MrDavidsonY6

NQT+1

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Hey #EduTwitter! I’m an NQT in year 6 and can’t wait to get involved in your discussions and share in the joy of teaching! I’m passionate about Maths, reading for pleasure and developing healthy, active lifestyles for children to take forward in their lives. #PrimaryRocks

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

I am thinking: PV, mental calculations, rounding, four operations, operations involving FDP. There doesn’t seem to be much reasoning in CEA. Can anyone in NI advice whether this is the case or not? Please share. TIA! 3/3

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Hello Twitter friends - I feel I’ve had a little twitter sabbatical but I’m back! - I wondered if anyone could suggest what they would do in the following situation: I’ve been asked to do 2 (maybe 3) 2 hour sessions with 5 chn who sit entrance exams in NI this November. 1/3

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

I am from NI but have never taught there and although I know the curriculum is based on our NC, I can only go on information I have found online re CEA tests. Would would you do with 5 chn who are ‘similar’ in maths attainment whom you otherwise no nothing about? 2/3

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Asking for a friend! 🙋🏻‍♂️ Any tips on the series of lessons you teach on reflection or maybe I’m overthinking and 1 lesson is enough?

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Does any kind soul have the @thirdspacetweet 'position and direction' year 6 slides that they could share with me? As an NQT, I'd really value an opportunity to look at how one might structure a series of lessons on translation and reflection. Don't think it's the most...

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Holidays are hard. There’s only so much training I can do (today is a rest day), most people are working, daytime tv is crap, I enjoy reading but can’t sit down all day, and I always have a nagging feeling of work to be done even though I want to switch off and relax. #HalfTerm

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

...challenging topic, but also don't want to assume prior knowledge. Thanks in advance! #NQT

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Does any kind soul have the @thirdspacetweet 'position and direction' year 6 slides that they could share with me? As an NQT, I'd really value an opportunity to look at how one might structure a series of lessons on translation and reflection. Don't think it's the most...

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

In case you hadn’t heard/might be interested, @amanda_spielman is on @bbc5live ‘your call’ this morning - should be an interesting half term listen. #Ofsted #HalfTerm

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

@MrCJ248 @_mrmorgs Sounds amazing! Please. Thank you!

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

You know it’s half term when the site manager tells you off for wearing tracksuit bottoms in the grade 2 listed building in which you live.

Time to pop my suit back on to do the dishes. #HalfTerm

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

5am run done. Now, I must get my maths planning done. Come on! Stop procrastinating. #HalfTerm

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

@_mrmorgs Yes please!

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[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

@keegan_mrs Terrible!

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

@Y6MissHobson Yes please! I would really appreciate that. 😃

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

I SLEPT FOR 12 HOURS!! Haven’t done that since I was 12. Do that everyday this week and I might have caught up on all I missed this half term...

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

@stephenheppell @edugame Interesting! Will have a read...

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Can you imagine being able to wear slippers to school? That would be a dream - especially on PPA day!

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

...We have a personal development curriculum, which is fantastic, but it’s one afternoon a week. The pastoral support are incredible, although inundated. In year 6, particularly, kids have so many pressures - they need to learn how to manage them. 3

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

Ironic as it is on Valentine’s Day, today really emphasised a major gap in some of our children’s development. Undoubtedly, English and maths are important, but with such a finite focus, I worry the social & communication skills which underpin everything aren’t being... 1

[MrDavidsonY6 @MrDavidsonY6]

...given the coverage needed. Just as we teach chn to multiply fractions, we need to teach them to communicate effectively, choose kind words; take responsibility, reflect; respond to adversity, be resilient. These are all fundamental skills... 2