Rosendale Research School Podcast

This week we talk to the Year 5 team at Rosendale about their action research project aiming to improve children's reading comprehension skills.

This week Matthew Criddle asks Doug Cranston to outline the rationale and progress in the Year 6 action research project. EEF Guidance Report Social Emotional Learning: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/guidance-reports/social-and-emotional-learning/ Plickers online formative assessment: https://help.plickers.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008947934-Getting-Started-Guide

Kate Atkins and Doug Cranston discuss CPD, curriculum and some upcoming free conferences

This weeks podcast we're joined by headteacher Kate Atkins who discusses some of the issues faced by all primary schools.

Today we're joined by Rosie Unwin, head of nursery teaching and learning at Rosendale, who discusses the progress of her reading action research study and other matters EYFS related.

This week's podcast has a reading focus and we are joined by Matthew Criddle, Lead practitioner and reading lead and Tom Milne, curriculum leader .

This week Doug Cranston speaks with Kate Atkins, CEO of Great North Wood Education Trust, about a broad and balanced curriculum intent.

This week Doug Cranston identifies the action research topics that Rosendale's teachers will be exploring this academic year. For more information on running an action research project see https://www.nfer.ac.uk/how-to-run-action-research-do-it-yourself/

We speak with Ian Herlihy and Michele Chung about issues raised by the EEF Guidance report “ Improving Social and Emotional Learning in Primary Schools”

This week we are joined by Matthew Criddle, Lead Practitioner and Year 2 Lead at Rosendale Primary School to talk about embedding action research into teaching and learning using the EEF Guidance Reports. We'll update listeners in a follow up broadcast after Rosendale's Year Leads have chosen their action research projects.

Kate Atkins, CEO Great North Wood Education Trust and headteacher Rosendale Primary School, outlines how her school has utilised the EEF's Improving behaviour in Schools Guidance Report to tailor its new behaviour policy

This week we are joined by James Sullivan, maths teacher at The Elmgreen School, who discusses his experiences of introducing mixed attainment maths teaching in Year 7. There's a fabulous online forum at https://www.mixedattainmentmaths.com for more research and CPD opportunities.

This week we are joined by Jane Boothroyd, Deputy Head at Rosendale who will be discussing the curriculum and its development in the light of the new Ofsted Inspection Framework which pledges to "restore curriculum to its proper place as an important component of the quality of education".

This week's podcast looks at the challenges of developing primary school leadership with Scott Palmer, Rosendale deputy headteacher but soon to become headteacher of his own school.

This week, Doug Cranston and Meadhbh Hassett discuss how wellbeing issues are addressed in school: what does it cover and what strategies can be used to improve wellbeing in primary children.

Kate Atkins, Jane Boothroyd and Matthew Criddle discuss comparative judgement following a training day with "No More Marking" where the joined in the National Year 4 judging window. Tune in to find out more.

Interested in mixed attainment teaching? Listen to Kate Atkins and Gavin Clowes discuss how Kagan Cooperative Learning supports schools to implement mixed attainment teaching.

Kate Atkins talks to Maedhbh Hassett and Emma Roselli about social and emotional mental health issues.

Teaching and Learning advisors Victoria Flynn & Owen Tromans speak with Kate Atkins about text rich learning journeys.

Podcast Episode 41 | Kate Atkins & Marc Rowland by Rosendale Research School

In the light of the recent publication the EEF guidance, Marc Rowland talks to Emma Roselli about why positive relationships with families matter

The EEF have released their guidance report on parental engagement today. In this podcast Kate Atkins and Esther Gee discuss the report and what some of its recommendations look like in practice.

#ThrowbackFriday. Here is another opportunity to listen to this Rosendale Research School Podcast from a year ago. Its a fantastic conversation between Marc Rowland and Rob Webster about “Maximising the impact of teaching assistants”.

In this week's podcast staff at Rosendale School discuss self regulation in young children, the difficulties that some children have with this and what teachers can do in order to support them.

This week Kate Atkins and Marc Rowland share their thoughts on the effective use of the Pupil Premium, which is very much in the news at the moment following Becky Allen's recent blog on the subject.

Kate Atkins talks to Doug Cranston, PE Lead and Research School Associate about two conferences he has attended this week about Physical Activity in schools. Doug discusses the difficulties of getting academic research into schools and shares some tips for schools who want to get more physically active. Link to TedX Talk as mentioned in podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tARSCzHLF5g

Mathew Criddle talks to Kate Akins about the Doncaster Research School Conference.

Kate Atkins talks to Gavin Clowes from Kagan UK about how mixed attainment teaching and the use of cooperative and coaching structures supports brain friendly teaching.

This week's podcast looks at the links between the EEF guidance reports on maths in key stage 2 and 3 and the guidance report on metacognition and self regulated learning. Find out how teachers use these strategies to improve outcomes in maths.

Doug Cranston, Head of PE and Research School Associate talks to Kate Atkins about how he got a project funded last year to track children's activity rates at school and to encourage them to get more active.

ResearchED. This week's podcast features Rhonda Albert, the first TA to speak at ResearchED, talking ahead of her talk at Saturday's conference. Rhonda talks about the work that Rosendale school has done with teaching assistants.

Marc Rowland talks with Sarah Wild from Limpsfield Grange Special School about female autism.

Marc Rowland talks to Lucy Badminton and Doug Cranston about action research they are carrying out into the use of standing desks in the classroom

Marc Rowland talks about the building blocks for a successful strategy for tackling educational disadvantage.

Modelled Writing. This year Rosendale have implemented a system of CPD to ensure that modelled and shared writing was happening across the school. Kate Atkins (Headteacher) and Matthew Criddle (Lead Practitioner) discuss how this system adapted and developed over the year and the impact it has had on vulnerable learners.

Kate Atkins continues to explore the EEF Guidance Report on Implementation. In this podcast Kate talks to Scott Palmer about the implementation of reciprocal reading across the school

Kate Atkins and Kate Taylor discuss Recommendation 2 from the EEF Guidance Report on Implementation. This recommendation is about school climate and leadership environment and the Kates relate this to the research project the school has been working on in partnership with UNISON and UCL IOE about effective use of Teaching Assistants.

Marc Rowland talks to Sarah Seleznyov from the Southwark Teaching School Alliance about the research evidence on Lesson Study.

The EEF have recently published a guidance report for schools on implementation. Kate Atkins and Esther Gee talk about how Rosendale school implemented a significant change in the school when they made the move to mixed attainment teaching. Hear about how they managed it and what they learned on the way.

Kate Atkins talks to Anja Fee, Head of Year 6, about all things SATS, how she has managed to teach the broader curriculum all year and what her plans are for life post-SATS.

Marc Rowland talks to Margaret Mulholland from Swiss Cottage Teaching School about how research evidence and good relationships can improve the teaching and learning of children with SEND.

Kate Atkins (Headteacher) and Katy Griffiths (Lead Practitioner Early Years) discuss the use of contingent talk to support children's language development, not just in Early Years but across the school.

Marc Rowland talks to Kirsty West from the Elmgreen School and Scott Palmer from Rosendale school about how the schools are working together to ensure all pupils are high performance learners.

Rob Webster from UCL Institute of Education talks about Rosendale Research School’s new leadership development programme ‘Leading without Labels.

Marc Rowland talks to Rachel Pritchard and Andrew Smith from Lyons Hall School in Essex. Rachel and Andrew discuss how school ethos and research evidence informs their approach to supporting behaviour and tackling educational disadvantage.

Marc Rowland talks to Tom Rees from Northampton Primary Academies Trust. Discussions focus on how research evidence and keeping an open mind can help overcome barriers to improvement at classroom, school and system level.

Marc Rowland talks to Lucy Badminton and Doug Cranston about action research they are carrying out into the use of standing desks in the classroom

Kate Atkins talks to Dr Benito Lopez, Director General for International Relations Ministry of Education about the story of Mexico's recent reform of their education system. They talk about why the delegation has come to London and what they hope to learn from their visit.

Marc Rowland talks to James Richardson from the Education Endowment Foundation about how the EEF is helping to create an evidence-informed education system in England.

Marc Rowland talks to Rosendale School Teaching and Learning leads Jo Stainton and Matthew Criddle about how research evidence, innovation and strong relationships inform their classroom practice.

Marc Rowland talks to Antony Hughes, CEO of the Harmony Trust in Oldham and Derby. The discussion focused on how evidence is being used to help improve pupil, school and system outcomes in two opportunity areas.