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mrsspalding.bsky.social
Secondary school Deputy Headteacher | English teacher | NPQH | MA Education | Wrestling fan | Hana’s mum
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My daughter’s primary and preschool have nailed it. School dinners and PE lessons since Jan. Now she’s started transition days she already feels like she goes there! We are so lucky.
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I bet! Wholly deserved 👏👏👏
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This is wonderful!
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Separate queues?! This was a thing? Horrific.
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AKA a power team 😜💪
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Yes, a married couple! 😅
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😂😅🤣
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And of course… youtu.be/M_0ab88vqRo?...
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Have you come across this? youtu.be/sBIt90OiqlQ?...
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I can’t help but our Head of Languages can. Will ask. Thanks to her brilliance I’m off to the German Ambassador’s residence soon. As you do.
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Take a look at the results here 👇
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Wales doesn’t have EHCPs and the analysis her by David Thomas is really interesting. open.substack.com/pub/thingsda...
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Well done! Know how hard it can be to carve out that time for yourself. So often when it feels almost selfish to do so is when it is most necessary and beneficial.
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😘😘😘
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Thank you to @mrsspalding.bsky.social and @lindsaykittens.bsky.social for good examples in schools. Thanks @teachingofsci.bsky.social @joannelouisehayley.bsky.social @anotherjules.bsky.social @doctorpreece.bsky.social @rhid83.bsky.social @risu.bsky.social for your thoughts/support/resource ideas.
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😘😘😘
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Schools serving disadvantaged communities suffer the most from the recruitment and retention crisis this has driven, he adds
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All of this impacts on ASCL members and NEU members - "squeezed resources and sky high expectations have acted like a pincer movement on the profession", he says
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He highlights the "vital" relationship between ASCL and NEU
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He highlights funding, recruitment and retention crisis and Ofsted as the crucial issues facing everyone working in education