Tom Salomonson

Beard stroker. Dad. Deputy Head. NCETM TfM Specialist. ELE. Striving to make school a wonderful place to learn and be.

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@bphillipsonMP Disagree. You need to increase notional SEN budget, increase EHCP funding & develop a long term plan to improve the SEND school ecosystem to give parents real choices.

Improve the network of support for families, including Sure Start, to reduce safeguarding burden on schools

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@brassoteach Colouring and games for rainy days; calpol and antihistamine; layers and onesies; more socks than you would ever think reasonable; a potty... oh and wine

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@AlisonKriel Ĺpp q 1

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@adamboxer1 I think people conflate 'things that children don't like' with 'things that are bad for children'. What's going to happen when these young people become adults and there's consequences they don't like? Suddenly your toughness seems like a resilience building act of kindness

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@NewbieSlt Bunch of posers, them yoga teachers

[Gareth Metcalfe @gareth_metcalfe]

Day 60
A sequence of 'minimally different' questions in additive reasoning. Same paid of numbers, 4 different answers.

[Michaela Epstein @MathsCirclesOz]

Whenever I run a workshop, I look for ways teachers can share their expertise with others.

Here's a strategy I used last week with teachers in Geelong that quickly sparked insightful discussion-

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@bennewmark Not from my perspective because I am a product of our times. If i were a Volga Viking, would I have stood against the sacrifice? I doubt it because there's nothing biologically superior about me: I (as are we all) am simply the product of my cultural heritages.

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@brassoteach A = huge positive impact on workload
B = next to no impact on workload

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@londonteacher_ Might give up on the lottery and follow your advice as a Christmas present to myself 👍🏻😁

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@ClareRees3 Surely you shouldn't have to set cover if you're ill!?

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

Third day of my holiday and came down with Gastroenteritis after swimming at Broadhaven due to a @DwrCymru sewage discharge. We have got to do better. Should have downloaded the @sascampaigns app earlier

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

@LSE_MathsHub @robeastaway It was inspirational! Also loved the start of @mathmancj but unfortunately had to leave early

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

Excited to listen to @robeastaway at the @LSE_MathsHub LLME day

[BlytheHillVillage @BHillvillage]

SMILE at the new Community mural.
Come and try your colouring skills with @supermundane in Honor Oak / Crofton Park.
Still in progress on Grierson Rd #Lewisham Today & tomorrow.
#SE23 #SE4

[Tom Salomonson @HeadBeardy]

Spot on as ever...

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Just listened to Keir Starmer’s big education speech. Some big ideas & as ever, I think the devil will be in the detail (which is totally understandable). Here are 4 examples of the pitfalls that need to be avoided.

[Platform Cricket @platformLDN1]

It’s another 2 festival day for @platformLDN1!

We are @PeckhamRyePark for the #Nunhead & #Dulwich Festival.

@TheBelham @Dulwichhamlet @FairlawnPrimary @Goodrich_School @GGPrimarySchool @heberschool @HollydaleSchool @IvydaleSchool @JudithKerrPS @SJSCPrimary

@Victoria_Mills

[London South East+ Maths Hub @LSE_MathsHub]

Our Local Leader of Maths Education Tom Salomonson co-led a very interesting session on problem solving at today's conference.

Want to get involved? Find out more here: https://t.co/H6EUKzrZ9e

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