Tom JF

English teacher with a beard, a wonderful wife, a beautiful daughter and two cats.

[Carl Anka is on leave @Ankaman616]

TOWN.
SODDING TOWN.
CALL IN SICK FOR MONDAY AND GET YOURSELF TO TOWN FOR A PINT AND HUG YOUR MATES.

[GCSE MACBETH @GCSE_Macbeth]

3 steps* I think would make a huge difference to quality of life and retention in Secondaries.

1. Release some pressure on GCSEs and grades.
2. End data culture.
3. Encourage subjects to be subjects.

(*not a complete or perfect solution but it would go a long way)

1/

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

Bewildering to see many of the people appalled by this M&S ad for attacking the traditional family Christmas being the same people who have voted for and supported a government for the last 13 years that have destroyed most of our social services and ruined the economy…🤔

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

Me after watching 19 episodes of Bluey so far this morning:

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, 1937-2023.

Words will never be enough.

[Carl Anka is on leave @Ankaman616]

A phenomenal football player.
A gentleman of the game.
A foundational pillar of Manchester United as it is known around the world.

RIP Sir Bobby Charlton.

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

Except the strikes worked, didn’t they?

Another dumb fucking Tory, spouting anything that sticks, believing that working class people and parents are stupid and don’t understand the reasons that teachers went on strike.

Get these fuckers out. Heartless, dishonest, pointless.

[Gillian Keegan @GillianKeegan]

Last year, school strikes resulted in 25 million school days being lost cumulatively.

Children should not have to suffer a repeat of this disruption.

I’m announcing that we will introduce minimum service levels in schools so that pupils get the education they need and deserve.

[Simon & Schuster Children's Books @simonkids_UK]

To celebrate Black History Month, we are giving away bundles of books every week! 🎉

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[char @chardonyay]

has he considered that a lot of people view university education as an opportunity to learn more about a subject they’re genuinely passionate about rather than simply preparation for making as much money as they possibly can

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

Fantastic start to @LitdriveUK this morning. Does anyone have a screenshot for the rooms the rest of today? Our group didn’t get hold of the timetable emailed over by the person who booked it. Thanks in advance! #LitDriveCPD23

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

@dannywhite93 Cheers mate, hope you’re well

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

I received a card from a lovely Year 11 girl who arrived at my school before Christmas. She was a Ukrainian Refugee and she was quiet, nervous and struggled quite a lot with her English /1

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

Not sure why I’m tweeting this, but I know we’re in a retention crisis and that teaching is incredibly tough at the moment but this card, this experience with this student, has reminded me why I do what I do and that many students are resilient, hard-working and kind.

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

So that is what she did. And she worked bloody hard. We went through her many stories (she had such lovely ideas for stories) and transactional pieces, and I when she got upset and felt lost I just reminded her of what she achieved so far and how far she’d come /6

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

Can’t quite believe I also thought this until just now

[Tom JF @MrTJackF]

👊

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

It takes a strong school community to make a public stand. 👏🏻

This is a powerful moment of silence

Not everyone will agree, but everyone in some shape or form will agree that Ofsted policy needs reformed for pupils, parents and teachers.

Ofsted does not belong to government. It belongs to everyone. We all have a duty to review how Ofsted performs and point out its deficiencies, where we believe it to be failing …

#RuthPerry #OfstedReform

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