Pritesh Raichura
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Pritesh Raichura
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Director of Pastoral & Teaching at Athena Learning Trust. Formerly Michaela & Soane.
Blog: https://bunsenblue.com
Lesson videos: https://steplab.co/watch
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I’m so sorry to hear this. Dawn was inspiring, generous & contributed immensely to the profession. My deepest condolences 🙏🏽
April 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Reposted by Pritesh Raichura
Surely, it is more effective to train teachers in proven methods that produce capable readers than training them to use adaptive teaching techniques. One produces independence for children, the other dependence.

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March 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Yes exactly. Absolute P8 for disadvantage is exactly what I mean.
February 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m curious what work is being done to study schools where the socio-economic attainment gap is smallest. How can we replicate their success? Is this being looked at?
February 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I take it not veggie, then?
February 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Now I want all the details: where is this?! 😍
February 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Not much variety, is there?
February 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Yes, at times! I also use it for recap, which, depending on group can be varying time.

But a choral response is just a format for a question. So lots of factors might affect its deployment.

In this blog I focus on its use for phase 1 questioning - sustaining attention.
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Appreciate the words of encouragement! I try to share concrete ideas as much as possible with the thinking underpinning them, in the hope teachers who are interested can apply immediately & intelligently to their settings.
February 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Not just time, but also extent & complexity of recall depending on cues given.
February 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Yes - it’s not an inconsistency; it’s a sliding scale. ‘I say you say’ is direct repetition but choral response (‘on 3, 123’) could be recall of older content or recently spoken content but still requires slightly more work than the former.
February 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thanks Mark! Yes - this always surprises teachers. But I swear by these strategies!
February 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM