Poet, storyteller and educational consultant.
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'What we can learn from high-performing jurisdictions about implementing #oracy education and its impact on learning ... ?'
A reminder of my conversation with curriculum, assessment and international research guru, Tim Oates CBE: open.spotify.com/episode/78c…
Pie Corbett retweeted
The ACHUKA #BookoftheDay for Tue 10 Nov is
Break in the Sun by Bernard Ashley introduction by Frank Cottrell Boyce, ill. Margo McDaid from @manderleypress
achuka.co.uk/blog/break-in-t… via @achuka
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Daily poetry prompt: The Magical Cat...
I am the magical cat.
I don't eat fish or meat,
I nibble fireworks, lava
and the crunchy tips of stars...
Think about the ordinary things your creature does, then make them extraordinary. More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/201… @PieCorbett
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A Community of Writers display is quickly taking shape in the entrance corridor to @SandgateTfW, complete with 420 individual keys and labels
@Talk4Writing @PieCorbett @JamieThomasTFW
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An excellent & very recent publication by Dr Nell Duke (on behalf of the Council of Chief State School Officers) entitled 'Research-Aligned Curriculum & Practices in Pre-K Literacy Education. Only 15 pages in length in a comparative table format w/ fulsome endnotes & weblinks.
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Worth remembering that many current edu gurus started out as huge Hattie acolytes. But it was always obvious that Hattie's research was nonsense.
In education, if you have the right narrative and sound evidencey you go far. More true today than Hattie's heyday.
John Hattie’s Visible Learning has substantially influenced curriculum choices, professional development & policy mandates globally. Now a comprehensive methodological audit examines whether the underlying evidence base supports these rankings. The findings raise serious concerns regarding the validity of the synthesis.
Invention writing - free writing - every child has a key...
A Community of Writers display is quickly taking shape in the entrance corridor to @SandgateTfW, complete with 420 individual keys and labels
@Talk4Writing @PieCorbett @JamieThomasTFW
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Poetry prompt:
I'd Rather Be Doing Anything Today Than Going to School.
I’d rather tightrope walk across Grand Canyon or tumble over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
I’d rather have my feet nibbled by piranhas or try to tiptoe past a sleepy lion.
brian-moses.blogspot.com/201… @PieCorbett
Pie Corbett retweeted
Today @ofstednews produced some analysis of school inspections completed in 2025-26.
Again they published most of the analysis lumping together primary and secondary inspections (along with middle, first, all through etc) which hides any potential differences between phases.
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In Sept 2015 Ofsted published a report called 'The Wasted Years'. It was hard hitting and made a series of recommendations, some of them for Ofsted. One was to ensure inspection focussed more on KS3 and explicitly reported on it. This largely didnt happen for long enough.
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My video of the poem 'What Are We Fighting For?'
Could be useful for primary school assemblies tomorrow. youtube.com/watch?v=o0nOg-oL…
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My blog post describes a simple method for helping teachers improve: instead of vaguely watching a lesson, I use two quick tallies from the back of the room—one tracking how a teacher responds to student answers (praise, correction, or deeper push), another tracking off-task behavior. Research shows feedback type matters more than amount. The post ends with a coaching tip: build follow-up questions from someone's own words. rodjnaquin.substack.com/p/be…
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"A rich, erudite and fascinating book" - in Creatures of Story and Song, Lee Raye traces Britain's lost species through literature, folklore & bestiaries. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.co… @reaktionbooks @KathLangrish @WritersReview1 #extinction #lostspecies #natureloss #wildlife
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You want your class to look more closely at how a poem is constructed? Please try my 'Secret Strings' game:
michaelrosenblog.blogspot.co…
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"Only the best is good enough" or "Quite good isn't good enough"
@PieCorbett asks Exec Head Kate Couldwell how she gets the culture right to drive exceptional outcomes in a high-deprivation area.
Catch the latest episode of Talk for Teachers, out now:
mr-e-education.co.uk/talk-fo…
Challenging area - 90% across the board - the practicalities and wisdom born out of experience.
"Only the best is good enough" or "Quite good isn't good enough"
@PieCorbett asks Exec Head Kate Couldwell how she gets the culture right to drive exceptional outcomes in a high-deprivation area.
Catch the latest episode of Talk for Teachers, out now:
mr-e-education.co.uk/talk-fo…
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What would happen if you introduced children to an ethical vocabulary and gave them time to be reflective learners?
Join me and the inspirational educator, Neil Hawkes, to answer this very question.
S3, E6, live on 19/11/26
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Ekphratic writing - a painting - the quick brainstorm - the shared writing. Each child had their own painting to respond to…
