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📼 WAGOLL Rewind: 2025
A research-informed recap for busy primary educators. Here's what you might have missed this year!
Jan 3
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⭐ WAGOLL+ Primary Playbook
A growing, members-only playbook of practical primary strategies, refreshed with new pages each month.
May 20, 2025
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⭐ The Hidden Curriculum: Say It Again, But Better
The quiet classroom habit that strengthens pupils’ language
Apr 6
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Ben Cooper
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Whiteboard Work: More Than Just 'Show Me'
Beyond quick checks for understanding. Why whiteboards matter for memory, drafting, and developing ideas.
Mar 11
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Ben Cooper
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Dual Coding in Action: Inside a Normal Lesson
A primary classroom recount of how words, visuals and gesture worked together to make knowledge stick.
Feb 27
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Ben Cooper
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Whiteboard Work: More Than Just 'Show Me'
Mar 11
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Ben Cooper
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Dual Coding in Action: Inside a Normal Lesson
Feb 27
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Ben Cooper
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⭐ More Than Neat Books: The Case for Teaching Handwriting Explicitly
Nov 24, 2025
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Ben Cooper
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⭐ The Hidden Curriculum: Say It Again, But Better
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Ben Cooper
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Considering the Primary Child
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Dual Coding in Action: Inside a Normal Lesson
A primary classroom recount of how words, visuals and gesture worked together to make knowledge stick.
Feb 27
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Ben Cooper
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⭐ Rethinking '3 Before Me'
Why this popular classroom strategy might be slowing learning down and what to do instead.
Aug 28, 2025
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Ben Cooper
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A Learning Model with the Environment in Mind
A learning model that shows how memory and environment work together and reflects how children truly learn in EYFS and Primary.
May 26, 2025
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Ben Cooper
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Leading Teaching and Learning
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Whiteboard Work: More Than Just 'Show Me'
Beyond quick checks for understanding. Why whiteboards matter for memory, drafting, and developing ideas.
Mar 11
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Ben Cooper
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Dual Coding in Action: Inside a Normal Lesson
A primary classroom recount of how words, visuals and gesture worked together to make knowledge stick.
Feb 27
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Ben Cooper
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Shaping Success Criteria: Matching Your Slides to the Shape of the Learning
How box grids, sequence grids, and checklists help pupils understand success criteria and organise their knowledge.
Jan 29
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Ben Cooper
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