Day 1 in the Lake District - Kayaking and mountain biking for group 1.

Celebrating the many many fantastic things that happen in Winterton…

A fantastic evening of celebrating at our personal development awards event. Congratulations to all those receiving trophies 🏆 and certificates.

A great day for students in the Lakes #outdoors #lakedistrict Winterton Academy

My youngest loves her new Spanish teacher. “We got started learning right away. Like the first day we were in it. Made me realize how much i was going to learn & that she valued our time.” Good reminder. Start fast.

A short post about "Cold Call" Cold Calling is a questioning strategy that I first read about in Teach Like a Champion 2.0. I used to use the term a lot when delivering training/INSET, but I tend to avoid it now for three reasons: 1. Some people are irrationally triggered by it

"Norms are the unwritten rules that govern the behaviour and attitudes of a group(such as a society or school). They are so powerful that they tend to override more formal rules or policies." Peps

It’s that time of year again, our camp site is set up and ready to welcome our Year 7 students tomorrow morning. Thank you to the parents and staff who helped with camp set up! Please remember student drop off is 9am tomorrow morning. #normanbycamp Winterton Academy

Day 2 of Camp Following a very wet night, all the students enjoyed a day full of activities Day walk, Judo and Archery #busyday #year7residential Winterton Academy

First full day of activities for the year 9’s in the Lakes. Group 1 mountain biking and kayaking. Group 2 Rick climbing and ghyll scrambling! #year9residential Winterton Academy

So important.

Some music entertainment last night by Jayden and Kevin Rowlands #camplife #year7residential Winterton Academy

Inflatable fun and ice creams 🍦 #year7residential Winterton Academy

Getting ready for their Go Ape 🦧 Go Ape Winterton Academy #year7residential

A moment on Year 7 Camp…

It's so important for teachers to understand the implications of Cognitive Load Theory & the limitations of working memory for their students. But it's just as important for them to understand the importance of those things for themselves... A🧵

Fantastic effort from all those involved in District Athletics today.

Almost ready…. Class of 25 ❤️

Final day of our Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 adventure. An amazing time had by all!

youtube.com/watch?v=Pcz9zx… Department for Education Unbelievably tone deaf communication from DfE.