Stephanie McGowan

Head of Years 1-3 at Pearling Season International school. Sharing my leadership journey one day at a time. 📚Irish & proud 🇮🇪

[Ahmed Nadhim Al-Talib @MrAAlTalib]

Our students enjoyed a celebration assembly to mark the end of Term 1. Students were rewarded for excellent attendance, incorporating our #LearnerProfiles in their studies, winners of @TTRockStars & #BugClub and the much awaited #GoldenTicket draw. 🏆 #ProudPrincipal @psisqatar

[Rebecca Kemp @MsRebecca07]

Year 5 had the coolest afternoon on Thursday being surprised with an Ice Cream Treat! This was well deserved after winning the Bug club reading competition overall during Term 1 and for 5 weeks running! 🍦📚#readingcompetition #superstarreaders #endoftermtreat

[Ofsted @Ofstednews]

'Now the whole school is reading.' Ofsted's research project on struggling readers in secondary schools: https://t.co/sJfaISmThd

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Good morning educators 👩🏻‍🏫. As I do my daily morning walk around @psisqatar, I am happy to see all of our students busy at work. Our learning corners are key areas for children to receive extra support classes in math & English. #education #support #qatar

[Pearling Season International School (PSI) @psisqatar]

@psisqatar staff got fit and enjoyed a @POUNDfit session to raise awareness for #cancer. Thank you to everyone who took part today and to Nadine & Steph for hosting this great event! #Connected #Healthy 👚🎗️👕 @CR_UK @QCS_Qatar 💗

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Cancer Awareness Day @psisqatar. Here @psisqatar, we are passionate about increasing awareness about cancer. Our students wore pink(representing breast cancer), blue(prostate cancer) & lavender(for all cancers). #hope #strength #education

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

What a successful event 👏 Today, children across years 2-6 took part in TTRS competition-it was lovely to see children getting competitive & showing off their mathematical skills. Thank you to those involved @psisqatar 👏 @TTRockStars #Math #timestables #Qatar

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Teaching students about how to take care of our environment is super important; here are some of our environmental footprints around @psisqatar #worldday #environment #leadbyexample #QatarWorldCup2022

[Ahmed Nadhim Al-Talib @MrAAlTalib]

6 days until #Cancer Awareness Day. Next Thursday, students will be expected to wear pink to raise awareness of Breast Cancer, blue awareness of Prostate Cancer or lavender of all other types of cancer. Building knowledge & keeping students #connected everyday. @psisqatar 👚👕

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Ready for the World Cup here @psisqatar #Doha #WorldCup2022 #education

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

As the end of term exams are approaching here @psisqatar - year 5 students shared some useful exam tips to us all. Some useful tips for our parents are as follows: 1) know your child’s schedule 2)avoid stressing children out 3) encourage them to try their best #assessments

[Thomas Walton @MrWaltonTeaches]

Our year 5’s coming up with some great exam and revision tips ready for our End of Term Assessments! Awesome to see our pupils giving each other advice! @psisqatar #examtips #primaryteaching #internationalschools #learning

[Alex (Mr Bramley 🍎) @Alex_Bramley3]

My experience of leadership

You must be

🌟empathetic but not a push over
🌟lead by example but not controlling
🌟 humorous but not inappropriate
🌟proud but not arrogant
🌟a good delegator but not lazy
🌟 visible but not overpowering
🌟 reflective but not too self-critical

[Rebecca Kemp @MsRebecca07]

What an unBEElievable day we’ve had today at @psisqatar 🐝🏆
Students from years 1-6 took part in a Spelling Bee competition, their spelling knowledge was tested and they improved their confidence and reading skills in the process. We are so proud of all our participants 👏🏽🌟

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Good morning educators, today is the first day of our spelling bee competition here @psisqatar. The valuable learning outcome of spelling bee results in the children gaining competency over vocabulary and this allows them to excel at reading and writing. #literacy #education

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Something fun is on the horizon… @psisqatar @MsRebecca07 #literacycoordinator 🐝 🏆

[Chris Moyse @ChrisMoyse]

Delighted that the very talented @MrGoodwin23 has taken the time to produce this lovely one-pager.
It summarises #GrowingGreatTeachers; a replacement for performance management that has professional growth and teacher well-being at its very heart. #ImproveNotProve

[Stephanie McGowan @StephanieMclead]

Happy Sunday! Here we have our secondary students acting as reading buddies with our year 4 students. The benefits of reading buddies? The benefits are profound. It allows younger readers to see what being fluent looks like as they have a peer model demonstrating reading skills.

[HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat]

Children who arrive late for school nevertheless showed up. Thank them instead of berating them.

A simple "I'm glad you're here" can go a long way.

[Miss Buckley 🌍 @MsB_Geography]

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#WorldMentalHealthDay

This years been testing and challenging! But remembering it’s okay to not be okay and surrounding myself with loved ones really helps..