What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
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What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
37. Building a vocabulary-led curriculum with Lauren Bishop and Natalie Miles
Bedrock Talks from Bedrock Learning
38 minutes
6 months ago
37. Building a vocabulary-led curriculum with Lauren Bishop and Natalie Miles
When literacy becomes everyone's responsibility, something remarkable happens to a school's culture. In this captivating conversation, we speak to Lauren Bishop (Literacy Coordinator and English Teacher) and Natalie Miles (Assistant Head) from The Bishop's Stortford High School about their journey to place vocabulary at the heart of their curriculum. What began as a targeted intervention quickly transformed into a school-wide approach that's yielding exceptional results. Lauren and Natalie s...
Bedrock Talks from Bedrock Learning
What if the supports we give students could raise the bar instead of lowering it? We sit down with Alex Fairlamb, Trust Teaching and Learning Network Lead and Assistant Principal, and author of The Scaffolding Effect, to unpack how temporary, responsive scaffolds help learners move from guided practice to genuine independence without sacrificing high expectations. We dig into scaffolding as a core part of adaptive teaching: anticipating barriers before a lesson starts, using data and recent ...
