Nichola Kent

Year 6 teacher | Writing lead I Humanities lead | LA moderator | Full time working mum of two

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@ECT_MrW Best year group by a country mile 👏🏼

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@WizzAirSuppHQ Can I please have a method of sharing this privately?

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@adamboxer1 A child from my class (Y6) lent a well-loved copy of The Bolds to my 7yo, and she inhaled it in two days, laughing out loud in bed as she read it. She says she’s going to recommend it to all her friends. Very easy to read - she could easily have coped with it at 6.

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@DeputyGrocott I didn’t realise how much a tricky class and SATs had taken out of me until this week. Husband just pointed out that I actually talk to him abroad - I replied that I actually talk to him when my brain isn’t overrun. Clearly I save my energy for school and our kids only, not him!

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@ECT_MrW Ditto. The SATs can get in the bin, but the rest of it is just brilliant.

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@rachroo29 That third text was so dense. I’ve got a group of really strong readers in my class who only finished with minutes to spare.

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@Misterbodd Yes! So true this year with some really challenging ones in my class. Last year I was nowhere near this drained by the end of each day.

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@Suey2chaussures Did you get the certificate from the NCA portal? I feel shortchanged that I got my results via email!

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@MyTeachingDiary @MrTs_NQTs UKS2 is a million times better than KS1 - you couldn’t pay me enough to go below Y3 now. There are loads of videos online to talk you through the maths. Don’t teach too many strategies for calculating with fractions: pick one and overlearn it.

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@MsSammyMcHugh If you have a drink at lunchtime you can’t make it through the afternoon, but if you don’t have a drink at lunchtime you have a headache all afternoon. Getting older is the gift that keeps on giving.

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@LeeBraganza Our village shop does these and they are SO
good. Still think the original is best.

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@LeeBraganza Youngest has been in full time since last Thursday. Still isn’t tired. Neither was the eldest when she started reception two years ago. Why don’t I get a sleepy child??? It’s not fair!

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@keith_campion Ditto. They get so little outside time otherwise, what with school and our wet climate.

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@lifeatthenest @MrEFinch Exactly this. No reason why secondary school students can’t also be comfortable in a plain polo and jumper.

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@Headteacherchat Scottish Highlands, beside a loch. Ideally with no neighbours.

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@PrimaryCoHead Threenager. Ours just turned 4 last week, and we’re hoping school in September will knock that phase right on the head. Eldest is in the throes of the Sassy Sixes, which is also a phase full of deep joy for us beleaguered parents.

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@Headteacherchat Uniform. Designated colour of polo shirt, cardigan/jumper and skirt/shorts/trousers chosen by each school. Primary and secondary alike. No branding.

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@RogersHistory I couldn’t even have contemplated an NQP, let alone anything else - and that’s as an experienced teacher. Would have been the straw that broke the camel’s back alongside parenting, teaching and life admin.