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Happiness at Work and Well-being
5 big steps and 7 drivers for achieving happiness at work and building a culture of well-being in schools.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jun 13, 20245 min read
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Strategic thinking and planning
Assess your school's strategic planning against this four quadrant tool. Access a range of strategic planning ideas, resources & questions.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jun 4, 202416 min read
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Improving KS2 reading outcomes
Improving KS2 reading outcomes. What can be done to ensure more pupils achieve the expected standard in Key Stage 2 Reading?
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Sep 22, 202311 min read
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Curriculum implementation - responding to the challenges
Question for senior leaders: What does it take to turn your ambitious curriculum into reality? What, at a senior leadership level, are...
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Apr 14, 202319 min read
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Handwriting development
Think piece on handwriting. The importance of developing handwriting can not be overemphasised. Eradicate handwriting as a limiting factor.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
May 27, 202222 min read
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Developing inference skills for struggling readers
Developing inference skills. Supporting struggling readers. Implementing high-impact school solutions. Special offer booklet.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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Is school improvement actual improvement or just something different?
When planning for school improvement how do we ensure it leads to genuine benefits for pupils and teachers? Not for the faint hearted!
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Mar 18, 202213 min read
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Melded learning - teacher CPD
New opportunities; new ways of learning. Lets embrace the possibilities melded learning presents for teacher professional development.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jul 12, 202032 min read
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The importance of automaticity
This is the third post in a series about word reading and removing barriers to pupils making progress in reading. Orthographic mapping!
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jun 27, 202012 min read
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Struggling with phonics?
Is phonological awareness the missing link for your struggling word readers, young or old? Phonics learning needs a firm foundation.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jun 20, 202015 min read
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Structured leadership conversations
Increase the impact of leadership conversations by using the structures and downloadable resources on this blog. Invest in each other.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
May 16, 202013 min read
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How fast should we read?
How fast should we read?
What advice do we give to parents / pupils about reading rates? Impact of fluency on comprehension?
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
May 4, 202031 min read
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Ofsted subject monitoring visits
These resources will support subject leaders with curriculum development - focusing on thematic reviews and Ofsted subject monitoring visits
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jan 18, 20204 min read
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Accountable Talk in the classroom
Talk resources - developing classroom talk
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Jan 5, 20208 min read
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New online reading course
Online reading course on teaching reading comprehension for primary teachers. Amazing value and great reviews.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Nov 1, 20192 min read
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Knowledge in the primary curriculum?
A blog and podcast focusing on 'knowledge' in the curriculum designed to extend and deepen school conversations. Part of a series of posts.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
May 12, 201927 min read
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Transport your readers : setting descriptions
Teaching pupils how to write setting descriptions is deceptively hard. This blog includes resources for teachers and pupils.
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
May 6, 20197 min read
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KS2 SATs Reading analysis 2017 and 2018
With just a few weeks to go, teachers in Year 6 may wish to consider analysis of previous KS2 Reading papers in order to prepare targeted...
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Apr 20, 20191 min read
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Course brochure now available
The 2019-20 course brochure is now available. Autumn term bookings for in-house training and consultancy support are now being taken....
Vicky Crane ICTWAND
Apr 19, 20191 min read
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