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Everything a teacher needs to plan thinking-rich lessons

The Thinking Framework maps specific cognitive processes to every activity, so you and your learners know what kind of thinking is happening and why.
Graphic organisers icon - visual tools for organising ideas
Eight graphic organisers, chosen for the task: Fishbone for cause and effect, Diamond 9 for ranking, Flow-chart for sequencing. Each organiser comes as a downloadable PDF with the task pre-written.
Thinking framework icon - learning through effective thinking
Every activity connects to a named thinking skill: Extract, Categorise, Explain, Connect, Combine. Colour-coded tags make it simple to check you have a balanced lesson.
Building blocks icon - learning by connecting ideas
Key vocabulary identified for every topic: Technical terms, conceptual vocabulary, and linking words, all tailored to the topic and age group. Use them with Writer's Block for hands-on word work.
Discussion icon - learning through talk
Oracy prompts woven into every lesson: Starter questions to open thinking, Tell-me-more prompts to push for depth, and Challenger prompts for justification and evaluation.
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Develop metacognition with Structural Learning

From topic to lesson in three steps

Enter the subject, year group, and topic. The platform builds a complete learning plan with retrieval practice, thinking skill activities, graphic organisers, vocabulary, and talk prompts. Review, adapt, and take it into the classroom.

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What does the platform give you?

Graphic Organisers

Eight ready-to-print graphic organisers matched to your lesson activities.

Collection of graphic organiser templates for classroom useExplore
Learning Skills Framework

Track and develop learning behaviours with structured assessment tools.

Learning Skills Framework poster showing key learning behavioursExplore
Thinking Framework Resources

30 named thinking skills across five colour groups, mapped to every lesson step.

Universal Thinking Framework resource bundle for teachersExplore
Research Digests

Evidence-informed summaries on metacognition, retrieval practice, and more.

Formative Assessment research digest - evidence-informed teaching strategiesExplore
Talking Toolkit

Starter, Tell-me-more, and Challenger prompts for structured classroom dialogue.

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Writer's Block

Physical thinking tools for sentence building, idea mapping, and knowledge organisation.

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"The Universal Thinking Framework is a way of helping students organise their thoughts, think critically about a problem, reach a conclusion and have faith in that conclusion."

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