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[Gina @ginasm79]

@jenteach13 Love this - looking forward to seeing more!

[Charlotte Woolley @miss_tiggr]

Husbands been working on his product photography using my ‘nice looking’ shelf 😂

An Inspector Calls Bookmark | “We don’t live alone. We are members of one body.” | GCSE English Literature | Personalised Message by ManyLayersCo via @Etsy https://t.co/sAeUgS3Evk

[Gina @ginasm79]

@RobGeog @HughesHaili Loved every post @HughesHaili

[Jen @jenteach13]

What actually happens in your school when a student makes it impossible for everyone else to learn?

[Free Cakes BwD @freecakesbwd]

This joyful cake was baked by new volunteer Jade for a girl celebrating her 8th birthday.

Referred to us by our friends at DARE, we hope this helped make her birthday extra special.

Thank you, Jade, for such a kind and thoughtful first cake with us.

[Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales]

Parting Words #5: A Changed World

In this thread, I'm going to reflect a little on the impact that the pandemic has had on children, educators & schools.

I apologise at the outset if this is sensitive, particularly for those who have experienced loss, hardship or suffering.
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[Gina @ginasm79]

@grahamchatterl2 @michael_merrick No, you're right...Blackburn with Darwen nonsense.... But there's still 4000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire...

[Gina @ginasm79]

@grahamchatterl2 @michael_merrick Where is it, then?

[ꪝe @_wej01]

MY STUDENT TEACHER QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

A parent sent 14 emails overnight because their son got a zero after turning in a completely blank test.

Admin asked her if she had tried “building a relationship” before giving consequences.

She left her classroom lanyard on the desk and never came back.

The part that really got me was watching admin apologize to the parent before even asking to see the test.

Nobody in that meeting cared that the page was completely blank.

The entire conversation was about “repairing trust.”

[Gina @ginasm79]

@educationgovuk @anaboultertv @missgemcollins @bphillipsonMP ...the GC...

[Jen @jenteach13]

A water bottle was thrown at a science teacher's head.

Everybody knew. The kids knew. The teachers knew. The whole campus was talking about it.

He got complete silence from the administration.

I found out because the kids were laughing about it in my class. I stopped them and told them they were wrong. That a grown man was hit in the head, and that was not funny, and they needed to think about what kind of people they wanted to be.

Then, I thought about him walking back into that classroom. Standing in front of the same kids who watched it happen. Knowing nothing happened.

I have been there. Not a water bottle. A fart bomb in my classroom. I emailed admin the moment it happened. Three hours later, I got: I'm sorry that happened. That was it. I pushed for three days before anything moved. Eventually, a lunch detention. I will take it. But I had to fight for that nothing.

And it is not just admin.

The math teacher told my students she did not like my shoes. My shoes. To my students. A younger teacher told a class that an 80-year-old sub was my husband. Thought he was being funny. The kids spent the day whispering about it.

I stop kids from laughing at colleagues. I correct them when they disrespect someone else's classroom or name. I do that because it is right.

I am not sure everyone got that memo.

I am still here. Still showing up. Still defending people who do not always defend me.

Not because this building has earned it.

Because I have.

Link in comments.

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

The Poor Proxies for Learning series is complete. 6 editions. 6 things that look like learning — but aren't. A full reading list 👇

1️⃣ The Busy Trap https://t.co/CGVxuNhnOK

2️⃣ The Engagement Myth https://t.co/1Bdi0EtNG0

3️⃣ The Feedback Gap https://t.co/FhRd6GNP2j

4️⃣ The Calm Classroom Illusion https://t.co/KwesjAZdar

5️⃣ The Finish Line Fallacy https://t.co/d5YbeoPgil

6️⃣ The Few vs. The Many https://t.co/K27bDMJL68

[Seadragonseeker @Seadragonseeker]

Carol Rumens, poet and the Guardian’s poem of the week columnist, dies aged 81 | Poetry | The Guardian #TeamEnglish https://t.co/4iIsAALcNy

[Blackburn Rovers @Rovers]

Thank you, Tony 💙🤍

[Gina @ginasm79]

@etaknipsa @octagontheatre Went last Friday - superb

[Gina @ginasm79]

@miss_tiggr @teachals Update needed!

[Gina @ginasm79]

@sciantificnew When waiting for my dad to be discharged following a heart bypass, I heard the Cardiologist say to his patient - who he was preparing for a heart bypass- that every minute matters. Life or death. That hit home. No minute by minute plans needed in classrooms.

[Gina @ginasm79]

@garysmith2301 @ChrisMartin_93 💙🤍 Respect to them, yes - not me any longer though! I did about 15 years.

[Goalkeeping Skills @Keepingskills]

RIP Tony Parkes - Mr Blackburn Rovers 🙏
A wonderful servant for the club & a great man.
Our thoughts & prayers are with his family & friends on this sad day 🙏