Dear Staff,

I haven’t written a newsletter for some time as I have spent a long time away with academy duties. I trust the school has been operating effectively in my absence.

As you know, I really want my school to get at least a good grading from ofsted. However, to impress the academy, I am pushing for an outstanding grade this year. So, I have included content from my own personal action plan to share with you.

However, I think I have a virus on my computer as a lot of the words keep disappearing. I hope you can still make sense of it. Only the key words in each sentence appear.

Book scrutinies
Green highlighters
Pink highlighters
Purple pens
Lesson observations
Headteacher learning walks
Deputy head learning walks
Governor learning walks
Data drops
Assessments
Subject leader learning walks
Pupil progress meetings
Working walls
Non-negotiables
Performance related pay
Mastery
Data
Testing
Triangulation
Rag rating
Pupil premium
Evidence
Moderation meetings
Photos
Learning objective printed slips
Peer assessment
Timetables
Talk partners
Consistency
Fronted adverbials
Tracking
Class blogs
Pre-teach
Newsletters
Videos
HMI visits
DFE visits
Mixed ability
Ofsted
Two stars and a wish
Verbal feedback evidence
VF stampers
Annotations of conversations with pupils
Responding to feedback
Whole class reading
Growth mindset
SEN folders
SEN records
House points
Interventions
Whole class feedback
Same day interventions
Next steps
Wider curriculum
SPAG
Cursive style
Dojos
Merits
Behaviour log
Behaviour flow chart
Concrete
Pictorial
Abstract
Talk before writing
When to share LO
How to share LO
Workload
Coaching
Mentoring
Lesson feedback
Vocabulary
Traffic lights
Tool kits
Inference
Coding
Questionning
Times tables
Spelling
Success criteria
TA deployment
Restraining
Break duty
Class assemblies
Reports
Parents evening
Discos
Christmas fairs
Summer fairs
Film nights
Concerts
Productions
Classroom displays
Marking
Homework
Topic overviews
Weekly overviews
Teaching gymnastics
Teaching RE
Staff meetings
Morning diary meetings
Inspectors
Timetables
Updating files on the server
Photocopying rules
Homework
Sports day
Modal verbs
Meetings
Exceeding
Phonics
Modelling maths
SATs
STEM
NRICH
White rose
Numicon
Reasoning
Exit tickets
Fluency
Modelling writing
Editing
Redrafting
Laptops trolleys
Long date
Short date
Fractions
Planning meetings
Key stage meetings
Parent workshops
Less TA time
Pay freeze
UPS burden on budget
Academies
Accountability
Requires improvement
Staying good
Staying outstanding
Book fair
Science day
Art day
Evidence for kite marks
Action plans
Development plans
SEF
Spreadsheets
Progress
Budgets
Flip chart paper
Cheap Print sticks
Cheap white board pens
Feedback stampers
Away from point of teaching
Deep mark
Passwords
User names
Reading diaries
Homework books
Book cor

2017-19 Full blogs are now archived in the book ‘How Do You Think the Lesson Went?’