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I would have used to think this because I didn't "get" how to be a form tutor or what the point of it was. Second form around and it's probably one of my favourite roles and in many cases very important too. It's a daily privilege to be a tutor.
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This is so important. Reading to your child is an interactive, responsive process: pointing out key words, spellings, images and deeper meaning. Also the sound of a parent's voice, their enthusiasm, their dedication, their passion for narrative and the written word means absolutely everything.
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2/2 when talking about our pupils & community. I think some will be mortified to be spoken about in those terms & for many, it simply is not true. Intentions, of course, are good, but we can support without stereotyping & reinforcing assumptions about our communities
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Another narrative which keeps emerging is the idea every pupil who is PP has a chaotic homelife with no space to revise, no support from family & will not be fed. While this is true for some & we want to scoop them up, I think we need to be cautious about pushing this view 1/2
I may or may not have presented stats from this to my tutor group alongside chatting about the importance of v high attendance at the end of last term - they wanted proof.
Your wish, my command.
This study uses recent data to look at how similar pupils with different attendance rates perform, isolating the impact of attendance on the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes at each key stage. #edutwitter gov.uk/government/publicatio…
I go all surrogate-form tutor on mine and say aim for 6 hours, long breaks outside. I give advice on how to limit distractions. Not even an hour per GCSE. The amount students need to do (even if just polishing off) requires this to do their very best, in my ever humble opinion.
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You could be the best at verbal questioning IN THE WORLD and you still aren't getting as many students thinking as much as that. They are thinking, they are generating and formulating thoughts, and you are getting huge amounts of feedback.
Unbeatable
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I've been watching lesson footage today, especially around miniwhiteboard usage. A teacher asks half a dozen questions on MWBs within 5 mins, and that's 30 students, so 180 answers. Mind boggling.
Can't be achieved through any other medium.
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AQA new GCSE mark scheme is contradictory. Defines errors in verb formations as major and then in the exemplar marking, defines some verb errors as major and some as minor. The increase in marks across where it's one mark per band is also v challenging to apply in practice!🤯🤯