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
Introducing Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction Introducing Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instruction In the first half of this two-part podcast, our Primary Director Darran Ellison-Lee is joined by Jancie Garratt-Simpson, Principal of Cravenwood Primary Academy in Manchester, to discuss the Rosenshine Principles of... 02 May 2019
Our Commitment for our Primary Schools Our Commitment for our Primary Schools In this podcast, Darran Ellison-Lee, our Director of Primary Education, explains what Education with Character means for our primaries and what value this adds as pupils kick-start their school careers. 25 April 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Ask a large number of questions and check the responses of all students Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Ask a large number of questions and check the responses of all students In her third post about applying Rosenshine's Principles, Catherine Barker discusses the art of asking good questions and checking responses. 25 April 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Present new material in small steps Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Present new material in small steps Catherine Barker, Head of Music and Performing Arts, continues her series on applying Rosenshine's Principles to music and performing arts lessons. 18 April 2019
Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Reviewing Prior Learning Music, Performing Arts and Rosenshine: Reviewing Prior Learning In the first of a series of posts, Head of Music and Performing Arts Catherine Barker discusses how to review prior learning. 11 April 2019
Subject Improvement Subject Improvement Steve Adcock, Deputy Director of Secondary Academies, explains why subject improvement is at the heart of our approach to school improvement at United Learning. 18 February 2019