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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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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
Aidan Severs
Nov 12, 20246 min read
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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)...
Aidan Severs
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Jul 16, 20243 min read
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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.
Aidan Severs
May 28, 20243 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Jan 30, 20246 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Jan 25, 20244 min read
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Featured Article: How To Teach Non-Chronological Report Writing
Following on from my guide to teaching the writing of explanation texts for the Teachwire wesbite (https://www.teachwire.net/news/explana...
Aidan Severs
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
May 11, 20231 min read
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10 Things I Learned About Teaching As A Lazy ECT
Teaching is hard, and sometimes teachers find themselves working ourselves to the bone. Perhaps it doesn't have to be that way...
Aidan Severs
Dec 12, 20226 min read
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Learning To Fall: Learning To Succeed
Learning to fall is learning to succeed. "If you can't ride, can you fall?" "I suppose anyone can fall," said Shasta. "I mean can you...
Aidan Severs
Sep 5, 20225 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Aug 8, 20224 min read
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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?
Aidan Severs
Jul 3, 20226 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Jan 25, 202212 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Dec 18, 20215 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Dec 16, 20217 min read
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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...
Aidan Severs
Dec 14, 20214 min read
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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 –...
Aidan Severs
Dec 13, 202111 min read
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