Ellen Drake

Assistant Principal, Keen reader and interested in learning how others promote this love within their setting.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

I work in an academy chain that’s really data driven. We did mock sats in week 2 after they did one in year 5. Pupil progress meetings weekly. I’m losing my love of teaching. Are all schools this way? #edutwitter

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@_MissSwain https://t.co/GpcU2kpCdK some good ways of getting children to apply reasoning here. Also, giving them the answer and getting them to represent it pictorially has worked well for me in the past.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@MissKhan__ There’s a brilliant description in Evernight but I appreciate this may be too contextualised for your writing.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@AirbnbHelp air bnb customer services have been nothing short of terrible! Have seen a whole new side to the company and deleted my account permanently.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@2ndtimeMama I use them throughout the whole of ks2 - the kids absolutely love them and the vocabulary they can promote is fabulous! Have to make them quite small now unless your school has a lot of storage space.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@MissMinoliYear6 I moved half way through the year - same move and much prefer the curriculum in year 4!

[NCDV - National Centre For Domestic Violence @NCDV_Official]

Not everyone is looking forward to the match tonight...
Instances of domestic abuse increase 26% when England play and 38% if they lose.

#DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence #EURO2020

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@Teacherglitter Hi, out of interest how much say do you have over the topics you cover in each year? Thanks in advance!

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

How do schools assess their foundations subjects? I fear we currently have a very flawed system that is impacting on planning.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

I’m looking for a gorgeous book for a 3-4 year old about having a new baby sibling join the family? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! @_Reading_Rocks_

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@Elby_24 Will follow this thread as we are in the same position! Have to really think about opportunities when making the sheets for them to write directly into books

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@TeachingYear6 The girl who stole an elephant by @NizRite - my y4 class are hooked

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@LoveLearning84 This has given me a lot of optimism! I recently took on an SLT role and then fell pregnant and I’m already worried about how to balance the two. We have meetings that don’t finish until past 7 some evenings.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@MEcclescake Ones mentioned are all great - another sweet one is the umbrella mouse. Very technical but told from the perspective of a mouse but would all relate to humans.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@Rachelannelawt1 Agree with everyone saying read to the children. We’ve also put a lot in place to support parents reading at home to children and making it exciting and engaging

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@MrRRBurns Massively positive in my experience - gives teachers the opportunity to look at what you’re exposing the children to and see what exposure they’re getting over time.

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@MrN_yr6 Eedi is free and follows the white rose maths scheme

[Ellen Drake @MissPickle1234]

@2dollarsonsunup @_Reading_Rocks_ @MrEPrimary @MrBoothY6 She Wolf by Dan Smith is great and has a fab female lead.