Dir. of Partnerships @rgsnewcastle | Board Director ONE Trust | NMAP SCITT Hub NE | Writer: Sec-Ed, Schools Week
Newcastle, UK
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Over 200 talented young musicians (Y6 to Y13) from schools across the #NorthEast joined us last month for #BigPlayDay!🎶
They rehearsed & performed together at RGS, ending with a stunning performance of Bachianas brasileiras No. 2 by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
#RGSMusic #MusicForAll
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This week we launched our Mayors Opportunity Fund.
£1m over the next 2 years for small charities and community groups working in our neighbourhoods fighting poverty and creating opportunity.
Applications for the first round are open now with @CFTyneWearNland and @PointNorthCF.
Here’s the link: communityfoundation.org.uk/g…
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Here's how Labour's plan for breakfast clubs will deliver for working families, giving you more flexibility in the morning and your children the best start to their school day:
ALT Graphic outlining Labour’s plan for free breakfast clubs, what it means for parents and what it means for children.
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First ITT applications data from latest cycle out today. Waaay too early to draw any strong conclusions as the window has only been open 6 weeks & will stay open until next summer [1/3]
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Teachers matter.
But tackling inequality has to be more than putting a good teacher at the front of a classroom.
#ChildPoverty
Schools cannot ‘teach’ their way out of educational inequality because #poverty is not just a problem for education, it's a problem for society. PhD researcher @SeanHarris_NE says we must rethink how we approach this agenda in schools buff.ly/3ADrPtx #teaching #education
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It was the highlight of my career this morning to lead a dedication service to our memorial to the fallen.
The soldier disappears as you approach it just as those who fell disappeared, only to reappear a second later; as we remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
We gathered this morning to not only remember those that served in the past, but those that still serve today, such as those at @rafboulmer just up the road from us.
An art installation like no other, installed permanently on our site by a local ex forces fabricator, who also happens to be a parent.
Words do not give this justice...
@PeleTrustCEO @PoppyLegion @BBCNews @StnCdrBoulmer @alnwickgazette
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How do you create a sense of belonging in school communities?
There’s lots that we do. But @DormanstownPrim have gone even further this week
Working with children and @DaveDraws_ to identify then draw areas that matter to us in our local community
Just look at this!!
#Place
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Important paper on the current state of educational research: We need better evidence says Rich Mayer. Most education research is non-experimental or correlational and that’s not good enough. link.springer.com/article/10…
One for any youngsters studying languages...
A post-match interview with a difference...
@alexaljoe translating her own questions, and then Luis Diaz’s answers! 👏🇨🇴
#UCLonPrime
Watch the UEFA Champions League LIVE on Prime
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A post-match interview with a difference...
@alexaljoe translating her own questions, and then Luis Diaz’s answers! 👏🇨🇴
#UCLonPrime
Watch the UEFA Champions League LIVE on Prime
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Another one for the 'short interventions producing significant effects' file: just a single session —where students practice aligning fractions with integers on number lines—can lead to pretty decent improvements.
Also interesting that using analogies in Maths helps schema building by relating new concepts to more familiar ones for long-term retention + transfer of knowledge.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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And some time make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore,
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other
So that the ocean on one side is wild
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This budget paves the way for the biggest devolution deal in North East history.
This budget gives the people of the North East more control over our own future.
With more freedom from Whitehall and Westminster, we will make our region the home of real opportunity.
Treasury confirms that the North East mayor will be given a single, integrated funding settlement from 2026/27 - giving @KiMcGuinness more freedom over how to spend NECA's money.
Greater Manchester and West Midlands will benefit from that a year earlier.
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2 of 2 ….member of the public & handed in. Police surmise too hot to handle. I’ve gone through hell today, been sick twice & am still shaking now. Yes, there are some evil folk in this world but some angels too. I wouldn’t want anyone to experience what I have. Thanks again :))
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Don't ever think it is 'too late' to recalibrate the classroom and routines.
Here's five habits from me via @SecEd_Education that will support you in resetting classes at the start of terms.
#HalfTerm
#Behaviour
#LowLevelDisruption
#HighLevelRoutines
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“The system is broken… Our children are traumatised by school”
@CarrieGrant1, broadcaster and National Autistic Society ambassador, speaks to #Newsnight about the National Audit Office report on children with special needs