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
Nov 55 min read
SATs 2025: Answering 3-Mark Reading SATs Questions - An Update
Since I last wrote about helping children to answer 3-mark questions , the way those questions are asked has changed. Whilst much of the...
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Aidan Severs
Oct 294 min read
Assessment: Why Should I Identify Children Working At Greater Depth In Foundation Subjects?
I recently wrote about how we might assess and identify children who are working at greater depth. Upon sharing the blog post , someone...
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Aidan Severs
Oct 155 min read
Assessment: How Can I Identify Greater Depth Children In Foundation Subjects?
Uncover the complexities of identifying greater depth children with an insightful assessment that goes beyond traditional methods.
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Aidan Severs
Oct 16 min read
Developing A Greater Depth Toolkit To Aid Task Design
Having written a few blog posts over the years about working with pupils of greater depth , I occasionally get requests to work with...
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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 234 min read
The Best RE Lesson I Ever Taught (Spoiler: It Was A Reading Lesson)
It was the last day of half term: business as usual. I always started the day off with a reading 'session' (somehow can't bring myself to...
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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 131 min read
How To Teach Spelling In Primary Schools
A couple of years ago I worked with a primary school to help them develop their teaching of spelling. The process of preparing and...
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Aidan Severs
Jun 103 min read
Primary D&T: Is It OK To Design Without Making And Vice Versa?
Does a D&T unit always need to feature both designing and making? Find out in this blog post...
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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
May 283 min read
The 4 Ps Of The Design & Technology Curriculum
Discover how to revolutionize your design technology curriculum with the 4 Ps approach and learn to teach DT effectively.
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Aidan Severs
May 215 min read
Curriculum: What Is The Best Kind Of 'Big Question'?
Unlock the secret to crafting the perfect 'Big Question Curriculum' with the ultimate guide. Learn the best question types and their impact.
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Aidan Severs
May 134 min read
How To Write Good Curriculum Statements (And Why I'm Not Calling Them Objectives)
Learn how to craft effective curriculum statements and why they are more than just objectives.
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Aidan Severs
Mar 196 min read
Misguided Reading (6 Questions To Ask When Planning A Reading 'Lesson')
How should we teach reading? What do we even mean by 'reading'? Decoding? Comprehension? Both? Is it more than that? Scarborough's...
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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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