MrBower

Geography Teacher & Personal Development lead.

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

@GeeTheExplorer 30 mins 😭

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

Teaching the same lesson to 30 students with different needs would be similar to a doctor trying to help 30 patients with different needs at the same time with the same treatment.

We need more adults, and we need more planning time to do what is needed in classrooms.

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

@MrMLorne 🥰

[Amy Forrester @amymayforrester]

If there’s one plea I could make ahead of GCSE results day tomorrow, it’s in the way the media and other commentators talk about GCSE grades.
Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

@ashleigh_pain Thank you for this. I would love a copy if you wouldn’t mind sharing. Thank you

[Simon Beale @SPBeale]

With the manifestos for the main parties announced I have shared a General Election summary with staff and students ahead of our mock election. Fully hyperlinked for anyone that wants to look up their constituency, candidates and compare their personal political philosophy.

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

@DeputyGrocott And mine 😂

[Hectic Teacher 🐈‍⬛🐾☕ @HecticTeacher]

Not sure if it's a sign of burn out or overwhelmed or what but I cannot lift my narky mood at the moment.
Everything is annoying
I don't want to deal with people or life outside my house.

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

@janehines27 @AdrianBethune Just pop them in the bin 😂

[Mouhssin Ismail @Mouhssin_Ismail]

The best well-being initiative you can offer staff in schools is exceptional behaviour.

[Ｗ 𝗜 𝗦 𝗘 𝗖 𝗢 𝗡 𝗡 𝗘 𝗖 𝗧 𝗢 𝗥 ™ 💬 @wiseconnector]

It’s the right thing to do

[Ｗ 𝗜 𝗦 𝗘 𝗖 𝗢 𝗡 𝗡 𝗘 𝗖 𝗧 𝗢 𝗥 ™ 💬 @wiseconnector]

Reminder

[Mr Pughsley🌍📚🌳 @ScottPughsley]

You’re 100% replaceable at work, you’re irreplaceable to your family... think carefully about which one you put first.

[Ashleigh Pain @ashleigh_pain]

The OFQUAL Level 2 Youth Mental Health Qualification, is being delivered again in 2024.

It is available to students aged 14+ and also staff teams.

For information, please email [email protected]

[Ian Timbrell @ITimbrell]

My parents or school never read stories with two dads to me.

I never saw pride flags as a kid.

I didn’t learn the word gay until I was in secondary school.

I didn’t see any gay role models on tv.

But I’m gay, and always have been.

Straight representation didn’t make me straight. Gay representation won’t make kids gay.

But not having a variety of representation will make some kids feel like they don’t belong, or are wrong.

If people won’t allow children to see the diversity of families, they’re failing them and putting their own prejudice above the wellbeing of their children.

Section 28 banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools and is still having effects today, despite being repealed 20 years ago.

Ignorance or bigotry can no longer be used as an excuse and all children should see versions of themselves in our schools and in their lives.

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

Hello weekend 😭

[Teacher's Manual @UnofficialOA]

Shout out to every teacher who has all the energy in the world as long as they’re up and moving but the moment they sit down on a sofa they fall asleep.

#edutwitter

[MrBower @BowerGeog]

@mrwest_96 I hear you

[Head of Geog (Duncan John) @HeadofGeog]

Drawing tectonic plate margins: I made this sheet to help students do simple line diagrams of the physical processes required in the AQA GCSE natural hazards topic. Based on the OUP textbook. Resource with animated gap-fill answers in shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher