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John Barlow

@johnbarlow

Headteacher | Husband | Father | Evertonian | Teacher Education Fellow | ELE | NPQH

 Liverpool
Joined July 2008
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The best news of the day? @dylanwiliam has just made the text to "Assessment for Learning: Why, what and how" open access. Grab it while you can! bit.ly/4jCJOkd
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Fully resourced INSET session based on the ‘Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review’ and ‘Model for Great Teaching’. 💻PowerPoint slides 🛣️Structured activities 🗒️Digital materials 👩‍💻Delivery notes Free access 👇 hubs.la/Q03rrH-F0
Developing Great Teaching INSET

Developing Great Teaching INSET

This Deliver It Yourself (DIY!) INSET session is based on the ‘Great Teaching Toolkit: Evidence Review’ and the ‘Model for Great Teaching’.

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Mark McCourt@EmathsUK14 Jun 2025
NEW BLOG: We Taught It. They Forgot It. We Moved On. emaths.co.uk/blog/general-ed…
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CJ@cj87EFC18 May 2025
This needs to be incorporated into our match day ritual. Absolutely incredible when everyone started singing it.
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🚨Do you teach secondary? If so, @educationgovuk has published details of a short course that has been written regarding supporting reading in secondary. This is definitely worth looking at: gov.uk/government/publicatio… #reading #secondary #edutwitter
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@HLTCO25 Apr 2025
Sunshine on Leith. The rest.
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@The_Forty_Four24 Apr 2025
Rank these anthems from best to worst: 🔴 You’ll never walk alone ⚒️ I’m forever blowing bubbles 🔴 North London Forever ⚪️ Marching on together 🔵 Blue Moon
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New Blog This one is about a topic close to my heart: Supporting the planning and delivery of effective CPD sessions Link below
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Blainzy@John_B5811 Apr 2025
Good article this about the magnificent @EvertonStadium building.co.uk/buildings/how…
How Everton built their new stadium in just five years ...

How Everton built their new stadium in just five years ...

The first test event to demonstrate that the stadium meets safety standards was held in February. A second one was held in March with the third and final event, which will feature a capacity crowd,...

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This week's M7.7 earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) had all the makings for a devestating disaster; a major earthquake directly under a major population center. I waited a couple days, but here's a short thread of what happened. #earthquake #myanmar
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Let’s celebrate all the wonderful women in our trust 💜 #InternationalWomensDay
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Kirsty B📖@_krogg3 Mar 2025
Deadline day is tomorrow if you fancy joining a growing English team with narratives, high expectations and rigour at the forefront of our curriculum. 📢📢📢
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Join Our Growing Team 📢 As our school continues to grow, we’re expanding our team! If you’re passionate about education and ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you. For more information, please visit our website: penkethhigh.org/vacancies/
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Amongst the nonsense of modern day football, there is this. The sheer joy and emotion of supporting a club We saw it a few weeks ago when James Tarkowski rattled in 'that' goal. This is football 👍🏻🔵⚪️ #UHTPodcast #EFC #COYB #Everton
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All this great FREE PD/CPD.. Great to see the recording - couldn't make the live session. Thanks @C_Hendrick and @HughesHaili youtube.com/live/Y87zYYxkcRM
How Teaching and Learning Happens: Retrieval webinar

How Teaching and Learning Happens: Retrieval webinar

Free webinar with Dr Carl Hendrick and Dr Haili Hughes

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M I N T@mintisculture26 Feb 2025
Everton Stadium from St Domingo Road July 2024
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Vote Labour Thursday 4 July.
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Memo to Richard Masters & the @premierleague ...... 1: You hurt one of us, you hurt us all 2: You picked on the wrong club 3: You picked on the wrong Fans 4: You picked on the wrong players 5: Your action United a fanbase 6: @Everton don't do going down #WeShallNotBeMoved #EFC – at Kirkby, England
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I'm taking part in The May 50K this May to support research into multiple sclerosis. Please sponsor my 100km challenge to leave MS behind! themay50k.co.uk/s/89009/4212…
Martin McDermott

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I'm taking part in The May 50K this May to support research into multiple sclerosis. Please sponsor my 50km challenge!

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M I N T@mintisculture10 Mar 2023
Goodnight to everyone, especially @GaryLineker
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Day 1 of teacher training should start with this.
Carl Hendrick (@C_Hendrick) profile pictureCarl Hendrick
@C_Hendrick30 Aug 2021
This clip of Barak Rosenshine talking about 'higher order thinking skills' is one of the single most important things for teachers to know about learning.
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@Everton20 Feb 2021
🔵 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒. 𝐄𝐒𝐓.𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟖. 🔵
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