Amanda Kelly

Now working as Maths & English Product Manager for an AO but still loitering round maths teachers! Views all my own but informed by the wonderful Twitterverse!

[Amanda Kelly @Functionalise]

I have a seat booked on the @GWRHelp 11:55 from Reading to Bristol TM but couldn’t get on the train despite there being empty seats because every doorway and vestibule was blocked with large wheely cases and people standing! #Needmoreluggagespace #paypremiumpricetostand

[Amanda Kelly @Functionalise]

Hey @GWRHelp I’m on my way into London but have just discovered for my return that all the trains between Oxford and Heyford today are cancelled today ‘due to more trains than usual needing repairs’ How do I get home?! #Stuck #OneWayTrip

[nb Penelope @nbpenelope]

Happy New Year to all.
We had a lovely year in 2024 on our wonderful waterways.

[nb Penelope @nbpenelope]

Waterways this year / 2

Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
New Junction Canal
Aire and Calder Navigation
Calder and Hebble Navigation
Rochdale Canal
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Bridgewater Canal
Coventry Canal
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Grand Union Canal
Oxford Canal
#boatsthattweet

[nb Penelope @nbpenelope]

We went on quite a few waterways this year!
Part 1.

Trent and Mersey
River Trent
Beeston Canal
Nottingham Canal
Fossdyke Navigation
Chesterfield Canal
South Yorkshire Navigations
Stainforth and Keadby Canal
River Don Navigation
River Don
#boatsthattweet

[TheTattooedHeadteacher Deputy CEO 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾she/her @KyrstieStubbs]

❤️🎄💚🎄❤️

[Amanda Kelly @Functionalise]

I’m sorry @CrossCountryUK four carriages on the Edinburgh to Plymouth train is just not enough! I got on at Leeds, people standing all the way down the train and in the vestibules! That and the overheating is making for a very uncomfortable journey!

[Amanda Kelly @MathsEnglish_CG]

Good to hear from Stephen Evans @LearnWorkUK about Labour market in Wales. Only 1 in 10 economically inactive people with disabilities receive help with search for employment!
#MeaningfulEmployment #SkillsForWork

[Amanda Kelly @Functionalise]

“Society has lost its shared sense of what poverty means …”
Uncomfortable reading but essential.
Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation by Danny Dorling review #SocialMobility https://t.co/hqYa4yNuO5

[Amanda Kelly @MathsEnglish_CG]

Coming off the subs bench for a colleague who has commitments elsewhere tonight! I’m fortunate to be representing @cityandguilds at a reception being held on behalf of @Nat_Numeracy and hosted by @LordBlunkett #NumeracyMatters

[Bikery @Bikery1966]

Why has this driver not received a custodial sentence?

Dad mowed down teens and reversed over one because they were walking in the road https://t.co/FjNqzwgFTX

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Martin Rands @martr101.bsky.soc @martr101]

Bristol is really going to miss this precious greenspace, when it is blocky blocks of overbearing flats.

[Dr. Jennifer Irwin @drjenirwin]

#CovidIsNotOver

[Mark Anderson @ICTEvangelist]

True story

[MathSmart Martin Newton @martinnewton112]

Register for the FE Maths Challenge. Students love it, teachers love it, and we love it!

https://t.co/QFq1sOEPCQ

[Amanda Kelly @Functionalise]

Horrific! We must stop polluting our rivers and canals in this way - the impact on health and well being is immense, thank you @carla_denyer for sharing! Please share wider - this must not be hidden.
@MayorofLondon what pressure can be applied to stop this?

[FORCE @FriendsRivCrane]

We’re shocked to have found (through a freedom of information request) that at least 7 blocks of flats in NW London have all their waste water discharging in to local rivers instead of the sewers – with at least one into the Crane.

[Amanda Kelly @MathsEnglish_CG]

It’s been a while since I headed into the office from inside the M25! Calm & crisp this morning. #AutumnVibes

[SEND Action @SEND_Action]

Everyone seems desperate to “reform” the SEND system and yet the ideal system they describe is literally the one we already have. What’s needed is resourcing and accountability to make it work as intended.

[Amanda Kelly @Functionalise]

@MarkLastMiner @CRTBoating Yikes! I’m glad we turned down the Birmingham and Fazeley and missed the Coventry! Hopefully you got through OK?