The event took place on November 7th and was seamlessly hosted by Ashgrove Primary, Newtownabbey whose senior choir kicked off the event in the most compelling way possible […]
Transform Ed Conference – NI Thinking Schools’ Network – A review Read More
If you are looking for insights and inspiration on the use of Thinking Frames for those with learning challenges, as well as how to use them more widely
Vlog: Enabling SEND learners to thrive Read More
A growing number of these schools have worked with a strategic intent towards becoming recognised Thinking Schools, pursuing the vision for their students to become ‘meta-learners’, i.e. metacognitive,
Looking at Thinking Schools in Northern Ireland – a Review of Impact 2025 Read More
Click on Issue to open Newsletter: Summer Newsletter 2025 – Events: Visit to Australia; Thinking School accreditations & Hub Schools; Articles: Oracy – Talk for Writing; Socratic Questioning
Thinking Matters Newsletters Read More
Perhaps referring to the full title of ‘metacognition and self-regulated learning’ seems rather too much of a mouthful in discussions, as indeed it is! Alternatively, there may be
Self-Regulated Learning and the Meta-Learner Read More
At Stanley Park Infants, our school’s identity as an Advanced Accredited Thinking School underpins every decision we make, from how we teach phonics to how we scaffold story
The Thinking Triangle: Weaving together Talk for Writing, Oracy and Metacognition Read More
Thinking Matters Blog – Alisdair Wade, CEO With news out of the USA that a new executive order has been signed by the President to infuse artificial intelligence
Why Digital Literacy Is More Than a Tech Skill – it’s a Thinking Skill Read More
Northern Ireland Meta Meets I am just back from a few days visiting schools in Northern Ireland where Priory Integrated College (PIC) hosted the most fantastic ‘Meta Meet’.
Thinking Schools – Spring Newsletter Read More
With just under 300 pupils in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2, Stanley Park Infants School (SPIS) is a member of Cirrus Primary Academy Trust, a group of
Oracy …. in an Infant School? Part One Read More
If you haven’t heard of bildung, it isn’t a typo, though its literal translation is ‘formation’, so pretty close to building… No, bildung is an educational concept that
Five go ‘Bildung’ in Norway Read More