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Wonder Words of wisdom

We are proud to share articles from our Wonder Team who provide useful insights in their fields of expertise. Discover more about our family through our passion for celebrating the hard work and the wonderful achievements of pupils and colleagues.

Wonder’s Writing Journey

Wonder Learning Partnership’s journey with writing began with a learning walk in each primary. We identified the parts...

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Learning Distractors

To view or not to view; what is a distractor? I often participate in training sessions where the...

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Executive Functioning

Secondary School Transition - NASEN’s SEND conference. While the term “executive functioning” is no doubt familiar to early...

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The difference an effective teacher makes

The recent release of the NASEN Teacher Handbook: SEND makes this clear. Here, the importance of the role...

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The Wonder of Play

The benefits of play We believe that creativity, positive experiences of learning, independence, and challenge are best delivered...

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Effective Feedback

There is no such thing as a silver bullet in education, but effective feedback comes very close. The...

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Teach with Wonder

We hear from Jess and Elliott, two of our current Physical Education student teachers, about their experience. “From...

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Curriculum Intent & Curriculum Courage

In designing a curriculum – given its prevalence in the judgement of quality of education – much pre-eminence...

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Reading and Vocabulary

Wittgenstein said that “the limits of my language mean the limits of my world”. While linguists now agree...

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Curriculum Conversation: Making the Connection

In the primary setting, as one teacher for the most part will deliver the full curriculum, interleaving within...

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Behave Yourself: The critical role of the curriculum

So…you have drafted or revised your behaviour guidance? You are confident that it now links explicitly to your...

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The Curriculum Conversation

The curriculum conversation starts with this contribution from Prime Minister James Callaghan – then Prime Minister – taken...

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Curriculum Rationale

Ofsted’s School Inspection Handbook states that “inspectors will consider the extent to which the school’s curriculum sets out...

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The Benefits of Peer Observation in Teaching: Learning from Each Other

Malcolm Gladwell first introduced the notion of the ‘10,000-hour rule’ to a mass audience in his book ‘Outliers’...

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