An education blog from Aidan Severs Consulting (www.aidansevers.com)
Monday 27 March 2017
Preparing For SATs: Advice For Year 6 Teachers
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If you're a Year 6 teacher this Easter, you definitely don't need me to wax lyrical about the pressure you're feeling right ...
Sunday 26 March 2017
People Can't Be Radiators If Their Leaders Drain Them And Give Them Nothing To Radiate
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I'm not really sure where it came from but the idea of an organisation being made up either of radiators or drains is fairly well kn...
Monday 20 March 2017
On the TES Blog: Why Every Primary Should Be Using Bar Modelling – And Six Steps To Make It A Success
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As a primary maths coordinator, it's been difficult to escape the lure of bar modelling: it's in every new publication, on all the...
Monday 13 March 2017
Book Review: 'The Night Spinner' by Abi Elphinstone
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Ask a child what 'The Night Spinner' by Abi Elphinstone is about and they will speak of magic and monsters, adventure and action. ...
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Using Simple Bar Modelling Techniques To Solve Multi-Step SATs Problems
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Bar Modelling is taking the primary maths world by storm. The 2014 curriculum appears, despite initial unhappiness, to be achieving a shif...
Friday 3 March 2017
On Why I'll Still Be Dressing Up For World Book Day And The Power Of Books
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There has been increasing dissent over World Book Day and its staple activity: dressing up as a book character (although I heard of one s...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Leadership Lessons: Letting Go And Letting Them
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"It is not a weakness to allow someone else to take prominence, it is a sign of confidence, strength and, ultimately, good leadershi...
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