A short while ago, a friend of mine asked me for a list of my favourite primary blogs. She’s a secondary teacher but has recently become a primary school governor and wants to learn more about data in a primary specific setting. I struggled to come up with data specific blogs at first but luckily James Pembroke came to my rescue with this blog and then I found Becky Allen's three part series on grading (albeit not primary specific). *As I was about to publish this post, I also came across a recent Teacher Tapp post on KS2 value added from Education Datalab which may be of use.*
But this whole search for data based blogs got my thinking. There are some INCREDIBLE edu-tweeters and bloggers out there but which ones do I find myself going back to time and time again? Which ones are specific to Primary education?
The 'big' exams and qualifications happen when Primary education is a distant(ish) memory for most students when they're taking their GCSEs, A-Levels or other important qualifications. But it is called *Primary* because it comes first (ok, so EYFS is actually first but just go with me on this). In *Primary*, we help secure the central building blocks in any pupil's education. It is called *Primary* because it is of primary importance to a child's education. It's called *Primary* for a reason and it's important we get it right so it's important we highlight Primary specific topics in the big wide world that is edu-twitter/blogosphere. So, without any further ado, the following are my go-to primary specific guides (whilst still touching on things that are applicable across the phases). They’re definitely not restricted to data but at one point or another, either on twitter or on their blogs, but I’m sure with a little searching you can find data specific blogs. People with a great overview and/or high level ideas to inspire:
Finally, I want to shout out a few other blogs from people whose resources and/or ideas I seem to steal on an increasingly frequent basis. Check them out!
What Primary focused blogs would you recommend?
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