
A search for a Thinking School
Peter Short, a senior teacher from
None of us anticipated that we'd have to educate our children from home and few of us chose this. And while the pressure on parents to become educators is stressful, there are also opportunities to get more involved in their learning that will have long term benefits for our children.
In this podcast, Marina Fogle from The Parent Hood talks to Alisdair Wade from Thinking Matters about the basic things parents can embrace, during lockdown and beyond, that will have a massive positive impact on our children's long term development.
Peter Short, a senior teacher from
Recently we were discussing the EEF guidance report about Metacognition and Self-regulation as a team; it's always good to go back and read the key document! It was great to have a conversation about all the different elements and tools we can give to develop a self-regulating learner. At Thinking Matters, the student is at the heart of our ‘Big Picture’, surrounded by the knowledge, tools and strategies to help them develop as independent, self-regulated learners..