West Kirby Grammar School Great to see our brilliant staff back in today. Morning focus on curriculum, High Performance Learning Culture, CPD for 22-23 and a spot of the Bananarama principle...lovely!⭐️ Can't wait to see Y7 & Y12 tomorrow! High Performance Learning doodle education

Taylor Hawkins' 16-year-old son, Shane, does his father proud as he sits behind the kit for @FooFighters' performance of "My Hero." #FooFighters #TaylorHawkinsTribute x.com/patrickfranca/…

Want a reliable teaching and learning library explaining core terms and pushing to information you can trust? Very excited that Tes magazine has linked up with EEF to bring you just that. Take a look! tes.com/magazine/tes-e…

Making the most of Learning Walks. teacherhead.com/2022/09/04/mak…

🎙️ Our Chief Exec. Prof Becky Francis responds to today's announcement that the government intends to extend compulsory maths education to 18 year-olds. 👇

Brilliant afternoon of INSET with Stuart Kime FCCT looking at what makes great assessment with staff. Great to talk more about curriculum, pedagogy & assessment with such clear links to our High Performance Learning philosophy ⭐️

West Kirby Grammar School T&L spotlights this week looking at thinking hard about how we give instructions, the impact of target grades (& removing them!) and knowledge gaps featuring Adam Boxer, Jonathan Mountstevens and Tom Sherrington. Resources linked below...

Today Department for Education have published the annual #children & #youngpeople #mentalhealth 'state of the nation' report. The report includes acknowledgement to Anna Freud & Jess (Director of Research Evidence Based Practice Unit) 👇 crowd.in/5kj8yu #childrensmentalhealthweek Place2Be

Me & Jo Halliday have enjoyed running the SSAT Leaders for the Future Programme so much that we're doing it again! This year we've had delegates from 12 local schools join us, we'd love the same for cohort 2. For more info visit wkgs.org/latest-news/ss….

Absolutely blown away by how fabulous our SSAT L4F cohort were tonight! Hearing them talk about their leadership, projects, impact on their school & growth in confidence was fantastic. You’re all amazing & we’ve loved working with you 💜 West Kirby Grammar School

This is what my nutribullet is for, I knew it! A lot of mango went into this Daiquiri to be fair! 🥭 🍹

Started planning my September INSET session today - loads of ideas in this infographic from Tom Sherrington and oliver caviglioli that align with the core Walkthrus strategies we’ll be launching! 🤓

4 ways to ensure that all pupils feel that they matter in school tes.com/magazine/teach…

Thinking about ‘belonging’ in school & reading lots of interconnected things on domains of safety, relationship mapping & ways/scales of examining ‘mattering’. What really great practice in secondary schools should I be looking at? Pooky Knightsmith Dr Jill Berry Adrian Bethune

Judi Dench was on Graham Norton last night to push her new book about her life and work with Shakespeare. After making the point we quote Shakespeare daily without knowing it, this happened:

NEW BLOG: How did we get here? Laura McInerney Teacher Tapp Chris Dyson FCCT Ceridwen Eccles ⚓️ Dr Vic Carr ⚓️ Geoff and Margaret Geoff Barton Dave McPartlin Dr Jill Berry HeadteacherChat Old Primary Head Michael Tackett Paul Dix Pls RT southgloshead.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/how…

Procrastination is not always negative: this meta analysis shows that deliberately procrastinating to create pressure later on can have a positive impact on performance. mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/3…

New school year, same go to advice from Dylan Wiliam (2016): 1. Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. The 9 things every teacher should know. tes.com/magazine/archi…