Curriculum
Posted on November 23, 2017 by Shareen Mayers
Thanks to Shareen Mayers for creating these teaching resources and planning ideas. These reading resources and guidance for key stage 1 teachers that will support teachers with their teaching, learning and assessments.
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Curriculum
Posted on November 22, 2017 by John Dabell
Thanks to John Dabell for this post which unpacks the key insights learned from the EEF Maths Report. John is a teacher with over 20 years teaching experience across all key stages. He has worked as a national in-service provider and is a trained OfSTED inspector.
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Curriculum
Posted on November 15, 2017 by Bev Forrest
Bev argues that there should be more diversity with relation to disability in the teaching of History in schools
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Assessment
Posted on November 13, 2017 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
Using standardised testing to support teacher understanding
By Tyrone Samuel, Network Lead for Primary Data and Assessment
The new academic year is in full swing, and as we enter autumn 2, I have already visited the majority of our primary schools as the Network Lead for Primary Assessment and Data at Ark.
Autumn 1 has been as busy and intense as ever for me, supporting schools with their data analysis and training, bringing our assessment leads together to collaborate on good practice, as well as sharing key lessons, messages and insights. This has helped to focus minds on our Ark network mission, to make sure that every pupil can go to university or into the career of their choice by setting high expectations and striving to know every pupil.
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Curriculum
Posted on November 1, 2017 by Nick Hart
Many thanks to Nick Hart for this blog post, which looks at teaching quarters in mathematics.
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Curriculum
Posted on October 30, 2017 by Nellie
We are a large inner-city school in Leicester with 630 pupils on roll, approximately 95% of whom speak English as an Additional Language. These wide ranging starting points have made gap analysis through the use of accurate and reliable assessments paramount.
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Curriculum
Posted on October 20, 2017 by Lucy
This week the DfE have released teacher assessment exemplification materials for 2017/2018, guidance for the end of year KS1 and KS2 assessments, and guidance for assessing and reporting the early years foundation stage (EYFS) profile.
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Curriculum
Posted on October 20, 2017 by Joanna Fuller
For many years, Rising Stars has worked closely with Book Aid International, a charity that provides books to communities and school libraries in Africa that are lacking these essential resources.
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Curriculum
Posted on October 20, 2017 by John Dabell
Teacher and inspector John Dabell discusses why times tables matter and how to help children master them, by understanding what the numbers mean, 'seeing' the maths, and knowing how to apply their knowledge to a real-life purpose.
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Curriculum
Posted on October 20, 2017 by Lucy
Our website will be offline on Sunday 22nd October for an essential maintenance update.
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