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Calvin

@MrHand__

Associate Assistant Principal 💼 Head of Geography and RS 🧑🏻‍🏫. NPQSL. Leeds fan #alaw #MOT ⚽️

 York / Leeds
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Joined February 2019
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Using stories and books in your geography curriculum - great blog from @fiona_616 (and with reference to some super resources from @kate_stockings and @MrHand__ )... #geographyteacher @tutor2u
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Good morning. New on the website today - a brilliant blog from @fiona_616 about using books and stories in your geography curriculum... tutor2u.net/geography/blog/u…

Using books and stories in the Geography curriculum

Academic reading has become a prominent part of raising attainment in secondary schools and there are many books that can be used in geography to promote discussion, and enable students to read...

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Activity before I started using reciprocal reading: read this & make notes 🥱 Now 👇👇👇 "This 🧠framework is begun BEFORE reading... strengthened... DURING the reading, & reflected upon AFTER reading as students incorporate what they have just read into their core knowledge."
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BDA (Before, During & After) - part of reciprocal reading - combines with @MrHand__'s guided reading template!
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Such a great day with Y11 investigating urban regeneration at Leeds South Bank. Sites include Monk Bridge Viaduct, Leeds Dock and the Climate Innovation District.
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The final flags are back from Antarctica from our 2022 competition!! @PaveyEm @mrgeogaa @MrHand__ check your emails :) Also if anyone here is a geographer at @BentonParkSch please get in touch as I have your flag but the email bounces!! Thank you!
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Image from Fiona Sheriff 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🌍 (@fiona_616)
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Teacher of Geography - Clayton Hall Academy wmjobs.co.uk/job/164256/teac… Anyone looking for a Geography role in my wonderful school - please consider applying. Details below 👇🏻 🌎 Geographers please could you R/T @fiona_616 @MrHand__ @Mrs_Geography @geogicons @Geo_Dougie @EnserMark

Teacher of Geography - Clayton Hall Academy - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN

Based at Clayton Hall Academy         Start date: September 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter   Teacher of Geography – Full time/Part time app...

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Hopefully a useful resource for #geographyteacher. A KS3 lesson on the 2022 Pakistan Floods. Guided reading template based on that of @MrHand__ Any feedback welcome. #geography #edutwitter tes.com/resource-detail/reso…
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Absolutely love these and agree that they're now a staple of my Geog SoWs. Have taken over as Head of Hums and am looking for a folder for History #guidedreading too if anyone can point me in the right direction?
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Y8 exploring lives of people around the world using @dollarstreet_ with thanks to @MrHand__ for the sheet - according to Google Drive metadata :) going down very well
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drive.google.com/drive/folde… Y9 start with Development w/ inspo @kate_stockings @MrHand__ also looking at Factfulness & Africa is not a Country @DipoFaloyin @The_GA new KS3 book v useful. #GeographyTeacher Useful? please consider buying me a coffee ko-fi.com/fionaold ☕️
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Image from Fiona Sheriff 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🌍 (@fiona_616)
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Took some inspiration from @MrHand__ to produce a Guided Reading worksheet for the Lake District. (Text comes from the Oxford Heading Towards AQA Geography textbook) Can't wait to see how this will work in practice in Sept!
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My displays for next year! Including some inspirational geographer cards from @geoteachrach google drive and a few @MrHand__ guided reading sheets 🌍😎 #geographyteacher #edutwitter
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Mr Hand coming through 👏
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Some excellent guided reading based on a news article in the @guardian (see article below) completed by Year 8’s today on the implications of climate change in the Middle East! Lots of links to our SOW’s on Weather & Climate, Energy, Climate Change & Cities! #geographyteacher 🌍
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Image from Aqeeb Akram 🌍 (@mrgeogaa)
Image from Aqeeb Akram 🌍 (@mrgeogaa)
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Working on literacy and oracy as a school focus, I've adapted @MrHand__ 's guided reading strategy (this was for a Y12 lesson) to focus on the @EducEndowFoundn suggestions. Hoping this helps to create more independent readers and embeds deeper level literacy skills! #geography
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I've adapted @MrHand__ 's great #guidedreading, to include @EducEndowFoundn's recommendations on developing students as 'strategic readers'. What people think? How do we balance content with developing readers...this too much!? @EduCaiti @kate_stockings @GeographyTom9 @Geo_Dougie
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Our very own Mr Hand has had a great article published in the TES. #excellence #ambition #strive #geographyiseverywhere
Tes magazine (@tes) profile pictureTes magazine@tes8 Jun 2022
‘We signpost career examples from the very beginning of a lesson and make sure they link to lesson content on our title and objective PowerPoint slide.’ @MrHand__ explains how he implements the Gatsby careers benchmarks tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…
How to implement Gatsby benchmarks in your school

How to implement Gatsby benchmarks in your school

Since 2018, schools have been required to implement eight benchmarks around careers guidance - but many are still struggling to do so. Here, two teachers share their advice

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For 3 years I have brought Marcelo his favourite tea and biscuits from Argentina 🇦🇷 & Chile 🇨🇱. I always left them on the door handle of his flat, knocked and left. Today he called at my house to say thank you and goodbye. It meant the world to me. Adios amigo 👋🏻 #lufc #bielsa – at Bardsey, England
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4/N Guided Reading using @MrHand__ template. Great way to do a bit more reading in the classroom, and it's really encouraged students to read out loud too. Plus there are a tonne more examples on his drive! docs.google.com/presentation… #GeographyTeacher
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Can you identify this classic Geography field trip destination? We're off to visit it with students from @CrawshawGeog and @ShirelandCA #geography
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