Georgia Cassidy

Head of Year 🌟 Teaching and Learning 💚 Teacher 💛 Coach 🧡

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

My best explanation of parallel lines:

[Louis Everett @LouisEverett1]

I run netball club every Friday & it’s so lovely. We laugh hysterically at our silly warm up, all support each other during the game, shout outs after, clear up without me asking, every child says thank you walking out. Investing in culture makes every aspect of teaching better.

[Sophie Bartlett @_MissieBee]

Nearly 60% of us can’t take PPA at home? What are the genuine reasons for this?

@TeacherTapp

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘blutterbunged’, from 19th-century dialect: to be open-mouthed in astonishment.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is 'spuddle' (19th century): to be extremely busy whilst achieving absolutely nothing.

[C Bentley-Davies @RealCBD]

When you write a book your publisher gives you a few free author copies. Most of them are being given to people who helped me write it. But I have 1 spare. I’ll give it to someone after the 28th Feb. Retweet & follow to be in with a chance! 🌞

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.

From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘bellycheer’ (16th century): feasting, gluttony, and ‘the gratification of the belly’.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

We may not be able to change the whole world, but our small acts of kindness still make a big difference 💕

You can help spread some joy by using and sharing the December Kindness calendar https://t.co/kD5nLQS9DK #DoGoodDecember

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’ (early 20th century): someone who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

A great way to feel happier and build resilience is to try a new activity or take a different approach ✅

Join us for #NewWaysNovember to get daily ideas and find new ways forward https://t.co/VeJd1aAnzo

[Georgia Cassidy @GeorgiaCass11]

A great way to end our first half term! 🎃🌟

[Star Salford Academy @star_salford]

What a brilliant half term at Star Salford! ⭐️Over 25,000 achievement points issued and over 200 shining stars! ⭐️ We are so proud of you all. It’s time for our end of term spooky Halloween cinema reward! 👏🏻👏🏻 @StarAcademies 🎃👻

[Star Salford Academy @star_salford]

Thank you @gmpolice for a great behind-the-scenes look at Pendleton Police Station.

📰Read more here: https://t.co/Em0V0Eta8p

[Josh Goodrich @Josh_CPD]

📣 New working paper

'Professional Development & Cognitive Load'

Written by Dr @ArielleBoguslav, @ollie_lovell and me

Short 🧵

[Star Salford Academy @star_salford]

Based on our current topic of Healthy Relationships in PSHE, today our Year 8s took part in the ‘Blind Side’ production and workshop delivered by @breakbarriers . A thought provoking session and amazing discussions by our young people! @StarAcademies

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

One of the most potent ingredients of effective professional development (PD) is 'modelling'.

What modelling is and 3 ways to do it well:

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[SecondaryEnglish 🐝 @SecondaryEng]

I absolutely swear by inference loops 👌👌👌 #TeamEnglish #engchatuk #ECTenglish #englishECT

[Georgia Cassidy @GeorgiaCass11]

An insightful trip today for our Y8s! Very proud of their engagement and conduct🌟

[Star Salford Academy @star_salford]

Some of our Year 8s had a brilliant time looking ‘behind the scenes’ at @gmpolice Pendleton police station and custody suite today. Two of the staff from the station emailed school to say how exceptional they all were 👏🏻👏🏻 #proud #community ⭐️🌟@StarAcademies

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

16 of the most interesting education research papers from the last 16 weeks:

(all open source 🔓)

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