Christopher Such
@Suchmo83
Experienced primary teacher, school leader and author. Feel free to DM if you are looking for professional development relating to reading.
I've made a blog-post where all the resources I've shared - from science curriculum documents to tier two vocabulary lists - can be downloaded. Help yourself! primarycolour.home.blog/2019/11/02/one…
📝 Can feedback on writing be high quality and sustainable? At #TDaPECymru, Dominic Bristow & Hannah Gillott explore how formative assessment principles are shaping an AI-powered future for feedback. 📲 Scan the QR to join us
"Learning facts is going to fade into the background." 🤦♂️ Quick thread on why this is a terrible take🧵⬇️
Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann on why he chose Montessori for his daughter: "If this were 10-20 years ago, I'd be lining her up for top-tier schools and extracurriculars. But now I don't think any of it's going to matter. Learning facts is going to fade into the background. What…
New Blog! "Adaptive Teaching Guides: Practical tools for equitable classrooms" Practical, teacher-led tools to make inclusion part of everyday practice, not an afterthought. Read the blog here: moderncassie.blogspot.com/2025/07/o-ne-o…
🧠 “Metacognition is just for older students.” Not true. At #TDaPECymru, Nathan Burns explores how to make metacognition work in the primary classroom — with strategies you can take straight back to school. 📲 Scan the QR to join us
📖 The research on reading is vast and potentially overwhelming. At #TDaPECymru, I will attempt to share the most important things that every teacher needs to know to help all students become capable, confident readers. 📲 Scan the QR to join us
📦 New initiative. Big ambition. Patchy impact? At #TDaPECymru, Lloyd Williams-Jones explores how to organise implementation in primary schools — with a model grounded in the EEF’s 2024 guidance. 📲 Scan the QR to join us
I'm excited to have a chapter in this excellent book from Aimee Tinkler. If you have anything to do with small schools, you need a copy.
🔧 Change is easy. Sustaining it? That’s the hard part. At #TDaPECymru, Jon Cripwell shares how school leaders can embed meaningful, lasting change — in maths or any subject. Rooted in the updated EEF guidance. 📲 Scan the QR to join us
🌱 What happens when a trust shifts focus — from accountability to development? At #TDaPECymru, Shannen Doherty shares how one MAT is rethinking teacher growth, wellbeing, and retention. Scan the QR to join us
🧑🏫 What makes professional development actually change classroom practice? At #TDaPECymru, Alex Gingell breaks down how to design a great PD cycle — from focus to follow-through. Practical, clear, powerful. 📲 Scan the QR to join us
Pleased to have been part of the panel, who met regularly to thrash out this document. We discussed each area and thought deeply about the writing process. It will be republished, which is good. What we will be left is an evidence informed go to read, for all practitioners!