cathy draper

Exec Head of a Federation where we believe that Every Day, in Every Way, Everyone Matters.

[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

Switching things up 🎮🔄️ The Nintendo Switch 2 adds new features like voice chat and a plug-in camera – but also new #OnlineSafety concerns. Our #WakeUpWednesday guide has the full overview for parents and educators 🛡️

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[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

iPads: more than just fun and games! 📲 This #WakeUpWednesday guide explores screen time habits, spending traps, and safety tips for parents and educators. Your quick guide to smarter iPad use. 🛡️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Download your FREE copy here >> https://t.co/WjzTnZTo4C

[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

@Short_Heath_JS Maths. Yayyy.

[Short Heath Junior @Short_Heath_JS]

Raising the 🇬🇧 for #VEDay80 🦉

[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

Friend or foe? 🤔 Almost 1 in 5 children have chatted online with someone they've never met in real life 😟🌐 so it's vital trusted adults know the risks 🚩

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#MakingFriendsOnline #OnlineSafety #KeepingChildrenSafeOnline

[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

Investigations revealed that some under-18s are accessing dating apps 💓💔 and Ofcom is even introducing laws enforcing stronger age checks of these user-to-user services.

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[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

@Short_Heath_JS Happy Christmas to the Short Heath family. Xxx

[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

@Short_Heath_JS @FFLWalsall Well done Pear class. Smelled amazing!

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed. 🧵

[Oakwood School @oakwoodws9]

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[Willenhall E-ACT Academy @eactwillenhall]

Join us for a fantastic evening exploring Science experiments, PE, Art, Cooking activities & lots more. You'll have the opportunity to meet our Headteacher, Senior leadership team & dedicated staff. Most importantly, our students will be on hand to give you a guided tour.

[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

@Headteacherchat Always!

[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

@Strickomaster We’ve had inspection during SATs week in the past. Huge pressure on senior leaders to be in two places at once, wanting to focus on the children.

[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.

[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

You’ve got this Y6. We are indeed very proud of every one of you. ❤️

[Short Heath Junior @Short_Heath_JS]

📣 Y6 REMINDERS 📣
1. You are amazing 🌟
2. Believe in yourself because we all believe in you 🙌
3. Your free breakfast club is open at 8:15am on Mon to Thurs this week 🥞
4. Spend today doing what you enjoy 🥳
5. We are all proud of each and every one of you, no matter what 🫶

[Short Heath Junior @Short_Heath_JS]

📣 Y6 REMINDERS 📣
1. You are amazing 🌟
2. Believe in yourself because we all believe in you 🙌
3. Your free breakfast club is open at 8:15am on Mon to Thurs this week 🥞
4. Spend today doing what you enjoy 🥳
5. We are all proud of each and every one of you, no matter what 🫶

[Short Heath Junior @Short_Heath_JS]

Please give, if you can, to these amazing people supporting this amazing charity ⛰️🏔⛰️🙏🙌🌟
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[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

99% of children are now regularly online, making Ofcom’s Media Use and Attitudes Report a must-read for parents, carers and educators 📊📉 This #WakeUpWednesday, we’ve got a breakdown of Ofcom’s most eye-catching #OnlineSafety findings🔍🌐

[cathy draper @cathydraper1]

@Headteacherchat Ride it out. Stand your ground.