Catherine Robinson

Lover of languages. Spend my days teaching teenagers in the North West to love all things French and German. Aprendo español.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

Opinion: Pupils should put down the weights, and pick up the language textbooks - The Telegraph https://t.co/nCfqBwjMQT

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

Language courses in danger of dying out as universities open redundancy schemes - The i Paper https://t.co/U4RsrJ1BKQ

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

@DavidBartram_ 2

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

@VEverettmfl Got nowhere near to starting it. Speaking exams, mocks, other end of year stuff have all gotten in the way. Perhaps a rainy summer will have its benefits on the planning front.

[Mr G @DeputyGrocott]

SATs should not make children cry. Fact.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

@DeputyMitchell My daughter is the same. Loves maths, with very strong reading skills but was upset. It’s only reading online posts about the shocking reasoning test, that has reassured her that when we say that if she found it hard, then most did too and got her back on track for tomorrow.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

Today’s KS2 maths reasoning paper is a failure at a national level, one which will serve only to put pupils off maths.

There is nothing wrong with tough questions in maths. Mathematicians love the challenge of overcoming difficult problems.

But that’s not the same thing at all as questions that seek to confuse, mislead or hide meaning in meaningless, tiresome contexts.

Show a real mathematician a problem written by someone who is deliberately communicating badly or poking fun by being disingenuous and that mathematician will tell you to bugger off.

We’re in the business of grappling with and resolving genuinely interesting and important questions. We have no interest in silly, dull and ill conceived questions that lack meaning and intend to trip up.

So, an opportunity to show pupils what mathematics is and can be has been utterly wasted and instead we’ve just made it a lot less likely a nascent interest in becoming a mathematician will flourish for many, many pupils who will, quite rightly, reject the subject as tedious sleight of hand.

To those writing, signing off and publishing national exam papers: be better at your job or do something else.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

I’m marking some German assessments. My year 9 boys are obsessed with botanical gardens. If you know, you know.

[Amjad Ali @TryThisTeaching]

If anybody is going to be alone on Christmas Day&would like a quick call/zoom then I would be happy to do this for you - DM me if you want. I can talk about food, sport, tv or the weather. But most importantly I can talk/listen💕 If not me, I’m sure I can find somebody for you.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

Good job everyone is so busy that they have no time to see if any such job is available.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

@VEverettmfl I blink and the week is over. I’ve never known an autumn term like it.

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

Yes. And it’s called saving lives.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

@VEverettmfl Yep.

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[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

In January 2020 I made contact with a German school after someone on Twitter said they were looking for a partner school. After several (covid) years of planning and replanning, they visited our school this week. It was brilliant. Sometimes Twitter is great.

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Hey Großbritannien, bei euch sind Exits ja öfter als unsere Busse kommen.

[Cathy Ashley 🟣🇺🇦 @CathyAshley]

Yesterday, H a care experienced young person started uni. In his anxiety he got suitcases confused when leaving @GWRHelp train at Plymouth at 5.44pm. Train cont to Penzance.
A) Is this your case? (left pic) pl contact
B) his computer & clothes are in his suitcase -pls help & RT

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

@anacastillo333 @AQA @PearsonEdexcel Something for the agenda at the next network meeting?

[Mary Peace @maryvpeace]

English lit degree at Sheffield Hallam is being “suspended.” University responding to Government who will no longer fund degrees where 60% students don’t end up in “highly skilled” jobs within 6 months.

[Catherine Robinson @ProfCRO]

But have you ever tried to say that you are hungry and cold in Ukrainian?!