post will be a good starting...
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Aidan Severs
Aug 15, 20223 min read
Using Knowledge Organisers In Primary
What are Knowledge Organisers? A place where all the selected key/core knowledge for any given unit of work in any subject is organised...
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