Deb Gajic

Independent educational consultant, CPsychol, AFBPsS. Married with two grown up daughters and three adorable grandkids.

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@Matt_Pinner Eva

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@Matt_Pinner A chimp blowing smoke!!!

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If your students need help coping with exam anxiety, check out the excellent resources on the BPS Teachers' Toolkit by Professor David Putwain. https://t.co/5vgEYzrxnU

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@TeacherToolkit Nope, students need to let off steam between lessons and chat to their friends. They then arrive at the next lesson ready to learn and focus. We need to stop micromanaging students, they need down time.

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Free AMSP CPD teaching maths in psychology.

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@Strickomaster Interesting that the same parents who moan about the 6 weeks holidays (due to lack of childcare), are also probably the ones that take them on holiday during term time. And obviously complain to the Daily Mail about fines!!!!

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Latest resources are now available on the Toolkit.

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@Strickomaster I once broke my leg (only had 1 day off to remove the cast), so I had to sit with my leg elevated on a foot stool. My teaching didn’t suffer.

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2nd RuePeter badge for the amazing @LaVoixTheShow

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@RogersHistory 100% agree. When asked by a head to explain ‘my’ results as HOD, he didn’t like my response that I didn’t think my O level results from 1979 were relevant! Oh you mean the students’ results, right!!!

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@RogersHistory Having worked in schools with no uniform it’s liberating, no having to enforce petty rules. The students soon develop their own uniform and don’t want to wear their best things for school. So the designer label thing is a non issue.

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@FrDidymus Many schools do pay for reviews if they think they are justified. However, if parents insist against advice then they have to pay. If an error is found on review then exam boards refund the fee. Think your school was pulling a fast one!!

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@CentristDad7 @FrDidymus Yes, always warn parents and students marks can go or down. The charge is refunded if it is found the mark scheme has been incorrectly applied. Important to realise it’s a review not a remark. Some schools do pay, but only if they think there has been an error.

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Always a pleasure to sponsor the cake for @ATPConference 🍰👁️😋
Cake celebrations with @theatp & OUP colleagues & authors: Deb Gajic @DebGaj, Adelaide McLaughlin @Blonde_Pretzel, Rebecca DeLozier, @CaraFlanagan, Matt Jarvis, Penny Sharott, Helen Kitching.
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@Mum_Reader @pastelteacher @leewhowrites I dropped a bag of flour out of a kitchen cupboard, and let out a reflex ‘sh*t’. My then 2 year old chanted it for weeks and trying to replace it with ‘sugar’ did not work. Luckily, ignoring it meant she eventually got bored.

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@Mum_Reader @pastelteacher @leewhowrites Nope, they hear a swear word once and can repeat it perfectly. Trying to learn them the stuff you want to learn takes repetition! That’s just the way kids work.

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@lifeatthenest I hate the term Miss and always refuse to answer to it. Tongue in cheek I’d insist on Ma’am like the queen!

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@Strickomaster This! I couldn’t agree more. When I was in the classroom I saw this all the time, the majority being disadvantaged by a minority who demanded more teacher time through their bad behaviour.

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@LucyGriff76 I took early retirement at 55, didn’t make financial sense to carry on any longer when I had a pension review. I now work as an educational consultant. I tutor, examine, write and do CPD training. I love it, couldn’t pay me enough to go back into a school.

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@bennewmark But not sure a recruitment crisis is the best time to introduce new hoops for candidates to jump through!