Kimberley WT

My visualiser, a thread: 1. I’ve been a teacher of English for 18 years. Yesterday, I taught my last year 11 lesson of this academic year. I can honestly say I think my teaching is better now than it’s ever been, thanks to my visualiser.

Great to have such an inspirational leader @YewlandsAcademy working in partnership with the whole @brigantialearn1 Principal team at @hindehouseacad @LongleyParkSF & @BrigantiaHFA

'Warm Strict' and the Culture Curriculum @YewlandsAcademy. Great to hear of the transformational work of Principal Kimberley Willmott and her team @brigantialearn1 and the reflections of the talented current and aspirational headteachers in the locality!

@RealAliBarlow @DixonMFL Thank you! Drop me a DM of some dates- more than welcome to visit us anytime :)

@EducatingStamio great meeting and hearing you speak today. Small world @DixonMFL. Let me know when I can come for a look around! 😊

We ate cake all day today & staff made some absolute showstoppers, inc a Yewlands Way cake 🤩 What a truly wonderful team we have @YewlandsAcademy!

Another consequence of allowing disruptive students to stay in the classroom is that it sends the message to everyone in the room that education isn’t that important.

OPEN CHALLENGE Show me a successful turnaround school that didn't massively improve behaviour standards via centralised behaviour policies, including substantial consequences for repeated poor behaviour. I'm happy to wait

Eeeekkkk

@Clive_Hill @Mallrat_uk Good luck! Accidental leaders are the best kind I think!

Ever end up saying "Yes" to something, and it snowballing? Last day of school yesterday. This morning I'm prepping for an interview on Careers and the curriculum. I largely have @Mallrat_uk & @EducatingStamio to 'blame' for this 😅 #AccidentalLeadership

Happy Bank Holiday Monday from Venice 🇮🇹

This is us today- 140 year 7 violinists smashing it at TMA! Tuesday is “ MISST day” and we love it!

5.Don’t do this.

4.Students want to learn, make progress, feel clever and successful- just as we all do. They won’t thank you for a shoehorning wooden spoons into your Macbeth lesson, however much fun it might be at the time.

I spoke to a teacher this week who was asked by the school’s senior leadership team to be more “innovative” in her teaching. All staff were allocated £1 and told to go to a pound shop to purchase a “prop” to use to create a “buzz” in the classroom. Here was my response: 🧵

“In schools where behaviour standards are high, disadvantaged children do disproportionately well. In schools where behaviour standards are weak, disadvantaged children do disproportionately badly.”

@educurious2015 What. Are. You. Doing. Now 🫣

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