St Michael's College

Huge thanks to our #SEN team for today's T&L briefing on #ADHD: clear, practical ideas and strategies for staff.

It may feel like the world is putting up Christmas decorations, but we are busily planning out our staff development day for 6th Jan. A bit of #CPD with that mince pie?

Some of our brave #NaNoWriMo participants who tried to write a novel across the month of November. Special mention goes to Aron who managed a staggering 12,599 words and Victoria who hand-made her novel. Well done to all who took part.

Looking forward to Learning Communities meeting tonight. We are doing Lit Reviews for our projects this year: 📕📗📘📙📔📒📚📖📝🗨️🗨️💭

This could be a good opportunity for staff to share some of their practitioner research with the educational world.

We'd be interested to hear what staff think about this...

@justaguy_LT It's always a delight to have you back, Lawrence!

Always a pleasure to be able to work with young people. I am passionate about mentoring and hopefully making an impact on their lives. Thank you for having me @StMichaels_TL #mentoring #JustAGuy #socialenterprise

We are really looking forward to launching Learning Communities tonight. #metacognition #research #teacherresearch #actionresearch #learners

Two opportunities for staff training today: a session on using voice in the classroom and training with @ImpactEd_tweets on how we assess impact of interventions we run.

Many thanks to @DavidBromfield for speaking to our Middle Leaders about the new #OFSTED framework yesterday.

Good luck to Yr 11 today in their #GCSE #EnglishLit. Do let us know your top tips for making the most of morning exam practices.

@MrsSpalding @ResearchedN @researchEDDHS Very keen to get eyes on this as soon as you are able to share!

Annnd she's finished! A bit of a labour of love this - what I've learned after 16 months leading KS4 and reading loads of good stuff distilled into one PPT. Now excited to share at @ResearchedN #REdKent and @researchEDDHS.

Want some input on using voice effectively in your class? Mrs Hart will be leading a session on this Thursday at 3.45.

As Yr11 head toward their first morning mocks, we ask, ‘How best to revise a whole GCSE of work’? It’s one of the questions we’ll be tackling in Learning Communities this year. #revise #revision #GCSE

Many thanks to Leaders of Learning for today’s briefing on delivering the CPSHE drop-down next week. Remember the LPs are available to bounce around any ideas for it.

Many thanks to Mr Smith for today's CPD briefing on writing UCAS references for sixth form students. The slides are on the staff portal.

This year we are looking at the best ways we can put learning in the hands of students. Today, staff can come and chat about the Seven Step model of instruction.

Evidence of green pen used to add notes from class discussions. Useful even for this Yr 13. #assessment

There’s nothing odd about this picture. Just a totally normal Monday morning...