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Grammar lover & reading fan. Proud Lead Practitioner of English. Feminist. She/her. Proud mum/grandmother to feisty females. Views my own.
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A local shop has just one hand-embroidered chair for sale in this design. Oh how ‘my office’ would LOVE this in situ. 🥰
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😂 finally, an antonym for ‘FOMO’ for those us who enjoying being in cave-mode in the holidays (and beyond)!
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Soooo, my new TT (& all teaching staff get this!) has a ‘well-being free’ which is either 1st/last period once/fortnight. This is so staff can come in late (tutor duties automatically covered), or leave early.
There were audible ‘wows’ from staff!
#AVB
#wellbeing
#grateful
#wow
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@hollyseddon
If only people realised compliments make the giver feel as good as the receiver! Told a woman recently that her hair was amazing, to find she was a girl I’d taught yrs ago. She was so shy then, but this woman was so confident. Lovely to see & her happiness made my day!
#bekind
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Adapting
@__codexterous
‘margin’ idea: using it backwards with our dept writing frame. Hoping to help my Y10 see how & WHERE writing a lit essay is successful giving a scaffold they can use in revision ahead of their mocks. Their recall is fab so want to maximise writing gains.
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@HalilMrT4Real
Amen! I taught a Pakistani boy who arrived via Iraq. At Eid I asked him what he was looking forward to sharing with family. I told him that meal sounded like heaven. The next day his father arrived at reception with a foil-covered tray of amazing food-such flavour, such kindness!
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After 12y in the same school, one of the worst things about moving on is ‘new girl vibe’: pestering HR for details I’d ordinarily know; not knowing who’s who/what’s what, & not knowing the minutiae of the curriculum, all whilst you’re super keen to start strong. 😱
#15daystogo
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Quite possibly the best picture I’ve ever snapped! 😂
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Sorry for the delay! For anyone who messaged about the tutor reads and how I chose them for cultural capital, linked to our English curriculum, here you go!
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I got married v young & my family is small, with parents & sis moving abroad for extended periods, meaning I cooked my 1st Christmas lunch at 20yo. I’m finding it quite amusing that there are adults who have never done this! 😂
Good luck to all doing this for the 1st time! 🤞🏻
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Almost out of room in my class modelling books. I enjoy this part of teaching my groups SO much. 🎥 📖 🧠 (thanks to
@__codexterous
for ‘the margin’ which makes ‘showing your brain’ so much clearer for students - always with a big reminder: ‘don’t copy me - think instead!’
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Saw a tweet about teacher TikTok, was a bit dubious so went to see…can’t quite believe some teachers film lessons; they even acknowledge sts in comments! Aside from seeming v needy, it’s a safeguarding 🚩! One says her school allows it? What about KCSIE? The LADO? I’m bemused.
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For anyone wanting to do a ‘travelling story’ next year for WBD, I heartily recommend
@AnthonyHorowitz
‘s ‘The Man with the Yellow Face’ -carefully split into 6 pages for max. impact, each period had the teacher reading just 1 page… oh, the tension! They loved it!
#WorldBookDay
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An afternoon well-spent! Once again, I am visualiser-ready. 😂 💅 🌺 🌸 💐
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My big girl has been offered, and has accepted, her first teaching role in a school she really likes. She was one of 5 applicants.
I’m so proud I could burst!
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This is like marking a Paper 1, Q2 where the student has written three paragraphs and said nothing of note...
#educationupdate
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Visualiser-ready! 💅 There will be summer, even if it’s just on my nails. ☀️ 🌸
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Doing some weeding and hear ‘no, she’s on holiday, don’t disturb her.’ Look up to see 2 former Y11s walking past the house; told them it was fine. Lovely chat about their summer job successes, seeing them for GCSE results on Thursday, & their next steps. Made my day actually. 😊
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@RogersHistory
Performing to an audience who didn't necessarily want a ticket. Nevertheless, they MUST all enjoy the show! OR ELSE...
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When Y7 suddenly develop some sophistication in their sentence construction and summary writing... 🤔
#wecanuseGoogletookids
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Knock on the door at 8.45am: my neighbour, who with his wife adopted 3 young siblings, asking could I French plaît his daughter’s hair for a weddinglater today; I even managed to thread flowers in her hair to match her dress. One very happy 10yr old 👱🏼♀️and a good deed done!
#happy
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Today the librarians put 🌈 stickers on LGBTQ+ themed book spines. No ‘extra’ display as happened sometimes; instead, they’re where they should be - in the genre stacks but easily found by their own themes. Y8 reading class were delighted!
#visibility
#pride
#LGBTQ
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@jesshardy0
Primary teachers are educational alchemists; as a secondary teacher, I salute you! Apart from the alchemy, the same children all day blows my mind! Plus… bogeys, running noses, the touching, nits and loo accidents? *shudders* Heroes the lot of you!
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Urgh. No. Sorry to be a book-snob, but ‘one of the greatest children’s novelists of all time?’ - what about the tropes, the borderline bigotry? Also, what about the fact that 1000s of brilliant writers can barely get a foot in the door because of celebs saturating the market?
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@shadylady222
I plan to tell mine that every minute they’ve been learning counts. That they’ve made mental connections that’ll never leave them. That evacuees in the war became the gen. that invented colour tv, mobile phones & fake tan! That they’ll all be ok, despite current emotions. 😭
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@matthaig1
After 42 weeks in an eating disorder unit, my daughter came home, and was reunited properly with her daughter. Still a struggle, still hard, but she’s home, and so a small person gets to wake up with her Mummy every day.
#gratefulforwhatwehave
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Pulled out word rainbows as Y10 were struggling with the ‘why’. Linked quote word with end words by deciding on an evaluative verb that worked. The resultant paragraph is theirs: not perfect, but starting to make meaning and link to authorial intent. Baby steps but a great start.
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The small has her Mummy home from hospital for 24 hours, and Aunty is staying overnight too. Small is in heaven right now. So much love in our little house tonight, oh and some matching PJs!
Happy Christmas Eve to you all.
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The Y10 books are on the kitchen table. Just snuck past them to make coffee. Don’t think they saw me…
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@ZoeParamour
That was my first thought too 🙄. Utterly cringeworthy and I’ll bet they’re already on an expenses claim!
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@sherish_o
Happened to me this year, except I’d also put my room number in brackets after my name… 🙋 Miss, why do we need to write your age on our books?
I’m in room 64.
I’m not 50 yet…
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@amymayforrester
Oh no... I got paid, I worked hard. I don’t want a thank you; I just want the media vilification of my profession and colleagues to stop.
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@Teacherglitter
@emmccatt
I’m ageing, overly round, greying & wrinkled, but alive. I could sit on a beach next to a supermodel & not give a flying falloolah!😉 Finally got my bestie into a swimsuit & into the sea-after 20yrs of body apology. I’ve buried too many young friends to apologise for myself! 😘
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Felt v overwhelmed today, but was reminded that I’m new, & perfection isn’t expected. I’m someone who wants to be seen as being 💯 so that’s a personal adjustment.
Tomo, this space will be filled with young people; I don’t want to let them down! It’ll be great to meet them!
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Of all the things I’ve aimed for, the one that I hadn’t imagined has brought me the most joy: being a grandmother to this amazing creature. I have little to no ‘me time’, and this isn’t how imagined my 50s, but I adore this girl with every ounce of my being.
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@HughesHaili
The timeline! ‘Priestley want to influence the audience to change.’ - society had already changed, the warning is about sustaining the chance and not regressing to previously held standards.
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@HeroicMrT
When you’re looking! People who like their schools, or those who do but don’t feel valued in them, rarely repeatedly look for another outside of normal curiosity. 🤷♀️ [voice of experience]
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This human … what happened when told she could choose a treat in Waitrose!
‘Nonna. Why are people looking at me?’ 😂
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Only a total muppet would fail to turn off their 5.30am weekday alarm, right? ⏰
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Born on this day 1897: Enid Blyton. I grew up on The Wishing Chair, The Faraway Tree and later, Mallory Towers. At my school scholarship decision interview (aged 10!), I was advised not to mention to Mother Superior that I read these, as she considered them plebeian!
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Lots of tweets about irritating Y7 Qs which, even though I get the humour, bothers me a bit. Those kids haven’t been in school for half a year in some cases; also, every feeder prob had differing rules? Y7 are asking because inherently they just want to do well and please us. 1/2
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I never knew
@waitrose
did this! Lovely manager was restocking salads whilst we were shopping. He wandered over to tell me that small is the best-behaved, most polite child he’s had in the shop for a long time & asked what would she like for free? Peas. That’s what she wanted!
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@ballater6
I am so fortunate to work for a v flexible & v ‘human’ SLT. My daughter is v poorly & has been for a long time, so I’m my grandaughter’s carer. The accommodations made (dedicated parking, standby staff in case I’m delayed in, understanding I leave ‘early’) make my job doable.
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Double Y10 today: ACC, and yes followers, it was the ‘oh Christmas Dick’ section of the story... 😂 😂
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#10percentbraver
(actually about 90% braver!) today. Didn’t get the role, but so happy for our colleague who did and is now 2IC of English. Didn’t totally embarrass myself in interview, and got some great feedback which is genuinely the best CPD I could’ve asked for!
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Just saw a 20yo I used to teach. 1st thing he said:Miss you told me for yrs I’d bump into you one day & tell you I wished I’d worked harder at school. I can’t go back in time, I wish I could, but could I come in to school to talk to kids who need to buck up a bit? 💙 Bless him.
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@LeeBraganza
2/2 because in terms of fine motor development it disadvantages boys who develop later. Toxic cycle where boys write slowly to be neat, are told to get quicker, so HW becomes messy - lose breaks etc. When we get them, they’ve learnt to dislike writing subjects. 😞
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@TeachLeadAAli
Open University! (Not just for dishwashers…) Studied whilst working as a cover teacher and being a single mum to two teens. 😊
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@ZoeParamour
As a governor, I KNOW how much work goes into inclusion during a challenging education period for some children. On panels I’m explicit: if we can’t safeguard YOU, or others in school because of your actions, we cannot be a safe place. We have a responsibility to you all.
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Hold on! Kristoff in Frozen is Holden Ford in Mindhunter is King George in Hamilton?! 🤯
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My emotions can’t deal…
‘I don’t have a daddy, but I do have a Nonna.’
My heart: simultaneously proud and broken.
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@Strickomaster
I think it goes beyond workload too. Centralised planning, that has been rigorously quality assured, also ensures that there is consistency (not conformity) re: the knowledge taught to children across yr groups. It underpins a high quality curriculum offer at point of delivery.
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@TabitaSurge
Urgh. We have gender neutral loos & afford young people the respect of using the pronouns/names (& uniform) they prefer, including on SIMS. Tiny thing for us; HUGE thing for them. To see a young person beam with joy (as I have this week) at being addressed by their true name? 👍🏻
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@Lit_liverbird
... and we will no doubt be painted one homogeneous colour of cowardly custard yellow when ‘we’ point this out. We will be seen exactly as the lazy caricature that some of the press have presented recently. 🤷♀️
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I arrived at a class today where, again, they weren’t quietly working/waiting. So I asked SLT to support my telling the students again about this. 3 SLT arrived:not one questioned my request, nor spoke for me, they just showed their support for me.
#teamwork
#thankyou
#supportive
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The 6y anniversary of suddenly losing my Dad has proven the hardest so far in many ways … had a really tough few days.
Love this pic though - him visiting the small as a teeny babe: they have the exact same twinkle.
Off to raise a glass now, having gotten through the day.
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I’ve not included area or school, but can we please stop normalising becoming a martyr to this job?
Yes, primary teachers are generally amazing, but ‘superhero’, in a job ad, surely should be the biggest 🚩?!
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@misswfx
Yes, and even better with a little slice of mature cheddar on top. Same treatment for malt loaf and fruit cake. 😋
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@MrScottMaths
@kerridenise
He takes, along with our Y11 progress lead, a registration group of the most challenging Y11 students. He, and his SLT, regularly pop in/through, and only ever ask one question: is everyone working hard enough for you, and can I take anyone away who isn’t?
#howitshouldbe
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@JoannaCannon
That looks like
@BookaBookshop
in Oswestry. Your book event there was the first time my Mum went out, in the evening, unaccompanied, since my Dad died 3 years ago. That's one thing that you & Elsie did.
#booksspreadjoy
#thankyou
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It might not always hit the top ten of amazing things to teach in English but it should! Explicitly teaching sentence structures pays off BIG time in creative and transactional writing. Bonus points for implicit punctuation skills gains for AO6.
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@ShuaibKhan26
Would NEVER happen in my school. We remove students if not satisfied with attitude to learning or application to tasks. No member of SLT would ever ask this; they simply remove them, issue a DT for that night & the student knows they need to say sorry and catch up!
#lovemySLT
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Absolutely delighted
& a little dumbfounded (not often that happens!) to have won the incredibly generous & flattering accolade of ‘Best Teacher’ at
@AvonbourneUL
‘s annual governors’ awards. What an honour. Thanks to my
@UnitedLearning
colleagues.
#AVBProud
indeed.
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One of my dept just messaged to say
@sophieinspace
‘s ‘The House With Chicken Legs’ extract was a huge hit with her Y8 group- because it’s their culture. They told family tales of Baba Yaga & smiled throughout. Seeing yourself is SO important in literature. 🙏
#readingculture
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Today someone told me I seemed ‘really happy and very well’. I replied, ‘thanks, I’ve started on Ritalin.’ They smiled and told me it was obviously working due to how well I look. Smiled and moved on.
*RETINOL* I meant Retinol.
WTH?!
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Wonder if I can set Netflix homework?
#Enola
#EnolaHolmes
would be a fabulous resource for viewing rural v. industrial (London) as content for ACC - what a fabulous film!
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Pressed ‘submit’ on my NPQSL application. 💪🏼
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I did not plan Friday P5 well! Rainy and windy and we got to the ‘Dick’ part of Stave 2… I’m so tired, I broke too 😂, which made Y10 even worse.
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Spotted these in a local charity shop, and can envisage whole class oracy challenges next year with Y7!
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This angel is asleep in my bed, needs comfort after her bestest cat-pal went over the 🌈 bridge today. Whilst I need a good sleep, she needs me more, and that’s fine. Marking can wait until tomorrow.
#love
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@FunkyPedagogy
We have a teacher-reflection section on WCF: what I need to do, not what THEY need to do. Closes the feedback cycle and refines what I adapt for future teaching.
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Made it! 💤
Ended with my Y10 class and me reading ACC to them. One boy smiled at the end and said ‘that brings back such happy memories of being little and having bed time stories, thank you.’ He is a very boyish boy, and his mates are in the class too; they all agreed. 💓
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Finding the right school is everything.
Hearing my HoD say of a responsibility, ‘I trust you. No micromanagement. Let’s just check in about it.’=😃
Interactions with down-to-earth, focused, friendly SLT ‘on the ground’ =😃
Right choice for me.
Let’s see what 25-26 brings.
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@Positivteacha
Some (Y10) boys producing work far above their usual depth of evaluation in English. I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot. Is a remote place, a ‘safer’ place to share deeper thinking for some students? Girls too, but for me, it’s been the boys’ responses that stood out.
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Here we go.
12 years.
Parent; PTA member; cover teacher; EAL assistant; UQ teacher; teacher; middle leader; governor.
Leaver.
So many young people and their families.
Silver lining: endings are followed by new beginnings.
Happy end of term (era).
🏖 💙 🐬
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Wow. Mansplaining periods to NHS staff… a new level of patriarchy right there!
Paul is here with a framework for us to manage our periods at work, ladies.
When you’re stuck in a theatre or in the ED miles from your bag, about to bleed through and your pockets are full of bleeps and phones not tampons and pads, call him for advice. He knows what to do
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@HughesHaili
This is fab for understanding ‘more’ - it has hugely affected the way we’ll approach teaching Mr Birling as a business owner!
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@GCSE_Macbeth
Yes. In an age of witchcraft, a succubus was deeply feared. Masculinity was in a man’s essence providing his vigour and bravery. The witch deliberately targets his essence, to spite his wife. Perhaps a mirror for Macbeth’s ‘fruitless crown’?
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There’s a point in Eng marking where you’re so tired (hello menopause insomnia!) that marking in eves is impossible or useless. So alarm is set for 4am.
I work in a school where workload/well-being is a genuine focus; I’m v grateful for that. Eng marking in general is just mad.
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Find a school where, knowing how challenging your family circumstances are, SLT collude & you are told to leave before the bell on your grandaughter’s birthday in order to attend a tea party with her hospital-bound Mumma. Leadership done right. Thank you
@SarahEdenEllis
et al.
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@victoriasyates
MCQs with closely aligned answers.
Build a bridge between ideas or characters.
‘Controversial POV - use your knowledge to prove me wrong’
If this is the Q, what is the answer?
I am … (eg. I am the word that describes … or I am the event which is the catalyst for …)
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‘He’s just the best cat in the whole universe!’ 🥰 🐈⬛
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New reading log for small. Not sure how many CEW there are in Y2 (
@Teacherglitter
?) but regardless, 71 in week 1 seems like something that warrants a big ole cuddle in the morning!
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Not a fan of:’got fat’ return to work jokes on here. Just a wk after MH week, at a time where the BMJ reports HUGE hikes in Covid eating disorder referrals. Wonder how many are really suffering & then seeing these posts. You wouldn’t joke about other MH conditions like this...
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Small asked to speak to her teacher today after a visit to the library in her new school. Apparently she wanted to discuss removing DW books from the library & replacing them with ‘good books by proper writers who write nice, kind stories for children.’ Oops but also, v proud.
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@ScottPughsley
Secondary. In my experience, having the date is useful in the feedback cycle. Also, I do *care* about title being correct & underlined because, for me, in my classroom, it’s the 1st indication that they’re listening to shared expectations & rising to those expectations.
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Small got to bring the circle time book home and has read it to me this morning. She also tells me that ‘I put my hand up on the pink crayon page & told the teacher there was no such thing as a girl colour or a boy colour!’
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@brassoteach
That every single day, without exception, at least one student amazes or amuses me, regardless of the stress of my day, or my mood. And every one of those days is unique.
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Wonder how many of us are settling in to read the Ofsted English review this eve? 🙋🏻♀️
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