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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · 19d

Not all modelling is best conducted at the front of the classroom...

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⭐ A Gather Around: A Step-By-Step Model Script

A step-by-step guide for WAGOLL+ members on how to use Gather Arounds to demonstrate processes and events for primary children

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · 19d

What does your hidden curriculum look like?

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⭐ The Hidden Curriculum We Actually Want

How everyday routines, habits, and teacher interactions build powerful long-term understanding

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Aug 28

My first post of the new academic year...

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thinking Aloud - Children need to know how you became intelligent and the process that that entails

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The Art of Modelling: Thinking Aloud

Helping children hear the expert thinking behind knowledge, concepts and processes

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 16

A sample 6 week PD cycle

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A 6 Week Professional Development Cycle: A Model for Great PD Training

A Practical Framework for Embedding Impactful Teaching Strategies

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 15

A summary of my posts in June.

📼 WAGOLL Rewind: June 2025

A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in June!

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 10

The Art of Introducing a Learning Intention

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⭐ The Art of Introducing a Learning Outcome

Helping pupils tune into what really matters in the lesson

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 9

Modelling is essential for novice learners. It directs attention, encodes key moves, and shows what success can look like. But in practice, we do far more than just model outcomes.

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The Art of Modelling: Demonstrating Expert Knowledge

Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 8

An example of a 6 week cycle of PD

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A 6 Week Professional Development Cycle: A Model for Great PD Training

A Practical Framework for Embedding Impactful Teaching Strategies

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 5

To use research-informed strategies effectively, primary teachers must balance the science of learning with how primary school children develop.

Considering the Primary Child: Teaching with Development in Mind

To use research-informed strategies effectively, primary teachers must balance the science of learning with how children develop.

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 5

A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.

A Learning Model with the Environment in Mind

A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 4

A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in June!

📼 WAGOLL Rewind: June 2025

A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in June!

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 2

Using structured discussion to adapt strategies to work in your primary classroom context:

ADAPT Meetings: A Model for Great PD Training

Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jul 1

One of my go-to book:

📘 Books That Stick: The Teaching and Learning Playbook

A step-by-step guide to classroom strategies, underpinned by clear principles and a real solid book on how great teaching can be codified, shared, and developed.

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 29

Write, Pair, Share scaffolds thinking before it's discussed with a partner. Really important in primary. When discussions are more complex.

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⭐ Write, Pair, Share – With Planning Script

Helping children shape their thinking before they speak

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 17

This week's post!

Demonstrating Expert Knowledge: Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom

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The Art of Modelling: Demonstrating Expert Knowledge

Taking a broader view of what modelling means for teaching in the primary classroom

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 16

Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context

ADAPT Meetings: A Model for Great PD Training

Using structured discussion to embed strategies that work in your classroom context

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 15

Incase you missed my posts in May

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📼 WAGOLL Rewind: May 2025

A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in May!

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 12

My latest Substack on The Art of Modelling is inspired by posts from Rachel, Alex and Emma!

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 11

My latest Substrack for leads looking to run Adapt Meetings to support the contextualisation of teaching strategies into year groups and subjects.

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 8

Discovery learning to drive would be chaotic and dangerous.

A maths lesson won't cause a crash, but if we agree that direct instruction reduces mistakes and confusion, that alone justifies its effectiveness for teaching biological secondary knowledge.

Reposted by Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching

Peter Steidinger @psteidinger.bsky.social · Jun 7

"If we don’t take the rich evidence base we have and really consider and evaluate how we can use it in real learning environments, then the broader movement termed the ‘science of learning’ will be seen as a fad like so many other failed initiatives in education" #Unterricht #Didaktik

Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · Jun 7

*NEW POST* The first in a series of posts on how to move away from strategies and activities to applying the science of learning in a more effective way. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/bright-lin...

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 7

Lived in Dubai for 11 years. My daughter was born and lived here for a years. This week she has now started referring to dinner as 'tea'. Proudest moment so far 🥲🤣 Proud northern dad!

Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 7

I really wanted to create a learning model that really focused on the reality of learning, particularly in the Primary and Early Years settings. The interaction with the environment is fundamental to the early learning stage:

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A Learning Model with the Environment in Mind

A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.

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Ben Cooper FCCT | WAGOLL Teaching @wagollteaching.bsky.social · Jun 7

Each week I've been sharing practical teaching strategies, task design research and book recommendations. I've found writing a great way of refining research into digestible content for myself and others.

In case you missed my posts over the last month:

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📼 WAGOLL Rewind: May 2025

A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed in May!

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