Miss Atkinson (she/her)

ECT2 in Secondary English 🍎 Find me on a walk, in the library, or with a dog.

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

Shout out to the Assistant Headteacher who emailed me at work today and abbreviated his job title to “Ass Head”. Thanks for the Thursday afternoon giggle 🤣 #immature

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@kenpanthers would love a 30th birthday shoutout tonight to my boyfriend Barney who is sitting in Block 6 tonight! It’s his birthday today and He’s a huge Panthers fan! 💛🖤

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@ShakinthatChalk I would imagine that in the boxing club you haven’t got 35 kids under supervision of one adult. More adults = more likely to see what really happened.

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

Interaction I had with a Year 7 today:

Him: “Miss, I got detention again! I always get them for such dumb reasons.”

Me: “This says it was for having incorrect uniform. Was your uniform incorrect?”

Him: “Well, yes.”

Pause.

Sighs.

Him: “Sometimes, I’m the dumb reason.”

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@hayleymtaylor @ICT_MrP If you’re using your PPA to go away for the weekend when do you do all your prep?!

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@Sue_Cowley At secondary kids can choose not to go to school (as they are often responsible for getting themselves there). Generally in primary they are dropped off so don’t have a choice!

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@adamboxer1 I agree with you. I really like planning lessons and I wish I had more time to dedicate to it. The best solution is to give teachers less teaching time and more planning time — not the same amount of teaching time with automated but poor planning.

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

FINALLY 🥳

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@drivelcast @vizcomic There’s one that says to keep potatoes wrapped in foil in your kitchen cupboard so if your house burns down you’ll have a tasty dinner ready. I think about that a lot!

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@MorgsEdu There’s also a very real chance that you’ll get shot at work. 🤷���♀️

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

We should be shocked by the behaviour that many students and staff are expected to endure in their everyday lives in school. Children need and are entitled to a place that is safe, calm and dignified free from disruption and harassment.

Excluded children still deserve a full time education option. Councils are obliged to place all excluded students in AP. No excluded child is outside that system.

Which is why we need more investment in high quality post-exclusion destinations PRUs, AP etc. We also need more investment in in-school specialist units where children with chaotic behaviours can be supported to re-integrate, without threatening the well-being of others.

'Inclusion' must be understood properly- it can't just mean 'keep them in the classroom,' or everyone suffers. Sometimes, the best inclusion work is done *external* to the classroom.

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@CantabKitty I’m an ECT1 but had a marketing career before starting. I would find something like this so unbelievably patronising. Not every new teacher is 21 going into their first ever job!

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@benkarlin1 @adamboxer1 I couldn’t agree with this more. Would make such a huge difference.

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@naomicfisher Maybe you could post some things about what you think a good school would look like. I see an awful lot of posts about how terrible it is when schools do xyz but not what they should be doing instead.

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

It has to be:

[James F. Thomas (of IDLEWILD) @james_f_thomas]

I’m bored of this prompt, let’s flip it around: what line sounds like an online meme but is actually from classic literature or an old film? I nominate one from Singin’ in the Rain: “She’s so refined. I think I’ll kill myself.”

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@MrHtheteacher I agree w you in principle but in practice, we have some children at our school who are given a new pen EVERY DAY and still lose/forget it by the next day. They’re turning up to school every day without one. Going through box after box of pens giving them out. What’s the answer?

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@welshbookfairy Go as a River is beautiful!

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

Thinking about how in my old job, if I had to work in the evening for an event, I got TOIL AND paid for it AND a decent free food. Whereas tomorrow I’ll be at school til 7pm for Parents’ Evening and get none of those things. 🤔

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@alicemjslater I read this back in Jan and loved it! ☺️

[Miss Atkinson (she/her) @RuthAtkTeaches]

@meh50187 It’s fantastic. One of my faves!