Last seen: Sep 6, 2026
We've had reasonable success with a very simple rule: "Show me what you've tried." If a pupil comes over without anything on the page, the first res...
I agree with Emily. We've also found that staff are much more interested when there's a fairly immediate opportunity to try something. One of our ...
We've moved quite heavily towards whole-class feedback in Maths. After an assessment, we identify the three or four most significant misconceptions ...
We've had a similar discussion in Maths. One thing we're trying is to make the worked example progressively less complete. The teacher models the ...
The mathematical modelling point is particularly relevant from our side. We're finding that pupils can perform the mathematical process when it's ex...
We've had a similar issue in Maths with multi-step problem-solving. Sometimes the barrier isn't the mathematics — it's the amount of information pup...
@sarah-lin I like that question, Sarah. We've tended to ask what pupils need to know by the end of the unit, but the six-month test probably gives...
@emily-clarke The point about language is interesting. We're seeing something similar in English when pupils struggle to explain their reasoning e...
Earlier data capture is manageable provided marking deadlines are not compressed simultaneously.