Sarah M Keep

Primary school teacher (16 years and counting), private tutor and proofreader. English language enthusiast. Mum to two small girls.

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@RobBiddulph Hi Rob, we came to see you in Bath yesterday and both my girls bought one of your activity books. They wanted you to see their pictures - Georgie (aged 9), Emily (aged 6)

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@parkdalecarlton @HeyMissSmith @SwailesRuth This annoys me so much. It’s as if inspectors want us to put a lid on children’s learning 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

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@English_MissA @RachelOrr Exactly what we do.

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@RachelOrr We do an optional collection - no set amount and no obligation to contribute at all. As someone mentioned, one collection for a nice gift I think is preferable to 30 separate gifts. (Im a teacher and a parent)

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@oldandrewuk After an interview lesson (for KS2 leader), the head told me the following: you were quite good for someone so small. You say ‘shh guys’ a lot.
😮😂

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@MissBPrimary3 This is my favourite book.

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@MrMetacognition Some children brought in photos for a lesson. It was excellent for that.

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@realgirl_fieri I bought two jugs and I pre- fill them with ready-made squash. Sounds so simple but it really does make a difference! Helps children make their own drinks too

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@Headteacherchat I have a few of the reading comprehension books. I think they are good - they were great for guided reading (before whole class reading came in). I still use them now sometimes when private tutoring.

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@_Enanem_ We had ‘Mr Shuffly Slipper Man” once. On the day we moved in, he shuffled over to us in his slippers to tell us in detail about the annual toad migration nearby.

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@MrBoothY6 @Headteacherchat But some of the pictures were fun for the teachers 🤣

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@Boshmeister @Headteacherchat I agree - last year’s was pretty bad!

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@SusanElkinJourn @abbyaug But every time, each ‘new’ idea with be re-named and re-packaged as a brand new shiny idea (even though we’ve been doing it for years but called it something else, or perhaps it just didn’t have a name).

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@Sue_Cowley I worked in a school where every child kept puddle suits and wellies in school. No need to ever stay in when it rained or snowed.

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@lindsayjskinner This is my favourite book.

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@sarahwebbishere @frankcottrell_b The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster is brilliant!

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@Headteacherchat I would choose to spend time chatting during the day and work later - I hate being in schools where colleagues don’t chat to each other. I didn’t complain though - it was my choice how I organised my time.

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@Teacherglitter The headteacher in my last school was 29.

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@FrankWoolley19 @RogersHistory Some academy chains are doing this now. And lots of private schools too.

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@miss_pike11 Are you with more than one agency? I’m with two: one has found me All my work so far, the other I’ve heard nothing from at all!