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Donal Hale
@HaleDonal
Director of Literacy and Learning @TrinityAcademyL ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒŸ | Speaker | Author: Leading Secondary English | Literacy Specialist with DfE-funded @JCEnglishHub
York, England
Joined July 2017
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    ๐Ÿงต This is a bit of a "pinch me" moment. Seeing your name, your book on Waterstones, Foyles, Amazon... If you pre-order Leading Secondary English from the @BloomsburyEd now, you benefit from their 30% off sale! @Team_English1, @LitdriveUK. Link in thread below. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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    ๐Ÿงต*TOP TIP* English Language Paper 1 This has been revelatory for my students! Help 'prime' students for reading the extract, ask them to READ Q4 FIRST, VERY CAREFULLY, as it allow them to understand the heart of the text. /1
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    At @TrinityAcademyL, we have developed four toolkits to support teachers in their pedagogy. High-quality CPD is delivered to all staff in these areas, and Curriculum Leaders work with their teams to ensure these strategies are best utilised within their subject area. #CPD
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    I'm delighted to share some news: I have accepted a senior leadership position @TrinityAcademyL. I am soon to become Associate Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning: Literacy and SEND). ๐Ÿ’œโญ๏ธ It's a very exciting time for us, and I can't wait to start this new journey!
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    My Year 13s @HuntingtonYork just bought me such a clever, nerdy, literary leaving gift! ๐Ÿฅฐ @Team_English1 - can you name the text they are alluding to?
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    I'm going to end the week by sharing some exciting news... ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ from September, I am going to be Curriculum Leader for English @TrinityAcademyL ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒŸ It is a truly special school and so grateful to be there at the beginning (almost!) of its incredible journey! ๐Ÿคฉ
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    ๐Ÿ“ฃ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ๐Ÿ“ฃ Earlier this week, I officially signed a contract with @BloomsburyEd to publish my first BOOK! ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“’๐Ÿ“š Leading Secondary English: The Habits and Culture of an Expert English Department Early days, but I'm very excited to have been asked to do it! ๐Ÿ˜Š
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    So, after all the love yesterday for @KateJones_teach's Retrieval Practice pyramid's, and to add to @Mathew_Lynch44's work, here are three more, covering the rest of the Birling family! All will be uploaded to be downloaded for free on @LitdriveUK as well @Team_English1 folks.
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    ๐Ÿงต Supporting struggling readers in secondary school ๐Ÿงต At @TrinityAcademyL c.42% of our students arrive with a reading age well below chronological age. So, how do we ensure they are able to access a word rich bookletised curriculum? Our interventions focus on 2 areas: โฌ‡๏ธ
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    ๐Ÿงต Writing Stamina ๐Ÿงต Our KS3 curriculum spiral curriculum model means we have taught writing structures from word --> sentence --> paragraph level. We focused on mastery, rather than throwing students into extended essay writing too soon. Some of the concerns others had was /1
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    I don't have KS5 this year, but I know many will be thinking of the imminent A Level Literature exams, so I'm sharing this again. I genuinely believe this revolutionised our last set of A Level Exam results: ALPS 1.12 (2) @Team_English1 @LitdriveUK
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    Possibly THE nicest email I have ever received from a parent @HuntingtonYork. I cried. A LOT. 'You will be a teacher he mentions to his children as someone he looked up to'. 'Thank you for following your true vocation'. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ #bestjobintheworld
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    I've had a lot of visitors - and many reach out online - asking what our department do for our weekly Reading Lesson in English @TrinityAcademyL. We have a co-curricular reading programme, with a booklet each term that complements the concepts we teach in our main units. /1
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    LOVE the feeling of a completed booklet! ๐Ÿคฉ Ready to go for September 2023. Year 7: The Gothic Year 8: The Spoken Word I cannot wait to use these with our ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒŸs @TrinityAcademyL next academic year. Intrigued? Find out more on 8th July, @LitdriveUK conference. #LitdriveCPD23
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