Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025There is definitely research that backs up reading fluency and there are starting to be some good interventions being used through the English Hubs in primary - hopefully you’ll see that coming through.But IME it really does improve reading. 020
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025while the reality is it’s about vocabulary and knowledge. So if you get a SATs mark two then it will only exacerbate the issue not make things better. 110
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Well we test the curriculum for everything else in KS2 except reading. It’s because the STA and the Reading Framework/research and evidence are at odds. The former holds onto the ideas that reading is a set of transferable skills we need to teach 110
Reposted by TarjinderOutwood Grange Academies Trust @outwood.com · 15/10/2025#TLevelsWeek - don't just study — do! 💜 Our Post 16 centres offer a range of T-Levels, giving you the skills, knowledge, & confidence to succeed! Our T-Levels in Animal Care, Health & Engineering offer access to specialist equipment that turn your passion into a profession! 🖱️ buff.ly/yGdSLFr 021
Reposted by Tarjinder5Naureen @5naureen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge." Simon Sinek What are the hallmarks of a good Chair/head relationship? #BigQuestions @alricnlg.bsky.social @hoylerosemary.bsky.social @brendanhollyer.bsky.social @zaki-m.bsky.social 121
Reposted by TarjinderDr Richard Kueh @thewayofkueh.bsky.social · 19/04/2025📣New post! 👡Time for Cinde-RE-lla to go to the ball? 🧩Religion today is complex. Intelligent RE prepares pupils for complexity 🌍Curriculum craves diversity; RE is inherently diverse 💭RE injects wisdom, sensitivity & reflection into world asking BigQs: AI💻, climate change🌡️ & living well together🖖 0137
Reposted by TarjinderClaire Stoneman @clairestoneman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025*New post* In case you’re not on the other platform and missed it, here’s my latest post from over the weekend on school leadership. Still exploring my thinking. @bennewmark.bsky.social @mrsspalding.bsky.social @isaacmoore7.bsky.social birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/e...birminghamteacher.wordpress.comEdu voices and luxury beliefsI’ve heard it said many times that schools are like villages or towns. Cities, even. What is happening in our edu villages, towns and cities? We are losing teachers and school leaders at an alarmin… 3259
Reposted by TarjinderTeachers Talk Radio @ttradioofficial.bsky.social · 16/03/2025On Points of View in 30 mins: "The government will never solve teacher recruitment and retention” "Bridget Phillipson was right to say that schools can use 'old-fashioned graft' to help improve pupil attendance" Join @brentpoland.bsky.social @teachwelledu.bsky.social David Brown Yasmin Omar! 121
Reposted by TarjinderChristina McGhie 🦡 @christinamcghie.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Great day at #rEDBrum today, lots of food for thought from the wonderful speakers. 062
Reposted by TarjinderDaniel Bundred 🦡 @danielbundred.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Absolutely brilliant day at @researchedbrum.bsky.social , hugely grateful to @clairestoneman.bsky.social and her team and students for hosting us. 083
Reposted by TarjinderCarl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 08/03/2025 Excited to speak about the science of learning at #rEDBRUM tomorrow. An amazing line-up! drive.google.com/file/d/1x3Rm... 0143
Reposted by TarjinderCaroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 08/03/2025What’s drains school leaders? As a school leader in a school in England this feels bang on. #rEDBrum 4124
Reposted by TarjinderChris Giles @chrisnatre.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Is there a Finish 'miracle'? There has been a coherent and consistent improvement in the education system in this country. Let's celebrate it. @tombennett71.bsky.social #rEDBrum 083
Reposted by TarjinderOutwood Grange Academies Trust @outwood.com · 04/03/2025💜 🫖 A BREW WITH... 💜 🫖 As it's #NCW2025, why not discover more about our #OutwoodFamily colleagues and their careers? Catch up on our recent 'A Brew With' series here: 🖱️https://buff.ly/4hO11XS 023
Reposted by TarjinderAdam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 25/02/2025🚨Incredibly excited to announce this job 🚨 Are you interested in driving the future of professional development? Helping teachers everywhere get better faster? We changed the game on retrieval practice, we're going to do it on CPD. APPLY HERE Please share if you can 🙏🙏 22028
Reposted by TarjinderresearchED Birmingham @researchedbrum.bsky.social · 16/02/2025RIGHT BABS WHO’S COMING ON 8TH MARCH?? @msjasminemn.bsky.social @mrsspalding.bsky.social @isaacmoore7.bsky.social @danielbundred.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @tombennett71.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social @didau.bsky.social @daisychristo.bsky.social TIX: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...media.tenor.comtwo women are jumping in the air on a sidewalk in a city .ALT: two women are jumping in the air on a sidewalk in a city . 188
Reposted by TarjinderJonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Nine years since my last half marathon, I'm running London Landmarks Half. With an ageing body and dodgy knees it ain't going to be fast & it ain't going to be pretty but I will finish! Hoping to raise £500 for @samaritans.bsky.social If anyone is able to support me I'd be enormously grateful.justgiving.comJonny's Fundraiser for SamaritansHelp Jonny Uttley raise money to support Samaritans 1168
Reposted by TarjinderresearchED Birmingham @researchedbrum.bsky.social · 08/02/2025AND BACK WITH A BRUMMIE BANG ARE ALSO THESE ABSOLUTE LEDGES: SEALY @claresealy.bsky.social PERCIVAL @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social OLD @oldandrewuk.bsky.social ROBINSON @trivium21c.bsky.social SPALDING @mrsspalding.bsky.social TIX HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched... 💥💥💥💥💥💥 #rEDBRUMeventbrite.co.ukresearchED Birmingham 2025GUESS WHO'S BACK? 097
Reposted by TarjinderresearchED Birmingham @researchedbrum.bsky.social · 08/02/2025#rEDBRUM IS BACK! 8/3/25 💥 CHRISTODOULOU @daisychristo.bsky.social BENNETT @tombennett71.bsky.social SHERRINGTON @teacherhead.bsky.social MYATT @marymyatt.bsky.social DIDAU @didau.bsky.social COUNSELL @counsellc.bsky.social AND HIS BRUM DEBUT: HENDRRIIIIIIIIIICK @drchendrick.bsky.social 12212
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 05/01/2025No we just both live up North. Where the snow is at! 020
Reposted by TarjinderDan Rosen @musingsofadr.bsky.social · 13/12/2024***New Blog Post*** Don't hate the player, hate the game. Why the system, and not schools, is the problem. First post in a long while looking at values and school choice. Inspired by the discussions about P8 day... #UKED #EduBlogUK #Edusky musingsofadr.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/d...musingsofadr.wordpress.comDon’t hate the player, hate the game. Why the system, and not schools, is the problemEvery year, without fail, schools with excellent exam results are criticised for their methods. GCSE and A Level results days, and now ‘P8 day’ too, all represent times when these schools generate … 9138
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Still getting over the grimness that is the Assisted Dying Bill. Here is Dianne Abbott at her finest. A reminder that even if I don’t agree with 90% of what simeone says doesn’t mean I shouldn’t listen at all. youtu.be/Fcg0ScHeML8youtu.beAssisted dying bill: Diane Abbott's powerful address against the proposed law changeYouTube video by Evening Standard 000
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 27/11/2024www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... One amazing teacher and colleague. Making an absolute difference in EYFS where it matters and setting those children up for all the possibilities and opportunities they deserve. Well deserved Natalie. ❤️bbc.co.ukSouth Yorkshire: Primary school celebrates teacher of the year award - BBC NewsNatalie Poornomansy is told the news during a surprise visit to the school by Duncan James. 010
Reposted by TarjinderAhern O’Ahern @ahernahern.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Stanley Road Primary School Writing Curriculum As teachers know, you can’t teach a child to write (well) in a lesson, a term, or even in a year. Alas, it takes years. Nor can you wind the… masteringwritingmastery.wordpress.c… 2124
Reposted by TarjinderTom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 25/11/2024I remain entirely unconvinced that the main purpose of schools and colleges is to 'meet the needs of employers'. www.thetimes.com/article/6e82...thetimes.comThe Times view on reshaping education: Curriculum VitalityThe government must seize the chance to reform an out-of-date education system and redesign the curriculum to meet the needs of employers today 3249
Reposted by TarjinderHeather Fearn @heatherbellaf.bsky.social · 20/10/2024 Will the new National Curriculum get subject progression right? Or will weak subject content send us backwards? Third blog on subjects in new National Curriculum. heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2024/10/20/b...heatherfblog.wordpress.comBreak it down! Getting subject progression right in the new national curriculumArguably, the curriculum revolution in English schools over the last 10 years has been driven by three related insights. That knowledge matters. That what we encounter in the world, what we see, he… 084
Reposted by TarjinderDaisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 16/11/2024A lot of discussion lately about the reasons for the decline of Eng Lit A-level. Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame? I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend. More here.buff.lyThe fall of Eng LitWhat is the cause, is it a problem - and if so, what can we do about it? 2610043
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Got to give to Baron Trump - Joe Rogan was a good call. 000
Reposted by TarjinderNikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 04/11/2024A new blog on the curriculum and assessment review and why I would like to see a National Curriculum for RE. #TeamRE rewithmrsmcgee.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/i...rewithmrsmcgee.wordpress.comIs it time for a National Curriculum for RE? ( Spoiler alert, Yes!)Many of us are currently providing feedback for the current Curriculum and Assessment Review. This review has the stated aim of refreshing the curriculum so that it is “cutting edge, fit for purpos… 099
Reposted by TarjinderAlex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 02/11/2024🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Do we need to learn how to listen?’ “In our age of mass, never-ending communication, listening may just be the lost art that we need, in the classroom and beyond.” alexquigley.co.uk/do-we-need-t...alexquigley.co.ukDo we need to learn how to listen?We are in an age of communication. We are connected more than ever before: with the ability to talk to friends and family across the world in an instant. You can publish your unfettered views on X, yo... 2124
Reposted by TarjinderJasmine Lane 🦡 @msjasminemn.bsky.social · 01/11/2024I am speaking at #LitdriveCPD25! 😍 Session Title: How to Read a Poem To book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1016588552... It was truly fabulous last time, so don't miss out on the nerdery 🤓 @LitdriveUK #LitdriveCPD 2109
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 01/11/2024‘If you can’t see it you can’t be it.”Genuinely want to know how anyone thinks there is anyone to be seen in the first place then. It’s just comes across as a pithy saying to justify token representation. How that person became a trailblazer is more interesting, complex and useful answer. 100
Reposted by TarjinderHeather Fearn @heatherbellaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2024New blog! Will a return to inquiry learning be mandated in the newly compulsory English National Curriculum? heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/29/t...heatherfblog.wordpress.comThe National Curriculum: it’s not just a list of topicsIt is usual for pressure groups to campaign for the inclusion of new items onto the national curriculum. Aside from the fact that no curriculum can include all content suggested for inclusion, thes… 154
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 29/09/2024I think has to be done. I am still buzzing in my head about what I saw two days later. 000
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 27/09/2024Forgot about chin it! There were so many remarkable things going on it was hard to remember them all. Hard agree on teacher workload. And I think it shows in the calmness of the school. 120
Reposted by TarjinderMark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 27/09/2024Will need to go to a computer to check the original thread but I agree entirely. Here’s what I wrote after my visit last year. Will be interested to see how it compares. open.substack.com/pub/markgood...open.substack.comYou have to sweat the small stuff...What I learned on a visit to Stanley Road Primary School 132
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 27/09/2024I know I wrote the thread on the bad place but will say it here too. Stanley Road Primary School is a remarkable school and actually inspirational. @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social is most definitely walking the walk. x.com/teach_well/s...x.comx.com 2115
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 27/09/2024Just hoping that the pink line in Manchester is in fact Platform D right now… that’s all. 000
Tarjinder @teachwelledu.bsky.social · 14/09/2024Please do - getting in touch to get your slides is on my to do list. Really enjoyed the talk! 110
Reposted by TarjinderChristopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 14/09/2024Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made a short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?...youtu.beThe Reading Map - A PrimerYouTube video by Christopher Such 157940
