Julie McCracken

Teacher, trainer, coach, facilitator and author of Clean Language in the Classroom - creating conditions for you and the children in your care to flourish.

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@hellocupa @SwailesRuth You love it - they learn so fast 🙂

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@JohnBaldLangLit @teachwellall I worked in a school where lining up was not done. There was no chaos. The children used their brains to navigate and demonstrated civilised behaviour. This prepared them for the real world, where mostly we don’t line up formally and mostly are civilised when entering rooms.

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@ballater6 @DavidDidau One problem with the AST role was that it involved leaving the classroom (!) to support other teachers and other schools. AST’s own class taught by teaching assistants or supply teachers - not ideal.

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@RobHollingswor7 @LauBingham 🤣

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@peinkoffer @MrJtalks Did the pupils design it?

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@RobHollingswor7 @LauBingham 2. … between the arms! … and then had it painfully, with difficulty wrenched off by the headmaster, much to the awe wonder (and maybe, delight?) of the audience. I have

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@RobHollingswor7 @LauBingham 1Have you ever sat (at the front) in a little Victorian wooden spindle chair with arms (designed for infant children), in a special class assembly, with 300 children, parents and staff - and discovered your bum was firmly stuck! Your hip bones wouldn’t pass back through the space

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Buzzing with excitement in my beekeeper suit! 🐝 Did you know beekeeping turns your garden into a thriving ecosystem while giving you delicious, home-harvested honey? 🍯 It's a sweet hobby that supports our environment too! #Beekeeping #NatureLover #SustainableLiving

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@dave_mcpartlin When I started my teacher training in 1973 corporal punishment was still happening. When I finished in 1976 it had been banned… thank goodness!

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@Matt_Pinner Sir

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@MrARawlings @TFinnKelcey 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

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@vagabond_76 @miss_gauld Meow!😸

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@naomicfisher They developed intrinsic motivation consciously and their own ‘celebrations/intrinsic rewards’. Complete ownership - not a gold star in sight.

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@naomicfisher In my classes we (each individual) modelled our sense of satisfaction/pride/or whatever derived from a something ‘well done’. The children learned to access this state whenever the chose to - and thereby gave themselves their own reward, whenever they decided they deserved it.

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@kateowbridge I built something in the side, and was able to step away a few years ago.

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@MaryWBousted Congratulations ❤️

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@ballater6 @dave_mcpartlin I built up a side income which enabled me to leave a few years ago. I still sometime go in on supply because I enjoy the job and I no longer have that peripheral pressure. Start working on your plan B.

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@ProfDanielMuijs @StuartLock The children in my classes could always leave whenever they needed to for toilet, or for stretch (brain break). (Of course if they left and did something they shouldn’t, it would be breaking our agreed rules). I found there was less silliness-the children became more responsible.

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@KyrstieStubbs What are the symptoms of ‘normal’ please? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a definition. I don’t think I have it but am open to check it out.