Mrs O’Hanlon

Primary School Teacher and Forest School Teacher. Child Development Enthusiast. Views are my own.

[Mrs O’Hanlon @KAOH1977]

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@BBCNewsnight @hawkins_carole From Cllr Ewart, Suffolk

Following the meningitis outbreak in Kent, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have issued the following which you may find helpful. Copy & share

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[Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth]

After leading 41 training sessions, visiting 27 schools and working with thousands of teachers since January, I think I’ve got a fairly good handle on the mood in the profession. Here’s what I’ve observed.
Everyone is working flat out. Harder than they’ve ever worked before.

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

In December 1968, a young mother in Ireland wakes from a four-day coma, her body ravaged by her third pregnancy in less than two years. The twins she delivered are healthy, but May McGee has nearly paid for them with her life...

Her doctor's words are blunt. Another pregnancy could kill her. He writes a prescription for a diaphragm and spermicidal jelly, contraceptives she cannot legally obtain in her own country. The only option is to import them from the UK.

When the package arrives at Irish customs, it's seized. Officials deliver a chilling warning to the McGees: attempt this again, and face prosecution. May McGee, just 24 years old with four children born in 23 months, is told by her government that her life is less important than a law written in 1935.

She refuses to accept it. "I was livid that somebody in government could tell us how to live our lives," she would later recall. "I wasn't going to back down."

With support from their doctor and the Irish Family Planning Association, the McGees file a lawsuit. The High Court rejects them in 1972. But they appeal to the Supreme Court, and on December 19, 1973, something remarkable happens. In a 4-1 decision, the court rules that married couples have a constitutional right to privacy in family planning decisions.

The moment that crystallized the case came during testimony. When asked how he felt about his wife using contraceptives, Shay McGee answered with devastating simplicity: "I'd prefer to see her using contraceptives than be placing flowers on her grave."

Years later, Supreme Court Justice Gerard Hogan would call it the court's "single most important decision" in nearly a century, one that ignited "a social revolution." Yet that revolution moved painfully slowly. Politicians didn't pass legislation allowing even limited access until 1979, and only for married couples with prescriptions. Full unrestricted access to contraception didn't arrive until 1993, twenty years after the McGees won their case.

The Sunday after their victory, May and Shay attended Mass in Skerries. From the altar, they were publicly condemned. They walked out and never returned to the church. May McGee never sought recognition for what she had done, but her refusal to back down transformed Irish society and opened doors for generations of women who followed.

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[Mrs O’Hanlon @KAOH1977]

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[Knotty Ash Primary @AshKnotty]

Another open event tonight at Knotty Ash. Bring big bags and fill them with free food! Come and help us reduce food waste 💪

[Knotty Ash Primary @AshKnotty]

Years 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at their 🎅🎅🎄🎉yesterday

[Channel 5 News @5_News]

Rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield has just finished seven ultramarathons in seven days!

It's all to raise vital money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease, in honour of his former Leeds Rhinos teammate, Rob Burrow.

Kevin and his team have remarkably raised more than £10 million for MND charities since undertaking the first of six challenges in 2020.

#MND #MotorNeuroneDisease #RobBurrow @mrdanwalker @mndassoc

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@AshKnotty Happy Birthday 🥳

[Mrs O’Hanlon @KAOH1977]

Be kind to yourself and others. A little kindness can change the world 🌎

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[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

In a world where you can be anything, be kind

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[Mrs O’Hanlon @KAOH1977]

Having a brilliant time learning new things to benefit our children.
@AshKnotty
#diddyWellbeing

[Knotty Ash Primary @AshKnotty]

Roll up, roll up! Our Pudsey goodies are now on sale! Pens and badges are £1 each. Raffle tickets £1 per strip for a chance to win one of 3 cuddly Pudsey bears. Please help us raise money for BBC Children in Need and put a big smile on Pudsey’s face! Thank you! 🤗😀

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[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Does your toddler call every animal a dog? Or call the moon a ball?

Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension.

There’s a lot of language to learn as a toddler - and so it’s not uncommon for young children to generalize use of the words they DO know to make up for those they don’t.

I loved watching this little guy (shared to IG by LeannePearson and shown here at 26 months) as he measures a chair with a tape measure.

“How big is it?” Mom asks.

Our hero’s brilliant response: “Thirteen dollars.”

It’s a wonderful example of overextension - and window on his growing language development.

You’ll note that $13 is not a random or outlandish response.

He knows that the situation calls for a quantity and a unit of measure. The word “inches”isn’t a part of his linguistic toolbox just yet… but dollars is.

What a clever and telling response! I can’t help but think that in the moments after this video some new vocabulary was introduced.

Where does/did your child use overextension to describe things?

[Mrs O’Hanlon @KAOH1977]

Good times

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

It’s true: Infants not only babble with an accent, but even their cries reflect the unique musicality of their mothers’ native languages.

Many of you tagged me this week on this video shared by p0lar_fawn (X), which depicts the babbling of a happy French baby.

If you listen closely, you’ll notice that the phrasing, intonation and vowel sounds in the little one’s vocalizations - while not yet conventional - sound distinctly French.

Speech therapists call this prosody and - believe it or not - it’s something infants begin picking up in utero, even before they enter the world.

As the senses activate near the end of the third trimester, children are exposed not only to the tone of their own mothers’ voices but the prosody of their spoken language. After birth these patterns are evident in both the intonation of their cries and their earliest speech sounds.

It’s all a part of language acquisition - and truly amazing to behold.

[Mrs O’Hanlon @KAOH1977]

@arealmofwonder B book bosomed ❤️

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

In the dark welsh valley,
On the mountain side,
Lay the little children
Close to where they died.
Their little lives are ended
Before they reach their goal,
Tender little children
Have paid the price of coal.

We will never forget - Aberfan 21-10-66 #AberfanDisaster

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@welshbollocks It's the earliest news story I remember from my childhood