Rick Barnes

Mountain Bike, Canoe, Climb, 3 kids and a little bit of IT and computing teaching. Raspberry Pi Certified Educator.

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@MrsHJT_ @EmileyDavies We were jist saying today (inset day mostly planning time) that 4 days a week and one planning day woild be a great balance. It's 2 more hours than we get each week but put together....

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@Harrison_Gorst @Alex_Bramley3 All students wear blazers some male staff wear a jacket, but i don't think any of the female staff do. If my classroom was at a temp I'd be comfortable wearing a jacket at the pupils would be bringing hot water bottles and blankets...

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@przemek_kedzior @PratikxPatel @Alan_Couzens 50 pull ups is a lot more than 50 push ups or 50 squats...

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@Alan_Couzens Just about there with the first 2. No idea about the 3rd.

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@rarthurtweets @Replit @RaspberryPi_org Loving this and looking forward to testing it. Hoping that I will be able to give pupils html templates to develop with multiple pages.

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@Thinkingschool2 Thats assuming your school can get supply teachers to come back after their first visit...

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@tombennett71 I've done lots of team building and problem solving activities with businesses children etc and think they have value and will do them again . However we all have much better things to do on the first day back and/or the first lesson with each class.

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@jb967new @tombennett71 I'd prefer to sit down with the new staff have a cuppa and chat about what we all got up to over the summer.

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@secretHT1 Or just don't do displays.... Drawing pins for the win.

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@traumateacherUK @RogersHistory That comes back to can't afford again. Cctv is not cheap.

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@RogersHistory Its not just the teachers that suffer. All of the support staff too and the pupils who are actually there to learn amd should feel safe.

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@shottaway12 @vicgoddard I presume you get paid for the hours you work. Not a fixed pay regardless of the hours it takes to complete it

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@CyberSwitchUp I'd love to get involved however there are no contact details on the website that are not blocked in schools. Twitter, instagram and tiktok.

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@EdTechSpec @alicekeeler @lktwins5 I think I'd prefer my students to be knitting and distracted over disruptive to others. However not sure I'd trust them with knitting needles in school.

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@HMRCcustomers How do I get to speak to someone? On hold for over an hour no way to chat online with a person?

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@missdcox Unfortunately uniforms are now logo covered expensive items that still don't fit many kids. It would be cheaper to shop at next in some cases. Simple uniforms with many key cheap items. Shops selling school shoes that arent shoes etc...

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@MartinSLewis The issue isn't just inflation now. Many of us have had pay freezes for the last 10 years. Compared to payrises inline with inflation I'm probably £20-40k worse off.

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@MarkSouthwell7 @MartinSLewis Many oublic sector employees have not been on strike and have had pay freezes for the past 10 years.

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@REHenrick1 Training for something specific? Got my second ever half ironman at the end of term.