@DrGrooby

Science teacher in North Yorkshire, parent to two amazing little people, walker of two beagles, and French Horn player. All opinions my own.

 Yorkshire
Joined October 2018
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If there’s one plea I could make ahead of GCSE results day tomorrow, it’s in the way the media and other commentators talk about GCSE grades. Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.
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***KS3 Chemistry workbook*** The Science Doctor KS3 chemistry workbook is now uploaded at: sciencedoctor.school.blog/ks… Coverage of the vast majority of the national curriculum. Notes & lots of independent practice. A *lot* of work has gone into sharing this freely so please share
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Far too many women have been on the receiving end of harassment, abuse and violence for far too long. With violence against women and girls declared a ‘National Emergency’, we need our male allies to stand up and call out troubling behaviour when they see it. #JustDont – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
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When it comes to reducing the content in the science specification, an important point is that: Every item currently in the spec can be justified in terms of its inclusion. What we need is a coherent set of principles that explains what items should be prioritised over others. What characteristics dictate the items that stay, and the items that go? How do we rank and balance those characteristics? How do we "score" individual items to establish what's included? Given that everything is important and worthy to someone, how do we make sure we only include that which is important and worthy to the greatest number? We don't have good, shared, or coherent answers to these questions, and because of that any science curriculum reform is doomed to repeat the same mistakes as we have made in the past. @UKLabour
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AQA GCSE Science teachers. This school have produced a fantastic set of revision resources for all 3 subjects 👏👏👏👏 bentonpark.org.uk/students/r…
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Giveaway. Having a clear out and want to give these away so that they can be of use to someone 😁 Just like the post (if you’re on a protected acc follow me so I can follow you back and see your like) Will select at random on Sunday 13 at 8pm and will post Monday to you.
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🎉🚨 Competition 🚨🎉 To celebrate my new book Retrieval Practice: Primary I am giving away signed copies of all my RP books, including my latest!😁 To enter simply retweet this tweet. Entries can be from all over the world 🌍 Winner announced next week! – at Hope, Wales
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Our brilliant technician has excelled himself again. This time turning a pack Poundland baubles into this beautiful pendulum wave! The baubles were filled with sand to weight them. We then put our Y13 students in charge of calculating the required lengths. @ChatPhysics 😍
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What is your "do now" task? I'm finding it so interesting seeing how others approach the start to lessons. Please share, would love to learn from others/improve/magpie. This is ours:
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DrGrooby retweeted
Mr BdB@WRBdB28 Apr 2019
Thread of shared science resources. 1/
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Is Oak National a good thing?
84%Teacher: yes
10%Teacher: no
5%Not a teacher: yes
1%Not a teacher: no
3,267 votes • Final results
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The power of the visualiser 😍
Kimberley WT@EducatingStamio27 May 2021
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.
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I have just discovered the JOY of circuit-diagram.org/editor/ Such satisfaction! So quick. No more wonky diagrams...
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"Teachers advised not to use "catch-up" narrative." IT ISN'T TEACHERS USING IT !!!!!! 😡😡😡
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I don’t know Lee Hill personally but have always enjoyed reading this tweets. What has happened to him today is absolutely scandalous. What kind of example is this to set the children in our care? My heart goes out to him. #StandWithLee
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Call for 'summer of play' to help English pupils recover from Covid stress theguardian.com/society/2021…

Call for 'summer of play' to help English pupils recover from Covid-19 stress

Exclusive: children should be having fun with friends instead of extra lessons, say experts

theguardian.com
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Reading about ‘Summer catch-up’ for children. I tell you what, if they’re allowed to, the summer catch-up that they need is going to the beach, playing with their friends and generally having a bit of normality. That’s the catch up that should be funded.
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This is amazing - something that would have seemed impossible a year ago. A huge global science effort - showing just what we can do when we work together and invest in what really matters. This gives us all hope!
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This Maths answer just made me laugh on Facebook 😂
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Lost my job today. I've been in warehousing all my working life. 19 years managerial experience with a track record for coaching, training and mentoring people to gain first time promotion. I'm now willing to just be an operative as I just want to work. Any RT appreciated.
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