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Any parents out there who can beat a 4:17 get up this morning?

Just been informed that another child pushed my son down the mide at soft play today

I read somewhere that the new Ofsted framework is "an inch thick and a mile wide" and after reading my schools report this morning I definitely agree. Vaguest of vague

Is "Memory is yhe residue of thought" the new Lazlo "Hierarchy of Needs" for staff meetings?

How do you democratically tell a parent that their kid is in "bottom set?" I think they've asked expecting this answer but not entirely sure they will accept it

Updated list of the worst people on the planet: 1. Mini Whiteboard wobblers 2. People who refer to inequalities as crocodiles 3. Vinted sellers who use bin bags/cereal boxes to send their clothes 4. Terrorists/murderers 5. Tommy ten names

I with @amymayforrester.bsky.social on this one. In terms of music taste and in terms of social skills open.spotify.com/episode/01Aq...

I have front row seats for an Ashes test match...

@adamboxereducation.bsky.social I might have found a flaw in your behaviour analogy

@studymaths.bsky.social has been recommended by Mr. P and I feel like he has opened a gate a lot of maths teachers were keeping

Update: students will now do homework but in their allocated free time where they don't participate in a language

Has anyone paid for Maths Genie at there school this year? The new set up looks good, I just dont know what the premium gets you #mathstoday #edusky

For those invested, these students also get to arrive 5 minutes late and leave 10 minutes early. So 25% of the class miss 25% of each lesson and do no homework to make up for it

Ive made such a conscious effort this week to do this 100% of the time and my god this is the most small change big impact thing I have ever done

The behaviour policies that work are the ones that start off strong to begin with. It might feel morally unjust at times but if leaders are sitting in that uncomfortable position it means they are not making exceptions which will eventually make the system flawed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anybody else feel like their biggest impact on outcomes isn't teaching or behaviour but apathy? Feel like there are so many kids that can achieve but just have no motivation to

I never understand ofsted being "in the area." Like do have a Groupon for the local Travel Lodge

Nah im sorry Gilbert wasnt a villain he was a realist

The difficult second album. I wanted to write something about how I feel like teachers expectations have made me think "well I wouldn't have done that when I was at school"

Need to make sure that my year 7 support group can do things like basic column addition of integers but have no clue where to start with finding resources. Can anyone help??

Mad how gambling adverts have been added to KCSIE yet everytime I watch a U rated film with my son on Tubi every ad is gambling related

1st day back insets are like marking, everyone complains, no one sees the benefits but no one decides to do it differently

I think awaiting trial for murder would have less impending doom than the last weekend of the summer holidays

My two worlds collide...

More experienced heads (and former heads) of maths. How many marks off a grade boundary is worth obtaining a copy of the papers and seeking a remark?

Worked at a school where a member of staff had a 0.6 contract over 5 days a week. She didnt teach first or last period so she could do the school run. Do not understand why more schools don't accommodate childcare for members of staff, especially if they're very good

Anybody else a bit miffed by the change in grade boundaries by Edexcel? Felt like it was a bit shift this year in foundation got a fair few 149, and 150 kids who any other year would be a grade 4

Forgot to connect to the holiday home WiFi and I've lost a 3 year Kindle streak 😭

"There's a gender gap in attainment" "White people don't get as good grades" Yes, because they've been living im a system that benefits them since for centuries. Why does there need a to a focus on the attainment of White Males when statistically they'll get paid the most anyway?

Just been on the train for an hour next to an American woman on "vacation." Putting that in speech marks because she spent the entire journey on a Teams call

Imagine the damage your ego would take knowing that 1 in 4 people would choose the talk to a literal bin instead of you

Took the substack plunge. Middle leadership is something that can be done in solitude, thankfully that wasn't the case for me! I just wanted to write a piece for future HoDs of all the things that helped my during my first year in post (you all get a shout out too you lovely lot)

Remember kids Jeremy Clarkson scored 2 Q's ans a Z in his A Levels and now he's sat crying in a field as he evidently didn't learn anything about climate change

@adamboxereducation.bsky.social putting a great post on Twitter about building relationships and behaviour. One thing that always gets neglected is that building relationships is a two way street. You (teacher) can't form a relationship with someone (pupil) if they dont want to form one with you