Eleanor Ridley

Teacher in the North West. Love reading, writing, swimming and hiking.

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@PrimaryMathsHub 100 x 9 = 900 - (5 x 9) = 855

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@Strickomaster ... there are lots of viruses around or they just can't face it. Or some other unknown factor.

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@Strickomaster I feel like my own philosophy around attendance shifted a lot during covid. I think the 100% attendance thing for me is like an elastic band that has snapped. But there's a big jump between not 100% and below 90%. At that point, we need to know whether ...

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@Silver6pence @___batshitcrazy @RogersHistory Definitely NOT all secondary school teachers, but I went for a TeachFirst teach meet up thing in Manchester, and it was uncomfortable because they were all secondary teachers and this vibe was strong 🤣 I was really really surprised more than anything.

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@RogersHistory For ref, I am primary based but did tutoring in secondaries as well. Nothing but sympathy for the kids who are clearly having a tough time, but I was also full of admiration for the teachers, doing heroic work trying to teach and be empathetic beyond what anyone could expect.

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@RogersHistory Do you know, I have left teaching recently (but still such a teacher supporter), and I wonder if the teachers and students struggling with school are struggling with the same things? E.g. I struggled with the overfull curriculum with archaic elements in it.

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@Toriaclaire Hey everyone at #TinyVoiceTalks!

Hope you're all having a wonderful week. Looking to connect, especially with people who have words of wisdom about juggling the education profession and family time!

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@tin_teacher 🤣😢

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@tin_teacher I saw someone else post that it was fewer than 5% of the teaching staff currently. It gives the impressive that tonnes of unqualified teachers are teaching!

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@tin_teacher I mean, two months ago I would have thought that was kind of ok, but then I found out independent schools don't have to pay the mainstream pay scale and often don't. I had no idea, had just assumed they would get paid more! My main thing is... the problem wasn't pay for me!

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@Toriaclaire Hello #TinyVoiceTalks people!

⛺ Hiker and wild camper
🎶 Pop choir singer
📚 Reading addict
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Two scruffy kids
👩‍🏫 Teacher for a decade
🗳 Have just left the classroom after much soul searching

Happy Tuesday everyone, looking forward to connecting!

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[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@votesforschools @antiracistcmbra You might find this interesting!

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#Windrush75

https://t.co/hKcZR4ne9i

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For #GreatBigGreenWeek there are so many things you can do to help the environment around you.

Our voters regularly express their views on environmental issues. This week they are discussing rivers!

Our most recent completed vote was about our oceans. 🌊

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@DeputyGrocott Hello! Happy Wednesday!
💜 Teach First Ambassador
💙 Former RRSA lead
💚 Middle leadership for UKS2 and for challenge across the curriculum
💛 Debating clubs, reading clubs, maths challenge clubs
🧡 Tutor
❤ Hiker and pop choir singer

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@jour_debonheur @MrTs_NQTs Yes! Make it a place you send them to when they are managing large emotions and they start seeing it as a comforting place too, whether for escapism, regulation or reflection.

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@PepsMccrea I have 2 opposite thoughts on this. 1. Interruptions drive me mad for this reason. Why are you sending people round with a missing coat in Maths? but 2. I feel like the biodiversity of a class has been stripped away in favour of productivity, losing some social and communal value

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@cs_kube @TTRadioOfficial @mssfax Yes, I was told this too. It's kind of arrogant the amount of control we can assume we have over outcomes, and differentiation by outcome is such a great way to sometimes let them go and perform without you controlling so much!

[Eleanor Ridley @MissRiddler]

@TTRadioOfficial Yes, all through career as well in the schools I have worked in. Haven't always followed that advice though!