J Gale

Deputy Head: Achievement, Standards & Inclusion at one of the largest state boarding schools in the UK. Supporting pupils age 7-18. Dad, Husband, Runner.

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

Haven’t dipped into thinking fast and slow for a while. Forgot how brilliant Kahneman’s work is!

[Darshan 🦖 @darshan]

Your brain has been fooling you your entire life.

This Nobel Prize winner spent 40 years proving it.

Here are the 10 mental traps controlling every decision you make: 🧵

[Darshan 🦖 @darshan]

Your brain has been fooling you your entire life.

This Nobel Prize winner spent 40 years proving it.

Here are the 10 mental traps controlling every decision you make: 🧵

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

Many families are locked out of the 30 hours entitlement, leaving them to face huge costs or miss out on childcare support altogether.

Use our website tool to tell your MP why all children deserve equal access to high quality early years education✍️

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[Daily Stoic @dailystoic]

"We suffer more in imagination than in reality." Seneca

[RAA School @RAASchoolGatton]

For #AntiBullyingWeek, we wanted to remind our pupils to be kind not only to others but also to themselves. Pupils were given festival bands and encouraged to write a kind word about themselves and then share a kind word with their friends. It's the small things. #BeKindAlways

[RAA School @RAASchoolGatton]

The Gatton Killer team are tackling the Oxfam Trailwalker challenge this weekend! The team will be walking 100km over 30 hours as part of a fundraiser for Oxfam projects with the Gurkha Welfare Trust in Nepal.

If you wish to support the team donate here!
https://t.co/aRfyQKzZ8Y

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

Three years ago a colleague and I mixed up our usual motivational assembly approach to draft in some ‘specialists’. Just found these outtakes so thought I’d be an embarrassing dad and share them! 🤣 #pma #prepareperformprogress

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

Wow! Head of PSHE from our school just shared this with me. Very powerful. Too many of our female pupils have experienced this in their lives. As a teacher and a dad I have never felt more determined to change things.

Now I Can Breathe https://t.co/WQdgHc0TTQ via @TrueTube

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

I am proud of the way we tackle this issue in our school. A long road that we all need to travel before we get to the place we want to be.

[Karl Hopwood @khopwood]

Worth reminding schools about this useful document from @educationgovuk https://t.co/lGD5k7q2ws so important to make sure that our policies reflect our practice (and not what we think our practice is).

[John Dickens @JohndickensSW]

Breaking: DfE orders Ofsted investigation into school safeguarding policies following the sex abuse revelations.
The review will look at the 'extent and the severity of the issue and ensure schools have appropriate processes in place to allow pupils to report concerns freely'

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

Max is having a day off from school today and keeping things in order at home! #dogslife #welfaredog

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

This was taken a few seconds before I stormed off set because Carol said it was going to be chilly this weekend 🥶

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

Max joined us to help some pupils with the transition back to school today! #therapydog #BackToSchool #pastoral #safeguarding

[RAAS Boarding @RAASBoarding]

Our packs of home-testing kits ready for our houses. Superb effort from our boarding and nurse teams to keep the community as safe as possible!

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

3/3 finally I have been blown away by the pastoral and welfare team’s efforts to keep our children as safe and happy as possible throughout! It’s been a massive challenge and I’m proud every day of the efforts they go to! Feel fortunate to be part of the team @RAASchoolGatton

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

It was fantastic to see so many of our boarders return over the weekend to @RAASBoarding! Phenomenal effort by the testing team to manage the process so safely and efficiently. The boarding staff did a smashing job to make the pupils feel at ease and at home! 1/3

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

2/3 great to have our whole boarding team back after another tough period of lockdown - we’ve missed you all! It’s been a sterling effort by the team that were able to stay in action to support the 60 boarders who have remained with us throughout...

[J Gale @MrJCGale]

Guide to spotting far-right extremism sent to schools in England and Wales | Schools | The Guardian https://t.co/r3xiJyAg15

[Safe Schools Alliance @SafeSchools_UK]

If #schools #teachers are aware or suspect that pupils are buying drugs on the dark web that are illegal here, they must follow the same #safeguarding procedures they would if they suspected #SelfHarm and report to the designated safeguarding lead #edutwitter #lgbt #SLTchat

[Kathryn Morgan @KathrynMorgan_2]

🚨 We’ve been busy squirrelling away 100’s of links to create a master CPD list including updates from August 2020.

Please do take a look at the contents page below and help yourself.

Do let me know if missed anything. I’m particularly interested in primary blogs and EYFS.