Laura Witney (@HolbyL) profile picture

Assistant headteacher with a love for maths and making a difference to all students. Teaching Leaders Fellow 2015

Joined February 2013
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I’m working on a programme for our Y10 & 11 called the 1% Club Based off Atomic Habits (& The Bear) it’s all about continuous improvement & empowering them to be independent, motivated & self regulated learners. This ties in with our work on metacognition & learning behaviours
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£40 worth of chocolate anyone? It’s day 9 of #Eduadvent and it’s another fab giveaway! @ReadSolutionsUK have kindly donated some delicious Hotel Chocolat chocolates! To enter just REPOST & LIKE this tweet & the winner will be randomly selected later this evening! Good Luck!
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Some lovely GCSE results day stories here from pupils at Philip Morant School - including Star who was excluded from her previous school, and two siblings who settled in Colchester after being forced to leave their home in Afghanistan gazette-news.co.uk/news/2374…
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I have major decision fatigue today/this week. Does anyone else know what I mean?
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Does anyone have any students take the Persian GCSE and know anyone who can do the speaking element for us at all?
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📢 Ok, get this...at @SparxMaths we've created the most AWESOME GCSE Crossover Workbooks (1 per strand) to support revision for those Qs that appear on both Foundation and Higher tiers. All you've got to do is like and retweet this and I'll send you your FREE copy next week 📢
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Got this from one of my year 11 classes today. One of them made it for me with a card and got the whole class to sign. Love my school!
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🎄EduAdvent Day 11🎄 It’s Day 11 of #eduadvent! @benglishteach has donated a set of Mrs Hinch books and stickers as well as a pamper set! To enter, give @benglishteach and me a follow, like and retweet this tweet & the winner will be chosen around 6pm!
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Beyond exciting to see ♥️ How To Get a 9 in Shakespeare 🖤 out in the wild! I’d love to give away a free copy: if you fancy one for a #Shakespeare mad Year 10/11, your own bedside table #CPD, or to put on a department bookshelf - just retweet! TIA #teamenglish #freebie #comp
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🚨🚨 Following the success of our free transition books, we are excited to launch our next free resource at the end of this week. Using content from Sparx Maths, we've designed a formative baseline assessment, for your Year 7 students. Retweet this, to be sent the link first.
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It’s time for a GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the release of our book from @JohnCattEd myself and @BeckyTeachopia have TWO copies we’d like to give away. You just need to RETWEET and LIKE this tweet. We will pick two people at random on Wednesday evening. Get involved @Team_English1 📚
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My #4for44 children's party, food shopping on a budget and finally putting together our garden furniture and decking! (Stock images as not yet finished!)
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#4for44 @DeputyGrocott lazy morning, walk in the sunshine, dinner outside and finish with a drink!
We're giving away a free copy of 'Deputy Headteacher Planner.' For a chance to win, like and RT this tweet. During our Twitter Spaces, on Tuesday Night 7.30pm, we will choose one of you at random. #deputyheads #headteachers #rEDBerks
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OK, so the Y6/7 transition packs were soooooo popular, that I was thinking of asking the unbelievable content design team @SparxMaths to create a booklet/course to support for y11/12 transition (i.e. getting ready for AS). If a good idea, RT this to sigal "yes please I want one"
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🎉🚨 Competition 🚨🎉 To celebrate my new book Retrieval Practice: Primary I am giving away signed copies of all my RP books, including my latest!😁 To enter simply retweet this tweet. Entries can be from all over the world 🌍 Winner announced next week! – at Hope, Wales
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✳ Coming soon ✳ Next week, we'll be releasing a brill maths transition pack, with space for workings & answers for marking. It's got 100 @SparxMaths Qs over 12 key maths topics differentiated to support all students preparing to start y7. RT if you want me to send you a copy
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📚To celebrate being just 3 weeks from publication, I have a lovely new copy of Times Tables Ninja to give away! For your chance to win, simply like and retweet this tweet. 📚 Bonus entry if you comment your best maths joke! ✖️➗ Closes midnight on Thursday 23rd June. UK only.
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Our 10th anniversary year has been our busiest yet... reaching over 300 Million views! As a big THANK YOU for all your support, we are giving away 3 x £20 Amazon Vouchers, dozens of mugs and also holding a MASSIVE SALE. To enter, retweet by 28th June 🎉 corbettmaths.com/wp-content/…
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