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Primary headteacher in my 5th year of headship. Proud to be part of Victorious Academy. Views expressed are my own

Joined October 2013
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Hoping to start some book clubs for 5/6, 3/4 and 1/2 next year. Any recommend read is for each group? @_Reading_Rocks_ @MrBoothY6
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End of year (and the biggest yet!) thank you on behalf of @compliantschool. If you would like to win the £250 Amazon Voucher, for personal or school use, then please follow, retweet and like this post by Friday 12th July at 8pm. We will announce the winner shortly afterwards!
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Does anyone recommend any training for headteachers relating to coaching and mentoring? I’m quite interested in doing some further development on this. @Headteacherchat
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Sometimes we can all feel like we don’t have the strength to make it but that’s okay. You don’t need strength for the entire future you just need it for the next day. Keep going. Take it one day at a time.
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A few years ago, I wrote two metacognition guides with @OUPSecondary 1) a guide for teachers with practical strategies for the classroom 2) a guide for students to support their revision and learning Do you want a copy? RT this tweet, then DM me!
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Does anyone have any templates they use to gather staff voice, pupil voice and parent voice that they would be willing to share? @Headteacherchat
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Happy long weekend everyone! I am planning my assembly for next week and I want to share the story of an inspiring person. Primary school ideas anyone? I’ve covered lots of world famous and local inspiring figures and I’m stuck! @Headteacherchat
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🌟🌟 COMPETITION 🌟 COMPETITION 🌟 🌟 (PLEASE read the entirety of this post) It’s a BIG one! 🏠 We strive as a company to be able to provide quality resources to everyone (whilst being conscious not everyone can make their budgets stretch, especially in the current climate) To that end we run periodic competitions & giveaways This time we will be offering you the opportunity to WIN one of our beautiful 4m x 4m open outdoor classrooms (PLUS free installation) 😳 🤯 list price £8145 + vat To enter JUST… 1) LIKE (This post) 2) COMMENT (tag a teacher, early years provider/nominated school) 3) SHARE (This post) T&C’s - Winner will be selected at random on 19/4/24 - A level, hard surface ‘base’ will be required for installation (tarmac or concrete). If situated on grassy area, a concrete slab will need to be laid at the cost of the school prior to installation (NOT provided by L4L) - contact details of a trusted contractor of L4L can be provided. - If you cannot accommodate the 4m x 4m classroom, a smaller one will be offered in its place of equal or lower value. - No cash equivalent is offered - UK 🇬🇧 entries only. IMPORTANT: (Please don’t reply to scammers that will piggyback off this post! We will NOT ask for personal details - we will NOT comment “you have won” on the post) Good luck 🤞 🍀 landscapes4learning.com Tel: 029 22 403 777 [email protected] #competition #win #schools #headteachers #eyfs #forestschools #competitons #outdoorplay #outdoors
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Can anyone help?
I’m currently in the process of developing the curriculum in my school. Who are the accounts to follow for insights, thoughts, inspiration? @Headteacherchat
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I’m currently in the process of developing the curriculum in my school. Who are the accounts to follow for insights, thoughts, inspiration? @Headteacherchat
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💙#WIN 200 GLUE STICKS💙 Missed out on our last glue stick giveaway? Here's another chance to win this amazing prize! For a chance to win: 💙 Follow @twinklresources 💙 Reshare this post 💙 Tag who you'd share these with! 1 reply = 1 entry, so get tagging! Ts&Cs Apply.
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Safeguarding lead Prevent lead HR lead E-Safety lead FBV lead Finance lead H&S lead Strategic lead Curriculum lead Am I busy? No not at all Please add something else to the pile! Sustainability lead? Ok, got it! Who is the Wellbeing & Workload lead? Oh, yes, that would be me too!
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Does anyone have any recommendations for podcasts linked to school leadership? Primary sector? @Headteacherchat
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For the schools who have book vending machines in school, how did you get your hands on one? @Headteacherchat @chrisdysonHT
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Anyone know how I find my school’s idaci score? @Headteacherchat @jpembroke
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Looking to improve writing in school. Deprived area, poor communication and language and poor grammatical skills - anyone had any success implementing a writing curriculum that would fit the bill? heard of pathways to writing and have used writing for a purpose @Headteacherchat
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Our CEO @Karen_BurnsCEO is chairing the Northern Trust Leaders Conference today in Manchester. #shiftingthenarrative @MatAssociation
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To support our new project on Relational Inclusion, we are running a full day of training today with Sonja Evason for our Relational Inclusion Champions and Headteachers #relationalinclusion #weareVictorious #inspiring #discovering #caring #improving #achieving @Karen_BurnsCEO
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We are very excited to share that #LyndhurstCommunityPrimary, Dukinfield have officially joined our Trust! Welcome to @TrustVictorious! #weareVictorious #growth #mat #inspiring #discovering #caring #improving #achieving
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Heatherlea Dance prides themselves in offering dance provision through excellence & professionalism all delivered with a nurturing & creative ethos. They love to welcome new dancers to the school and make them part of the Heatherlea family. heatherleadance.com
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