Video library

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Developing Metacognition

A primary teacher (and member of the school's senior leadership team) reflects on the importance of children's awaren...

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Learning-based Displays

A member of a high school's senior leadership team (and science teacher) considers how changes in the way the school ...

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Mouse Tails

Nursery children use a collection of home-made mice with tails of different lengths to explore the concepts of 'long...

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The Pirates' Problem

Boys are engaged in role-play in the pirate ship outside the classroom.

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The Telescope

A boy is making a telescope (one of a series of pirate-related activities on offer).

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Learning Journey

The YR/Y1 class is back together on the carpet after the morning's activities.

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Train Ride

As part of their outdoor play, nursery children have helped to construct a train out of cardboard boxes.

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Puppet Screen

Following a visit to their Forest School, primary children plan and make puppets using twigs and other natural materi...

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Decorating Sticks

These nursery children have a new set of sticks which they will use to make, and to enjoy, music.

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Learning from Others

A mixed ability group of boys continue to reflect on their drama lesson.

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Forest School Printing

Children visit their own Forest School to choose and collect materials for printing.

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Museum Visit

Nursery children explore and discuss artefacts as they visit their local museum.

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Assessment for learning _ subject variations

Paul Black talks about variations in the ways that assessment for learning can operate in different subjects while at...

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Fun with colours

In this school, the aim is to engage children in learning a modern foreign language through activities, games and songs.

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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.

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Learning within a broad curriculum

Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?

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Continuity in children's learning - laying the crazy paving

What is the starting point in planning learning?

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What does outstanding learning look like?

What does learning look like in successful schools and how does this impact on measured outcomes for pupils?

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Teaching whole books

What is the place of whole books in the curriculum?

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What does learning and teaching look like over time?

What do you want children to experience and achieve?

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Opening doors and inviting children through

Mick Waters talks about developing children with growth mindsets and avoiding the pressures of the education system t...

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What is outstanding teaching - 1?

What does good teaching look like inside and outside of the classroom?

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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...

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What can school leaders influence?

What are the elements of the school that leadership can influence?

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What is the place of rote learning?

Mick Waters considers the place of rote learning in education and its strengths and limitations.