Politics with Miss Hand

Being an educated electorate is vital to a working democracy! The mission: Engage young people with politics!

[Jack Petchey Fdn @JPFoundation]

📢We have a winner!

Miss Hand, a teacher at Chadwell Heath Academy, was nominated for her excellent Zoom lessons, running a debate club and supporting her students wellbeing in lockdown.

Do you have a Lockdown School Hero in your school? Nominate here:
https://t.co/utJOXyoh6c

[Mushy @MusharafAsghar]

After my talk at a school yesterday I had a student approach me who broke down expressing how she had faced similar adversities, but the support from her teachers inspired her to keep moving forward. Words cannot describe the impact a teacher has. Take a bow teachers. Take a bow.

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

The single best way to ensure that the kids finish the year strong… is for the adults to finish the year strong.

[Alex Rawlings @MrARawlings]

Forget the news about whether or not we can travel abroad - I just want the children to be able to use the hall for lunch!

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Never underestimate the value of being pleasant. Everyone around you notices it.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

I absolutely urge people to take the vaccine when offered. In fact, I am scheduled for my first dose on Thursday.

Logistically the challenge is huge, but the vaccine rollout so far has been impressive and we all have to play our part.

[Politics with Miss Hand @PoliticsMsHand]

@wesstreeting 👏

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

Schools closures do not mean that schools are closed and school holidays do not mean that staff get a holiday. Educating kids is a difficult job in the best of times, let alone now - as lots of parents are finding with the kids at home! Huge thanks to school staff everywhere.

[Politics with Miss Hand @PoliticsMsHand]

Susanna are going into the studio? And why you do not do live virtual calls to GMB? Is it absolutely essential for you to physically be in the studio right now? When I’m sure you have a laptop at home you can zoom from? #rantover

[Politics with Miss Hand @PoliticsMsHand]

@piersmorgan @GMB the main reason teachers are against live calls is because most of our kids don’t have devices at home that they can work from! This means you are live connecting with half (or less than) your class... whilst others are being...

[Politics with Miss Hand @PoliticsMsHand]

inevitable closure. Rather than bashing teachers who, in normal circumstances work many many hours over time- and now are going above and beyond that. Education underpins the whole of society, but yet no one ever seems to appreciated that... Whilst I’m here can I ask why you and

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Teachers don’t always get to see the fruit of their labor. They invest their time and energy into their students, oftentimes without a “thank you.” They pour their heart and soul into their kids and may not get to see the results. But they keep doing it. And I love them for that!

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

There is an obvious question.

This morning the PM had encouraged parents to send children to school. Now he says it's not safe to.

What changed in 12hrs? I accept this is fast moving, but surely the data was there already.

Now children have relinked unnecessarily for 1 day

[Tom Dolphin🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @thomasdolphin]

Hospital after hospital is activating surge plans and redeploying staff or declaring major incidents.

We haven't even got to the part where Christmas gathering-related infections show up at the hospital yet.

This feels worse than March, perhaps because we all saw it coming.

[Redbridge Council @RedbridgeLive]

The #COVID19 vaccination programme is well underway in Redbridge 🙌

Today at Redbridge Town Hall, over 600 residents aged 80 and above are getting vaccinated to protect them from COVID-19. We would like to thank our healthcare partners @RedbridgeCCG for making this a reality.

[Secret Headteacher @secretHT1]

If teaching was easy, everyone would do it. If teaching made you feel good all the time, everyone would do it. If teaching was 9-3 everyone would do it.

It’s hard, can be never ending and not everyone can do it. That’s why you should feel good about yourself - because you can.