▶️ECT Professional Development
▶️Theory into Practice
🧠Strategies that might help avoid cognitive overload

Lots of coaching this week and today I was exploring effective communication with one of our senior leaders. I'm not sure that we are as purposeful as we would like when we communicate and are then surprised by the outcomes?

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#Teaching #Education #ClassroomPractice
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The Avanti teacher habits: Initial implementation of a MAT-wide learning and teaching toolkit in support of teacher development Salina Ventress - This excellent! my.chartered.college/impact_article…

This is what happens when you give children a paintbrush, plenty of paint & play Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World! My class were inspired by the rhythm as well as the words and enjoyed letting their hands ‘dance’ with the brushes. We used manuscript paper as our canvas 🎶

Staff briefings every Monday with a team building activity is a great start to the week! Year 2 secured their structure! #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork #theavantiway
#positivity
#MondayMotivation

Pupils joyfully commemorate Lord Nityananda's Appearance Day through melodious singing and soulful chanting! 🎶✨ #NityanandaAppearanceDay #Celebration

💡 Are you interested in understanding more about the ShREC approach?

Early years settings based in London can sign up to take part in our trial of the Early Years Conversation Project (EYCP).

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Very much looking forward to facilitating this with the wonderful Marc Rowland tomorrow. Such a treat for the first week back! A chance to explore tangible approaches to improving literacy in secondary schools. Do join us. Alex Bedford

From horror show to triumph! This is the moment when pianist Maria Joao Pires realises - as the orchestra starts to play - that she has learned the wrong piece for a concert. With no sheet music to fall back on, she has to keep calm and carry on. She is AMAZING. As is conductor

*** 'Three Pillars of Vocabulary Teaching' ***

1. Explicit vocabulary teaching

2. Incidental vocabulary learning

3. Cultivating ‘word consciousness’

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📣So many great sessions already confirmed for 8th June - more to come!!

Tickets £35 incl a free hot lunch and free to ITT and ECTs.➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-collabora…
With HYWEL ROBERTS😀🦈 Jennifer Webb Hannah Wilson (She/Her) Haili Hughes Brad Busch Bennie Kara FCCT 🌹 Dr Jill Berry Chris Curtis +more!

Capture the magic of story, in music, art, and drama. Reclaim the joy as important: the awe and wonder that make learning stick. Join us & bring your friends, your schools, your colleagues! onceupona.co.uk
HYWEL ROBERTS😀🦈 Adele Darlington Rebecca Underwood Tor Bridge Primary School Rachel Higginson FCCT

This is happening in June. I’m privileged to be speaking. It’s in Bristol, that fine city.
#storytelling #botheredness Helen🙋🏻‍♀️

Year 1 Sita class have created their final piece of ART work using all of the techniques and skills that they learnt about during our recent Printmaking block.

Do you think that your school is supporting a culture of ITT and ECT mentoring? Are you doing things that help mentors do a great job? I would love to hear from you! RT welcome.

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6 top tips for new (and not so new) school leaders
1.Focus on respect rather than popularity.
2.Establish clear goals
3.Listen to input from your colleagues
4.Lead by example
5.Delegate
6.Make meetings matter