Ben Powell🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇪

Senior teacher teaching ASD pupils in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪✈️Previously taught FP, KS2, KS3 and KS4 in a Special School in South Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Ben Powell🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇪 @MrBPowell94]

Autumn term completed✅ busy with my new role but a successful start to the year! Apart from teaching this term has also included 24 hrs in Egypt, runs, F1 and 30th birthday celebrations with the family!

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Very successful first week!💪🏼 All pupils settled and pleased to be back!
Looking forward to getting stuck into my new role as ‘Senior Teacher’🎉

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Day 1 completed! Like we’ve never been away!💪🏼

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And we go again! ✈️🇦🇪

[Ben Powell🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇪 @MrBPowell94]

📍 South of France🇫🇷

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Teacher No.2 in the family! Celebrating Alice’s graduation this week along with a celebratory brunch after a successful interview! 👩🏻‍🎓👩🏻‍🏫

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A 12 week term and a BSO inspection in week 11🤯 but we survived….. just about! Year 2 complete✅
Ready for some wet cold Welsh weather!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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@MrsLauraFoley And NQT mentor of the year since 2018!🌟

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A chilled yet very very hot weekend complete! Ready for our BSO inspections this week!💪🏼

[Ben Powell🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇦🇪 @MrBPowell94]

11 more early morning alarms to go!! Who thought a 12 week term was a good idea!?🤯🫠

A staycation weekend in dubai was definitely needed!

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Our summer term topic has been “holidays in Abu Dhabi”
Some great posters made with request from communication boards, shapes to make the Grand Mosque and a collage of Ferrari World! 🇦🇪

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Last week’s storm was unbelievable! Considering I’m from Pontypool you’d think I’d be used to heavy rain, but this was something else!! Fingers crossed for a more settled week!

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Yesterday I attended the opening of an art exhibition with one of my pupils whose art was on display. The event was also attended by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan 🇦🇪

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Heavy rain last night meant today was a “rain day” with distance learning! This has eased us nicely into the last week of term!

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Yesterday morning I delivered training to over 20 Emirati families on strategies and how life skills can be developed at home.

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Just to clarify, among the concerts, beach clubs, boat party and incredible walking views, I do still go to work! This week we are focusing on the concept of “one” and “lots”

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Ed Sheeran was incredible last night in Dubai!

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Not the usual blue sky on Tuesday morning!

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After school sunset walks!

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One way to switch off from work!