The music teacher making a ‘transformative' impact at The Totteridge Academy The music teacher making a ‘transformative' impact at The Totteridge Academy United Learning’s annual Best in Everyone Awards recognises the talents, achievements and dedication of pupils and staff across over 70 schools across the country. In this series of blog posts, we put the... 29 July 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Engage students in weekly and monthly review Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Engage students in weekly and monthly review United Learning's Head of Music and Performing Arts Catherine Barker continues her series on using Rosenshine's Principles in lessons. 13 June 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Require and monitor independent practice Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Require and monitor independent practice Head of Music and Performing Arts Catherine Barker continues her series on applying Rosenshine's Principles in the classroom. 06 June 2019
Primary Podcast: Effective Questioning Primary Podcast: Effective Questioning Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee explores the way effective questioning can transform teaching and learning and ensure that pupils are getting the best out of every lesson. 04 June 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Provide scaffolds for difficult tasks Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Provide scaffolds for difficult tasks Catherine Barker continues her series on applying Rosenshine's Principles in Music and Performing Arts lessons. 30 May 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Obtain a high success rate Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Obtain a high success rate United Learning's Head of Music and Performing Arts continues her series on applying Rosenshine's principles. 23 May 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Check for student understanding Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Check for student understanding Catherine Barker, Head of Music and Performing Arts at United Learning, continues her series on applying Rosenshine's Principles in lessons. 16 May 2019
Why Should Leaders Focus on Improving the Quality of Teaching? Why Should Leaders Focus on Improving the Quality of Teaching? In this podcast, our Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee discusses why improving the quality of teaching should be a core focus for any primary leader. By investing in training, our teachers develop effective and... 15 May 2019
Why we use Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction Why we use Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction In the second half of this two-part podcast, Darran Ellison-Lee explains why, as a Group, United Learning has chosen to adopt the Rosenshine principles and how this ‘common language’ is helping to drive... 03 May 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Provide models Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Provide models Catherine Barker, Head of Music and Performing Arts at United Learning, continues her series on Rosenshine's Principles. 02 May 2019