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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, definately agree with that. The site is also littered with Paw Patrol and Disney content (including lots of pop-ups) and it comes across as very unserious.

Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · 1d

The unacknowledged truth is many senior leaders can't provide teachers with a more attractive option than Twinkl, which says a lot.

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s to my fellow primary teachers who on week 4 are somehow already 3 weeks behind on the White Rose small steps 😂🙌

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · 23d

Excellent thread. This problem can be traced all the way back to LKS2 where Ofsted's insistance of having a broad and balanced curriculum significantly impedes a school's ability to support children who reach Year 3 unable to read well enough.

Daniel Bundred 🦡 @danielbundred.bsky.social · 24d

One of the things that continually irked me about the old Ofsted inspection framework, and is true in the new one too is an implied prioritisation of breadth of curriculum over literacy. In this one breadth of curriculum is the bullet point 1 and children being able to read is partway through 3.

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 17

Yes, the Portuguese runner’s reaction was a highlight for my Y3 class 😂

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 17

Put the men’s 1500 meter final on the board in class today. The kids loved finding out about the British runners and cheering them on. Great race too. 🇬🇧🥈

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 2

We’re ready 🤘

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sad news. I always liked this gem - it’s absolutely bonkers 😂

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jul 11

I've seen one of these very recently. Can schools refuse to engage if they believe it has been written by AI? Could (should) the DfE step in and back schools on this?

Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · Jul 11

Schools are being hit with AI-generated complaints, full of legal inaccuracies and complex arguments, that are draining time from schools

Exclusive from @jasminenorden.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Schools face ‘unsustainable’ rise in AI-generated complaints

Parents’ use of AI in making complaints means schools are having to deal with complex letters loaded with references to the law, leaders warn

www.tes.com

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Mike Hobbiss @mikehobbiss.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 NEW BLOG 📣

Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model

hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...

A model of the human information processing stream from the environment through attention and working memory to long-term memory, with annotations of teaching activities that can be done to mitigate against capacity and processing limitations at each stage

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jun 25

Just caught up with the
@carousel-learning.bsky.social x @pkckst.bsky.social retrieval webinar... if I where lucky enough to lead a school, this is the first place I'd be going for curriculum.

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Mark McCourt @markmccourt.bsky.social · Jun 14

NEW BLOG: We Taught It. They Forgot It. We Moved On.

www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jun 13

Cracking day at the @walkthrus.bsky.social conference - always an inspiring day (and a chance to nerd out about teaching 🤓)

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jun 11

A shift towards purchased curriculum also has cost implications at a time when budgets are being tightened. I would edge me bets many schools are reverting back to an 'in-house' curriculum and away from costly subscriptions.

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jun 11

In a nutshell, this has always been the Achilles heel of the primary curriculum, particularly within foundation subjects. I'm broadly in favour of this. However, do leaders have the knowledge needed to appraise curriculum materials?

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Jun 3

@pkckst.bsky.social has partnered with @carousel-learning.bsky.social 😍 How I wish my school adopted PKC 🙏

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · May 20

That is a great read, but I'm really loving this one so far!

Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · May 20

A birthday present from yesterday. I’ve been looking forward to reading this one.

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · May 19

This is a really interesting read. The quotes from interview parcipants portray the slide in expectations (in regards English and mathematics) this curriculum reform brought about.

ImpactWales @impactwales.bsky.social · May 19

NEWS - recent research highlights the failure of Wales' Foundation Phase to close the disadvantage gap.

Q is, why is WG determined to use "enabling learning" pedagogy across all year groups? Madness.

Full research here: bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/IFAMUE...

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · Apr 13

It was great to contribute to this discussion.

This booklet is a concise and useful starting point for thinking about improving assessment practices in schools.

Evidence Based Education @evidencebased.education · Apr 13

What every teacher needs to know about assessment.

eBook on how effective teaching requires ongoing professional development in assessment.

Download now: t.ly/HRqOE

#EduSky

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Mar 29

From my experience of the NPQH, they definitely need a bigger evidence base. It’s far too reliant on the EEF.

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Tom Sherrington @teacherhead.bsky.social · Mar 23

10 Things: The essentials of your pedagogical toolkit. teacherhead.com/2023/08/31/1...

10 Things: The essentials of your pedagogical toolkit.

When you observe lessons analysing what teachers do, it’s phenomenal just how many techniques are deployed at different phases of a lesson or running in parallel at any given time. I’ve…

teacherhead.com

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Mar 22

This happens in our school partnership and although it’s well intended, it’s incredibly patronising and frustrating.

Ceri @ceriteaches.bsky.social · Mar 22

In our MAT we have a program of CPD that is basically subject leads/heads of departments from the secondaries coming in to tell us how to teach their subject. Some have a basic understanding of NC expectations but none have ever taught in primary. It’s patronising beyond belief

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Mar 17

But what about schools that have terrible chefs?

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Steve Caldwell @steviecaldwell.bsky.social · Mar 10

A sunny Sunday on the Welsh coast. Perfect way to clear my head ☀️

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