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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Apr 5

Love seeing our trainees and alumni together in this video 🤩 Know someone who’d make a great teacher? Put them in touch with us!

Reach Teacher Training @reachteachtrain.bsky.social · Apr 2

Get into teaching with Reach Schools! Train with us at our base in west London. Learn in small cohorts from experts with fantastic support, where we have fun every day. What are you waiting for? Our deadline is approaching, so apply now: reachteachertraining.com/apply/ #teachatreach

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Reach Schools @reachschools.bsky.social · Apr 2

Get into teaching with Reach Schools! Train with us at our base in west London. Learn in small cohorts from experts with fantastic support, where we have fun every day. What are you waiting for? Our deadline is approaching, so apply now: reachteachertraining.com/apply/ #teachatreach

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Reach Teacher Training @reachteachtrain.bsky.social · Apr 2

Get into teaching with Reach Schools! Train with us at our base in west London. Learn in small cohorts from experts with fantastic support, where we have fun every day. What are you waiting for? Our deadline is approaching, so apply now: reachteachertraining.com/apply/ #teachatreach

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · Feb 16

What’s fluency and why is it important? Should you use extracts or full texts? How do you approach a class discussion about a book?

Hear @suchmo83.bsky.social’s wise insights on these questions and many more, and share with anyone who cares about getting kids reading.

youtu.be/DyrGjl-U2Xc?...

Reading Myths, Mastery & Motivation, Getting Fluent with Christopher Such, Mind the Gap, Ep92(S5,E8)

YouTube video by Mind the Gap with Jon & Emma

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Michael Fordham @michaelfordham.bsky.social · Feb 5

Well done to Schools Week for digging in to what might look like a technical issue, but in reality will be what makes this framework fall apart.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · Feb 5

Schools Week have devised a quiz!

Higher or Lower! Can you spot which statement in the Ofsted framework is for the higher grade?!

schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-quiz-...

Ofsted quiz: Can you spot a ‘strong’ rating from a ‘secure’ one?

Ofsted's proposed 'toolkits' have been criticised as being too unclear - but do they make sense?

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · Feb 5

Schools Week have devised a quiz!

Higher or Lower! Can you spot which statement in the Ofsted framework is for the higher grade?!

schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-quiz-...

Ofsted quiz: Can you spot a ‘strong’ rating from a ‘secure’ one?

Ofsted's proposed 'toolkits' have been criticised as being too unclear - but do they make sense?

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Feb 2

Enjoying my collection of edu-mugs this afternoon @teachertapp.bsky.social @reachteachtrain.bsky.social @steplab.bsky.social

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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · Jan 25

My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday.

Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

Top work here Peps! Can’t wait to watch & learn! 🤩

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

Me too!

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Reach Schools @reachschools.bsky.social · Jan 24

Can’t wait to watch it!

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

The thread 👇👇👇

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

At Reach Schools, we believe in the power of practice and the importance of habits.

Habits are hard to break and arguably harder to build.

Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

If you’re interested in how we develop expert teachers through professsional development at @reachschools.bsky.social, take a look at the documentary and have a read of this thread about the power of practice, the importance of habits & repeated rehearsal 🗝️

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

A huge shout out to @pepsmccrea.bsky.social & the @steplab.bsky.social team for sharing this incredible work so generously 🤩

These lessons and the break down of expert teaching will be so valuable for all of us working in teacher development.

They’re making the implicit, explicit 🎁

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

Huge hat tip to @harpreetkdh.bsky.social, @islaiago.bsky.social, Eve & Tilly for being the absolute stars of the show 👑

They are hands down some of the best teachers in the country. I’ve learnt so much from working with them over the last three years and I’m sure you will too 👏

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 24

🚨IT’S HERE!!🚨

Last year, the team at StepLab came in to record some of the great lessons at @reachschools.bsky.social and chat teaching and learning with the team.

I have the privilege of seeing my fantastic colleagues teach day after day and can’t wait to dive into this documentary 🤩

Peps @pepsmccrea.bsky.social · Jan 22

🚨🚨 NEW TODAY

For the last 18 months, I've been working on a top secret documentary to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK.

Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free):

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ0...

(Why And How) We Made A Documentary Unpacking Great Teaching

YouTube video by Peps Mccrea

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Peps @pepsmccrea.bsky.social · Jan 22

🚨🚨 NEW TODAY

For the last 18 months, I've been working on a top secret documentary to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK.

Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free):

↓

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ0...

(Why And How) We Made A Documentary Unpacking Great Teaching

YouTube video by Peps Mccrea

www.youtube.com

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Hannah Pinkham @hannahpinkham.bsky.social · Jan 22

Stellar vid, stellar schools...APPLY!

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

Interested in joining the team?
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reachschools.uk/vacancies/

Vacancies

Current Vacancies Subtitle or standfirst copy Reach Academy Hanworth Park vacancies English Teacher English TeacherDeadline: 23rd January 2025 We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated teach…

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

There’s been lots written about habits, practice & motivation - and we know that research needs to be delivered in a way that is context specific.

That’s why our professional development curriculum is carefully designed to maximise the chances of improving teaching.

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

As you can see from the video in the first tweet on this thread from Reach Academy Feltham, practice is focussed and feedback is key.

Below is another short clip of trainees from @reachteachtrain.bsky.social practicing and getting feedback.

👑Practice + Feedback👑

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

And we know that the aviation industry ✈️ and 🩺 medical professionals systematically review and learn from their performance.

So why not teachers too?

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

We know that elite sportspeople practice isolated skills on conditions that are nothing like the match they will play 🎾

We know actors rehearse scenes, lines of dialogue, and blocking on a stage on their own and with their fellow performers 🎭

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Ryan Holmes @educatingholmes.bsky.social · Jan 21

So if forming habits and breaking habits is so difficult, but also so important - how do we do it?

At Reach Schools, we embrace the power of practice: focussing on individual skills in isolation and within an artificial environment to help us refine what excellent looks like.

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