Mr EJ Hughes

• History teacher based in the North West, always looking for fresh ideas and to network 😊

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@mrs_denglish Thank you :)

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

A real pinch me moment… 2020 failing my second placement as an ITT and wondering if teaching was for me to 2026 leading history in a school and that school becoming the first secondary school in the country to get exceptional in all areas under the new framework 🙂‍↔️😁

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@dare_richard Thank you :)

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@KyrstieStubbs Thank you :)

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@ZHighflyer Just going off what OFSTED told us! They did mention a primary school, but told us directly we were the first secondary 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@joel120193 Thank you :)

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@1917AndAllThat I also quit… but jumped before I was pushed I always thought. It’s all luck of the drawn, especially mentor wise. I’ve been really lucky since! And also, I think the failure made me better !!

[Mr EJ Hughes @HisHughes]

@1917AndAllThat Thank you!!! Funny how things work out 😅

[ᴅᴏᴏᴍᴇɴɪᴄ @dinosaur_info]

spitting fire right out the gate

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

Basically the Save the West battle cry by Gustav Mahler

[Pope Crave @ClubConcrave]

Pope Leo quotes Gandalf in encyclical debut:

“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”

[Chris Fralic @chrisfralic]

I used AI to process the "Magnifica Humanitas" encyclical letter from @Pontifex about AI, turning 37,000 words into a 7 minute video

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
https://t.co/6i9MWs6LJl

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

🚨New paper released today:

10 Common SEN Mis(Interventions)—An Evidence Summary

https://t.co/8lQNH00Co4

Supporting students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is a vital and growing challenge for schools. But it’s not straightforward. Learning is complex, marketing claims are confident, and the evidence is often hard to access. As a result, we can sometimes end up adopting approaches which are less effective than we initially think.

For some, this may well be uncomfortable reading. As a profession, many of us have put time, effort and belief into these things, and lots will have seen students who looked like they were getting something from it. However, it’s essential that we temper our intuition with evidence, because ultimately: our most vulnerable students deserve it.

This new paper co-authored with @Barker_J is an attempt to raise the visibility of the best available evidence around several commonly used SEN interventions. For each, we provide an overview of what the research says, offer a more informed approach, and provide a suite of rigorous links to help you get started.

We hope it will serve as a useful resource and over time: push us to be even more 'evidence demanding' as a profession.

As ever, let me know what you think. If you have pushes or suggestions for how this paper could be better, hit reply and give it to me straight.

👊

[Bara @trickyinvestor]

Regardless of football, this is the kind of mindset everyone should have.

Just because I’m tired doesn’t mean I’m done. I’m only done when it’s actually finished. And that’s something I’ve been learning the hard way.

[key 🃏 @catboycrosshair]

“I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see” is one of THE star wars line this century and something that has never left my mind since watching it. truly something that would make an ancient greek poet sob

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

And there is it…

No matter how much we talk about being vulnerable and employing psychological safety…these environments are complex, fragile, unpredictable, subject to individual lenses and eclectic cultural norms…

In football, head coaches/managers (probably) can’t admit to being vulnerable or show vulnerability
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[kc @broken_sonnets]

A reminder that this remains one of the greatest speeches ever delivered across any medium

[Benjamin Butterworth @benjaminbutter]

This has blown me away. Queen Elizabeth II left instructions that a seat be reserved for the husband of Alistair Bruce - a same-sex marriage - at her funeral 🥺

Bruce was senior in the British Army and arguably the only person to interview The Queen. She knew he would be on air for her funeral. @GylesB1

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 – 2022.

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