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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · 24d

Smartphones change children in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. Slowly, over time, their characters change. And it’s not for the better.

My latest blog details my pastoral experiences with smartphones in school.

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What Your Children Are Really Seeing in Group Chats

Being pastorally responsible for a group of 30 children as their form tutor is perhaps the greatest privilege and source of joy that teaching can bring. At one stage in my career, I became the form…

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · 24d

Smartphones change children in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. Slowly, over time, their characters change. And it’s not for the better.

My latest blog details my pastoral experiences with smartphones in school.

bunsenblue.com/2025/09/04/w...

What Your Children Are Really Seeing in Group Chats

Being pastorally responsible for a group of 30 children as their form tutor is perhaps the greatest privilege and source of joy that teaching can bring. At one stage in my career, I became the form…

bunsenblue.com

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Apr 8

I’m so sorry to hear this. Dawn was inspiring, generous & contributed immensely to the profession. My deepest condolences 🙏🏽

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Peps @pepsmccrea.bsky.social · Mar 23

*Diagnostic overshadowing* can thwart inclusive teaching.

What's useful for teachers to know:

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Dianne Murphy 📚 🇳🇿 🇮🇪 @diannemurphy.bsky.social · Mar 22

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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Ben Erskine @benerskine.bsky.social · Mar 22

“The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases.”

Great blog on strategies to ensure students pay attention during the lessons explanation. Well worth a read. Thanks @priteshraichura.bsky.social

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Choral Response and ‘I Say You Say’

The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 22

Extraordinary blogs with lots of excellent ideas.

Tom Rees @tomrees.bsky.social · Feb 22

Two very useful blogs from David Thomas on SEND policy.

Part 1: The SEND Crisis

Why children are getting worse care, more slowly at greater cost

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The SEND crisis

Why children are getting worse care, more slowly, at greater cost

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 22

Yes exactly. Absolute P8 for disadvantage is exactly what I mean.

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 21

I genuinely believe teaching is the best profession! We are responsible for shaping characters of our pupils as much as we think hard about how to improve their attainment. How stimulating & what a privilege. My article with @joshpd.bsky.social below 👇🏼 #EduSky

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Great teachers are not born; they are made

Focusing on great professional development opportunities is key to ending our recruitment woes

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 21

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?

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douglemov.bsky.social @douglemov.bsky.social · Feb 19

Here's my interview with science teacher extraordinaire, @priteshraichura.bsky.social in which we discuss the what, when and why of his teaching methods.

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Ep 52 | Lessons on Excellent Teaching (with Pritesh Raichura)

Sweat The Technique · Episode

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Feb 15

With vaccination under attack worth reading this, which I think is the most understated powerful thing Roald Dahl ever wrote.

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 17

How would you answer the question: "Why do children misbehave?" Reply below with "Because they..." 👇

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 16

I take it not veggie, then?

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 16

Now I want all the details: where is this?! 😍

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 16

Not much variety, is there?

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · Feb 14

🗣️ Teaching is challenging, but rewarding. Seeing students grow and succeed is unparalleled.

Check out @joshpd.bsky.social and @priteshraichura.bsky.social on the demands & rewards of teaching in @schoolsweek.bsky.social.

And why not watch Pritesh in action⁉️: steplab.co/film

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Peter Tse @mrptse.bsky.social · Feb 11

3 and a half years ago, a small group of 11 teachers set up
Ark Soane Academy.

We are now recruiting for our FIFTH year as a school.

Where has the time gone?! 🧵

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Mike Hill @michaeldoron.bsky.social · Feb 9

Thank you to everyone who came to our second Ark Soane History conference yesterday. It was such a joy to see so many history teacher colleagues together.

As always, I’m proudest of our pupils who were so keen to help and talk about history. What a lovely day. #Soane25

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 9

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.

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 9

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.

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Pete Jackson @petejackson.bsky.social · Feb 9

This is a really interesting blog. Often our questioning focuses on ‘check for understanding’ rather than ‘check for attention’. I’ve started using ‘choral response’ and ‘I say you say’ much more in my teaching and it’s really effective.
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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 8

*New post!* Choral response & 'I Say You Say' are two techniques I use with high frequency during my explanations. Although they seem simple, there is a lot of thinking behind them.
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Choral Response and ‘I Say You Say’

The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

bunsenblue.wordpress.com

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 9

Not just time, but also extent & complexity of recall depending on cues given.

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 9

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.

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Pritesh Raichura @priteshraichura.bsky.social · Feb 9

Thanks Mark! Yes - this always surprises teachers. But I swear by these strategies!