Mat Galvin FCCT MEd NPQH
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HT The Macclesfield Academy, ResearchEd, IronMan, rugby dad, family. Learning Above All. “It’s all about the kids” Relentless Optimist. Society Referee RFU
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So much goodness in the world! Happy Saturday
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Who else spotted Kingsgate Printing Services? Felt a bit of nostalgia for series 5
#lineofduty
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Writing to the non shortlisted applicants to say thank you for their time. Know from personal experience how much time it takes to apply when looking to promote or broaden experience. Important to remember the investment others make! Very strong field for the role
@TheMaccAcademy
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So that’s what the first week of Headship feels like 😂 I’m sure you can imagine. Wrap up, off for a swim and then wine o’clock. Got to say the
@TheMaccAcademy
team, students and community have been outstanding! Top work all
#teamwork
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Departure from normal style, inspired by trip to amazing tweed shop in Oxford!!
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Read this amazing poem. Then read it starting at the end. How fabulous is that??!! Talented Year 7 students
@TheMaccAcademy
#poetry
#english
#talent
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Overnight stay at work and it’s not even Ofsted!! Roof issues meaning grim weather is giving us some quick filling of bins with water! Newborn checks to get them sorted and roofing team out at first light!
#headship
#sweepthesheds
!
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Bank holiday Monday. Right? Did I miss the memo? DfE well-being charter, clear message about weekend/evening emailing. Am I working today? Yes. Will I be emailing my colleagues? No. Because it’s a bank holiday. Set the tone from the top.
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Delighted to be taking up a Headship role at Easter at
@TheMaccAcademy
I have loved every minute of being
@WinsfordAcademy
and the team will have to put up with me until April 😂
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We begin our exciting project for
#literacy
this week with guided reading to the class in form time. We’re using ambitious texts with each year group and focusing on key words, reader predictions and discussion. Looking forward to see it in action!
@HuntingEnglish
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Nothing says welcome back children like an LFT test!! Lovely to see lots of smiling faces
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Office ready to go. Tasks and goals listed on white board. Really looking forward to meeting staff and students on Monday.
#letsdothis
#teamwork
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So- tomorrow is one year of Headship ✅ it’s been incredible & would recommend all those thinking of making the leap to go for it. My concise advice, in no particular order would be to 1. Communicate your ‘why’. Why does the school exist (learning above all because it changes 1/3
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Lots of work going on to ensure a smooth and effective transition. The
@TheMaccAcademy
team have been incredibly welcoming and supportive. Thank you to Mr Hedge, retiring Head, and all staff for the support in making sure the students continue to get a great education.
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I’ve spent some time bringing together some themes and common phrases from the (very!) new Ofsted framework for Secondary schools. If you’re interested the link is
@RjjEaston
@ListenLeadLearn
@VictoriaLHall1
@HeadGeog
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Relived this moment quite a few times today! Wonderful feeling of finishing my first Ironman70.3, with the children at the fantastic
@TheLakesmanTri
event. Doesn’t get any better!! Thanks to all of the organising team and volunteers!!
#superstars
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Some days it’s about modelling getting home for family tea for the team! Some days it’s about being first in and last away! Today was one of those days! Lots of great work done ✅
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First
#headship
#interview
3 days of really interesting robust discussion. Down to final 2 & came close 2nd. Positive feedback from panel. Well done to successful VP. He will do great job. I’ll continue workg hard in current fab school & keep lookg for the right school to lead.
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No coffee today! A selection of staff and students are fasting today to support our students who are on
#Ramadan
Going to be tough!
@TheMaccAcademy
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Mollie being inspired by amazing role models to join the teaching profession. Thank you
@AlisonMPeacock
@MaryMyatt
for your fabulous work
@researchEDChesh
@TheMaccAcademy
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Extra 30 mins under the duvet this morning. Putting a bit of self care in before the final teaching day of the half term. Have a great Thursday all!
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Well said!! It’s the hardest and most rewarding part of school leadership. Lots of us HTs are self confessed control freaks! Setting the direction, boundaries & success criteria then trusting others is such a key part of the role!
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So…three years as
#headteacher
.
Absolute privilege to lead a school. Such complex role bringing together strands which are familiar & totally new. Highs & sleepless nights all part of it!
Right culture & great people critical to shared success
All about being a hero maker!
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35 years ago. If you know, you know!! Have a great Wednesday
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We review each Monday as SLT to make sure we’re all on the same page. Been brilliant to keep us all aligned 2/2
@Headteacherchat
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Did anyone say pint and a blooming big curry?! 😂😂😂 what an amazing 24 hours. Thank you to the amazing team who pulled together to make it happen. Delighted with the vibe, speakers and logistics.
#teamwork
And….relax 😂
@researchEDChesh
@TheMaccAcademy
#futureteacher
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Done my magic trick.
Turned a five pound note into a pint of stout and a packet of crisps.
Winner. Have a lovely weekend all.
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When your amazing PA spots it’s been back to back and you’ve missed your lunch!
Thank you Amy ⭐️
#teamwork
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Wonderful way to spend
#FathersDay2021
racing in the
@TheLakesmanTri
Brilliant volunteers, food station teams and wonderful atmosphere around the course all the way!! Going to sleep well tonight! Well done
@rbr1979
@Helenfmurray
@knuttytriclub
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One very proud dad!! Awesome. First year in the older group. Rocked it!!
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We did it!! Well done to all teachers, back room staff, leaders, students and parents who have made it a successful term. Here’s to a bloody good break!
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Rocking the high visibility jackets look at the end of school on duty.
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Not where expecting to be on a Wednesday morning! Team NHS have been bloody marvellous. My mum having a tough time of it but super stoic as ever! Look after each other team.
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Mollie and Joe on curved ridge. Wonderful route and we lucked out with the gorgeous weather
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Happy to report it was not like ‘night at the museum’ being locked in a school by yourself over night! Or stranger things. Which is good.
#coffee
time. PS I was there for #
#teacher5oclock
club but was mopping the floor. No absence text to my parents please 😂
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Evening all. Going to have a bit of time off Twitter. The loudest voices are getting a bit echoey for me. Good luck to all finding solutions to the complex issues we have ahead of us. There is no simple answer, contrary to what some are saying. We are part of a bigger whole.
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And we’re done! Thanks to
@TheMaccAcademy
team who have ‘emptied the tank’ on the pitch this year. Now time to rest and celebrate. As ever, I’ll wish the fantastic twitter Ed community a wonderful Summer. Twitter coming off the phone to focus on family time! See you all in Sept!
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We’re hiring. I’m holding out paying £10k of our budget on a well known vacancy portal for one advert so please share far and wide. We’re growing our MATHS team from September. Fantastic school to work at. Email amy.burton
@macclesfieldacademy
.org for the pack
@TheMaccAcademy
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Delighted to post some news from Köln. Passed my NPQH. Thank you
@Educating_Brum
and
@TeachFirst
for a fantastic thought provoking course with great cohort/networking. Time for a bier oder zwei 👍
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Aaaaaand breathe. Have a lovely weekend all! Happy Friday everyone
@HeadGeog
@EldonPrincipal
@ottleyoconnor
@steverollett
@Mamandaharrison
@ThinkingHatMatt
@icpjones
@Paul_Blaylock
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So,reflecting on 5 weeks of Headship & 1 week out from 1/2 term- it’s been amazing journey. Faith in others repaid in spades. Not knowing all answers but havg trusted colleagues/support to ask & sticking to core values. Got to be good enough for my kids.
#sltchat
#bestjobinworld
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On a day like today what you really need is.....slow cooker rice pudding. Gorgeous!
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Sometimes it’s the simple pleasures in a busy day 😂 What you got for tea?!
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Happy birthday to me! 😂😂😂 thanks to all the lovely ‘best wishes messages’ from staff and students! You’re stars!
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Maccies breakfast for the Senior Team?! I very much think so!
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Told by some of the children I looked like a young Dumbledore today on lunch duty. I’ll take that all day long!! 😂
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What a lovely note from my favourite daughter! Come in the car park kind of day!!
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@RealGeoffBarton
@asclpresident
@Evelynforde1
The vast majority of school leaders I’ve spoken to over break have signif cohort of students they pulled out all stops to support bt won’t get anything like target grades (or num of quals). THIS IS NOT A NORMAL YEAR! It’s so frustrating for accountability measures to assume it is
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Morning
#teacher5oclockclub
Darkness!! Time to get trainers on and get this term going with a run! Have a great day all.
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Lovely day mucking around in Chester with the wonderful Mrs G (who needs a gold star for putting up with me!) before we both get back to it in earnest. Been a fantastic break.
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Get in!!!
#sheffieldhalf
@runforall
thanks for all the support on the course Sheffield. You were amazing
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One sleep to go! The sun is shining and final preparations taking place for
@researchEDChesh
We can’t wait to welcome our guests and speakers in for a day talking about and sharing ideas for improving education 👍👍👍
@TheMaccAcademy
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He did it!! Well done Joe and thanks to the amazing coaches at Vale Royal athletics club. First one ✅ Now time for a treat lunch 😂 and dry out
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So so nice to get back in front of a class!! Chemistry after school fun! Wonderful students to work with
@TheMaccAcademy
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And we’re done. Have a well earned rest
@TheMaccAcademy
and thank you for all of your hard work. Good luck to our colleagues who start new challenges elsewhere. Twitter break from me until September so have a wonderful holiday when you get there all!
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And relax. Well done all. You’ve made a positive difference despite the challenging odds! Have a lovely weekend
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Thank you for all of the lovely messages. Results confidential so can’t share but got to say process was professional, intelligent & team/students/parents/govs felt listened to and their story/journey heard.
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Get in!! Set myself the target of sub 6 hours and delighted to make it! Knee was in pieces 2 weeks ago- thanks so much to Karen (physio) for getting me to the start line and to everyone at
@TheLakesmanTri
for the motivation to keep going! Another great day out 😀👍
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Another fab week
@TheMaccAcademy
Well done to students and staff for the dedication, learning and team work. We go again on Monday!! One very proud Headteacher 😀👍
#team
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No get ups to go. Have a brilliant final day of the half term all and then a proper rest (woo hoo!)
#teacher5oclockclub
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So proud of Mollie’s rugby journey. There have been ups and downs but she’s stuck at it. First time to Twickers.
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The importance of Quality First Teaching as our wave 1 SEND response.
@TheMaccAcademy
Every teacher is a teacher of SEND
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Mollie doing a brilliant job playing tonight. Super proud the importance of music in children’s lives!
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Out early to deliver some well earned chocolate surprises to students nominated by Heads of Year for going above and beyond with their online learning. Great job all. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for the inspiration
@HeadGeog
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100 mile round trip for the rugby today but a great win! Next round of cup. Back for celebratory ice cream
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Up since 445! No going back to bed so might as well crack some tasks whilst family asleep. Have a great Saturday all
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Managed to do a Vicar of Dibley and disappear in a rocky puddle. Out of nowhere!! In front of a young family so styled it out until around the corner 😂 watch out for them there muddy puddles!
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Huge thanks to
@jameshaskell
for speaking
@RUFCChester
Delighted to get the signed shirt from the auction with money going to
@MindCharity
😀
#Lent2020
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Mollie passed her grade 1 trumpet. Joe took his grade 4 piano today. Super proud of them both. Anywhere you like for tea I say. Guess where we ended up 😂
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It’s Friday. It’s blue milk day (treat) for coffees 😂 Have a wonderful day all and enjoy the end of half term those who finish today!
#sltchat
#teacher5oclockclub
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20 staff have requested this to get them thinking, reflecting and evolving their practice.
#restless
school
@tombennett71
@TheMaccAcademy
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Where is
#edutwitter
decamping?
Under EM, X is not what I or I’m sure lots of others signed up for
Is there a new base camp set up?
LinkedIn? Insta?
Don’t want to lose brilliant contacts but this can’t carry on with the platform knowing what we all know about its culture
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And that’s us done with the children for the year. INSET tomorrow and then family time!! Have a lovely Christmas all. As ever, twitter going off the phone until the new term. Take care all and see you in 2023
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Sad news about Donald Trump’s library having a fire. All the books destroyed. Both of them. And he hadn’t even coloured in one of them!
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The importance of investing in your team! 15 years ago my HT let me go to The Highlands to complete my Winter ML training. What happened next? We set up lots of winter mountaineering weekends away for our students which ran for years. Investment pays back in the right schools!
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It all started in Dec ‘20 with training plan kicking in. 6 months of x4 a week training, couple of injury niggles & starting as a Head later, we’re ready to go!! Looking forward to
@TheLakesmanTri
- journey is as much fun as destination!! Sports massage then heading up to Lakes.
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Woo hoo! It’s only
@researchEDChesh
on today 👍👍👍👍✅✅✅
See you all soon. The coffee is on and a warm welcome awaits
@TheMaccAcademy
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Okay okay okay. The answer is yes. I do wave at the end of every appointment. And no, I wouldn’t do it in a normal parents’ eve 😂😂😂
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Staff going the extra mile. Because that’s just what we do! Every single day.
#Team
@TheMaccAcademy
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Today is the day! Delighted to be joining The Sir John Brunner Foundation, joining
@MiddlewichHigh
@leftwichhigh
and
@SirJohnDeanes
Thanks to all who have worked relentlessly to meet this ambitious deadline day! A very bright future ahead.
@TheMaccAcademy
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Such a privilege to visit great schools and magpie ideas! Thanks
@EldonPrincipal
for having me over!
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Right- best foot forwards! I won’t lie, I’ve been feeling emotional about today for some time now but comfortably been in denial through busyness and non-acceptance!! Stiff upper lip old boy!!
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