East Belfast Primary Principal

Principal | Teacher of 30 years | Husband | Father | Born, bred & buttered in East Belfast | All views my own | Trying to stay unjaded

[Education NI @Education_NI]

📽️ WATCH | Next week, the Department of Education will launch the new Northern Ireland Curriculum for public consultation.

Teachers, subject leaders and academics have been central to shaping it, with 13 subject working groups coming together to develop plans for what will be taught in each subject.

We've been speaking to some of those involved to hear more about their experiences and hopes for the new curriculum.

👉 Watch to find out more.

@lucy_crehan @Counsell_C

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Professional Jonathan Haidt warns against Ai being introduced into schools, saying it will damage their wellbeing just as Social Media has.

https://t.co/vezURxHyLe

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

An interesting (and brave) discussion for sure … https://t.co/Yyq8qLCIA5

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

I mean, he’s not wrong is he?

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/6hDbGbFX2K

[NAHT Northern Ireland @NAHT_NI]

Following direct intervention from NAHT, a revised timetable for implementing both the new curriculum framework and qualifications reform has been issued today, providing an additional year to allow the system to stabilise.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @Education_NI I think we’re talking past each other here. I’m not anti-knowledge, & I agree theory & practice are connected by evidence. My concern is keeping space for judgment, context, & craft alongside formal theory — & with where the current trajectory appears to be taking us as a system

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/cVWtxoM2RN… Real reform builds on success. TransformED risks breaking strong parts of NI education while chasing theory over practice — exactly the mistake Ken Robinson cautions against. #EducationNI @Education_NI #TransformED

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @Education_NI @Ed_Authority @tgeducation Agreed. Teaching is far more than imparting knowledge; reducing it to that misses its intellectual and human complexity.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/JvVNkUK8ix

Teaching: art form or science?
It’s undoubtedly BOTH.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge. It is greater than the sum of its parts & certainly not painting by numbers!

@Education_NI @Ed_Authority @tgeducation @DrWHKitchen
#TransformED

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@FakeHeadTeachNI School closures, mergers and redundancies … but sure, why prepare @Education_NI ?

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @tgeducation Those promoting TransformED should be wary of becoming what they claim to be correcting: unchallengeable, unlistening, and insulated from the realities & subtleties of classrooms.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @tgeducation A critique of method isn’t a rejection of content. Dismissing Gallagher ad hominem is premature; serious reform must remain alert to unintended consequences.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@tgeducation @Education_NI @Ed_Authority @InfoCcms @CSSC_NI @NAHT_NI @ASCL_UK

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Sobering reading. Highlights exactly why NI must avoid repeating England’s mistakes: ideological reforms, diminished teacher professionalism, & policy made above the heads of those who deliver it. We need open, honest, locally grounded conversations, not pre-packaged solutions.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Sobering reading. Highlights exactly why NI must avoid repeating England’s mistakes: ideological reforms, diminished teacher professionalism, & policy made above the heads of those who deliver it. We need open, honest, locally grounded conversations, not pre-packaged solutions.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

RE & Collective Worship in NI Schools

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Don’t ask questions if your not prepared to hear the answers … https://t.co/2VmW1FWAqR

[HeadteacherNI @FakeHeadTeachNI]

Being a primary head is a ‘very stressful and lonely job’

https://t.co/nYnPB8Io7l

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/M3EF1hNdk4