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  • Making Best Practice, Common Practice: - School Year 25/26 - Monthly Newsletter

    Topics:
    • Curriculum and learning, 
    • Teaching staff, 
    • Raising standards and school improvement

    Monthly Newsletter for 25/26 School Year.

    Monthly Newsletter

    • April 2025 Newsletter
    • April Interview - What are the most effective learning strategies
    • May 2025 Newsletter
    • May Interview - Retrieval Practice In the classroom and at home
    • June 2025 Newsletter 1
    • June Interview 1 - The Spacing Effect
    • June 2025 Newsletter 2
    • June Interview 2 - Interleaving in the classroom
    • September 2025 Newsletter 1
    • September 2025 Interview 1 – Cognitive load theory
    • September 2025 Newsletter 2
    • September 2025 Interview 2 – Feedback that works
    • October 2025 Newsletter 1
    • October 2025 - Metacognition Interview
    • October 2025 Newsletter 2
    • October 2025 - Developing Motivated Students - Interview
    • November 2025 Newsletter 1 – The Role of Attention
    • November 2025 - Top tips for improving student attention - Interview
    • November 2025 Newsletter 2 – Asking Better Questions for Learning
    • November 2025 - Questions to Accelerate your learning
    • December 2025 Newsletter 1 
    • December 2025 Interview 1 – Does Cold-Calling improve student accountability
    • December 2025 Newsletter 2 
    • December 2025 Interview 2 – Mobile Phone Policy
    • January 2026 Newsletter 1
    • January 2026 Interview 1 - Test Anxiety
    • January 2026 Newsletter 2 
    • January 2026 Interview 2 - Procrastination
    • February 2026 Newsletter 
    • February 2026 - Interview - The role of handwriting in an age of AI
    • March 2026 Newsletter
    • March 2026 - Interview - Engaging all students
    • May 2026 – Newsletter 
    • May 2026 – Interview – Teenagers and sleep
    • June 2026 - Newsletter
    • June 2026 - Interview - Overcoming thinking biases

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