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Martyn Simmonds

@MrSimmoGeog

Senior Leader: Teaching and Learning at Durrington, Geographer and father. All views my own.

 Durrington
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Joined March 2013
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Shaun Allison@shaun_allison28 Mar 2017
Just read the foreword for 'Making every science lesson count'...written by Mr Clarke! Yes, THE Mr Clarke! Chuffed. classteaching.wordpress.com/…
Learning with Mr Clarke – Circa 1985

Learning with Mr Clarke – Circa 1985

This weekend we cleared out the loft – not a pleasant job, but one that had to be done.  Whilst doing so we came across some of my wife’s old school exercise books.  Not surprisingly, I…

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Shaun Allison@shaun_allison28 Mar 2017
From yesterday - some thoughts about using powerpoint: classteaching.wordpress.com/…
Powerpoint – to use or not to use?

Powerpoint – to use or not to use?

The educational twittershpere can be a very strange place.  Over the weekend there was a flurry of discussion about powerpoint – whether it was useful or not for teachers.  Who would have tho…

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Tom Sherrington
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The Bell-Curve Cage: Something must break. teacherhead.com/2017/03/26/t…
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Andy Tharby@atharby23 Mar 2017
A brilliant example of nuanced and thoughtful evidence-informed practice. teapawt.net/chris_runeckles/status…
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Is it really a low stakes quiz? classteaching.wordpress.com/…
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Team Culture is King. And that's not necessarily good. teacherhead.com/2017/03/16/t… via @teacherhead. What's your team culture like?
Team Culture is King. And that’s not necessarily good.

Team Culture is King. And that’s not necessarily good.

  Recently I read a fascinating blog by Harry Fletcher-Wood on some research into the impact of CPD – or, actually, the lack of impact. One of the issues Harry raises is the suggestion t…

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Ben Crockett@BenCrockett117 Mar 2017
#proudofdhs teapawt.net/DanRavenEllison/status…
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This is really wonderful to see Ben. Thanks so much for sharing. I love how you've used created your own brain sensor of sorts! teapawt.net/BenCrockett1/status/84…
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Ben Crockett@BenCrockett116 Mar 2017
Guerrilla Geography and The Excellence Academy dhsgeography.wordpress.com/2…
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Winners are grinners, your U17 Netball Europe Champs! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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NEW POST Workload Can’t Be Solved by a Poster leadinglearner.me/2017/03/05…
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Tes magazine@tes5 Mar 2017
'Let's we rip up the traditional model of guided #revision in lessons, followed by guided #revision after school' ow.ly/qwEp309y002
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Shaun Allison@shaun_allison23 Feb 2017
Making every science lesson count - edits done & sent back to @CrownHousePub
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DHS Maths@MathsDHS15 Feb 2017
A huge well done to Jakob Sanders who has qualified for the next round of the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge #ProudOfDHS
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DHS PE@DHS_PEresults15 Feb 2017
Fantastic evening skiing @KnockhatchSki getting ready for April 🇮🇹⛷🎿⛄️#proudofdhs #passotonale #SkiTeam
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Thank you to the Holocaust Education Trust & Professor Ladislaus Lob for sharing your experiences with our Year 9 students . @HolocaustUK
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Ben Crockett@BenCrockett11 Feb 2017
Love to get the opportunity to display the high quality work throughout KS3 and KS4. #proudofdhs teapawt.net/DurringtonHigh/status/…
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Celebrating student excellence in geography - going beyond our best @ DHS
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Thank you to the students who attended the headteacher breakfast – celebrating success. As ever I am immensely proud of you all. Ms Marooney
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New blog about our journey with our KS3 curriculum teapawt.net/BenCrockett1/status/83…
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KS3 shouldn’t be the ugly duckling dhsgeography.wordpress.com/2…
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Mr Shoebridge@shoeyteacher10 Feb 2017
Year 8 Debating: Subjectivity; Objectivity and Bias dhsexac.wordpress.com/2017/0…
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Durrington Learning Blog - 'Evening at The West End' written by Lara Beale & Keely Burton ow.ly/yuZ7308NTAK
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Y8 DHS teams finished 2nd in the district indoor athletics tournament last week. Standout performances from Jodie Loggenburg & Matthew Storm
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