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natural tools to teach

[Mrs Roberts @mrsrobertsgeog]

For anyone who is contemplating leaving teaching, or already dreading Autumn1… life afterwards is instantaneous relief. My mental health has recharged, I’m running 4-5k a day, eating properly and a new career. I’m pretty close to my ‘happiest ever’.
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[Jon Biddle @jonnybid]

Any class, from Reception to Year 6, when discussing a character in a book.

So how do you think they might be feeling?

First answer: Sad
Second answer: Upset

Virtually guaranteed.

[Rose @RoseEmpower]

She sat at the back and they said she was
shy
She led from the front and they hated her
pride
They asked her advice and then questioned her
guidance
They branded her loud then were shocked by her
silence

When she shared no ambition, they said it was
sad
So she told them her dreams and they said she was
mad
They told her they'd listen then covered their
ears
And gave her a hug whilst they laughed at her
fears

And she listened to all of it, thinking she
should
Be the girl they told her to be, best as she
could
But one day she asked what was best for
herself
Instead of trying to please everyone
else

So she walked to the forest and stood with the
trees
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the
leaves
And she spoke to the willow, the elm and the
pine
And she told them what she'd been told, time after
time

She told them she felt she was never enough
She was either too little or far, far too much
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek

Then she found a small clearing, surrounded by
firs
And she stopped and she heard what the trees said to
her
And she sat there for hours not wanting to
leave
For the forest said nothing, it just let her

breathe

******

Becky Hemsley 2021

[Flora @FloraSCooper]

I've just had the call. I've refused entry. This is an interesting phone call.

Doing this for everyone for our school staff everywhere!

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[Vildmark Education @VildmarkEdu]

@teacher_eyfs @EYTagteam @SwailesRuth We encourage phonics teaching through the children’s interests. For example they are throwing sycamore seeds - ‘Sycamore, what sounds can you hear?’ ‘Can you see anything else around you with the same sound?’ ‘I wonder if we could use a stick to write the sound in the mud?’

[Vildmark Education @VildmarkEdu]

@teacher_eyfs @EYTagteam @SwailesRuth Our nursery is fully outdoors,child-led and planned in the moment.Our children are meeting their phonics milestones,not once have we ran a phonics session. Encourage your Lead to research the benefits of FS and maybe find ways to teach phonics without 45 minutes doing RWI a day😢

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[Vildmark Education @VildmarkEdu]

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[Vildmark Education @VildmarkEdu]

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