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Author Archives: Stacey Partridge
The Work Ethic
Our first twilight INSET of the year took place last week in support of this term’s whole-Academy focus on developing a strong work ethic. We’ve already been working on the language we all use in lessons, and the twilight was a great … Continue reading
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October Bright Spots
It’s been my pleasure to visit some great lessons taught by some of our newest colleagues this week. There were so many fantastic ‘bright spots’ to share that this short post may not do them justice, but it’s not going … Continue reading
The Five Minute Lesson Plan: road-tested
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the second in the series, by one of our NQTs in the English department, and follows a session … Continue reading
A month of Bright Spots
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a fortnight now. The problem now is that the longer I’ve procrastinated, the more great examples of practice there are to write about! For those unfamiliar with the term, we borrowed the … Continue reading
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NQT blog: Consistency, Routine and a Task
Every fortnight, one of our NQTs will write a reflective blog post focusing on issues raised in our professional development sessions. This is the first, by one of our English NQTs and follows a session called ‘Sweating the Small Stuff’. Wednesday … Continue reading
Why all the fuss about Twitter for teachers?
Last Wednesday’s 15-Minute Forum was led by Assistant Principal Ben Hill (a well-known Twitter fanatic) and entitled ‘Tweet tweet! Why all the fuss about teachers using Twitter?” Here’s a quick round-up: Firstly, this isn’t a technical article – my #15MF focused … Continue reading
If you only do one thing this month…
Feedback from both staff and students over the last twelve months strongly indicates that our most effective changes in practice happen when we all focus on the same thing at the same time – hence our ’30 Day Focus’ approach … Continue reading
T&L placemats
So, we made a placemat. Over the last twelve months we’ve made substantial (but gradual) changes to our T&L philosophy at Wellacre, focusing on a few key priorities and adopting a ‘tight but loose’ approach to classroom practice: “highlighting a … Continue reading
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A start-of-term reading list
Don’t judge me or anything, but I’m actually (whisper) quite excited about the start of term next week. It’s all Twitter’s fault really, with so many excellent #BackToSchool blogs circulating recently it’s hard not to get swept along with all the … Continue reading
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Beyond PEE: towards a ‘humanities taxonomy’
Our Humanities team have been developing strategies to stretch and challenge all students at the highest level. Here, head of faculty Michelle O’Neill describes the impact so far: I’m no data whizzkid, but even with my old fashioned eye I could see … Continue reading
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Making Our Best Better 