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Parents communicating with Early Years settings
Parents explain how all types of communication are important.
Releasing the butterflies commentary
Practitioner Emma reflects on the clip "Releasing the Butterflies'.
Opening a new bilingual school
Hints and tips from a school that opened as a new bilingual school and has proved to be successful.
Data: the impact of the bilingual approach
True bilingualism is a learning marathon, not a sprint. We see how data shows this.
Planning the curriculum in a bilingual international school
Consistent planning, to deliver the same skills and structured programmes concurrentl,y maximises the learning potent...
Developing a bilingual school- the role of phonics
Illustrated by the same year 2 class in their English and Vietnamese phonics lesson teachers explain how phonics aid ...
Bilingual education- Making a great start: EYFS
Two EYFS practitioners, one English first language and one Vietnamese first language illustrate their bilingual appro...
Improving Writing 3: Mentoring Improvement in Writing
An extended conversation to improve writing standards between a first grade pupil and his teaching assistant.
Creating Number Stories as a Solution Strategy in Math(s)
Children practise explaining solution strategies to an addition number story.
IT Integration in the Classroom 2
The shift in a school to the total integration of IT into subject teaching is further examined.
Parents and bilingual education
A principal and a parent make the case for bilingual education which encourages global perspectives but not at the ex...
Developing bilingual learners through one curriculum area
A biligual primary class is seen during integrated topic work, language and cultural support is both planned for and ...
A differentiated approach to assisting bilingual language learners
Vietnamese children join a bilingual school with a wide variation in their English skills, we see how all are supported.
What makes our bilingual school different?
Senior teachers define how bilingual international schools enabe local perspective and global citizenship.
Improving Writing 1: Vivid Verbs
This first grade teacher introduces a class on the carpet to superior, more vivid verbs.
Integrating Technology Throughout The Curriculum
An IT teacher explains how she enhances Math(s) teaching in grade 8 in this school in Mexico.
IT integration in First Grade: Fractions
An IT teacher and a first grade teacher delivering Math(s) explain how planning and teaching together enables deeper ...
IT Integration in First Grade: iPad Basics and Non-Standard Mea...
The simultaneous teaching of IT and Math(s) is illustrated as children work independently in non-standard measurement.
Equally valuing local and western staff
In a bilingual international school, local and western staff complement one another, we see how each are chosen and r...
Developing a bilingual school through translanguaging
Unpacking how the translanguaging strategy supports children's bilingual learning.
IT Integration in First Grade: Reflecting on Learning
A Math(s) and IT teacher reflect on the advantages of recording children's voices and written explanations 'live' as ...
Response to Intervention Meeting
An RTI coach explains how pupils become more successful by teachers observing their work.
Student Support Team - The SST
Tailoring individual academic experiences, noting areas for opportunity, listening to concerns, sharing strategy base...
The School That Knows Itself: Purpose and Direction
Ensuring that mission and vision are visible in classrooms and their effects inspire students can be measured is seen...
The School That Knows Itself- Being Ambitious
The academic director and principal of a 5-16 school vision the next five years.
Using the Personalised Learning Plan
We watch as a teacher interviews students working on their next challenging targets using their personalised learning...
Language Arts
Raising standards in literacy has benefitted from the Language Arts approach at this school in Mexico.
Observation, planning and ensuring development
A principal explains how skilled observation at EYFS drives next steps of development.
Planning in the moment
Trainee pracitioner, Jillian, explains that genuine interest from the children is essential.
The School That Knows Itself: Data
We see how diverse data, used daily by pupils, administrators and teachers is enabling challenge in learning for ever...
Parents and Early Years
A head of EYFS explains how evolving an EYFS unit needs to have parents on board.
Developing an Early Years Unit
A Head of EYFS reveals what shaped the philosophy of a new EYFS unit.
Supporting a specialist EYFS team
A principal talks his support for the expertise of a specialist EYFS team.
Language and culture
A Head of EYFS talks about English as the professional language of her setting.
Heritage language and home culture
A Head of EYFS describes how she celebrates children's heritage and home language.
Releasing the butterflies
Both years in EYFS have been nurturing butterflies and today, they are to be released.
Observing themed play
The clip follows a complete morning of largely independent free flow activity part way through the theme pirates.
Working scientifically: "We've done it"
There is a moment of complete delight as these learning partners construct their successful circuit.
Making relationships
Children are constructing a framework to suspend artefacts collected at Forest School.
Learning through Forest School
Jenny Doyle talks about some of the principles common to all Forest School experiences.
Forest School as an enabling environment
Jenny Doyle, a key figure nationally in the Forest School movement, reflects on children�s engagement in, and excitem...
Performing better dances
Year 3 children are working on a desert theme inspired by an Egyptians theme.
Fundamentals of assessment for learning
Paul Black talks about the fundamental features of assessment for learning.
Negotiating success criteria
Paul Black talks about the importance of negotiating success criteria with pupils.
Understanding the big picture
Pupils need to understand how day-to-day learning fits into the bigger picture.
Inducting pupils into peer assessment
Pupils need to be inducted into peer assessment for it to operate effectively.
Teachers rethinking their roles
Paul Black speaks about the challenges for teachers in assessment for learning.
Nurturing pupils' engagement with learning
Paul Black talks about how learning and motivation can be fostered in the classroom.
Characteristics of the AfL classroom
Paul Black talks about interactions, dialogue and noise levels in the 'assessment for learning' classroom.
The school context for promoting AfL
Paul Black talks about these opportunities for teachers to interact and share practice.
Formative feedback versus marks and grades
Paul Black talks about the importance of feedback to pupils.
French vocabulary starters
In this primary school, a range of activities are used to make learning a foreign language enjoyable and fun.
Engaging in conversations
Building on whole class and group work earlier in the lesson, the children use the French to which they have been int...
Supporting in French
A class teacher, who supports French being taught to her class, talks about her role and experiences.
Incorporating French into the school day
A class teacher talks about how French is incorporated into the wider curriculum.
Raising standards for lower achieving pupils
Patricia Broadfoot reveals how formative assessment raises GCSE standards by, on average, two grades.
Knowing where they are going
Patricia Broadfoot discusses the importance of setting learning objectives.
Feedback and classroom dialogue
Patricia Broadfoot talks the problems with marks and grades, about how feedback must give pointers for improvement in...
Giving students the language of assessment
Patricia Broadfoot describes this can help students become autonomous learners.
Self and peer assessment
Patricia Broadfoot talks about developing students' skills of self criticism.
Getting the best from all learners
Patricia Broadfoot talks about the impact that assessment for learning can have for lower attainers including boys, g...
The potential of assessment for learning
Evidence shows there's no other educational innovation that has such power to raise standards.
Design: Smoke Alarm
Encouraging thinking skills and growth mindset, this sequence links a design and make acivity to a whoe term class pr...
Design: choosing resources
Prior to a design and make activity to make as smoke alarm, the teachers shows the class possible resoucres.
Design and make
Very efffective learning partners engage in a design and make exercise to create a smoke alarm.
Project Planning with Staff
Nursery staff meet to finalise details of the forthcoming visit to the local museum.
Learning from mistakes
Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...
Developing Metacognition
A primary teacher notes the usefulness of mini-plenaries and learning partners.
Inspiring Communication and Language
A visit to the local museum prompts a whole range of high quality language.
What does outstanding learning look like?
Mick Waters discusses what you would see in a learning walk around a successful school.
What can school leaders influence?
What are the elements of the school that leadership can influence?
What is the place of rote learning?
Mick Waters considers the place of rote learning in education and its strengths and limitations.
Narrow v broad based curriculum
Governors and headteachers have to balance the needs of testing and having a broad based curriculum.
School improvement through lesson observation
A deputy head talks about the power of on-going monitoring through lesson observation to set challenging targets for ...
Writing composition - classroom discussion to plan writing to i...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.
How should teachers evaluate and plan towards a whole book appr...
Teachers assess the impact of whole books.
Delivering whole books in the curriculum
We hear about the implications of whole books for pupils and teachers.