Dan

Primary Teacher | English Lead | NPQLL in Progress

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

NEW: The choreography of teaching 30 children at the same time https://t.co/R9fxgXRK6i Longish read!

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

Today, we arrived back to school to a wonderful surprise!
We’ve been successful in achieving the Level 4 RHS School Garden Award!

Well done to all of our fantastic children who make sure our grounds are always looking gorgeous! 🌷🪴

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

Today at Gillas Lane, we held the first of our half-termly OPAL assemblies of the year. We, and our children, understand the importance of rich, high-quality play.

#TeamGillas #GoodToBeGillas

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.

👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: https://t.co/Xj2XpPGvnu

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

We're so proud of our wonderful little school and we think everyone should hear about how brilliant we are... check out your extremely photogenic children showing off how brilliant being a member of TEAM GILLAS really is!

https://t.co/ynmADpBi0I

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

A huge thank you to Tori from @OASES_NorthEast for our engagement session for our Edible Playground! We’ve planted all kinds, like strawberries, cucumbers and cauliflower to name a few.

#TeamGillas #SchoolGarden

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

@theliteracytree @CainForster1 @HollyCarpsx

[Literacy Tree @theliteracytree]

✨Our #SundaySweetener this week is for a Egg-cellent Easter Bundle!
After The Fall, And Tango Makes Three & The Odd Egg! 🐣

✨Repost and tag a friend in for an extra entry. Must be following. Will announce winner after 9pm.

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

She only went and did it!
Nastiia has been awarded the Highly Commended Award in the Arts and Culture Category.
What an achievement!🌟
Well done, Nasitiia! You have made us all so proud!💙

#TeamGillas #YoungAchiever

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

@GillasLane @tfcsunderland @ThePrimeAgency @SundCulture Well done, Nastiia!💙

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

Wow! How lucky are we?

During our visit to the @BeaconofLight for our Coals to Goals workshop (which was amazing!), Jill Scott MBE popped in to see our lovely Y4/5 children; of course we had to grab a photograph!

#TeamGillas #SunderlandHeritage

[Mike Downes (NPQLTD) @MrDownesteach]

NEW! A one-pager summarising Element 4.3 of the GTT from @ProfCoe. Featuring the brilliant work on questioning by @teacherhead @olicav @WALKTHRUs_5 @m_chiles @Inner_Drive @Doug_Lemov. Practical strategies to support and enhance questioning techniques. RT if you would like a copy

[Gillas Lane Primary Academy @GillasLane]

Another fun-filled OPAL playtime at Gillas Lane! Our children are so creative, making robots, boats and everything in between! Well done, gang!

@tfcsunderland @OPAL_CIC @IngridW62548287

#LOtC #OPAL #TeamGillas

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

@brassoteach Subject - Term - Lesson number in sequence

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

Always love seeing Vicky, the other recipients, trustees and Lady Cowie for the annual event for the Sir Tom Cowie Charitable Trust’s Excellence Scholarship!

Thank you to Lady Cowie and the trust for everything they do to help the lives of our fantastic children!

#edutwitter

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

And a huge thank you to all of the brilliant instructors and tutors at the centre!

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

Such a lush week in the Lake District for our trust visit to @Derwenthill!

Love seeing the children make new friends, develop their resilience, and conquer their fears!

It’s always lovely seeing staff from our other trust schools too!

#outdoorlearning #primaryteachers

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

@LbQorg @CainForster1

[Learning by Questions @LbQorg]

🎉 BOOK GIVEAWAY 🎉

To celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek, we are giving away not 1, but 10 of these wonderful Little People, Big Dreams books. To #win, simply:

👣 Follow @LbQorg
🔃 Retweet
🌟 Tag a teacher

🥳 Winner announced 13th November. (UK only)

🌟 Good luck!

#LbQ

[Dan @mrdangeorge]

@CainForster1 @SparkSunderland Of course you had to be sporting the Gillas fleece!💯