Jennie Giovanelli
@beautifullyfra1
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Headteacher | @EduNorthants Founder | Optimist | Advocate for relational and organisational health in schools | All views are my own
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My Year 2 daughter’s teacher gave me this2day. She had written it following their philosophy lesson where they had to group ‘boys’+’girls’. Left me speechless. I want2bottle this up and keep it as a reminder for everyone (incl. myself) when they become unsure of their voice.
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@Team_English1
This has been a bit of a labour of love but this is just about the final version I think. Thank you to
@amsammons
for the use of the practice data. I hope it’s of some use to someone somewhere - share far+wide if it is!
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Absolutely delighted to share our Ofsted report. So proud to be Headteacher
@KingsthorpeC
- thank you to our brilliant staff, students, parents, governors, trustees and entire community - couldn’t do my job without you.
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@Team_English1
have made flash cards from my linguistic terminology knowledge organiser - ready to print! See here
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Waiting for my Year 13s to come out of their Paper 2 exam before saying goodbye - they have been the most fantastic students I think I have ever taught
@KingsthorpeC
@Team_English1
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Well this is inspiring, heartbreaking, raw, and close to the bone all in one go. Makes me even more determined to do what I can for the children in the school I have the privilege of leading…and why I won’t stop fighting for my own square peg at her school
@teamsquarepeg
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Draft 1 of language knowledge organiser for KS4+5. Happy to email if anyone wants
@Team_English1
#teamenglish
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@Team_English1
@amsammons
This really worked for my students in terms of thinking about directed writing task on Paper 2 for AQA A Level English Language
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Can barely contain my excitement that in less than 10 minutes, I will have real life Year 11s in front of me
@KingsthorpeC
!!
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I might be a Headteacher but I still love colour coding my timetable. Have spent the day planning a writing scheme of learning - love this part of my job
@KingsthorpeC
@qoe_kc
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Unsure how2evaluate teaching without using lesson observations (graded or ungraded)? This is how we've approached it
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Have spent a lovely couple of hours getting to know some of our Year 6s who will be joining us
@KingsthorpeC
in September. If you have already sent me a postcard, look out for my reply this week!
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As I leave
@KingsthorpeC
after watching *that* news conference, this is what I need to see
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Preparing for tomorrow’s revision session with my A level Eng Lang students whilst playing with Pages on my MacBook! Thankyou to
@amsammons
for practice data+
@DanSeanClayton
for use of ‘hotspot’. Quite a long way2go....happy2share when done
@Team_English1
if anyone is interested
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Arrived to a hive of focused productivity in readiness of
@EduNorthants
at 9am.
@TomRees_77
there’s an extraordinary level of practice and planning going on here....
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This was such a boost to receive for us all
@qoe_kc
after a tough but rewarding halfterm!
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My first blog for a while....Educating Northants – Celebrating The Positive Deviants Within Our County
@621carly
@TomRees_77
@EduNorthants
@HScott18187067
@jaydav20
@wpearmain1
@cristinataboada
@_Esther_Gray
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It has been officially confirmed today by a veterinary practitioner
@CTaboadaNaya
that Luna is in fact Roger
#howdidwenotknow
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When you spend your life fighting for what your child needs and deserves, moments like tonight when they show such courage (and talent!) by getting up on stage and performing are made all the more special 💜
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In what has been probably the most testing week of my career
@KingsthorpeC
, it’s an absolute joy to receive the first tranche of postcards from our prospective Year 7s. Love hearing all about our new recruits. Can’t wait to write back to each+every one!
#oldschoolpenandpaper
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@LitdriveUK
@Team_English1
I’ve been lucky enough to see the final proofs-it’s genuinely brilliant. A must have for anyone teaching Eng.All bias aside
@mmgiovanelli
@DrofletJess
have done a stunning job -was worth the journey!
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So excited about our work
@KingsthorpeC
with
@NationalTheatre
- the play we are working with and hoping to perform
@RoyalDerngate
is superb!Along with our work with
@TheRSC
and
@SilhouetteYtc
artistic excellence is thriving!
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Incredible support this wk from everyone
@KingsthorpeC
community - staff, students, parents, governors. Thank you also
@RSC_NWLSC
@NCSC
@NorthantsPolice
@educationgovuk
@LynxNetworks
for some exceptional guidance and
@CTaboadaNaya
for answering+just saying yes to what I needed
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AQA GCE English Language Paper 2 Section B Question 3 Resource
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These are a must for teachers of A level language - can’t wait to look at them all properly.
@Team_English1
put these on your wishlist now!
Brilliant to see the first 8 books! Thanks to our great authors:
@ian_cushing
@FtnTitjen
@DrofletJess
@robdrummond
Gary Ives, Raj Rana, Rachel Rudman. Big special thanks to
@DanSeanClayton
for his hard work + support + to
@FelicityRad
for believing in the idea in the first place.
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Fabulous training day
@KingsthorpeC
- the sense of energy and optimism was tangible. Conversations, reflection and laughter … and the first go on the new tannoy 😍
#lovemyjob
#thisisme
#teamKC
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This is a book which has moved me profoundly - it’s terrifying and inspiring in equal measure but speaks to the core of why I became an educator. Made more profound by my lived experience as a mother of a neurodiverse and SEMH child. Thank you
@KatStern4
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So proud of
@KingsthorpeCo
Y13 Class of 2023. Such a special year group-we did our whole 7 years together + I couldn’t have wished for a more inspiring set of young people who absolutely embodied dreaming big,working hard + staying humble. I know they are going to change history!
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The thing that has touched me most over the last 2 days is the gratitude of so many staff who have thanked me for my kindness+compassion when they were struggling or thanked me for listening+developing them. I have questioned my leadership approach in the past - not any more 💜
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Ready for our next Caught Doing The Right Thing rewards - this time chosen by students. Every time a student demonstrates one of our core values, we love to reward them - especially those who do the right thing even when no one is looking!
@KingsthorpeCo
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So inspired to see my seed of an idea about our LSAs using the breakout rooms function of
#MicrosoftTeams
during a lesson to support our
@KingsthorpeC
SEND students come to fruition under the leadership of
@RhiLlGant
@haywardk
and now
@LPettingale
#reimagine
#adaptability
#TeamKC
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Have spent the first halfterm solely focusing on a couple of these as the foundation to ‘hang’ all my teaching on with my Year 12 class - it’s really made a difference.
@Team_English1
A Level Language Threshold Concepts
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@Team_English1
Think this will help me be a better EngLang teacher this yr! 1st 2 pages4students, last4teachers!
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Reminding myself of this prior to the start of the Spring Term:
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I did enjoy delivering Easter eggs to
@KingsthorpeC
staff today to say thank you from me for all they done this half-term. Still couldn’t persuade Mr Wade to join me in wearing bunny ears...
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Have just spent the most inspiring hour walking the school site
@KingsthorpeC
I feel so lucky to lead this incredible community.
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Oh my goodness
@KingsthorpeCo
Class of 2022 - what an absolutely stunning set of results. Could not be more proud or pleased for you all - you deserved every bit of success
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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The more I think about it - the more having an honest conversation with our students
@KingsthorpeC
before we do anything else or make any further plans seems the right thing to do.
#relationships
#reconnection
#TeamKC
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What a 2 days
@KingsthorpeCo
- so proud of all our incredible young people who have achieved such a phenomenal set of results. So well deserved. They didn’t let anything, including a global pandemic, deter them and they absolutely smashed it!
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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To all our Year 6s joining us in Sept,look out for a letter from us this week with an update.We know transition will look a bit different but we’ll still do everything we can to welcome you to our KC family.Can’t wait to read your postcards!(P.S- they have already been stamped!)
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So proud to have been accredited as an All Together Gold School. Making sure our students
@KingsthorpeC
are happy, safe and able to learn and thrive drives all that we do
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Reflecting on the week whilst completing this 👇. Our belief that ‘everything is possible’ and our 4 ways of working (optimism, determination, thoughtfulness and clarity) just seem so right this week. I love my job, our team, our students+our community
@KingsthorpeC
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Amazing and emotional start to
@EduNorthants
2021. Great job
@leighwol
and
@SilhouetteYtc
- every conference should start like this. The power of the creative and performing arts in unlocking potential is just phenomenal
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Always good when you go shopping and find things to add to your Alice in Wonderland collection
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This year group, more than any other, had the most tragic of circumstances to deal with at a critical time in their school journey. The results they achieved are a testament to their courage and determination and I am so incredibly proud of all of them 💜
Congratulations to
@KingsthorpeCo
Y11 students collecting their exam results today, a tremendous achievement.
#proud
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Feeling so full of love for
@KingsthorpeCo
this evening. If there was a school that I was destined to be a part of, I am 100% sure it’s this one - it just fits 💜
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Sat editing the programme details for
@EduNorthants
and am getting beyond excited looking at the sheer range and quality of the sessions we have. The countdown is on to the 30th....
#bepartoftheconversation
@TomRees_77
@621carly
@cristinataboada
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@KingsthorpeC
we know the potentially huge impact on learning due2lost connections.This is why we’re not afraid2ask our community what it is they need+put relationships at the heart of the restoration of any lost knowledge
#vulnerability
#kindness
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Great first day
@KSAcademy1
and
@BWTrust
. Really good to be able to talk to all the staff together (along with some TED talks, building challenges, and starting our blueprint) and outline the themes that will underpin our work this year
#collaboration
#reflection
#belonging
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Thank you to those amazing staff in Team A
@KingsthorpeC
who have been absolutely brilliant onsite this week. Baton is being handed over to Team B staff next week - you have some treats to look forward to...
#keyworkers
#staysafe
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This was a labour of love but our children
@KingsthorpeC
are so deserving of these bespoke packs
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Resources and lessons here for A Level English Language Investigation Intro - hope it's of some use+links work!
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@Team_English1
if you haven’t got this book by
@ian_cushing
@EngliciousUCL
- you must! Accessible, informative, engaging and practical. I started looking at it as I was prepping some Year 11 writing lessons but have ended up engrossed in all sorts of other sections!
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Also delighted to find these in my pigeon hole - what an interesting and talented bunch of Year 6s we have starting with us
@KingsthorpeC
!
@qoe_kc
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Thankyou
@RealGeoffBarton
and
@ASCL_UK
for the courage you give me to lead the school with compassion and kindness, putting young people at the heart of what we do by turning our back on the audience to conduct our incredible orchestra
@KingsthorpeC
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“I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
Started today’s Year 11 assembly
@KingsthorpeC
with Invictus
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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@ASCL_UK
President
@pepediiasio
inspiring us about a future where our assessment system moves away from a collection of badges to a system of bridges
#ascl2022
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Can’t quite believe this is the 5th iteration of the
@KingsthorpeC
playbook (see
@patricklencioni
) which I’m sharing w/ staff 2moro.
@TomRees_77
told me when I started headship, the 5th year wld be ‘mine’ - after a great training day, feels like he was right.
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Moved to tears by the final performance of
@KingsthorpeCo
for our
@NTConnections
play
@RoyalDerngate
. Exceptional performance by everyone. The feedback from the audience was just fantastic and so well deserved. A great set of kids and a great Performing Arts dept - love my job
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New take on my weekly newsletter piece for
@KingsthorpeC
. A weekly blog from me each week and then a fuller newsletter each half-term. It’s so good to be back!
#teamKC
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
#bestjobintheworld
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Minty, the staff elf
@qoe_kc
, has been touring the school over the last fortnight. This morning, he was in my office…
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Can’t wait for our live virtual open evening
@KingsthorpeC
- Thursday 8th October 2020. We can’t do things as we normally would but we are seeing it as an opportunity to do something new! Looking forward to meeting our potential new KC family members!
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Reflecting tonight on what a great team of governors I have. So skilled in so many different ways+the balance of support and challenge is just right. Love my job
@KingsthorpeC
Thankyou to all those governors up+down the country who do similar in other schools
@SLTchat
@NGAMedia
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Of all my children, it was always going to be this one who shared my love of all things supernatural. All 5 twilight films watched over the weekend!
#guiltypleasure
#teamedward
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We are currently recruiting for a Head of English
@KingsthorpeC
. As an ex Head of English, this role really is a great opportunity2shape the English experience for our students-collaborative autonomy guaranteed. Pls DM me
@Team_English1
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Absolutely delighted that
@_Esther_Gray
will be working with us in September
@KingsthorpeC
- we can’t wait!
#teamKC
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Absolutely packed hall
@KingsthorpeC
at Year 9 Options Evening tonight. We are really passionate about high quality and impartial careers advice at KC
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Enjoying using my corridor office
@KingsthorpeC
this morning - great way to hear all the learning going on, being visible and catching up on some things on my to-do list!
@qoe_kc
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@SusanSEnglish
@amforrester1
@FlickPercival
@EnserMark
@englishlulu
Yes! Definite difference between 'reading' a text and then subsequent writing up of that reading
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Love this
@Trivium21c
“we do not teach the best that has been thought and said; rather, we teach pupils how to make up their own minds in an informed way, in order to make an educated judgement about what the best might be.” His new book is def worth adding to your bookshelf!
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Wow! Look at this opening to a Frankenstein question on family by one of my Year 11s!
@benjaminGlamis
@cristinataboada
@_Esther_Gray
@haywardk
@RhiLlGant
@Gwenelope
@Team_English1
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So incredibly proud that 2 of our students
@KingsthorpeC
featured on the afternoon show today+had their forthcoming single Lost played.Such talent - they really embody our dream big, work hard, stay humble approach. Thankyou
@niftyhistorian
!
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2000 pieces complete! And all my youngest wants to do now is break it up 🙄
@CTaboadaNaya
@jaydav20
@_Esther_Gray
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Listening to my Year 1 daughter talk just now with her two best friends via WhatsApp reminds me what education is about at its heart - connections, relationships, and communication. Will be thinking about this next week
@KingsthorpeC
@qoe_kc
#everythingispossible
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Previewing the virtual training sessions for
@KingsthorpeC
- feel so privileged to work with such a great team.
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George (top right) and Jasper (left) will soon be joining Dora and Roger (previously known as Luna)….
@mmgiovanelli
is beyond excited ❤️
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The sound of thinking and collaboration
@KingsthorpeC
- this is the real education we have missed
@qoe_kc
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Just arrived
@KingsthorpeC
and opening post...thank you so much to
@JoanneClifford
for this amazingly thoughtful gift - it has left me a bit speechless - I love it! And I love my school
#teamKC
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
@qoe_kc
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Coffee, lunch, new stationery, and
@EduNorthants
planning - all with my bestie
@CTaboadaNaya
💜 more details of how you can get involved coming shortly!
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First reward winner to use the fabulous book vending machine (thanks
@DOpsSBL
for sourcing
@haywardk
for the design and VT /
@benjaminGlamis
for the content) - she knew exactly which book she wanted!
@qoe_kc
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
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Brilliant first week
@KSAcademy1
- what a fantastic set of young people. I have been blown away by their accomplishments and ambitions. Looking forward to how we can recognise and celebrate these more widely with our community
#inspiring
#collaboration
#belonging
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Feeling positive and energetic after a purposeful and exciting
#educatingnorthants
meeting tonight - lots to look forward.
@621carly
@EduNorthants
@cristinataboada
@jaydav20
#bepartoftheconversation
#everyoneswelcome
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Over 400 notes from students were received today by members of the
@KingsthorpeC
team. So thoroughly well deserved - we have a huge amount to be proud of as we finish this half-term
#dreambigworkhardstayhumble
#teamkc
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This is superb.
Supporting pupils through Autistic Burnout (Teacher Guide)
@MissDunmore1
@CTaboadaNaya
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I am so lucky as Headteacher
@KingsthorpeC
to have such a tenacious and determined safeguarding team - they are amazing!
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Brilliant to welcome
@branwenjeffreys
to
@KingsthorpeC
today - our students were so inspired to see female journalists and broadcasters!
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I didn’t realise these documents existed until some excellent DSL refresher training w/
@Annmariechild
last week. Share far+wide if like me you didn’t know! We already have some ideas
@KingsthorpeC
about how we can get our KC students to engage with these!
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Caught Doing The Right Thing prizes drawn
@KingsthorpeCo
- 2 lucky winners below with 4 more getting theirs when they’re delivered after half-term. I wish I could’ve recorded the cheer across the whole school when a certain student won - magical + such a worthy winner
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Loved my first time
@WomenEd
this morning - as I have arrived home, I was reminded of this that my middle daughter wrote
@WomenedEM
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Woke up to this beautiful handmade card in the post - for anyone who knows me, this is absolutely perfect. So typical of the care and personal touch that runs through KC.
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What I love most about
#TeamKC
is that it’s totally acceptable to sometimes not be ok, and need (and get!) some TLC even as the Headteacher
#loveourschool
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@RSLEng
@Team_English1
don't think I got round to writing up modality but have lots of stuff!
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Just had these delivered to
@KingsthorpeC
from a former colleague. They look far too good to eat! Part of what I love most about being a leader is helping others achieve their dreams so this was most unexpected - but, I will definitely enjoy!
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