Kaley Macis-Riley
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Delighted to announce a new annual subscription to all of my
#HoDandHeart
sessions past and all those delivered for the 365 days after purchase. This can be shared within schools and trusts, or used as individuals for personal CPD.
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Just saw a post on fb : 'what are teachers moaning about? They get 12 weeks off and finish at 3 daily, and now they want more time off? Try getting a real job, sunshines'. And, quite frankly, I am proud of the fact that I just deleted without biting.
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Tonight's love goes out to every headteacher in the country, spending the last few days, of a holiday in which they have barely been allowed to switch off, trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
@educationgovuk
,
@GavinWilliamson
: you should be ashamed.
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Random, controversial opinion (and one I've held for some time): displays are a waste of staff time, and cause distraction and cognitive load for students. Get rid, make walls less busy, and let staff utilise time on something that will positively impact learning.
Thoughts?
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This time one year ago, I made the decision to take my little girl to her first day of school and miss the first hour and a half of INSET in order to be there, which wasn't approved. I don't regret it for a second.
Fight for what you believe in. Challenge the status quo. ❤️
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It's been a year of many achievements professionally, but this personal achievement has to be the one that makes me the happiest. Not just about the weight or clothes size, but the fact that I feel so much healthier and happier. 20kg down! Size 20->14 in 7 months.
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The idea of dropping non-core subjects to 'catch up in maths and English' just makes me so sad, and I am head of English.
😥
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I gave her £20 to spend on things for other little boys and girls who aren't as privileged as her. Not usually one to post this sort stuff on social media, but I feel so proud of her. She chose all items herself:
Baby food
Nappies for 'tiny little babies'
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Heroes day at school today and this one wanted to go as Emmeline. ♀️✊❤️
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Being the one that is able to say 'No problem, of course you can have that time off for your child's nativity, I'll cover your lesson' is a privilege and honour.
Be the leader that lets your team put their own kids first. ❤️ Grateful to work in a school who allow me to be so.
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Suddenly started to feel really unwell during p2 today. Uploaded work for students, then emailed my head straight away who told me to get better and rest, and that he would deal with letting people know.
And that, my friends, is why I don't think I can ever leave my school.
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Anybody else having trouble sleeping in the midst of all this uncertainty re
#schoolclosures
(hate the term closures, too- we never closed 😑🙄)?
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Thread/rant:
Dear General Public,
Don't be fooled by the utter BS that is the government concern for the mental health of young people. In their entire time in power, they have done nothing but make cuts to education and facilities that supported children's mental health.
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Me at 21.17: Sends myself a useful link to work email.
Me at 21:29: Who on earth is sending emails, in half-term, at such an hour? Ridiculous. *chunter chunter*.
Me at 21:30: ah.
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Anybody feeling like times are tough, please read The Midnight Library by
@matthaig1
. It picked me up from a very dark place.
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Pleased to say that I have been successfully appointed as Team Director for Curriculum Quality (Assistant Principal) at a new school whose vision and values I align with entirely, from September. So proud of myself for getting back up after so many knock backs. 😍 Bring it on.
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My take on the importance of whole class feedback, moving away from ‘marking’. Much inspired by the reading of
@FunkyPedagogy
and
@daisychristo
.
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Every PPA this week, I have been marking or moderating Y11 assessments for evidence, or collating the data for it. This is utter madness and it is categorically not a school issue, it's the whole national process. I take it back. Exams should not have been cancelled.
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Ticked off long-term goal half-term and got in a size 14, comfortably. In Nov, I struggled to get into a 20!
I set out on this journey, predominantly for my mental health, but the body conditioning that comes alongside it is a lovely bonus and boost to my confidence!
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So, can somebody explain to me why I had to cancel plans for my little girl's 4th birthday party, but fans in the stands can watch without masks, and rich people can all congregate without any social distance, to watch horses being tortured?
Asking for friend.
@BorisJohnson
?
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This photo has broken me. A Norwegian soldier cradling an Afghan baby handed to him at Kabul Airport. I wish I could do more.
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When the head leads a whole school briefing after receiving 'the call' and ends with a quote from
@MaryMyatt
and reminding us all that we are 'Humans first, professionals second'.
We've got this. Bring it on.
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Somebody said to me today 'You watch Love Island? But why? You're so educated?'
Exactly. I spend all day with my brain glugging into mush. Give me mind numbing viewing, hot bods, and other peoples' drama.
#LoveIsland
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Today, I watched the relief and delight on almost every member of my team's face as I modelled how to use whole class feedback as a method of 'marking'. They were all absolutely astounded at how quick a process it was, at how much their weekend would now be free
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I'm not sorry for putting my girl first, no matter what.
I'm not sorry for carrying my phone with me at work at all times, in case she needs me.
I'm not sorry that I arrive at 8.25am sometimes after a difficult morning getting us all ready.
I'm not sorry. Stop saying sorry.
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Did we miss our 3am alarm to miss the traffic? Yes. Is our four year old awake and not peacefully asleep for the seven hour journey? Yes. Is there a raging storm that is blowing tents away where we are headed? Also Yes.
Does that stop the Riley family going on holiday? Never.
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This poem must be rubbish for those of you who don't hear a voice when you think.
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This. I say it all the time. People regularly call my little girl 'sassy' and 'bossy', as they did with me. Not on my watch.
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New work wardrobe after dropping two dress sizes! Monday is being treated like September. 😂
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Small one has a temperature and a cough. Called in, emailed and explained. Nothing but support from those above me, and those in my team. No guilt, because nobody has made me feel I'm doing something wrong by being a mum first.
That is how you look after staff wellbeing. ❤️
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Heads of Dept along with their teams, and SLT, spent hours working out grades based on holistic performance, trajectory of progress and lots of other elements.
For the government to totally ignore that is entirely undermining of our profession and makes a mockery of the hard
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Told my line manager that I was struggling mentally. She came to check on me five times and then invited me into her office for a chat. I feel so much better.
🥰
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Thread (copy and pasted from FB) 1/
One of the vicious ironies of life is that the wealthier you are, the more economically you can live.
Yesterday I made very much soup, from two butternut squashes, a large pile of meh carrots, onion, ginger,
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Just got a free annual subscription to
@Headspace
because I'm a teacher. Verified within minutes and now off to bed with a meditation soundtrack. Thank you!
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Sadly didn't make it through to the second round of the process. Was up against a strong field of experienced senior leaders for the role, but thoroughly loved the experience. Back to my lovely team tomorrow.
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When you no longer feel utter dread on Sunday evening, because you're back in a school that doesn't seep with hierarchical toxicity. 😍
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I am so excited to be back at work tomorrow, and I've treated my team to a posh coffee machine because they're amazing.
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I text my new boss today asking if I needed to do anything prior to the first INSET. His response was 'Enjoy the rest of the holiday, that's all'.
❤️😍🥰
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Dear
@GavinWilliamson
,
Thanks for changing the plans so late in the day, during our Christmas holidays. I am, as a result, spending my New Years' Day working. I refuse to allow my team to feel out in the dark with a lack of plans and clarity. So, yeah, thanks.
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Anybody else crawling to the end of the year? Even my tired is tired.
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Talk about cutting it fine. 4.54pm completion! We are in!
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To get a 9, you need to do things for an 8 but a bit better, innit.😁😆😅😂
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£13 a year. 🤣🤣
Tell me you're a clueless man without telling me...
@sophielouisecc
Period poverty is another myth. There is no one in the UK who can't afford £13 per year for sanitary products. Might not be the ones they want but they will do the job.
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Well, I'm officially Head of English and Whole School Literacy at
@shireacademy
now! So excited for a fresh start leading a big team, in a school close to my roots.
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Last night, I made the base and caramel. After work today, I smothered on melted chocolate. My first ever Millionaire's Shortbread.
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Today has truly made me question if I want to continue working in schools. A sad day.
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Today, on my return after isolation, HR booked me in for an appointment to check how I was doing.
And that, folks, is why my new school is another planet. 😍😍
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Tomorrow, I'll be making my 5 most popular CPD available for free as I've seen a lot of discussion over the weekend on: feedback, workload, scaffolding, leadership, and curriculum changes.
The free sessions will link to these and be available to view for 10 days for free.
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Interview tomorrow and I'm actually oddly excited to put across my passion for education, leadership, and teaching. 🥰
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Every HoD loves finding this in their pigeon hole. If you know, you know.
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Doctors insisted on flats if I was to return to work. So I am going to try and carry off a brogue..
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If you could design your perfect school, from scratch, what would it be in five bullet points? I'll start:
1. Warm:strict approach to behaviour.
2. Knowledge-Rich
3. Research-led
4. Follows
@MaryMyatt
's humans first, professionals second'.
5. Cognitive science at the core.
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Well, that was expensive, but I feel bloody fabulous.
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My laptop is going away all week. My emails are being taken off of my phone.
I. Am. Done.
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I am in rank ordering/teacher assessed grade/spreadsheet hell. How about you? 😭😭😭😂😂😂
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My little girl has a stammer and I asked her teacher, via
@ClassDojo
, how the other students responded. This was the response. Safe to say I'm a blubbering mess.
#proudmama
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Boris on TV: blah blah blah
#roadmap
My three year old daughter: Mummy, what is the Tory pig saying?
Parenting. Completed it, mate.
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Can we all just take a moment to appreciate James McAvoy in that pre-match film?
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When you're watching 'Finding Nemo' with her and all she does is repeatedly ask 'Where's Nemo?'.
She is really not getting the point of this film, is she? 🤯🤯🤯🙄🙄🙄🙄
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Wanted to feature in this magazine for years. 😍😍😍 Thank you for the opportunity,
@tes
. Very proud moment.
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@BraunandRed
@BBradley_Mans
@MarcusRashford
I'm from the same estate that he refers to in these tweets, and it is safe to say that its residents are very upset.
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I got invited to interview yesterday for a very senior post. However, on further research into the school and its practise, I decided it wasn't for me and withdrew.
It just didn't feel right in my gut. Something about all my digging for prep didn't sit right. Always go with gut.
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My head is feeling much clearer, I haven't had a panic attack or cried in days, my chest no longer feels too tight to breathe, and I can finally focus on a book.
This time two weeks ago, I was feeling trapped in the dark.
It does get better. I promise. ❤
#MentalHealthmatters
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Should we be teaching new knowledge via home learning?
@daisychristo
says we need to use this opportunity for revision, retrieval and spaced repetition to consolidate the learning in the short term, and that this will show how much of a role repetition has in the long term!
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To all those saying that the statue was for his philanthropy, not his part in the slave trade, riddle me this: should Jimmy Saville have one outside Great Ormond Street for his charitable works, not his paedophilia, and Harold Shipman for commitment to the NHS, not murder?
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1/ I find this area of the examiner report from
@AQA
a bitter pill to swallow. We are constantly assured that those with less knowledge on the topic (transport/surfing etc) will not outperform those without it. So, namely, what I'm saying is: the topic of the text shouldn't
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The difference a good workplace can do to your health is tremendous. I've lost weight, sure, but the most noticeable to me is the weight of toxicity gone. Brilliant first week back and this is a little reminder of how far I've come mentally and physically in two years. ❤️
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I'm happy again. For the first time in so long, I feel happy. ❤️❤️
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How is it that people are allowed to camp out in central London for 'the best view' of a pompous, lavish ceremony in the middle of an economic crisis, but homeless people get moved on when doing so for their own warmth? What is this world?
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Cried happy tears today at my first 'proper' day in a school whose culture and ethos bleeds compassion and love for staff, students, and all other stakeholders. So proud to be a part of it in the community that I hold so close to my heart. ❤️❤️😭😭🙏🙏
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Happy flipping Friday. This is to every teacher, every teaching assistant, every school leader, every homeschooling parent, every member of our amazing profession. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪💪💪💪💪👏👏👏👏👏
#Edutwitter
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To every teacher that feels a little overwhelmed because of this absolute mess concocted for TAGs. I'm with you. We have got this.
Tonight, gin is required.
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So proud of my husband for securing a role at the residential school where he currently works as a care worker, but in the education side. Term time only, normal hours. This is going to be such a fantastic move for us as a family and I'm thrilled. 💗💗💗
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I am far too excited about the fact that I can now read, snuggled under the covers with no cold fingers, and feel assured that - if I fall to sleep- I will not get a kindle donk on my head to rudely awaken me. Yes, I lead a sad life. Yes, I love it. No, I make no apology. 📚🤓
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Thread 1/
On
#worldmentalhealthday2021
, I want to be honest. I've had a brave face on for some time and that brave face came off circa two weeks ago when I crumbled and had a breakdown. I'm not sharing this for sympathy, but to be openly vulnerable in the hope that it will
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If you say you're passionate about wellbeing but you insist that staff attend compulsory 'wellbeing' sessions rather than using that time at their own free will, then you are not at all passionate about wellbeing.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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Today has just been the day to top all the stress off over these last few weeks. Really struggling to cope with the stress of being a mum and a professional and the sheer expectation that I must be two people at once rather than being able to be both as one.
I am not okay. 😔
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I am a cis woman. I have been pregnant. I do not feel erased by people using the term 'pregnant people'.
Such an attitude of transphobia in a renowned, heavily followed figure in education is frightening. Even more so when said person blocks anybody that calls him out on it.
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Just dropped my little girl off at nursery for the first time since March, and I am so emotional. She was so excited and I just felt a longing for her as soon as I got in the car. 😭 She'll be fine, right? ❤️
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Examples of feedback strategies that aren't tons of teacher pen in books, please! Goooo! (All subjects.)
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A digger for 'little girls like me'
Paw Patrol Magazine
Card sorting games 'to help boys and girls learn letters like me'
Spaghetti and sauce for a dinner
♥️♥️
Hope it makes a family smile via
@TrussellTrust
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If anybody needs a big fat knowledge retrieval disguised as a Christmas quiz, please see here:
Stolen lots from
@SPryke2
with a few things from 2021, and then a focus on Macbeth, poetry, and An Inspector Calls.
No fun lessons/films here!
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