The ToolkitFive Ways to Make Learning Objectives Actually Useful
Why the objective on the slide so often does nothing, and five steps to turn it into success criteria pupils actually use.
Redrafted
Every lesson is a new opportunity.
Welcome to Redrafted, a space for teachers who like to think about their practice as much as they plan it. Each week I share an idea, a strategy or a reflection from the classroom, along with the thinking behind it and what I’d do differently next time.
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Notes from the ClassroomWhat Does Good Teaching Actually Look Like?
Why good teaching is rarely the entertaining lesson or the silent room, and the five things I look for instead.
Notes from the ClassroomWhy I Called It Redrafted
Why no lesson, idea or teacher is ever the final version, and why I wanted a space to rethink ideas openly.
WHO WRITES IT
I’m Ronnie, a senior leader and Physics specialist who has taught in the UK and abroad. My work centres on coaching teachers, building well sequenced curricula from the early years to the sixth form, and using assessment to improve what pupils actually learn.
More about RonnieThe Four Pillars
Everything I write sits under one of these.
Honest reflections from the job itself. The lessons that went well, the ones that didn’t, and the beliefs I’ve had to rethink along the way.
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Practical strategies you can pick up and use. Questioning, feedback, planning and routines, tried in a real classroom before they get written up.
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What research says about how learning really works, explained in plain English and brought back to the classroom.
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The bigger picture of teaching as a career. Workload, wellbeing, professional growth and the culture we all work in.
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