steff wardale
@steffwardale
Vice Principal, leading on QofEd, leadership development, biology teacher, ELE, NPQSL, NPQH. NPQLL facilitator. Love to read. Mummy and lover of the Lakes💕
It’s Walk and Talk weeks at Hillside and it was lovely to see so many attending the Monday after schools English W&T masterclass led by Mrs Symes. W&T exams help to make the exam situation a little more familiar, helping to reduce anxiety and see an expert approach the paper.
A lovely shout out in this weeks newsletter from @amanda_j_ryan 👩🏻🎓 So happy to have been given the opportunity to tell my story👩🏻🔬 Pupils (even those I don’t teach) have been stopping me on the corridors all day to talk about my school life & graduation, we have the best kids❤️
My gorgeous boy. So lucky to have experienced the community that is The Inclusive Hub. A lovely celebration of diversity, inclusivity and community spirit. Well done everyone involved. Special special place for our area 💙 @Bootle_Together @liamstarkey84



Super proud of our Zach for doing the 5k with the boys this morning! Lovely to see Hillside pupils here too 💙
We are super proud to support The Inclusive Hub @liamstarkey84 on their fundraising day. They do incredible work in our community. 5k done this morning! Cakes, music & raffles all happening from 12 midday. Come down and support. Excellence in the Heart of the Community.
All science teams together for our CPD conference this afternoon. Ending with our Trust Science Awards as voted for by colleagues @wdtrust
Trust Science Conference today, we revisited substantive & disciplinary knowledge, debated the quality of curriculum documentation, explored & shared best practice around AI to reduce workload & ended with our Science Trust Awards for 2025! Support, challenge and celebration!
Still going and some support this morning! Doing incredible. Don’t forget to donate to @liamstarkey84
20 hours into his 24 hour run for the Inclusive Hub, Paul Marshall is still going strong. Thankyou to everyone so far for showing your support, you can still donate here gofund.me/8ffb5be6. Keep going Paul! 👑
Emotional and special evening watching David Attenborough: Ocean and on his 99th birthday! And to go with my two ex-pupils who are now Biology teachers themselves! 💖💖💖

Mrs Ryan, Mrs Wardale and Miss Phillip’s are all set for a day of learning @researchEDWarr
And breathe. First day here, cuppa on the jetty, out on paddle board, read, walk, scone and now wine. Happy holidays 💖




Saturday School. 10am start & we are all now onto our first You Do! Business Studies & pizza feast for lunch. Well done to pupils for getting in & shout out to Mr Haygarth & Mr Henesy, we couldn’t offer all this support for our pupils without the dedication of our staff team.
We are very proud of our Principal Mrs Ryan and our Director of Education Mr Corner as they shared our story of powerful collaboration across the North West with Challenge Partners alongside Dr Kate Chhatwal at the @ASCL_UK conference yesterday. @ChallengePartnr @wdtrust
Thank you to our middle & senior leaders who attended our leadership development session on Monday. An opportunity to consider how we can refine our action planning, ensure we are simple, precise and effectively track the impact of our work. Great contributions by all staff.
Busy busy busy biologists this Saturday School! Room 39 is full of our Year 11 biologists studying for their Paper 2 exam. Well done everyone.
Great CPD session tonight on post- 16 education, Gatsby benchmarks and the local labour market. Thank you so much to @hughbaird for hosting us, sharing your knowledge and taking us on a tour.
Hands on applications of numeracy through science experiments. Applying units, making accurate measurements, collecting primary data was all happening! Engaging families with maths is crucial in building confidence for our young people in Bootle. @liamstarkey84 @Bootle_Together
We are delighted to be supporting The Inclusive Hub @liamstarkey84 with the Numeracy project. Working with members of our community on numeracy through a science tonight. Too many families have negative memories of numeracy at school, this was all changed with Mr Edwards tonight!
The Inclusive Hub @liamstarkey84 the home of Christmas Spirit. Gorgeous morning. This place warms my heart and all the staff continue to have such a positive impact on Zach. He is so lucky to part of a special community. Well done everyone ❤️🎄


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If you ever wanted to visit the Inclusive Hub then now is your chance. Saturday 14th December doors open as usual at 10.30am for the 11am to 12pm session then from 12pm to 2pm an open day for anyone wanting to help with our Christmas hamper packing. We’ll you then 📦 📦 🎅🏻👍🏻
Every year, the Inclusive Hub pack and deliver hampers containing food, toiletries and toys to support local families in need over the Christmas period. This year, our doors are open if anyone would like to get involved in packing, donating or even just to come along and say…