Jon Bent

Head of Sixth Form. Trying his best for his students. Promoting enthusiasm for his subjects.

[Jon Bent @JBentHistory]

New job means new Twitter bio. Same school, but a different challenge. Very exciting!

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@KCGeographies I will respond to an email (as HoD) but will never text or message outside of school platforms as I don't feel like it is appropriate.

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@psychologygem I know how you feel. It's relentless and it sometimes feels like you're never going to get through it. But we always do!

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@missreardteach I have a publisher document as a layout which looks like a mock exam, that I use. Can email you it if you would like - drop me a DM.

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@GuardianEdu perhaps budgets could be increased to enable us to either purchase physical books or provide physical materials. Otherwise we'll stick to using the screens we have...

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@Xris32 the adaptation is very faithful to the books, so I'm not going to read them 'til after they've stopped making them, as I want to see Gary and the gang without knowing what comes next...

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@Jennnnnn_x @MrRTSHEPPARD any interest?

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@JasonElsom yes, and even queued up for over an hour (I watched a football match on my phone) to go to the ghost shop. Enjoyed it, to be fair!

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@MissBunnHistory This is fabulous, thank you!

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Absolutely gutted to hear about Benjamin Zephaniah's death. One of my favourite poets to use in lessons. https://t.co/1H3Raf5pjU

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@MurphyHistory you just have to front it out, because you might try a different approach with pronunciation but 100% a video or you yourself will accidentally pronounce it cock. I did it a couple of weeks ago and one of the girls just shouted "you're in Y10, grow up"

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@r_mileham we're back in, but Futures is still down!

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We had a power cut for the past two days, and had gone back to online learning. I still find it really difficult, and it's also really hard for the kids to be engaged. Very proud of those who managed it, though!

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@historychappy Your nickname is better than mine for Brezhnev - i just refer to him as eyebrows!

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Spent the evening listening to @Rubberbandits and Carl Chinn talking about British history, topics ranging from the Norman Conquest to the real Peaky Blinders. Imagine not liking history!

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@hanthethinks @christteach I'd just make sure you listen and recommend the episodes where he's not smoking weed or talking about smoking weed if it's for KS3!

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there was a brief giggle then one of the girls said "c'mon you lot are in y10 stop laughing at the word Koch"

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Teaching Robert Koch today. Was trying to decide if I would pronounce it the hard 'ch' or the soft 'ch'. Deciding to continue with the hard 'ch' because I'll start saying Kotch then forget and let slip a 'Cock' which will cause bigger issues, so I'm just going to own it.

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There will be some proper historical analysis of the official Conservative account using football-esque language to announce cabinet reshuffles on Twitter.

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@christteach @Rubberbandits Going to see Blind Boy next week and I'm so excited. The podcast is amazing.