Simon Smith

Principal, Learner, Teacher, mad about children's books, Views are my own. #PrimaryPicBookClub.Proud to be part of the @enquiretrust. Raring to go!

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

Just updated this post to include all my picturebook recommendation links.

It has 3 lists for Year 3-6.

A picturebook biography list and list of picturebooks bout loss.

Hope it’s useful.

https://t.co/hlAlJ7Nz1K

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@MarshallTitan1 @EquitableEd I don’t disagree but also know that with limited funds you have to prioritise for greatest impact in this case which one saves the most lives.

1.1 million black men in UK

33 million men in UK full screening program would be massively expensive.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

Literally this group is three times more likely to get prostrate cancer than other groups…early diagnosis will save lives and money. It absolutely makes sense. However when has sense ever got in the way of generating a bit of rage.

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

On the day the whole political establishment claims we do not live in a two tier country, they announce this.

Note, the NHS makes NO drugs available exclusively to white people.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@NatureIsaTERF No it isn’t this was about a group of British citizens having preventative measures to reduce burden on the health service due to their increased risk.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@callme_siya_ It’s 8

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@BarryNSmith79 @greeborunner @Glazgow @GeogMonkey @AnnielizzieSten No it really isn’t…we are so much more than your binary.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@BarryNSmith79 @greeborunner @Glazgow @GeogMonkey @AnnielizzieSten Maybe meaning , purpose, connection, growth. Pleasure and pain are signals, not goals. What we’re really after is a life that feels worth it, even when it’s hard.

Being human is so much more than your basic signals.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@BarryNSmith79 @greeborunner @Glazgow @GeogMonkey @AnnielizzieSten No they seek more than that not just that.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@tes @juliangrenier No there isn’t. Literally never heard this or seen it.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@BarryNSmith79 @greeborunner @Glazgow @GeogMonkey @AnnielizzieSten That’s a very narrow and egocentric view of personal motivations. Not all people are that!

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@llewelyn20 It’s from 2016

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@BarryNSmith79 @Glazgow @greeborunner @GeogMonkey @AnnielizzieSten Extremely typical in mine.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@Suchmo83 Not purposefully absolutely not. Just sometimes and I count myself in this in our will to get our ideas out we forget the context in how it may be viewed.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@Suchmo83 Well as that was posted 7 hours after the original post I stand by how disingenuous the original post was. IMO

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@Suchmo83 I will delete as I wish no issue, just pointing how many will choose to interpret.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@Suchmo83 It should be on the first post not the last…many won’t get there

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

This is what Barry thinks of most teachers teaching. My experience is the opposite, I see people who work really hard to get it right for the children in their class, they are bothered and have professional pride.

[Barry Smith @BarryNSmith79]

@AnnielizzieSten @smithsmm I think this is unusual. In my experience: car parks largely empty at 7.45; largely empty 4pm; little evidence of regular marking/careful planning undertaken at home.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

This attitude and smug arrogance towards people who truly do some of the hardest work in our society sums up a lot of the issues we have. Care work is absolutely vital, it’s needed for many of our most vulnerable. People I know who work in care are skilled, committed and bothered

[Greg Ashman @greg_ashman]

@smithsmm Really? Didn’t prepare people adequately for care work?

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@greg_ashman Your tweet sums up your attitude to low paid work and what they require to do the job.

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

@greg_ashman Do you really think care work doesn’t require a set of skills and knowledge to do? Do you think a diet academic subjects give people that set of skills? It’s a really badly paid but utterly vital service. Having worked briefly in the sector, I know it’s a job I couldn’t do.