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Click on Issue to open Newsletter: Christmas Newsletter 2025 – Visits and Events; Thinking School Accreditations; CPD opportunities including the new Cognitive Coach Course; New Hub School Summer

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

As a parent (and educator) it forces you to question whether your child’s school is genuinely adding value. We need a robust ‘value add’ accountability metric. In English

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

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,

There are countless reviews out there about what it offers, but it does genuinely seem like a tool which, at the very least, will do significant damage to

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

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

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’.

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

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