Super excited to get stuck in with these on the INSET day. It’s been such a joyful collaborative process getting the content for these right in the last few weeks. Love our team! 💙 T&L at Cathedral

1/ INSET today started with Anna Gillinder exploring the incredible achievements and authentic voices of our young people. Sharing their poetry and creative output set the stage for a truly meaningful and purposeful day, with our students at the centre.

2/ In T&L CPD we worked with @FunkyPedagogy to re-commit to our consistent whole-school practice. We’ve talked about what it looks like ‘above the surface’, versus the intellectual prep, diagnosis and responsive teaching happening ‘beneath the surface’…

3/ Staff have worked with our bespoke new walkthroughs of classroom practice and we are raring to go this term - nothing new - no novelty - just tweaks and marginal gains to give our young people the high-quality teaching the deserve... here are a couple of examples ⬇️

4/ Staff have also had time in our CPD strands with our expert T&L team.@FunkyPedagogy worked with one group on writing, and with maths on self-efficacy. Nichola Leech worked on variation theory with another group, and the rest were with @speakwithsimon1 on Oracy 🔥🙌

5/ Thank you to our T&L team and wonderful Curriculum Leaders for pulling all of this together 🙌 Every student Every lesson Every day

Our T4 CPD journals are all ready for staff tomorrow! This term we are moving round in our carousels - Oracy with Mr Day 💬 and work on the Memory Model with Ms Leech & Mrs Webb 🧠 #cpdcurriculum #everythingispossible Nichola Leech @speakwithsimon1 @FunkyPedagogy Anna Gillinder

1/ We are delighted to celebrate the work of our budding artists in this term’s edition of BEACON 🔥 Huge thanks to our wonderful Art team ADT@TACathedral and Stephanie Dearnley for compiling all these beautiful examples of student work.

2/ Here’s some student work on architectural themes from GCSE Art and Design and Y9 drawing…

3/… and GCSE Art and Design: Aquatic World 🐠🐟🐡

4/ Also, there’s an overview for parents of one of our Conditions for Learning: Struggle & Repetition

5/ And finally, we have launched our new site to support students and their families with their well-being and mental health. Read more about ‘A Safety Net’ below ⬇️

A wonderful end to the week. So proud of all our amazing students. Your speeches were highly engaging and thought provoking! T&L at Cathedral