@msconwy

Deputy Headteacher | NPQH | FL 19 @ambition_inst | History | @teachfirst ambassador |

 London
Joined December 2011
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Yes - get the basics right
Adam Boxer
@adamboxer128 Mar 2023
I go to a lot of schools, and everyone is focusing on metacognition or dual coding or disciplinary this or curriculum intent that. Then I go into lessons, and teachers are asking questions and students are calling out answers or tchrs are picking ones with hands up. Fix that. >
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My first assembly to our entire 2,000+ student population: done ! Now for holidays …
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Absolutely!
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Sam Freedman@Samfr14 Sep 2022
A further reminder, as the DfE is filled with grammar school supporting ministers, that academic selection doesn't help educationally and increases inequality. One of the most consistent and clearest findings in education research.
Lee Elliot Major@Lem_Exeter14 Sep 2022
International meta-analysis suggests school tracking (otherwise known as academic selection) fails to improve academic achievement overall and increases education inequality. Based on 53 studies, 213 estimates on efficiency & 230 estimates on inequality. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

The Effect of School Tracking on Student Achievement and Inequality: A Meta-Analysis - Éder Terrin,...

This meta-analysis examines the effects of sorting secondary students into different tracks (“between-school” tracking) or classrooms (“within-school” tracking)...

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Ella Martin@ellamartin_ks23 Sep 2022
An amazing talk from @ClareSealy - lots to consider around assessment, particularly made me reflect on effective self-assessment #rED22
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The kind of Twitter content him here for
Kate Maltby@KateMaltby13 Jul 2022
OK. By popular demand. Tory Leadership Candidates (eight still in the race at start of play 13 July) as Kings of Henry VIII I did warn you that it wasn't actually very funny.
Thanks to @SLTchat @MrsSpalding @chrishildrew for a Monday night reminder about how school culture trumps everything else
🚩 Teacher Empowerment@TeacherEmpower20 Jun 2022
Find the ‘voice’ of the school. What makes it unique and special? Articulate the vision repeatedly and relentlessly @chrishildrew #SLTchat
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Cupcakes as a learning device for one of my final lessons with Year 13
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Over 50 Year 11 students online for a revision session this evening ahead of tomorrow’s History exam : so proud of their efforts
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Yesterday the Times reported Professor David Abulafia’s defence of privilege. I’ve written to them to point out the flaws in his argument.
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Dr Jill Berry@jillberry1025 May 2022
"This is a call to action..We need to be kinder & more humane to all our colleagues, regardless of where they are working & who they are working for. Ask, try. review, revise & let us know how you get on. Together, we have the power to flex education."|@FlexTeachTalent
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First day back after Mat leave… here we go!
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First KIT day tomorrow and .. it’s Ofsted. Any tips @maternityCPD
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“Stick strong to your core values and do what is right” thank you @jameslane41 for this great closing remark which sums up so much of what we have learnt over the past 2 years #futureleaders @ambitioninstitute
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Baby with Dad for the day … time to use a different part of my brain! Let’s go @Ambition_Inst #futureleaders
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An important reminder that completed worksheets do not necessarily equal learning
Mary Myatt@MaryMyatt25 Feb 2021
How do we know if our pupils have learnt what we've taught them? Is a completed worksheet enough? marymyatt.com/blog/creators-…

Creators not consumers — Mary Myatt Learning

Let’s take a look at the range of things that pupils in our classroom use or consume: worksheets, power points, words, texts, images, paper, glue sticks. These are made available to them as part of...

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an important aspect of rural England's history is cows receiving rosettes for being so exquisitely rectangular
Photo of a very rectangular cow.

ALT Photo of a very rectangular cow.

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Simple group work with a google doc ... why didn’t I think of this before?! Great for getting quick feedback after students had complete a task #historyteacher #histdist
Advice for prepping a maternity handover? Five weeks to go ... Think I’ve covered it all but would welcome any suggestions so I can check I’ve got it covered
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Already got my first Christmas card from a Year 12 ‘in case we have to collapse the bubble again’... don’t know whether to laugh or cry 😂
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