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Kerry, Ireland
Joined March 2018
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MaireadOoh retweeted
I think we need to be realistic that class teachers are not Ed Psychs, psychologists, therapeutic experts, bouncers, social workers, the police etc. There needs to be a full recognition that their role is to teach the curriculum, not be all things to all people spread too thin.
MaireadOoh retweeted
Well, I guess since this study exists (n=75), I’ll ignore that in every classroom I’ve ever worked in, kids with fidgets who move around a lot are a persistent distraction to everyone else in the room and literally never know what’s going on when I call on them.
MaireadOoh retweeted
@ShawnDatchuk developed a handwriting intervention (irrc.education.uiowa.edu/lif…). We studied the effect with students with intellectual disability and found solid effects. @ResearchGate
@IAReading @CECMembership @reading_league @ILAToday @UFLiteracy researchgate.net/publication…
MaireadOoh retweeted
What does truly student-centered learning even mean? Perhaps it’s about ensuring kids actually learn, using effective methods.
Coaching, leadership, culture—it’s all here. 🎙️
educationrickshaw.com/2026/0…
MaireadOoh retweeted
The multiple strategy approach for teaching math should be abandoned. I have been saying this for years. It doesn't align with common sense or effective practice.
This is a good article.
edweek.org/teaching-learning…
MaireadOoh retweeted
Scroll by—that’s fine.
Just know you’re passing up the most legendary collection of creative challenge worksheets ever assembled in the history of the universe. No cap.
drive.google.com/drive/folde…
MaireadOoh retweeted
10 Things Educators Need During a School Break and Why
1. Sleep without an alarm
Your nervous system has been living on adrenaline and cortisol. Deep rest helps reset the brain restore emotional regulation and improve memory mood and immune function.
2. Silence and nothingness
The brain needs quiet to downshift from constant decision making. Mental stillness reduces cognitive overload and allows the prefrontal cortex to come back online.
3. A non rushed bathroom visit
Having to suppress basic bodily needs keeps the brain in a low level stress state. Unrushed bathroom access restores a sense of safety dignity and control which directly calms the nervous system.
4. Laughter that makes your stomach hurt
Laughter releases endorphins and dopamine which naturally reduce stress and anxiety. It also reminds your brain and body that joy still exists outside of survival mode.
5. Connection with people who do not need anything from you
Educators give all day long. Low demand relationships restore emotional energy and protect against compassion fatigue.
6. A slow bath or shower in the morning
Warm water activates the parasympathetic nervous system lowering cortisol and muscle tension. A slow start to the day tells the brain you are safe and not in crisis mode.
7. Food that is eaten slowly and actually enjoyed
Mindful eating supports digestion stabilizes blood sugar and calms the nervous system. Your body deserves nourishment not rushed fuel.
8. Time without solving problems
Constant problem solving keeps the brain in threat detection mode. Breaks from decision making allow the nervous system to recalibrate and reduce mental exhaustion.
9. Reminders that you are more than your job
Identity overload increases burnout risk. Engaging in hobbies or creativity activates different neural pathways and restores a sense of wholeness.
10. A true break with compassion for yourself
Compassion fatigue is real. Prolonged caring without recovery depletes emotional reserves. Rest and self kindness rebuild resilience empathy and long term sustainability.
Final Thought
School breaks are not a luxury. They are neurological and emotional repair time. Rest is not quitting. Rest is what allows educators to return regulated connected and able to keep doing the work that matters so deeply.
MaireadOoh retweeted
What are 10 easy ways to improve your students literacy outcomes??
Join me and @moorhead_emily for this short, 15 minute webinar segment to learn 10 simple strategies you can make to your literacy routine to improve your students’ decoding skills, fluency skills, spelling skills and so much more!! #SOR #StructuredLiteracy @moorhead_emily @IDA_Ontario
youtu.be/pdSkPds3TIM?si=8aHk…
MaireadOoh retweeted
Ole Ole Ole 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Full match report here or on rte.ie/sport : rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/111…
MaireadOoh retweeted
In a new manifesto, a prominent literacy scholar explains why a popular method for teaching reading in elementary and middle schools is failing children and tamping down reading achievement. hechingerreport.org/proof-po… (1/4) 🧵
MaireadOoh retweeted
“English has a unique spelling system because its words have origins in multiple languages… the different languages have different ways of pronouncing the words and this affects spelling.” Devin Kearns
This is a must-read article for any teacher who has said (or thought) “English is just crazy” and “many words just break the rule!” The fact is, only 4% of English words do not follow any known rule or spelling pattern while a whopping 96% of English words do!
Once you learn WHY words are spelled and pronounced the way they are, you’ll see that English is not crazy at all!! #SoRticle
SORticle: Helping Students Read Long Words, by D. Kearns and V. Whaley
education.ufl.edu/patterson/…
#SoRticle
MaireadOoh retweeted
I’ve connected B2 ON Language continuum w/the UFLI scope and sequence. (Blue - kindie, green - gr1, yellow - gr2). Anyone else do this yet? (Review concepts were a given, I just didn’t highlight) I’d love to chat to see if you’ve found the same or if I should make some changes.
MaireadOoh retweeted
The biggest story in Ireland on @X is Harvey Sherratt
Morrison (RIP🙏)
I'm surprised but I'm not shocked that @rtenews or @RTE_PrimeTime haven't covered it.
It appears @SimonHarrisTD has had no contact with @GillSherratt23
@Stephen63224725
since Harvey died.
#JusticeForHarvey – at Ireland
Think @SimonHarrisTD , please think as a parent of young children..
While you make their breakfast, I stare at the open tin of formula that sustained Harvey’s body for the last 8 years trying to decide what to do with it.
While you tuck them in to bed, I’m trying to decide if we should turn Harvey’s bedroom light off.
While you shop for school clothes, I try to decide what to do with the large bag of new clothes I had just bought Harvey for school.
While you brush their teeth, I think about the little box of Harvey’s teeth I have sitting on his bookshelf.
While you brush their hair, I think about how glad I am that Harvey had just got a hair cut so he looked his best in his casket.
While you sit and watch tv at night, I sit and watch Harvey’s old shows so the house is filled with the noises it was when he was still with us.
While you get them a drink, I think about how Harvey was begging us for a drink but we couldn’t give him one.
While you create memories with your children, I think about how memories are all we have left, and any future memories made will always have a void.
While you kiss them goodbye for the day, I think about when I kissed Harvey goodbye for the last time.
#ResignHarris #JusticeForHarvey
MaireadOoh retweeted
That’s not just a tackle — that’s attitude, effort, will.
Not every moment screams skill — some whisper it in effort.
A chase. A reach. A flick.
Not for glory — but for the team.
That’s what wanting it more looks like.
It takes something deeper to dig in, to chase back, to get that flick.
It’s workrate. It’s will. It’s a mindset.
And it’s everything.
MaireadOoh retweeted
It's the summer holidays, which means that I have **two copies** of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Simply **retweet** this tweet for your chance to win a copy.
I will pick two winners on Sunday 17th August.
Good luck!
MaireadOoh retweeted
Quoted in @EconTalker:
"The big mistake we have made in the United States is to assume that if we want students to be able to think, then our curriculum should give our students lots of practice thinking. This is a mistake because what our students need is more to think with." econtalk.org/read-like-a-cha…
MaireadOoh retweeted
Clifford: The Day He Chose Greatness Differently
David Clifford scored 0-9 in an All-Ireland Final, and somehow that’s not the headline.
Because what defined him yesterday wasn’t just what he did on the ball, it was what he chose not to do.
He stayed wide. He stayed high. He stayed out of the chaos, often drifting where he wouldn’t see possession for minutes at a time, not because he wasn’t needed, but because he understood what the team needed more.
Space. Structure. Stretch. Options.
Every great forward wants the ball. On All-Ireland Final day, every fibre of him must have craved it. But Clifford’s greatness wasn’t in demanding the moment it was in elevating the players around him, in choosing to create rather than consume.
He let Gavin White own the early tempo.
He let Joe O’Connor storm the middle third.
He let Paudie conduct the attack.
And still he scored nine.
That’s not just leadership. That’s clarity, humility, and trust on the grandest stage.
For me, that’s what sets him apart.
Not the points tally. Not the two-pointers.
But the quiet discipline of a player who could have made it all about himself and didn’t.
That’s why for me he’s the best we’ve ever seen.
MaireadOoh retweeted
Whenever people talk and/or complain about the Irish education system and make comparisons with the education system in Finland 🇫🇮, just show them this. #edchatie
