Nat White

Reader | thinker | doer | English teacher | lover of learning

[Nat White @natblue]

I need this invention to exist

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

My cartoon for this week’s @GuardianBooks

[Nat White @natblue]

Ready for a visit to the book cafe - love my school library!
#cbca2024

[Nat White @natblue]

Amazing humans involved in this, can’t wait to see their hard work!

[Caulfield Grammar School @caulfieldgs]

OPENING THIS WEEK!
DUSTY | The Original Pop Diva
Dusty Springfield took the entertainment world by storm in the 1960s – but was she happy? Book now to experience this larger than life musical by Wheelers Hill Secondary.

https://t.co/xtGn8Xmem2

#CaulfieldGrammar2023

[Nat White @natblue]

@jane34946731 Love your work!

[Nat White @natblue]

A familiar spokesperson #sofamous

[Caulfield Grammar School @caulfieldgs]

Guest student writer Hendrik (Year 11, Wheelers Hill Campus) checks out his article on our new holistic approach to wellbeing (CaulfieldCARES).

Read about this (p8) and more in our latest issue of ‘Labora’.

https://t.co/Ahj5oceDO1

#CaulfieldGrammar2023

[Nat White @natblue]

@VikkiPetraitis Would love to come and play, but this teaching thing is very inconvenient! We’ll have to chat over coffee instead

[Nat White @natblue]

A fabulous day for our budding writers

[Caulfield Grammar School @caulfieldgs]

Aspiring writers from Years 8, 9 & 10 were thrilled to join acclaimed author @willkostakis and @NovaWeetman for a series of writing workshops as part of the inaugural Writers Festival at Wheelers Hill Campus.

#CaulfieldGrammar2023

[Nat White @natblue]

@VikkiPetraitis Great news, amazing work Vikki 👍🏼

[Nat White @natblue]

@VikkiPetraitis Congratulations, so amazing!

[Nat White @natblue]

@VikkiPetraitis Go Vikki - can’t wait to see it at the top!

[Nat White @natblue]

@BeckRSaunders @bennewmark Wow, this captures the amazing ride of teaching with all the whys

[Nat White @natblue]

@jane34946731 Interesting! Lots of challenge with direct service - you keep the bar high.

[Melbourne Metrics @MelbMetrics]

What do we want for our children? How do we shift the metrics and the narrative? @SandraMilligan3 invited participants to explore our new assessment and credentialing methods at last week's #ReimaginED22 hosted by @WoodleighInst

[Learning Creates Australia @learningcreates]

Renegotiating Learning in a Hybrid World redefines & clarifies the term "hybrid learning" and centres learning in the complex contexts we all inhabit. @EduSum & @charte also set out the implications of adopting a hybrid learning model: https://t.co/jg7vWLtcQ5

[Nat White @natblue]

@kphoekman The Strout is on the list!

[Nat White @natblue]

Synapses still sparking from #reimaginED22 Valerie Hannon prompted us to consider ‘new archetypes of learning’ & the Queen of Metrics Sandra Milligan set the challenge to develop ‘a new grammar’ in assessment. Exciting times!

[Nat White @natblue]

A different kind of final class with the Year 12s yesterday - playing Pass the Parcel with quotes from our 4 texts. Thanks @AliceElwell for the idea - and who knew the Abba songs would be such a hit!

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

For the last few years, the World Bank (@wbg_education) has been working on a scalable approach to teacher coaching.

Their model has just been released 🎉

Here's a quick rundown:

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[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Responsive Teaching in action: An idealised sequence. https://t.co/oDyoKlC4s3

[English & Media Ctr @EngMediaCentre]

'... the most important activity for English teachers appears to be facilitating interaction + discussion between classmates; more time spent on this tends to raise English GCSE scores.'
In case you missed this over summer.
https://t.co/ZERyYtQLg3