Ex-English and Film Studies teacher, and Head of Year; now dog walker. Polygamist reader with an endless TBR pile. Amateur and sporadic blogs can be found here:
@hanthethinks The opening of Wallace and Gromit 'The wrong Trousers' is perfect for this - you get panning shots of the home, interaction between the characters, and not a single word spoken
@bw_english I keep a record of what I've done and set myself a target for the week. I started this in Jan and used treats at various stages: 4 weeks of completing target, then 5 weeks from that, then 6 weeks from that... Stuff like new leggings, a cheat tea, something off the wish list.
My friend Steve is getting a kitten & he let his 10 year old son name it, and he chose 'Steve.' Every time I think about it I start laughing again. Hi have you met my cat, he is also called Steve
This is not okay.
Would we ignore it as a "clumsy act of exploration" if a student was brandishing their penis in the classroom? Sexual exploration should never be at the detriment of others.
Male pupils sending naked photographs of themselves to female classmates is not a safeguarding issue for schools, @Ofstednews chief inspector @amanda_spielman has told #edselctte MPs today #everyonesinvited https://t.co/M8aZ3Vw0gf
Kids need books for summer reading!
So hereβs a giveaway! 10 copies of: EngiNerds, Revenge of the EngiNerds, and Give This Book a Cover. Iβll pick one winner here and one on Instagram.
If you can get these books into kidsβ hands, RT this tweet & follow me to enter to win them!
We have worked our absolute butts off across this year, had to adapt continuously with a momentβs notice, and are currently in the midst of the absolute nightmare of evidence marking and collating. Across my nearly 20 years in education, never have so many hours been worked.
I love scam phone calls.
I pretend I'm an old Scottish woman desperate to pay them.
My record's an hour.
I pretended to go to the toilet 4 times during that one & spent half an hour reading out my card details incorrectly.
At one point I said my couch was on fire.
Great fun
@misslkfidler13 I'm now following you in the hope that the cute pics will keep coming!
Don't let the haters get you down. It's your profile, not theirs.