Director of Teaching and Learning at King's Leadership Academy Warrington. AQA English Literature examiner. Coffee addict. Mind moulder. Thalassophile.
Joined February 2009
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Avril Purchon retweeted
5 Nov 2023
***KEYNOTE SPEAKER***
Here we go!
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Our keynote speaker will be… 👀
@dylanwiliam
@GSTSchools @ShaneIerston @KSharpKLA @SarahVernon91
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Avril Purchon retweeted
11 Nov 2023
***TICKETS***
60% of tickets gone already! 👀
If you are looking to join us you can get your tickets 🎫 via this link
@GSTSchools @ShaneIerston @KSharpKLA @SarahVernon91 @missreardteach @EducatingAvril @researchED1 @tombennett71
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Avril Purchon retweeted
19 Jun 2023
We are recruiting! Joining our fantastic SEND team at @KingsWoolston is an excellent opportunity to start/progress a career in education. Our school community is committed to breaking down barriers to achieve the best possible outcome for each child! 🏫📚
warrington.gov.uk/jobs/gradu…
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23 May 2023
Another great day with our amazing students - they are an incredibly dedicated set of individuals. AQA we are ready for you! 💪🏻
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18 May 2023
A student at @KingsWoolston created this. THIS! How incredible 👏🏻
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17 May 2023
Y11 did us proud today - what an incredible bunch of students. Passion for their subject caused a great buzz that carried on all day. Tomorrow, we go again 💪🏻
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Avril Purchon retweeted
22 Apr 2023
Really useful to understand the Early Career Framework through the eyes of teachers experiencing it. Clare & Courtney did their teacher training during COVID - so many experiences in year 2 of teaching is still new (exams, enrichment, behaviour etc). #rEDWarr2023 @kings_liverpool
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Avril Purchon retweeted
22 Apr 2023
✨ Super session with @EducatingAvril exploring leadership and the Kubler Ross change curve. Great to reflect on the importance of planning and communicating change and the needs of individuals within a team ✨#rEDWarr2023 #CPD #change #leadership
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21 Apr 2023
Talk rehearsed… big girl pants at the ready… all set for #rEDWarr 👩🏼🏫📚
#tenpercentbraver #LeadershipDevelopment
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29 Mar 2023
Today we were working on stepping outside the text… students started to really understand abstract concepts and contextual connections once we started visualising it on the table.
The best part of teaching is seeing the penny drop 🧠
My students are amazing 💪🏻
#noglassceilings
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27 Mar 2023
🚨4 weeks to go until @researchEDWarr! 🚨 Just need to put the finishing touches to my session all about the first year as a HoD. Looking forward to sharing my experiences, mistakes and successes with like minded educators @KingsWoolston in April 🧠
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17 Mar 2023
This week has been BUSY. Mocks, Y11 optimisation, and leading a theatre trip has certainly put the team through their paces…but seeing the looks of awe on student faces when they saw a show for the first time is a reminder of why we do it ❤️ grateful for the team @KingsWoolston
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Avril Purchon retweeted
10 Feb 2023
Didn’t take enough images but a notepad of ideas after our department showcase, great to see how other departments have implemented the boys don’t try and lost girls training from this half term. 👌🏼 very lucky to work with such a wonderful staff body @avs1289
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10 Feb 2023
On cloud 9 after whole school CPD today. Ever dept fed back on strategies discussed and implemented over the past 3 weeks.
Our students are lucky to have such incredible teachers who develop their practice every day with them in mind 💪🏻👏🏻⭐️
#bestteam #alwayslearning #credimus
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3 Feb 2023
Whole school CPD is good.
Time in dept to discuss & implement is better.
Implementation time & a cup of tea is best.
Found this absolute DELIGHT in our Science dept this afternoon as they discussed metacognition & questioning in the classroom.
Our staff are the best 🤓🧠🫖
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24 Jan 2023
And that’s a wrap… looking forward to unpacking this mad medley of musings from #Englishhangout with the team in our next faculty meeting. Big thanks to @Xris32 for organising and all the presenters for sharing some fab ideas 🧠📚👏🏻
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24 Jan 2023
Enjoying the first #Englishhangout meeting tonight, hearing about different approaches to revision, intervention, diversity in the curriculum and building stamina 🧠
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14 Nov 2022
During weekly dept meetings we have ‘faculty finds’, sharing useful bits we’ve seen in the week. Today we had some excellent pedagogical and curriculum based finds, including this absolute GEM from @MrsBallAP shared by @missreardteach and a super useful terminology doc 💪🏻#topteam
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20 Oct 2022
New favourite quick win - support for students scribbled on desks with whiteboard pens. Removes cognitive overload, enables 1-1 scaffolding whilst encouraging metacognitive conversations. Students can revisit our conversations and follow my thought process at their own pace 💪🏻
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