Every month this year, I intend to give away a full class set of one book via @ANewChapterBks - I truly believe a full class set is one of the most valuable resources a teacher can have when teaching reading.
No faff to enter, just retweet and consider yourself in.
January.
@thismorning 24 hours in Palma airport with a 1 year old. Jet2 gave no communication, no accommodation offered and told me that they couldn’t help with nappies/milk! The airline were an atrocity!
From FB 😢
Post from a Beekeeper 🐝
“Its late, and maybe in the morning I'll delete this post, but I've just got home and for now I need to write this down.
Earlier this evening I received a message from a home owner to say they had a swarm of bees in their hedge, but they were worried about them because children had been throwing water at them.
By the time my fellow beekeeper and I arrived, what had been a beautiful prime swarm was reduced to a few hundred drenched bees, huddling limply around their queen.
I've already deleted the photos of the puddles of water, the dripping wet hedge, and the many, many dead and dying bees that hadn't been able to escape the attack; sharing those pictures serves no purpose.
We gently placed the bees that had survived into a collection box, and hopefully tomorrow, when they've had chance to dry out and settle, we'll check on them and if necessary feed them; they'll be exhausted and possibly (understandably) defensive. They've been through a lot.
Please, please, help me to educate your children, your grandchildren, your neices and nephews, your neighbours, your colleagues and your friends that a swarm of bees isn't dangerous - they're amazing creatures that are just looking for a new home.
Please don't let anyone harm them.
Just call a beekeeper who will gladly rehome them.
Please help me to spread this message and hopefully save any more bees from being unnecessarily harmed” 😢
Sad and unhappy Beekeeper
@miss_scw How have you found going back after little one? It’s my first official day back tomorrow and I am heartbroken at the thought of leaving little one!
@MissJamieWIS @MrTs_NQTs I always found waiting was a good technique. Yes the curriculum coverage is heavy and it’s daunting to stand and wait. But they soon realise. My best method is standing/sitting at the front, in silence, just watching and waiting. There’s value in silence :)
@danwootton Hi Dan, I was beside you there today. Nothing says "quiet reflection" like doing 4 takes of that video. Then directing your friend to "make sure you get the shot of me praying after I lay the flowers" and checking the video after each effort.
@thosethatcan This has had me cracking up for the last 15 minutes! Some favourites:
Give me muff - Ed Sheeran
I found muff in a hopeless place - Rihanna
@TeachersSPL Does it mean my partner can’t work during the time I would take SPL? For example, he’s a manager at a retail store, I’d take SPL the Christmas holidays, does he have to stop working/take time off ? x