Great Teaching @ Penketh

Sharing practice of great teaching at Penketh High School

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Mrs Booth making great use of @LexonikST vocabulary to teach tier 3 words to her Year 7 musicians. Love hearing "I say, you say" in action 🎼

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Bright spots across @PenkethSchool this week...Miss Brocklehurst using retrieval practice to check knowledge and clear up misconceptions with Year 9 historians.

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Expert writing in Year 7 English with pupils using their mastery vocabulary to produce outstanding work 🖋️

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Mr Derberque guiding his Y9 linguists through speaking practice using sentence builders as scaffolds. Great teaching!

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Mr Billington expertly using I do, we do, you do as a modelling technique in Art. Instruction interspersed with practice to ensure success for all

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Deliberate practice session on 'show call' this morning being put into action by Miss Robinson in Geography @TeachLikeAChamp

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Couple of lesson visits this morning. Year 7 working hard on their Spanish pronunciation with Miss Purvis. Sentence builders and chanting working well. Miss Newby checking for understanding using hinge questions in History. Perfect for identifying misconceptions.

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Mr Mullock and Mr Farrar getting Y11 heart rates up in some very competitive games of basketball 🏀

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Fascinating discussions in Y11 science this morning on their required practice. Calculating density and mass through displacement.

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Healthy eating the main focus in Food Technology on this crisp morning

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Purposeful essay writing with Y9 in History this morning. Pupils unpicking Churchill’s role in the success of the home front.

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Glad you enjoyed it sir and thank you for facilitating. So important that lessons get off to that ‘Strong Start’ everyday.

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@MrNSmithPHS guiding his Y10 class through self-assessment of homework practice. Precise questioning to check mistakes and misconceptions along the way.

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Our first whole-school deliberate practice sessions being launched this morning. Teachers getting straight in there with practice rounds!

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Lovely to drop into form time reading this morning with Year 7

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High levels of concentration amongst Y7 artists as they look to develop their Hundertwasser sketches.

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@DrG_Sci building tier 3 scientific vocabulary using the Frayer Model with Y9 this morning.

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Model and practice in full flow here in music. Mr Davies providing granular feedback to a Y7 pupil to master her technique.

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Enjoyed a brief moment in @miss_martland class this morning with @UniofOxford calculating R rates and vaccine responses to a pandemic. Eye opening work!

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The ebb and flow of classroom practice is a thing of beauty. Teachers explaining, modelling, checking understanding. All helping young people to master new learning.