Sinead Cannon

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. But education was free. As was the local library. I knew books were my passport to a better life. Happy #WorldBookDay

[Secret Headteacher @secretHT1]

If you have 706 tickets and buses hold 45 children and 3 staff and the school population is 657, how long is it until SATs?

[Laura McInerney @miss_mcinerney]

This is devastating and unnecessary.
Why should you be kept out of a music, or art, or dance, or drama degree for getting a grade 3 in maths? Why should you be stopped from gaining a maths degree for getting a 3 in English?
And why let rich kids avoid these rule?!

[Alex Rawlings @MrARawlings]

Fellas - if someone sends you a WhatsApp with a joke about MG, make this the first time you challenge them!
#masongreenwood

[Joe Lycett @joelycett]

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[Mr Firth @mister_firth]

Getting on top of the work I should’ve done during the holidays and receiving more work for the beginning of the school year.

[Russell Brand @rustyrockets]

My favourite Sean Lock joke: “You know when you’re on a night bus there’s always a nutter on there? I got on one last night and there weren’t one - so I had to do it.”
RIP.

[Mr Firth @mister_firth]

‘And then, once this week’s over, things will start to calm down.’

- Me, every week, since September.

[The Primary Head @theprimaryhead]

If the England team could hear the way all the schoolchildren were talking about them this morning they'd know exactly how much they were respected, valued and revered.

[Mr Firth @mister_firth]

Me, abruptly in the middle of what I was saying, when I can hear whispering on the carpet:

[Sinead Cannon @sineadcannon]

@LaurenDoogs Her book is fab!!!

[Teacher's Manual @UnofficialOA]

How you normally give instructions:

‘Right guys. Answer these 5 Qs. You got 10 mins.’

How you give virtual instructions:

‘I want you to answer these 5 questions ok? Just these 5. Start with 1, then 2, 3, 4, then 5 ok? I’m here if anyone needs help. Is that ok?’

#edutwitter

[Becky Allen @profbeckyallen]

I think we should declare tomorrow ‘National Find Your Logins to Your Child’s Online Learning Platform Day’.

[Sinead Cannon @sineadcannon]

🤯🤯🤯

[Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy]

This is beyond chaos. How can learning go online tomorrow when teachers were told to spend the last two weeks planning for reopening? What will replace exams? And since the PM was told by SAGE that this would almost certainly be necessary on 22 December why is he so unprepared?

[Secret Headteacher @secretHT1]

If you’ve decided to go in next week, brilliant.

If you’ve decided not to, brilliant.

We can only decide for ourselves, it’s not for us to judge what others have chosen.

[Mary H-P @Lit_liverbird]

It’s pretty rubbish being in education right now, but remember spring is on its way, the half terms are shorter and despite all the cock-ups, very clever people have created vaccines. They couldn’t have done this without good teaching.

[The Women's Organisation @TheWomensOrg]

Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will make history as the:

✔️ First woman VP
✔️ First Black VP
✔️ First South Asian American VP

“My mother always told me, ‘you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last’” - said Kamala.

WHAT A MOMENT 🇺🇸

[HeadteacherChat @Headteacherchat]

Friday Quote:
'Leadership is about protecting your staff from nonsense, about creating a culture where teaching and learning can take place and about allowing the halcyon dream to flourish'
Samuel Strickland

So true!

[Caitlin Moran @caitlinmoran]

I always knew this. The kind of girls who are "Mary Material" - trusted by the school not to fuck up - are obviously the ones who then go on to be CEO by the time they're thirty. It should be on CVs.