Ex-English and Film Studies teacher, and Head of Year; now dog walker. Polygamist reader with an endless TBR pile. Amateur and sporadic blogs can be found here:
@hanthethinks The opening of Wallace and Gromit 'The wrong Trousers' is perfect for this - you get panning shots of the home, interaction between the characters, and not a single word spoken
@bw_english I keep a record of what I've done and set myself a target for the week. I started this in Jan and used treats at various stages: 4 weeks of completing target, then 5 weeks from that, then 6 weeks from that... Stuff like new leggings, a cheat tea, something off the wish list.
My friend Steve is getting a kitten & he let his 10 year old son name it, and he chose 'Steve.' Every time I think about it I start laughing again. Hi have you met my cat, he is also called Steve
This is not okay.
Would we ignore it as a "clumsy act of exploration" if a student was brandishing their penis in the classroom? Sexual exploration should never be at the detriment of others.
Male pupils sending naked photographs of themselves to female classmates is not a safeguarding issue for schools, @Ofstednews chief inspector @amanda_spielman has told #edselctte MPs today #everyonesinvited https://t.co/M8aZ3Vw0gf
Kids need books for summer reading!
So here’s a giveaway! 10 copies of: EngiNerds, Revenge of the EngiNerds, and Give This Book a Cover. I’ll pick one winner here and one on Instagram.
If you can get these books into kids’ hands, RT this tweet & follow me to enter to win them!
We have worked our absolute butts off across this year, had to adapt continuously with a moment’s notice, and are currently in the midst of the absolute nightmare of evidence marking and collating. Across my nearly 20 years in education, never have so many hours been worked.
I love scam phone calls.
I pretend I'm an old Scottish woman desperate to pay them.
My record's an hour.
I pretended to go to the toilet 4 times during that one & spent half an hour reading out my card details incorrectly.
At one point I said my couch was on fire.
Great fun
@misslkfidler13 I'm now following you in the hope that the cute pics will keep coming!
Don't let the haters get you down. It's your profile, not theirs.