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    is a nationally renowned school leader supporting schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

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    This much I know about…sticking stuff in exercise books

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    This much I know about…Huh and the power of curriculum conversations

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    This much I know about…why the quality of time spent in classrooms matters, not the duration!

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    This much I know about…Primary curriculum design and the “Huh” project

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    This much I know about…Hannah Lowe’s “The Kids” and the sonnet form

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This much I know about…sticking stuff in exercise books

14/05/2022 7:36 am14/05/2022By johntomsettIn Curriculum, Teaching and Learning0 Comments

The triangulation of speaking to colleagues, being in lessons and looking at students’ work is crucial to appreciating the quality of the curriculum. When looking in books recently, I have seen two things which have made me think. Firstly, the…

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This much I know about…Huh and the power of curriculum conversations

24/04/2022 8:17 am24/04/2022By johntomsettIn Curriculum, Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning0 Comments

“Through conversation…we may whet and sharpen our wits by rubbing them against those of others.” Michel de Montaigne [1] Huh is the Egyptian god of endlessness, creativity, fertility and regeneration. He is the deity Mary Myatt and I have adopted…

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This much I know about…why the quality of time spent in classrooms matters, not the duration!

28/03/2022 7:21 am28/03/2022By johntomsettIn Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning0 Comments

There is a lot of publicity about the DfE’s declaration that schools must be open for 32.5 hours a week. Accepting that most schools are already open for longer than 32.5 hours a week, what the DfE need to realise…

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This much I know about…Primary curriculum design and the “Huh” project

26/03/2022 8:33 am26/03/2022By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning0 Comments

Collaborating with Mary Myatt on our Huh project has been a blast! Our new book, Primary Huh, was signed off this week. It is a moment of unadulterated relief when the copy editor says we’re finished and we can send…

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This much I know about…Hannah Lowe’s “The Kids” and the sonnet form

25/02/2022 4:36 pm25/02/2022By johntomsettIn Uncategorized0 Comments

I have written about sonnets many times; Hannah Lowe’s “The Kids” is a striking volume written entirely in that particular poetic form. “The Art of Teaching II” will resonate with every teacher in the land. You can read it here….

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This much I know about…the time I was closest to my dad

06/02/2022 9:57 am12/02/2022By johntomsettIn Other stuff0 Comments

Some 37 years to the day since he died, this much I know about the time I was closest to my dad. I was closest to my dad for two days in the summer of 1978 when I was just…

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This much I know about…three very personal reasons why I think Boris Johnson has to go

31/01/2022 8:28 pm06/02/2022By johntomsettIn Other stuff0 Comments

I need to get this out of my system. My mother died of Covid-19 on 18 April 2020, in a care home 260 miles away, alone. I said my final goodbye to her via mobile ‘phone as I was not…

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This much I know about…how ignorant I have been about the Primary curriculum!

23/01/2022 5:52 pm06/02/2022By johntomsettIn General educational issues0 Comments

Since Mary Myatt and I began the HUH project just under a year ago, I have felt increasingly ignorant. I have come to realise that for the duration of my two secondary headships – a full 18 years – I…

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This much I know about… Seven starting points for curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders

19/12/2021 7:11 pm06/02/2022By johntomsettIn General educational issues1 Comment

What follows is an introduction to my Curriculum Masterclass on 6 January, part of Tom Sherrington’s Curriculum Masterclass series. You can book a ticket for the live event and/or access to the videos, here. As part of our HUH project,…

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This much I know about…why the L7 Masters combined with Apprenticeship is a qualification of unique genius

27/11/2021 4:15 pm28/11/2021By johntomsettIn School Leadership1 Comment

My two favourite leadership gurus are Viviane Robinson and W. Edwards Deming. I use them in the same slide deck on the science of change. On this slide, the industrialist who was central to the emergence of Total Quality Management…

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A month to go... getting excited. I'll be doing a live double act with @InspiredLearn_ about Dunlosky as well as providing a Rosenshine bonus feature! https://twitter.com/teacherhead/status/1521123852402761729

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10 In Action Masterclasses: live or recorded June 13-14. Don't miss it! @NLad84 @PepsMccrea @son1bun @P_A_Kirschner @HealJim @C_Hendrick @johntomsett @ollie_lovell @KateJones_teach @InspiredLearn_ @olicav @greeborunner @Emma_Turner75 @MrGoodwin23 and me https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-informed-teaching-in-action-ten-masterclasses-tickets-262272924377?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing

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Curriculum in a small school is mindblowingly complex! I’m confused reading through this chapter and it’s my own words. I think we need three days PPA for every two days teaching! #superheroteachers #smallbutmighty @johntomsett @Emma_Turner75

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If you're interested in starting a Masters & L7 Apprenticeship (fully funded by the Apprenticeship Levy) @TheNCE_ has May 2022 & September 2022 cohorts with places available now. More details here. Senior Leadership Masters/L7 Programme.
@LeadingLearner https://leadinglearner.me/senior-leadership-masters-l7-programme-january-2022/

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A full day of leadership development based on Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing 24/06/22 in Manchester https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/299092121587
Tickets available for teams (3 people) and groups (5 people) at reduced rates as well as individual tickets #LeadershipBKD

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mrbwteachOwen Williams@mrbwteach·
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Single Slide Summary on Metacognition

Based on the work of @FunkyPedagogy with @EnserMark @AlexJQuigley @EducEndowFoundn

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John Tomsett is a nationally renowned school leader supporting schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning. He has 33 years of teaching experience, with 18 years as a headteacher. He led Huntington School in York, one of the country's leading Research Schools, for 14 years. He offers consultancy on school leadership with a clear focus upon improving teaching and learning and curriculum development.

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A month to go... getting excited. I'll be doing a live double act with @InspiredLearn_ about Dunlosky as well as providing a Rosenshine bonus feature! https://twitter.com/teacherhead/status/1521123852402761729

Tom Sherrington@teacherhead

10 In Action Masterclasses: live or recorded June 13-14. Don't miss it! @NLad84 @PepsMccrea @son1bun @P_A_Kirschner @HealJim @C_Hendrick @johntomsett @ollie_lovell @KateJones_teach @InspiredLearn_ @olicav @greeborunner @Emma_Turner75 @MrGoodwin23 and me https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-informed-teaching-in-action-ten-masterclasses-tickets-262272924377?aff=estw&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing

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