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What’s The Difference Between Learning And Thinking?
We often start teacher training days with this question. Many answer that learning is something specific, thinking is diffuse and can allow our minds to
Am I too late? Getting metacognitively ready for the ISEB pre-test
Summer is on its way! I am not just talking about the speculative weather, but also the end of the academic year and holidays approach.
5 Activities To Help You Through The Half-Term
Half term is next week, and for the most part, you may have plans to go away, relax or spend time with family. You may
Why are we talking about Mental Health?
It is Mental Health Awareness week and this year is about tackling loneliness and the risk it has upon our own health and mental wellbeing.
What’s important? Mental Health or Knowledge? Creating the right conditions for learning
Mental Health is not just important, it is paramount and fundamental to our physical and emotional welfare. Improving mental health cannot just be about offering
How Do We Ask Why? Our Top Tools To Ask Insightful Questions
Our last blog was all about how we can answer questions brilliantly. That is important to master, but it is equally key to formulate and
Mastering the art of answering questions!
We are bombarded by questions and choices. What would you like to eat today? What is the purpose of life? Where do you live? Can
Webinar – 31st March: Where next? Picking and choosing secondary schools.
Choosing the right school for your child is one of the most important decisions a parent will make. As you begin to consider ‘what next?’
Is sleep all it’s cracked up to be?
Our brain is the boss of the body. The squishy mass encased in our skull runs the show and controls just about everything we do,
National offer day. How do I make the final decision?
National offer day for secondary school places, 1st March 2022, has been and gone. The competition for places at good state or grammar schools has
Competence vs Challenge
This article was written by Louise Treherne, Director of Character Education at Role Models. Louise has a degree in Psychology, 12 years experience as a
How do we help children grow?
We are constantly growing and changing throughout our lives. Everyday, we do this emotionally, physically and socially. That’s the joy of being human. Let’s celebrate
What skills do children need for their future?
What should become the new normal in education? Digital and AI technologies are transforming the world of work and today’s workforce will need to learn
Are New Year’s Resolutions helpful?
2022… the year of promise! So much to be thankful for and so much still yet to happen before we can breathe easily. For many
Not another book! 10 fun alternatives to traditional chapter books
Reading is drummed into us as an important skill from an early age. We are told to read for a multitude of benefits. Not least,
Is character education important?
The Ofsted framework in 2019 outlined recommendations for schools about the importance of character development. Admittedly, they realise it is a very complex concept, but
Is it worth knowing about brain development?
I am most grateful this week to one of our cognitive coaches alerting me to a pilot project in twenty-one schools which is now about
What’s the purpose of school?
For children preparing for senior school interviews, they have probably had this question thrown to them a multitude of times. In Year 6, it seems
The beauty of metacognition
At Meta Prep, metacognition comes first and is central to our mission. Since we started this amazing adventure, the focus for our pupils and cognitive
Who’s Guy Fawkes and does it matter?
It is not every blog that you get to start with ‘does it matter’! As a teacher who wants to stoke curiosity, I would say
What’s with the screen? Is technology really an educational companion?
After months of remote learning, the screen is often at the heart of arguments between parents and children. It is a balancing act, technology can
Exam fever – ISEB pre-tests and past papers
For over 70 years, the 11+ exam has been a key staging post in many children’s lives. We all understand the pressure that children are
Why read to a child who can already read?
If you walk into any school, they will be conducting guided reading groups in literacy, particularly in younger years, but guided reading is so important
Catch-up funding and fiscal firepower
Money, money, money! Sadly there is not enough to go around and education has been one of the areas that has suffered in recent years,
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