Sam Mortimer

Father & adopted Mancunian. MAT Director of Science, prev HOD & HOY. MCCT. NPQSL. CSciTeach. MPhys @UniofOxford PGCE DipEd @OfficialUoM @teachfirst

[Sam Mortimer @smortime]

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One day I’ll ride a train where the temperature is just right. Today is not that day. #sweaty

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Excited to be at @cogscisci conference again this year. If you’re around please do say hi

@adamboxer1 kicked things off with a keynote reflecting on his journey into cogsci (the jankey colours are my fault and not a product of Adam’s questionable PowerPoint skills)

#cogscisci

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Special thank you to @CoopAcademyNM @Coopacademy Stoke, @Coop_Grange and @coop_portland for releasing their staff who are leading our regional clusters.

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Working with @ogdentrust today for new partnership induction, as we plan for our programme starting in September across all @CoopAcademies primary, secondary and special schools. 🔭

Lovely Rochdale link too - where Sir Peter Ogden grew up, and of course our Rochdale pioneers 🩵

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@SFL2326 @WalkdenCoop @coopbellevue @matthackerr Hope it all got sorted painlessly enough and everyone got home safe 🩵

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🤝True collaboration in our Trust yesterday as the whole science team from @WalkdenCoop (yes inc techs!) were hosted by @coopbellevue, obvserving lessons and having the space to think and plan together. 💭

Massive thanks to @matthackerr and @SFL2326 for making it happen. 🎉

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@stpea808 wouldn’t let me tag you at first!

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Fantastic day at our first SKPT @ogdentrust session led by the fab @KerryColyer - it was a pleasure dropping in and seeing our teachers getting inspired for Physics.

Thanks to @coopbellevue for being excellent hosts esp lab tech Stella!

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@atcha_ms @coopbellevue I mean, it made my day too!

[Sam Mortimer @smortime]

Working @coopbellevue today, a student came up to me…

“Tell me about Physics at Oxford”.

15mins later, we’d discussed the tutorial system, the challenges, the requirements, and how she could find out more about physics now.

I thought that was it until this appeared… 🩵

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Sending well wishes to all our @CoopAcademies GCSE students, and around the country, currently sitting their first Science exam 🥼📝

This year I’ve seen first hand the hard work of staff @CoopAcademyNM preparing students - including @DMcIntyreSci and Dr Matis running masterclasses for nearly 100 students yesterday afterschool. 💡👩‍🏫

But moment like this will have been happening in schools and classrooms across the country; I find the hours involved staggering and beautiful, as adults (inc parents) work with young people to secure the best opportunities for their futures. 🔮⭐️

We all deserve something good out of this.

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Think this was fairly unique - joining up science and maths trainees 🥼🧮

So much to learn from each other. And only a slightly heated debate over what constitutes a “line of best fit”…. 😬

We had science and maths trainees from @swintoncoop, I’m excited to see them work more on this back in school.

[Sam Mortimer @smortime]

Fantastic day with @CoopAcademies @BF_SCITT Maths and Science trainees.

We explored each others curriculum and teaching approaches to more effectively support each other and ultimately students.

Thanks for making it happen @_AndyGibson and our maths directors Jo and Jay

[Sam Mortimer @smortime]

Fantastic day with @CoopAcademies @BF_SCITT Maths and Science trainees.

We explored each others curriculum and teaching approaches to more effectively support each other and ultimately students.

Thanks for making it happen @_AndyGibson and our maths directors Jo and Jay

[Sam Mortimer @smortime]

@MrsCMacRae Hope it went well!

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I’d been hearing rumours on this but this exceeds my expectations and is really exciting. Already signed up to the info webinar…!

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

IT'S FINALLY HERE

We know CPD doesn't work. Teachers don't enjoy it, and say they don't learn from it.

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Read on 👇👇

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@coopbellevue @UniofOxford Bringing back memories! Trying to figure out where these were all taken…. 🤔 So great that they got to experience this.