How The Local Area Can Inspire your Art Lessons
Although a school's local area is more often thought of when teaching geography and history, it can be a great source of inspiration in art.
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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
Mar 15, 20234 min read
A Year 6 Teacher's SATs Memoir: I Thought I'd Lost My Job
Ten years ago I really thought my teaching career had come to an end. It was definitely an overreaction but for a few days I had that...
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Aidan Severs
Mar 4, 20232 min read
Brand New SATs Arithmetic Practice Resource: Calculating with Fractions - Addition (+ Free Sample!)
Breaking down the objective of 'adding with fractions' into 35 bite-sized one-pagers with worked examples, explanations & practice questions
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Aidan Severs
Dec 12, 20225 min read
10 Things I Learned About Teaching As A Lazy NQT
Teaching is hard, and sometimes teachers find themselves working ourselves to the bone. Perhaps it doesn't have to be that way...
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Aidan Severs
Sep 5, 20225 min read
Learning To Fall: Learning To Succeed
"If you can't ride, can you fall?" "I suppose anyone can fall," said Shasta. "I mean can you fall and get up again without crying and...
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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 8, 20224 min read
Simple Teaching
It really is all about the simple things. The longer I've been in teaching, the more I realise this. I thought I'd realised that 10 years...
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Aidan Severs
Jul 3, 20226 min read
What Should You Do To Get Your New Classroom Ready?
Summer's nearly here and you might be itching to get into your new classroom to spruce it up. But what should you spend your time on?
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Aidan Severs
Jun 20, 20225 min read
Your Greatest Gift to the Next Teacher? By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)
Russell Pearson of the Dynamic Deputies suggests that there are things children should know and be able to do before they move year group
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Aidan Severs
May 24, 20226 min read
8 Scaffolding Strategies: a ‘Q & A’ blog - By Russell Pearson (Dynamic Deputies)
Russell Pearson, of The Dynamic Deputies, responds to questions about the scaffolding episode of their podcast.
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Aidan Severs
Jan 31, 20224 min read
The True Purpose Of Year 6
What is the true purpose of year 6? Whilst writing a blog post about how the true purpose of year 6 isn't preparing for year 7, I got to...
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Aidan Severs
Jan 25, 202212 min read
The Right(est) Way Of Teaching Spelling (Part 5)
If you have not yet read the rest of the parts of this series, click here to catch up: https://www.aidansevers.com/blog/tags/spelling...
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Aidan Severs
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Being A Writing Teacher: 6 Reasons Why Teachers Should Write
"No one would say 'I can't read', so why do people say 'I can't do maths'?" We've probably all heard that frustration expressed before,...
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Aidan Severs
Dec 18, 20215 min read
Becoming An Expert Teacher
Hands up who has ever tried to lose weight? And hands up if you've ever tried putting on weight? I'm very sure that if you asked a room...
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Aidan Severs
Dec 16, 20217 min read
Thoughtful Questioning: Why Cold Call Is Not Enough
Cold Calling is the name given to the practice of asking a question and then selecting a child to answer. The theory is that it causes...
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Aidan Severs
Dec 15, 20216 min read
Forensic Assessment
As teachers we are all too familiar with the concept of assessment and its importance. We know that without assessment there is no...
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Aidan Severs
Dec 14, 20214 min read
Beware The Reverse-Engineered Curriculum (or The Potential Pitfalls Of Retrieval Practice)
Aren't Knowledge Organisers brilliant? Isn't Retrieval Practice just the bees knees? As for Powerful Knowledge... sigh - the stuff dreams...
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Aidan Severs
Dec 14, 20213 min read
Article Archive - Aidan Severs Consulting
Here you can find a collected list of most of the articles I have written for other outlets, including TES, Teach Primary Magazine, HWRK...
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Aidan Severs
Dec 13, 202111 min read
What Should Adults Be Doing When Children Are Working?
Years ago I was told that I should stop buzzing around the room so much and that I should settle down and spend more time with groups –...
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Aidan Severs
Nov 30, 20216 min read
Ditch The Lesson Plans; Try Learning Sequences
This article was first published in edited form in Issue 8 of HWRK Magazine. It's worth a look at that version too as it is presented...
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