Deputy Curriculum Leader at Trinity Academy Leeds || Science Teacher || Chemistry specialism || all views my own || ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ซ๐โญ๏ธ
Yesterday, I got to deliver my first ever โInspireโ assembly. I spoke about an ordinary person with an extraordinary life: my grandad. A story spanning 10 decades, including everything from WWII to rugby to submarines. A true life of dedication and my absolute hero! ๐ด๐ผ
I have mixed feelings about posting this. As a โstrictโ teacher, it is rare that I get these, and sometimes it makes me feel rubbish when others post. So I am sorry but this absolutely made my day. This is why we work so hard, why I get out of bed everyday and why I love my job๐ฅฒ
Iโve been absolutely overwhelmed with the response to this, thank you โค๏ธI am getting through the list as quickly as I can, and hoping to share more of my other resources soon!
Iโve created a Chemistry P2 broadsheet covering rarely/untested content. Based on careful analysis of assessed content since start of the current specification. Essentially filled with topics that are quite likely to come up
#aqa
#science
#GCSE
#combined
#revision
Trialled this technique with two year groups yesterday. My year 9s were really enthusiastic about it and are still talking about it today! Definitely going to try it again, thanks
@mrkocallaghan
#TeamScience
#edutwitter
On the days you question whether we make a difference:
โA one grade improvement in Maths is estimated to be associated with an increase of ยฃ14,579 in present value lifetime earningsโ
Imagine a two or three grade difference, in every subject.
This is why we do it.
#teaching
I created a revision โpick and mixโ area which has been extremely popular with my Y11s in the run up to their mocks. Iโve had to continually restock it, how lovely to see! Simple yet effective!๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐
Gratifications.
Quite possibly my favourite part of the week. ๐ 10 students thanking 10 members of staff. Beautifully crafted, beautifully delivered, beautifully received by very grateful (and slightly tearful) staff ๐ฅน๐โญ๏ธ
Extremely excited (and slightly nervous!) to be taking on a new challenge by starting at
@TrinityAcademyL
this year! Iโve been fascinated by this school since it opened and feel so privileged to now be a part of it ๐โญ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ
I can no longer keep up to all the requests I am getting for thisโฆ Iโm sorry, but immensely grateful!
Please download here - GCSE Revision Strategies Booklet
A privilege to facilitate a subject day for
@Trinityteach
today.
We covered sequencing and how this could impact misconceptions, explored two required practicals and considered how to sequence substantive and disciplinary knowledge ready for practical work. ๐ง ๐ก
@NatInstTeaching
This one ๐โญ๏ธ
@MissYoung2001
Today covering someone elseโs lesson; a difficult but important job. The highest of standards, knowledge expertly modelled, absolute precision in teaching. Oh, and a practical.
A true purple star colleague. Thank you ๐โญ๏ธ๐งช
@TrinityAcademyL
In a world where there is so much negativity about teaching, which is easy to get drawn into, this place is refreshing.
Iโve never worked with such hard working humans. Thank you to our supportive SLT, my talented CL, exceptional staff and utterly brilliant students. ๐ฅน๐โญ๏ธ๐
โStudents universally need predictable environments that support their attempts to experience and develop competence at all school levels (e.g., Aelterman et al., 2019; Ryan & Deci, 2017; Skinner et al., 2008).โ
Part of my Y8 feedback lesson today with a small focus on literacy.
โ Quick
โ Adaptable depending on group
โ Low workload
โ Impactful
#literacy
#science
#edutwitter
#spag
Incredibly proud of this year group.
Thatโs 99% of 240 students completing their homework. Where else does they happen!?
Beautiful work, Y9! ๐คฏ๐โญ๏ธ
@Carousel_Learn
@adamboxer1
"Trinity Academy Halifax is an extremely vibrant and innovative school".
Trinity Academy Halifax continues to be Outstanding in all areas. We could not be more proud of students, parents and staff.
Find the full report here
Using my
@HUEcameras
to revise the โค๏ธ
โขI drew a โค๏ธ using a printed image (off camera) whilst discussing name&function of each part
โขStudents drew their own
โขLabelling activity
Very low planning timeโ
Easy workloadโ
Metacognitionโ
Modelling โ
#edutwitter
#teamscience
A culture and values that these young people completely embody. From picking up other peopleโs dropped litter to beautiful manners at all points. A credit to Burmantofts.
Itโs not just words on a website. We are helping to develop genuinely better human beings. ๐ฅน๐ซถ๐ป๐โญ๏ธ
Today we launched
@TrinityAcademyL
โs first ever round of
@CRESTAwards
. An exciting opportunity that inspires students to behave like scientists and engineers and to earn a nationally recognised award. As always, I was blown away by the quality of studentsโ work.
@BritSciAssoc
Term 2, Day 1
#TrinityFest23
An INSET day with a difference. An opportunity to assemble with over 700 teaching colleagues from across
@trinity_mat
. A fascinating day hearing presentations from staff of all experiences and specialisms. ๐งก๐๐ฉถ
#inset
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Trying a new way of addressing literacyโฆ this time as a stand-alone starter at the beginning of a feedback lesson. Students choose the correct word at the top, then use this to correct the paragraph, and their own workโ โ
#literacy
#science
#teachertwitter
Things we love to seeโฆ
Purple star scientists going above and beyond our curriculum in their own time. Look at all those extra organelles!
Reaching higher always.๐โญ๏ธ๐คฏ
@TrinityAcademyL
โA rising tide lifts all ships...โ
Grateful to have found a school where my own leadership skills (and confidence!) can grow because Iโm immersed and inspired by phenomenal leaders.
But most of all, grateful to work in a place Iโm valued. ๐ฅน๐
All Science teachers know that behind every successful Science lesson is a brilliant technician who weโd be lost without!
Thank you, Ms Chen. ๐โญ๏ธ
We love to see technicians being appreciated by their departments. Well done all๐You are our Tweet Of The Week winners. ยฃ10:00 in
@BrecklandSci
points goes to your school. ๐Please DM lee
@brecklandscientific
.co.uk to claim your prize
I still canโt quite believe that all my hard work this year paid off and Iโve qualified with outstanding in all areas for my PGCE!๐ฉ๐ผโ๐๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ
So grateful for all the feedback, development and support along the way from
@DixonsMA
@LTUPGCE
@ed_podesta
- a fantastic start to my career!
QOTD
โI think itโs so nice that at this school the staff sit with you for lunch. At my old school, teachers had a staffroom, so I didnโt get to talk to them. Iโve loved speaking to you today, Miss. I guess thatโs why they call it a community.โ
Never forget your impact.๐๐๐ฅน
How many schools take the entire student and staff body on a trip? But not just any trip, one with a focus and purpose, part of an award winning careers programme.
This simply shouldnโt happen, but it does here, and itโs amazing. A thread of pure joy.
@TrinityAcademyL
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720 Purple Stars took over the city today, experiencing a range of specially designed career experiences! Thank you to all our partners and our staff team for making this happen. A very special day. ๐๐
Today: a sea of colour, a swish of flags and a jangle of sequins.
Fusion was a day to celebrate diversity, belonging and culture.
A wonderful Friday with the young people that I get the absolute privilege of working with every day. ๐โญ๏ธ๐ฅน
Incredibly proud and incredibly privileged to be a tiny cog in the powerful system that is
@TrinityAcademyL
The most exciting and deserved news for the whole community.
History is being rewritten.
A truly remarkable place. ๐โญ๏ธ๐ฅ
The secret is out but the best is yet to come!
Very proud of our students, staff, stakeholders and everyone who continues to champion us.
๐๐
#Ofsted
Iโve sat through lots of assemblies in my career, many of them brilliant.
But today was a special one. Simple but beautifulโฆ I may have shed a few tears. Readers truly are leaders.
Thank you
@brixtonbard
๐๐
An incredible Inspire assembly today with a very special guest.
Thank you to the incredible
@brixtonbard
for sharing your stories with usโฆ.we might just be obsessed with them!
@NewPicturesLtd
๐๐
#readersareleaders
Sometimes itโs the unsung heroes who make teaching so much easier - our lovely reprographics assistant is amazingly efficient. Requests processed, often within 30 minutes, and always exactly what you need. One less thing for teachers to worry about ๐
#workload
#edutwitter
EMPOWER โฝ๏ธ๐๐
An informative day spent at Elland Road.
So much to take in for our purple stars. My own mind is brimming with newly learnt facts! ๐ง ๐โญ๏ธ
Led my first ever CPD session today on the Use of Visualisers. I would have never dreamed a year ago that I was capable of that! Grateful for supportive colleagues who encourage you to develop and succeed ๐๐ผ๐
#cpd
#edutwitter
#visualiser
#teamscience
Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with a lovely group of students who formed a panel for the
@royalsociety
book prize. Insightful reviews were written, intelligent debates were had by all.
#YoungSciBooks
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@TrinityAcademyL
Very sad that the first night Iโm not in Northumberland after a week up there that this happens! Absolutely wondrous, a bucket list dreamโฆ and of course itโs purple ๐โจ๐
Today Iโve been at
@ChristsSR4
delivering some training on checking for understanding and feedback using the
@HUEcameras
visualiser. Itโs been a super day working with enthusiastic primary and secondary colleagues. Thank you for the invite
@mthompson_ni
#cpd
#inset
Boxing Day walks along Hadrianโs Wall.
The largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain: it runs 73 miles. Constructed in 112AD, the wall split Roman Britain from Caledonia (now mostly Scotland).
Nearly 2000 years old (although the upright stones are modern to stop walkers!)
This week we launched our powerful wrap around revision programme for KS4โฆ..PREP!
Three extra strands to support our learners to perform exceptionally well in their exams.
๐๐
Want to learn how to support your
#EAL
learners in History lessons? Take a look at this lesson filmed at
@TrinityAcademyL
on Queen Elizabeth I. ๐ธ
22 out of 28 students in her class use EAL and 16 languages are spoken. Discover what strategies she uses.
This Year 7 class.
Such a journey over the last few months. A very hardworking bunch and a complete pleasure to teach.
Today, on the penultimate day before the holidays(!), as they crafted their beautiful work, I was filled with pride.๐ฅน๐
@CHRGeog
@MsKPKay
Sometimes, when I walk the corridor, teach a lesson or see our young people thriving, it does overwhelm me that a few years ago, the place didnโt even exist.
Burmantofts has become all of our homes. Thank you
@Kathryncafferk1
. Grateful that I get to be a part of it. ๐๐ฏ
In a council office in Leeds, four years ago today, the
@trinity_mat
team presented a vision for a new school.
That school now serves Burmantofts. It is called
@TrinityAcademyL
.
Beautiful work,
@Kathryncafferk1
and team. ๐๐๐
Sometimes teaching is a really hard, really lonely job, but the little moments like this make it all worth it ๐ฅนhereโs a lovely email from a parent from one of my new-ish classes. Never underestimate the power of a thank you ๐ค
#teaching
If you know, you know. Every Science teacherโs worst practical. But look at the clarity of the image through this visualiser ๐ฑGrateful
@ipevo
and RP animations!
๐จ Director of Music at Trinity Academy Leeds.
๐บOrchestra
๐บInstrumental lessons
๐บChoir
๐บCo-curricular prog
๐บState of the art building
๐บRecording room
๐บHundreds of new instruments
๐บOpera North affiliated
๐บ Sensational students and staff
#newjob
@Opera_North
Well, after five weeks of 98s, 99s and nearly theres, we MADE IT! 8T with 100% completion for Week 6. Long may it continue โ ๐โญ๏ธ๐งฎ
@SparxMaths
Just another day at
@TrinityAcademyL
Students that rise to any occasion.
If you spot something slightly strange in this photo, youโll just have to make sure you attend the conference. ๐ณ
@WhiteRoseEd
@thosethatcan
@BBCWomansHour
As a secondary Science teacher, Iโd love to go back. The impact of school closures on the most disadvantaged is incredibly concerning. For example, the gap in outcomes for the disadvantaged will increase. If a child from a middle class background with one or two educated...
Recently, Iโve been trying hard to focus on literacy in marking and feedback; moving away from the classic โcopy this word out three timesโ
#literacy
#feedback
Very proud to hear that one Team have already made it to 100% completion.
More than 24 hours before the deadline. How brilliant!
Any guesses which Team? ๐ค๐ค๐โญ๏ธ
One of my favourite stories.
I love how she was incredibly glamorous, but incredibly intelligent and influential!
Hedy broke huge barriers at the time. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐
@Perimeter
3. Hedy Lamarr. ๐ก
To get secret messages past the Nazis, Hedy Lamarr co-invented a frequency-hopping technique that helped pave the way for today's wireless technologies. For years, her achievement was overshadowed by her other career as a film star!
Very excited to have been asked to be a
@TeachFirst
mentor next year. Iโve really benefitted from amazing mentors throughout my career so Iโm looking forward to getting started ๐คฉ
Very proud of this team ship in 8T.
The overwhelming majority have finished their compulsory a whole day before the deadline. Now theyโre working on that XP! โฌ๏ธโ๐โญ๏ธ
Just two more to go. Will we get 100%? Will we top the leaderboard?
@TAL_Maths
@CHRGeog
Feeling the back to work dread?
It doesnโt have to be that way.
Thereโs lots of roles at all levels available at
@TrinityAcademyL
. A school where every day thereโs:
โญ๏ธimpeccable behaviour
โญ๏ธefficient systems-in every aspect!
โญ๏ธsupportive, friendly SLT
โญ๏ธfocus on what matters
Absolutely loving this new approach to teaching maths in science - a technique weโve implemented based on CPD via a colleague from
@STEMLearningUK
. Good feedback from the students too and the accuracy of their calculation work is improving ๐งฎ๐ค๐งฌ
#stem
#science
#maths
#edutwitter
Next up on my schedule itโs T&L in the practical classroom from
@MrMartin_PE
. A reflective session but once again coming back to some familiar key points that are even more important in a practical subject ๐งช๐ผโฝ๏ธ๐จ๐ญ
#TrinityFest2021
One of my favourite gratifications for so many reasons.
The wonderful
@ECMarsh_
.
A powerful woman inspiring our powerful young women. ๐โญ๏ธ๐ฅน๐ฉท
A unique opportunity for a Primary trained practitioner to work with small groups of the most beautifully behaved and enthusiastic young people in the city.
Making a difference where it matters most! ๐๐๐
Teacher of Reading - TrinityMAT
7T demonstrated practical biology skills today by completing their first dissection.
The aim was to identify the reproductive organs. ๐ธโ๏ธ
@TrinityAcademyL
Wow. Weโve only been back for two weeks and what a year the third is set to be! The departmentโs well established routines, high expectations and drive for excellence still remain, now with:
๐โญ๏ธNew staff
๐โญ๏ธNew booklets
๐โญ๏ธNew Involve
๐โญ๏ธNew practicals
๐โญ๏ธNew beginnings
โIโm looking forward to Science PREP, thank you for choosing me.โ
โIโm ready for Year 10, Sir. Iโm going to do good, I can feel it.โ
โCan I come to every session or do I have to be picked?โ
โWhat revision books can I buy, Miss? I want to be a lawyer.โ
#PREPfever
๐๐๐ฏ
E M P O W E R
Part 1: ๐ญ๐น๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฆ๐ท๏ธ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฆ
Cows, chickens, goats, pigs, frogs, rats, rabbits, tortoises, tarantulas, sheep, snakes, skinksโฆ.
My first session comes from
@jesseasto
on โhow to solve the creativity problemโ Interesting to think about how we can encourage creativity amongst students in different subjects
#TrinityFest2021
@misslflannery
@TrinityAcademyL
Wow! ๐ Beautiful workโฆ and some pre learning for when we look at this from a slightly different angle later this year in Science! A lovely STEM cross-curriculum link
#STEM
๐ฅ๐งช
Yesterday I got the pleasure of watching our incredible students in Sister Act.
Oh my, what a show!
A huge thank you and well done to our Performing Arts faculty who have worked tirelessly to make this happen. ๐๐๐ญ
A very busy term.
I donโt get many of these, but when I do, itโs magical.๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน
โThank you for teaching us ways to be better in our personalities.โ ๐โญ๏ธ
An incredibly sad end to this truly inspirational story. A man who showed courage and determination but most importantly left a legacy.
A heartbreaking clip. The power of friendship. ๐๐
Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow has died aged 41.
This was the moment his best friend Kevin Sinfield carried him over the finish line at the first ever Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon in May 2023.
He said it was "one of the best days of my life".