Interesting. This claim by Geary is debatable: “Once the developmental window for natural language learning closes through the elementary school years, then you have to learn a second language as if it was a whole new, biologically secondary skill.”

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David Geary’s theory of primary and secondary knowledge has contributed to a shift to more direct, science-led teaching , but is the theory backed by evidence and are schools interpreting it correctly? @hollykorbey.bsky.social finds out from the man himself. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

David Geary: Why learning is hard – and how to make it easier

David Geary developed the theory of primary and secondary knowledge that underpins popular 'science of learning' ideas such as cognitive load theory, but is there any evidence for it? Could it become ...

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I swear I didn’t imagine this but I’m sure I once was on a website that could give me GCSE % pass rates for regions? I remember clicking on London, Suffolk etc. Can’t seem to remember what it was now!

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Ok look, self service tills at the supermarket are ok I suppose for a basket or handful of items. I do NOT want to use one and scan in a trolley load of items in the weekly shop. Stop it, supermarkets!!!! You make £££s, pay for staff!

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Teams! You just hit record and transcribe, then at the end of the meeting you get your transcript- I then copied and pasted in ChatGPT and voilà! 👏🏻

We had our Trust wide HODs meeting this evening. No one needed to take minutes, we used AI to record the transcript and then to summarise the key points and write a list of actions. I just asked it to put it on a word doc for me. This blows my mind honestly! Also look at me being polite to AI 😂🙈

Struggling with adapting to the “I have x amount of things to do and I can’t do them whilst sorting baby’s dinner, bed and bath time routine- so now facing doing it after he’s gone to bed but I also have to make my dinner and get ready to do it all again tomorrow!” working-juggle-situation 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠