DebRainer

Education consultant, family learning tutor, teacher, writer, bookseller. Seeking more hours in the day.

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A young ECT asked me today ‘what are the key indicators of a toxic school?’ Perhaps those of you with far more followers can contribute to the answer. @Strickomaster @BrightLeadChris @bravehead @tombennett71 @RogersHistory @vicgoddard

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@MissDSays Is it too easy for them to complain?

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@RachelOrr @keith_campion @MrBoothY6 Half the time I reckon it’s so they can say to stakeholders ‘the appointment was made from a strong field of candidates’.

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@keith_campion @MrBoothY6 @RachelOrr This happened to me more than once. The moment you realise, you just want to pack up and go home.

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@Headteacherchat @Jayner46975536 Consult: ask what do you want me to keep doing, what do you want me to stop doing, what do you want me to start doing? Make it anonymous to see if there’s a pattern. If there is, ask ‘why’.

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@Headteacherchat We set up lunchtime clubs that kept the most challenging children apart. Attendance was voluntary, yet it worked!

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@simplem_ths ‘Restructuring’ is another ploy.

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@MrJFinch Pre teaching key vocab makes all the difference. I am currently running workshops for parents with children in Reception and we discuss this.

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@MbarkCherguia I do. Climbing to the top was a terrifying rite of passage.

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@Rodneyhumph @SimonCalder Is that still with Qatar?

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@MrHtheteacher I’d forgotten the impact of that particular slip of the tongue. Made me smile 😀

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@davelawson35 @MichaelRosenYes @PaulBushen @ballater6 @MuireannCait @johncosgrove405 @GillianSurgey My grandfather read to me before I started school and, like you, I was reading before formal education. Most importantly, I was loving books. Still do.

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@PaulBushen @MichaelRosenYes @MuireannCait @johncosgrove405 @GillianSurgey It’s more than just saying it. Good teachers model it too, using a range of strategies. @MichaelRosenYes has been instrumental with this modelling 👏

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@MichaelRosenYes @SwailesRuth @JohnDougherty8 Unbelievable that this ‘assertion’ is out there. Michael, thank goodness you’re here.

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@stephenRB4 @CarolynWright19 The Borrowers by Mary Norton

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@RetirementTales I’m with Margaret.

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@devlin_jp We teach children to walk on the left on school corridors and stairs, no wonder the escalators are confusing.

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@MartinSLewis What happens if your visa expires whilst you’re waiting to depart on a flight that’s been cancelled? Are border control understanding?

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@MartinSLewis You need less money in retirement than you think you will (presuming the mortgage is paid off, of course).

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@lady_valor_07 Old tv remote

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Link to a wintry poetry writing idea with models and examples plus instructions! Ks2/3. https://t.co/585fNPoWKO