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@MsSmaraw

Mum• Educator. AHT. Love: children’s books, holidays, research, sleeping, documentaries and disinfectant 🤣#primary #teacher #AHT

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Joined February 2009
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How often are you observed/ ‘learning walked’ in your school? Are you told when it’s happening? Are you given a specific time? General thoughts on observations welcome.
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This!
Abroad and balanced curriculum. 🇸🇨 (@VerandaThought) profile pictureAbroad and balanced curriculum. 🇸🇨@VerandaThought20 Mar 2024
Replying to @VerandaThought @weepforsleep
2) I'm pretty confident cover would be found if necessary, as an SLT we're committed to doing what's right. Back in Nov my head came and reminded me, as a new dad, to check if my little one had any Christmas parties, Nativity events or the like and get them in the school diary.
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Just going to leave these little blast from the past beauties here. Oh to be 15 again when the biggest decision was which one to buy with the Saturday job earnings 😊 🤣
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Does anyone have the most up to date figures on elective home schooling numbers?
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Right, so those with kids at uni living away from home, how’s your bank balance? I thought kids were expensive as babies, narrowly followed by being a young teenage, but this uni phase is a whole other level. Seriously, how? He’s taken every loan but it’s nowhere near enough.
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Great discussion around Instructional Coaching with @HughesHaili @IRIS_Connect
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Can’t wait to read!
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Tell me what teaching reading looks like in KS1 at your school? We’re a junior and I have knowledge of our feeder Infant but would like a broader picture. #primaryschool #teachers #teaching
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Not a stirring question- a genuine one. Which other professions observe and monitor their employees as often as teachers? Please comment which profession and how often. Some teachers are being monitored more several times a week! Leaders of schools, how often do you observe?
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Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do about dogs going crazy at mopeds. It’s a typical Friday night and everyone and their dog (😉) is ordering from deliveroo, just eat, etc and there are constant mopeds in our road and the dog is barking every time 😩😩
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A lot of talk of pens and pencils.
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This poem is pinned on my board in my office. Sometimes you need to stop and think.There have been times in my career when I have fussed too much at the wrong time about kids not having items.A TA saw it on my wall a couple of months ago, loved it and photocopied it for her desk.
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Schools are complex. Of course they are. One word will never be enough to ‘sum it up.’ Drop the word - keep the report. Am I missing something here? I know ofsted can’t make the change, so whoever it it that can, needs to and soon. Write the report; drop the word.🤷‍♀️
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#RememberingRuth 💔
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Tricky one for London teachers and students this week.
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Brilliant stuff again for us Junior schools. Thanks @Suchmo83
Christopher Such (@Suchmo83) profile pictureChristopher Such@Suchmo837 Jan 2024
This blog provides excellent advice for those working in KS2-KS4. And those who teach in these year phases will likely have a follow-up question: "In practical terms, what is the 'decoding threshold' below which older pupils require phonics interventions?" >>
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Same accommodation and same resort. Half term price costs a staggering £1450 more to experience exactly the same thing. 😡😡😡
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A 🧵on secondary parents’ evening. The pandemic gave us the gift of online parents’ evening. For me, walking around the school, missing appointments, over- running appointments, people jumping the time queue etc was always annoying. 1/n
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To add. I’m not suggesting never going into school. I’m just talking about parents’ evening. Of course, there are other times to go into schools. Meetings, exhibitions, concerts, award ceremonies etc
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I said as long as you can see a teacher in-person if you need/ want to about particular issues, isn’t that ok? Have you asked to see a teacher in-person about something and they’ve said no? No, was the answer. 4/n
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Am I in the minority about this? Online parents’ evening is win win for everyone, no? And you can still see a teacher’s facial expressions and hear the words they are saying whether it’s online or in-person, no?
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