Mrs Stubborn

English Teacher/ Secondary/ Bibliophile/ Prolific reader of fiction/ book blogger & reviewer. MUM

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

GET AND READ THIS BOOK!
‘Reading for Pleasure’ by @MrEPrimary is superb. And I’m not a primary school teacher!!
@KidsBloomsbury
Review here: https://t.co/05ihTEBSPp

[BenHurst @BenHurst]

Tens of thousands of GCSE students doing their English Literature exam tomorrow with Macbeth will wonder at the portents of the thunder this evening (will supernatural be in the paper?)

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

2010-2023
“𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭!
𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠!”

2024
“𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞?!”

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

@DrBradJohnson I completely agree and yet every school I’ve worked in, has done this every year

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

@DoWise Your generosity in sharing top quality resources are always appreciated x

[Tes magazine @tes]

Unpaid overtime is harming teachers' wellbeing and is ‘a key factor in fuelling the severe recruitment and retention crisis’, says @PaulWhiteman6 commenting on a new report
https://t.co/ChUOm4Kv3j

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

Thanks to @BloomsburyEd for a copy of this! Really looking forward to diving in 👍🏻 #writethisway #reluctantwriters

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

@Dazzalee127320 Sign me up!

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

BBC reporting teachers in Aberdeen are 'traumatised, fear for their safety and are scared to go to to work' because of escalating pupil violence. This correlates with the trend towards restorative prac, zero exclusions, fewer sanctions and more excuses. It's a complete scandal.

[Claudia Lewis @MBDscience]

If I was going to make one small change to classrooms, I'd install blinds that close upwards. That way, I can block the bit of the light that gets in the kid's eyes, but still have the glorious sunshine streaming into the room, rather than sitting in the dark with the lights on.

[Laura Webb @LauraLolder]

I've gone from a school that allows phones at social times to one where you do not see phones. And I can tell you that children become children again - playing games, talking, laughing, socialising at break and lunch. They don't stand in groups with their eyes on a screen.

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

‘Write less; Read More’

“What if pupils had more time reading, and talking about what they read, then write brilliant, polished diamonds of sentences. Not paragraphs, or pages filled with aimless efforts.”

https://t.co/YDOEdTuhDP

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

The anti any sanctions movement confuses me. In life, actions have consequences. If we want our young ppl to have a sense of responsibility, then accountability has to start earlier than 18 years old, or surely we are training young ppl into thinking anything goes.

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

'The struggle with 'writing stamina''

"For many teachers, a lack of writing stamina characterises an inability to write independently for a sustained period. And yet, it probably characterises a broader range of behaviours that attend writing..."

https://t.co/l2BQ04pu09

[Andy @__codexterous]

📚 POST! 📚

I played this game with a class this week...

Such a fun and energetic retrieval game that really helps classes to remember and connect quotations

https://t.co/JijxmdoGqr

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

@lcgeography @PaulCline_psy Totally this. I will often say ‘hands down - I want to see what different people are thinking’.
I also say that ‘you all need to be prepared to answer as I’m going to ask some of you’.

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

@TeacherBusy Absolutely agree. Mini-whiteboards really are excellent. I use mine a lot too!

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

@RogersHistory Totally agree. Time to do the work is key.

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

Hi @Waterstones - please can you help me rectify an error I just made when placing an order?
It’s order number #23715412
Thanks

[Mrs Stubborn @Mrs_Stubborn]

And yet the Government aren’t interested in resolving the issues within education 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Tes magazine @tes]

Ministers have published an updated reading framework for pupils up to the age of 14 and announced a review of how writing is being taught in schools, following this year’s Sats results
https://t.co/H0Ylnhis0n