Helen Burr

English teacher. Mum of twins. Tired.

[Helen Burr @helenbing1]

@XMartinsMusicX Pablo Honey, Radiohead

[Helen Burr @helenbing1]

@englishspecial The Alchemist 😴

[Sam Strickland @Samstricko181]

Not all poor behaviour is communicating deep meaningful messages & some poor behaviour is communicating nothing at all. Sometimes kids misbehave because they’re kids. It’s easy as an adult to forget this.

[Sam Strickland @Samstricko181]

My @Strickomaster account has been hacked & cannot be salvaged. I’m having to essentially start again. Retweets appreciated @teacherhead @RogersHistory @tombennett71 @BarryNSmith79 @m_chiles @MrChrisPassey @Counsell_C @MaryMyatt @DrSarahMullin

[💗 @ma1ybe]

Woman on tiktok reported how her husband went to the doctor for basically the same symptoms she’s been dealing with-tired all the time, no energy, just run down. And they run all these tests on him, they were super concerned, they get him in with specialists right away. And then she goes to the same doctor & tell him. “Yeah, I'm in chronic pain, I'm tired, I have no energy, I have no libido, I have pain when I have sex, and I just feel so run down and defeated. And the doctor looks at her and goes, 'Welcome to motherhood, no test no specialist nothing ….Like... that's it? We can't just say 'welcome to motherhood' to women when they're complaining about being tired and in chronic pain and having difficulty performing daily functional activities. Medical misogyny is so cruel!

[James Treadwell @James_Treadwell]

Please everyone help. I am trying to do a Christmas miracle and make someone happy. Yesterday (21/12/25) in @Bullring we found this lost platinum wedding band. It is name and date engraved, and has more detail. I want to reunite it with its rightful owner. Retweets might help.

[Senior Lieutenant Zandi Sussex @ZandiSussex]

Not surprisingly, @GBNEWS deleted their apology within 24 hours. Luckily, I downloaded the full snippet. Let’s keep sharing & reposting it to remind everyone that @GBNEWS & @thecarolemalone are liars and grifters.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

Misogyny is the oldest, most pervasive bigotry in every corner of the world
It has fuelled generations of violence against women & girls way before immigration was an issue
1 in 4 suffer abuse
2 British women are murdered by men every week
Preventing it means addressing the cause

[Rt Hon. Will || Portfolio for Sarcasm (parody) @colder_sarcasm]

BREAKING: Susan Hall demands PM (whose wife is Jewish) take down post celebrating Jewish festival.

Is Susan adding antisemitism to her CV for Reform?

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

I think a lot of leadership teams really don't understand the role and function of Heads of Department (HoDs).

In many schools, HoDs are purely technocratic. Their job is to deal with things like timetables, set changes, data deadlines, detention systems and cover. Occasionally they venture into the realms of more "curriculum" type issues, but often these are still things like ordering textbooks, setting homework centrally, making sure there are clubs and extra-curricular activities and the like. Come summer, they project manage curriculum improvement work, which again is often bureaucratic and mostly focused around "why haven't my colleagues hit their deadlines?"

Rarely is the HoD considered the driver and champion of Teaching and Learning in their subject. But that's what they should be. A true leader or teaching and curriculum, helping their colleagues develop their practice and skills in the classroom, and coordinating the team to ensure that the curriculum and resources are effective and supportive.

The important bit is that a lot of leaders *tell* me that actually their HoDs do fulfil this vision. Unfortunately, as I've written before, ideality rarely matches reality, and when I speak to the HoD they tell me they have no time to go observe lessons, no autonomy over policies, no meeting time to discuss T&L, and are drowning in the implementation of other people's priorities.

If you want your HoDs to be able to do this job, you need to actively make it happen, rather than just hope it does.

You need to

- Give them free periods to go and observe
- Reduce the number of tasks they need to do that are unrelated
- Allow them the autonomy they need to make disciplinary changes and developments
- Ring fence meeting time for T&L

and, above all, trust them!

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

How I handle my toddler when she loses the up the stairs race…

[Capstone Books @thisiscapstone]

COMPETITION TIME! To celebrate the countdown to Christmas we are giving away a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the classic festive book gift. For your chance to win simply LIKE & Retweet this post. UK only. Good luck! Winner picked on Monday 8th #Competition #win

[Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 @1zzyzyx1]

Here are some books that Tennessee banned this year, makes you wonder what are they afraid of to have kids read? Do your children a favor, give them one of these books.
Credit to @non_toxic_masculinity on IG! #DemsUnited

[Helen Burr @helenbing1]

@haveigotnews Jonathan Gullis

[Helen Burr @helenbing1]

@mikoh123 Hahahaha

[Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman]

Would you like an early Christmas present?
Would you like these pin badges?
All you have to do is RT this tweet & I will select a winner one week from today.
Good Luck.

[Vodka & Seledka 🇬🇧 @seledka_vodka]

This is the video Nigel Farage doesn't want you to see. In fact, I bet he'd pay millions to have this video erased from the Internet's memory, if only such a possibility existed.

This isn't a blunder or a mis-step. It's a statement of faith - a declaration of Nigel Farage's core beliefs about a 21st century murderous dictator - Vladimir Putin - who is waging a war of aggression against a country - Ukraine - that did nothing do warrant or deserve this onslaught.

These are one of the most damning 3 minutes and 17 seconds of Nigel Farage's political career to date.

I will just leave this video here, as is. Watch in full.

[Spitting Image @SpittingImage]

Nigel Farage stars in Only Fools and Coarseness…Brand new ep of Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t out now on YouTube!

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"