Pritesh Raichura

Funny how the characteristics that constitute ‘diversity‘ do not include diversity of thought or views. 🤔

Use I say, you say and choral response to fortify engagement Two techniques to strengthen learners' engagement and enthusiasm, whatever the topic

Looking for ways to boost attention and energy in your lessons? I say, you say and choral response brings learners into the moment. These quick techniques from @priteshraichura.bsky.social make explanations pacier and participation sky high 👏✨
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Praise effort, not just answers. See how small changes in your classroom can create a culture of hard work and perseverance from @priteshraichura.bsky.social 🌟
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What Your Children Are Really Seeing in Group Chats Being pastorally responsible for a group of 30 children as their form tutor is perhaps the greatest privilege and source of joy that teaching can bring. At one stage in my career, I became the form…

Smartphones change children in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. Slowly, over time, their characters change. And it’s not for the better.

My latest blog details my pastoral experiences with smartphones in school.

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What Your Children Are Really Seeing in Group Chats Being pastorally responsible for a group of 30 children as their form tutor is perhaps the greatest privilege and source of joy that teaching can bring. At one stage in my career, I became the form…

Smartphones change children in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. Slowly, over time, their characters change. And it’s not for the better.

My latest blog details my pastoral experiences with smartphones in school.

bunsenblue.com/2025/09/04/w...

I’m so sorry to hear this. Dawn was inspiring, generous & contributed immensely to the profession. My deepest condolences 🙏🏽

*Diagnostic overshadowing* can thwart inclusive teaching.

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Surely, it is more effective to train teachers in proven methods that produce capable readers than training them to use adaptive teaching techniques. One produces independence for children, the other dependence.

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Choral Response and ‘I Say You Say’ The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

“The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases.”

Great blog on strategies to ensure students pay attention during the lessons explanation. Well worth a read. Thanks @priteshraichura.bsky.social

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Extraordinary blogs with lots of excellent ideas.

Yes exactly. Absolute P8 for disadvantage is exactly what I mean.

Great teachers are not born; they are made Focusing on great professional development opportunities is key to ending our recruitment woes

I genuinely believe teaching is the best profession! We are responsible for shaping characters of our pupils as much as we think hard about how to improve their attainment. How stimulating & what a privilege. My article with @joshpd.bsky.social below 👇🏼 #EduSky

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I’m curious what work is being done to study schools where the socio-economic attainment gap is smallest. How can we replicate their success? Is this being looked at?

Ep 52 | Lessons on Excellent Teaching (with Pritesh Raichura) Sweat The Technique · Episode

Here's my interview with science teacher extraordinaire, @priteshraichura.bsky.social in which we discuss the what, when and why of his teaching methods.

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With vaccination under attack worth reading this, which I think is the most understated powerful thing Roald Dahl ever wrote.

How would you answer the question: "Why do children misbehave?" Reply below with "Because they..." 👇

I take it not veggie, then?

Now I want all the details: where is this?! 😍

Not much variety, is there?

🗣️ Teaching is challenging, but rewarding. Seeing students grow and succeed is unparalleled.

Check out @joshpd.bsky.social and @priteshraichura.bsky.social on the demands & rewards of teaching in @schoolsweek.bsky.social.

And why not watch Pritesh in action⁉️: steplab.co/film

3 and a half years ago, a small group of 11 teachers set up
Ark Soane Academy.

We are now recruiting for our FIFTH year as a school.

Where has the time gone?! 🧵

Thank you to everyone who came to our second Ark Soane History conference yesterday. It was such a joy to see so many history teacher colleagues together.

As always, I’m proudest of our pupils who were so keen to help and talk about history. What a lovely day. #Soane25

Yes, at times! I also use it for recap, which, depending on group can be varying time.

But a choral response is just a format for a question. So lots of factors might affect its deployment.

In this blog I focus on its use for phase 1 questioning - sustaining attention.

Appreciate the words of encouragement! I try to share concrete ideas as much as possible with the thinking underpinning them, in the hope teachers who are interested can apply immediately & intelligently to their settings.

This is a really interesting blog. Often our questioning focuses on ‘check for understanding’ rather than ‘check for attention’. I’ve started using ‘choral response’ and ‘I say you say’ much more in my teaching and it’s really effective.
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Not just time, but also extent & complexity of recall depending on cues given.

Yes - it’s not an inconsistency; it’s a sliding scale. ‘I say you say’ is direct repetition but choral response (‘on 3, 123’) could be recall of older content or recently spoken content but still requires slightly more work than the former.

Thanks Mark! Yes - this always surprises teachers. But I swear by these strategies!

Thanks James!

Choral Response and ‘I Say You Say’ The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

*New post!* Choral response & 'I Say You Say' are two techniques I use with high frequency during my explanations. Although they seem simple, there is a lot of thinking behind them.
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