Laura Foley

Deputy Headteacher 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Special School.
Wellbeing & happiness champion. 🌱
Inclusion, Equity, Nurture. 💛
All views are my own.🦩

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

What a lovely suprise! Well done Team YBD, you're the very best!👏🏆

[Ysgol Bryn Derw @YsgolBrynDerw17]

A wonderful moment when the whole school was recognised for the amazing work done by staff, families and pupils. #SWSchoolsAwards
@NewportCouncil @sewalesEAS

[Chris McCausland 📖 "Keep Laughing" OUT NOW! @chrismccausland]

The relief to get through this on live TV was overwhelming. So much love to @dbuzz6589 #Strictly - Chris and Dianne Cha Cha to Twist and Shout by The Beatles ✨ BBC Strictl... https://t.co/kPnrAipzMZ via @YouTube

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

Saturday night pure joy watching
@chrismccausland on #StrictlyComeDancing 🕺 Showcasing the magic that can happen when inclusion and diversity are prioritised. HOW amazing 👏 the adaptability skills are unfathomable! #KeepDancing

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

@MrBPowell94 Come on home now Ben... enough is enough 😒
See you at Prom! 🥳

[South Wales Argus @southwalesargus]

What a night!
Read more: https://t.co/rF586UjzxY

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Here’s one of the most fascinating child development videos I’ve ever shared.

As your baby learns language, they begin by approximating the examples you set.

After a period of early experimentation with sound (including cries, coos and gurgles), infants begin babbling - making speech-like sounds (which often include components of conventional speech) that are - nonetheless - not yet conventionally meaningful.

This babbling phase is a precursor to the use of formal words. And it happens in all languages.

Including sign language.

This video shows an infant (who, by the way, is not hearing impaired) “babbling” to her deaf grandparents.

As they sign to her, she responds in kind, using her hands to approximate the signed communication that they are modeling.

It’s a whole serve and return conversation, just as if they were conversing verbally.

If you’ll watch carefully, you’ll note distinct turn taking.

And - interestingly - that with her grandparents she largely avoids vocalizations, in favor of gesture.

What a treat to see this rich example of bilingual language development.

This fascinating video was shared to TT by mara_mccullough.

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

@BethCymru Thanks Beth x

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

Team YBD🌟
7 years has flown, feels like yesterday we opened the brand new school!

[Richard Drew @Drew74Richard]

Proud that @MrsLauraFoley and @YsgolBrynDerw17 have joined me as winners of #SWSchoolsAwards. Laura has been my unsung hero for 7 years, now rightly recognised for being marvellous & her huge impact. Sharing the award with the school sees all recognised for their outstanding work

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

💛

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

Eeyore stood by himself and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, “Why?” and sometimes he didn’t know what he was thinking. So when Pooh came stumping along, Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little. ~A.A.Milne #SundayMotivation

[Ysgol Bryn Derw @YsgolBrynDerw17]

We were delighted that @MrsLauraFoley and @YsgolBrynDerw17 were the winners at the #SWSchoolsAwards ceremony this week in the 'Special Education Needs Award' category

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Never a truer word was typed.

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

Appreciation, receptivity and acceptance. 🌱
This quote is a favourite of mine.

[AR @llewelyn20]

Leaving a school is very hard. A Year 1 boy sits next to me as I am having a second. I think of the lives I've touched, the inspiration I hope I've given, the care, the work.
He looks at me.
What's your name, he says.

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

@MrsOaten Love these, great finds!

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

@DeputyGrocott The cinema.
Camping.
London.

[Amy Smith🦋 @londonteacher_]

Wow how brilliant are these? Well done @sainsburys !!!

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

If some babies/toddlers/children wake up early (4:15am for us today 😵‍💫) why do softplay places only open from 10am? That's basically lunchtime... 6 hours to kill 🫠😴 I feel like there's a gap in the market.

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

Mornin’ folks.

We’ve had a lot of people enquiring about and commenting on #bumblebees asleep on #flowers, especially at this time of year, so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on.

Please retweet so more are more informed.
Thanks good people.
#bees
1/16

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

@TJGriffiths @TheTinaBurner @RuPaulsDragRace #MorningTom Same here, 3:45am so a 6️⃣. My face was also an 8️⃣ when I looked at the time and realised there was no going back to sleep.

[Laura Foley @MrsLauraFoley]

A 3:45am start today 🫠😴 thanks to my toddler #teacher5oclockclub
Two. more. days