Video library
Developing Metacognition
A primary teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) reflects on the importance of children's awaren...
Learning-based Displays
A member of a high school's senior leadership team (and science teacher) considers how changes in the way the school ...
Mouse Tails
Nursery children use a collection of home-made mice with tails of different lengths to explore the concepts of 'long...
Train Ride
As part of their outdoor play, nursery children have helped to construct a train out of cardboard boxes.
Puppet Screen
Following a visit to their Forest School, primary children plan and make puppets using twigs and other natural materi...
Decorating Sticks
These nursery children have a new set of sticks which they will use to make, and to enjoy, music.
Forest School Printing
Children visit their own Forest School to choose and collect materials for printing.
Assessment for learning _ subject variations
Paul Black talks about variations in the ways that assessment for learning can operate in different subjects while at...
Fun with colours
In this school, the aim is to engage children in learning a modern foreign language through activities, games and songs.
Heads and shoulders
Year 3 children sing 'heads and shoulders' as part of a French lesson with a focus on naming parts of the body.
Learning within a broad curriculum
Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?
Continuity in children's learning - laying the crazy paving
What is the starting point in planning learning?
What does outstanding learning look like?
What does learning look like in successful schools and how does this impact on measured outcomes for pupils?
What does learning and teaching look like over time?
What do you want children to experience and achieve?
Opening doors and inviting children through
Mick Waters talks about developing children with growth mindsets and avoiding the pressures of the education system t...
What is outstanding teaching - 1?
What does good teaching look like inside and outside of the classroom?
What is outstanding teaching - 2?
Mick Waters offers a definition of an outstanding teacher in terms of the teacher's contribution to the learning comm...
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.