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Today I had the pleasure of launching something we’ve worked on for 8 months, our new Teaching & Learning Playbook.
A shared model of excellence for powerful learning routines, applicable in every classroom
Greg Thornton
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Greg Thornton
@MrThorntonTeach
Assistant Head, ELE, History Teacher, ITT/ECT Lead & School Improvement team. Nottingham lad, adopted Scouser & exhausted dad (of 2 girls) #YWNA
- Reduce time, improve feedback and smash marking #markingcribsheet - free copy and how-to here wp.me/p7ilHm-1C #edchat #marking
- Find yourself a school where your Head encourages you to attend your child’s first day of primary school 🙌🙌🙌
- This year our T&L going back to basics due to the 18 months of disruption, with a focus on routines, habits and learning behaviours. You can’t move up without a strong foundation Our 1st term focus is a Strong Start, using @Doug_Lemov brilliance and bits from @HFletcherWood
- I've turned the brilliant T&L session on Mini Whiteboards led by @MissBKearns & @CiaraMcleigh into of our one pagers for staff to refer to. I've thrown a copy here mrthorntonteach.com *Lots* of great stuff from @joeybagstock @teacherhead @adamboxer1 & @Doug_Lemov included
- I’m working on a programme for our Y10 & 11 called the 1% Club Based off Atomic Habits (& The Bear) it’s all about continuous improvement & empowering them to be independent, motivated & self regulated learners. This ties in with our work on metacognition & learning behaviours
- So I had a random idea.... Guidance sheets for teaching new units with little knowledge of where to start - What to read - Why teach it? - What are historians saying? - What enquires could you use? - Pitfalls and possibilities Thoughts? mrthorntonteach.com/an-intro-to/
- Ending this intense last week on a high. New job as Assistant Headteacher T&L and Director of Research School at my fantastic school @MeolsCopHS
00:00 - I've found there is an abundance of brilliant Google Forms advice out there, but less so for Microsoft Forms. Created this to share with my department/school. Tips and ideas on how to use MS Forms. If any use, link here: dropbox.com/s/i90c0ziaf9hx…
- Did a session for our NQTs on explanation tonight. Heavily based on the work of @shaun_allison @atharby with some extra bits from @HuntingEnglish @teacherhead @bennewmark Will share if anyone wants
- So, we are live! @MrThorntonTeach & @MrPattisonTeach present History How To's A collaborative project for the history subject community. Instructional Sheets & Videos 👇 mrthorntonteach.com/howto/
- Those of you Y11 doing the Edexcel Medicine Through Time #GCSEhistory on Monday, these may be useful summaries. Part 1/2 #edexcelhistory #historyteacher #GCSE2019
- It's that Mock Exam time of year again. Exam Wrappers & Examiners Report for my class in production.
