Emma Giles

History & Politics teacher. Lead Practitioner. SLE. ITE Mentor. NPQSL. MA Ed. NPQTLD. NPQSENDCO tbc. Runner. Maddison’s mama.

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

Breaking: The schools white paper will be delayed until 'early in the new year', government has announced today, as ministers take more time to draw up controversial SEND reforms

https://t.co/XWStF2FEdU

[Harris Academy Ockendon @HarrisOckendon]

Sixth Form Open Evening – Thursday 21st November 5.00-7.00pm.
We are delighted to welcome internal and external students to HAOC for our Sixth Form Open Evening, where you will have the opportunity to meet with staff and current students.
https://t.co/f9lPmUCgtG

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

I used to run a removal room where students were sent for disruption etc. 90% of the time I would ask the student what happened, and the response was, ‘That teacher just hates me/ I was just asking a question/ I got sent out for laughing’ etc. Then on investigation what really happened was they told the teacher to f*** off/ they smacked another kid in the head/ they were texting someone. That was so common it became normal.

Why? Because in order to displace responsibility, a huge number of people, students will make stuff up. It’s so obvious that it feels odd to even have to say that.

That doesn’t mean that ‘all kids do’ but it does mean that we don’t just take their word for it as a default, wide-eyed and uncritical.

I’ve worked with kids who put in windows and punched each other on camera, who denied it to their parents, who then rang in angry, saying, ‘He wouldn’t lie to me!’

None of which means we default to ‘not believing’ either. Safeguarding means we treat allegations seriously. But when you work with large populations of students who muck around, you learn to make professional assessments of truth claims.

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.

👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: https://t.co/Xj2XpPGvnu

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

@RoyalMailHelp brilliant care of a package of family inheritance items sent internationally. So angry and upset.

[Kate Jones @KateJones_teach]

👏🚨 Competition 🚨👏

To win a copy of my latest book #SmashingGlassCeilings - Empowering Women in Education ... retweet this tweet to be entered into the prize draw.

The winner will be selected at random & announced on 20/11/23

Open to all, anywhere in the world! 😁💜💚

[Amjad Ali @TryThisTeaching]

If you work alongside somebody that’s better, more organised, more efficient, more effective, don’t compete, work with them. You’ll learn and grow too.

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

@missgeog92 💯 🙌🏻

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

Can’t deny the philanthropic heart of Lord Harris 🥰 #hftogether @HarrisFed

[Harris Clapham Sixth Form @HAClaphamSixth]

“No amount of hipster coffee bars and trendy workspaces can bring a community together like a primary school playground.”
Brilliant point from Dan Moynihan at today’s conference.
#HFTogether

[Harris Clapham Sixth Form @HAClaphamSixth]

Classroom teachers at Harris will continue to be paid better than anywhere else - announcing an 8-9% pay rise and an additional bonus for support staff. #HFTogether

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

#hftogether

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

And this is exactly why I do this job- breaking those barriers and giving kids a real chance in life. @HarrisFed #hfconference #harrisfederationconference #teachingmatters

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

It’s that time of year again! 😄 #hfconference @HarrisFed #teacherlife

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

@thebodycoach Time, life commitments, emotional eating! 😩

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

@englishspecial @WomenEd This is me 💯 right now.

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

Video is hard hitting. And 💯 spot on.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Refugees would always be welcome in my house, Tories fucking wouldn’t.

No human is illegal.
Refugees welcome.

[Emma Giles @MrsG8712]

@missgeog92 I go question by question in blocks of 10 papers! And lots of 🍷 …..