Heather Sargeant

Yorkie in the NW: Tweets about education, heritage, books, equality, life, parenthood, faith... Views my own except retweets. I am not here very much, try I/LI!

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@CreativePEC @JoshSiepel @SyimaAslam @laurenelucas @jenballie @missspepper Sorry to miss this - was it by any chance recorded?

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@HGold_author I hope they do, Hannah. The Last Bear was one of my and my son's favourite bedtime books last year - fabulous. And you are fabulously talented. :)

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@JennMGreenberg Childhood memories - calabrese and caterpillars 🥴

[Henningham Family Press @HenninghamPress]

Time is money. If it takes twice as long to do something you earn half as much. This is the brutal fact at the heart of Brexit.

Let’s "Brexit" a £12.99 paperback, blow by blow, and see what difference leaving the single market has made.

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@ashleigh_pain twisty spaghetti thing a la Jamie Oliver?

[Children's Commissioner for England @ChildrensComm]

I am concerned by new data from @educationgovuk which shows that nearly 1.2 million children in England have SEN support without an EHCP – up 4.7% from 2022.

We need urgent reform of the SEND system to improve the life chances of England’s children.

https://t.co/9GaorZIsyD

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

This. No funding, increasing need, no special school places, routes to diagnosis and assessment blocked or with extreme waits leading to school just being left to manage without the funding. School’s increasingly having very little choice and those that are inclusive hit hardest

[Laura Masson @lmeducational]

Could anyone point me in the direction of advice for staff in managing self-harm in primary age children?

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@PookyH What it takes is providing a variety of school structures for those who struggle with MS, intentionally improving CAMHs and giving professionals time to invest in keeping children in schools that work for them. Curriculum has been prioritised over community, ethos and inclusion.

[Square Peg @teamsquarepeg]

This week, questions from @CommonsEd asked how we spot kids ‘crying wolf’ with mental health challenges around attendance. This 2nd Attendance Inquiry session was held during #mentalhealthawarenessweek2023 with this year’s focus on Anxiety.

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

*this*

[Sue Cowley @Sue_Cowley]

I have managed to train myself out of using the words 'able' and 'ability' and into using the word 'attainment'. I think this really helps in encouraging a more inclusive attitude. It now really jars for me when I see educators discussing 'ability'.

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@raffilindley @Pret_uk Nice x

[Jon Severs @jon_severs]

There's been a disastrous loss of experienced teachers from the profession and not enough people are aware of it, or talking about it.

Even more worrying, not enough is being done to stop the over-50s leaving.

@heymrshallahan deep dives into the data

https://t.co/f3cOsk43Am

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@Bedemeister @EmmaMylreaBooks? Or ask @TinyTreeBooks? Both Stockport based so not far. 😊

[Missing The Mark @_MissingTheMark]

Do schools need to make adjustments to meet the multiple different needs of children?
I say Yes!
@naomicfisher
@_MissingTheMark
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[Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth]

I’m seeing quite a lot of people on here implying or even overtly stating that making reasonable adjustments for children with SEND is somehow wrong, lowering teacher expectations and unfair. Just because you can’t see a disability it doesn’t mean it’s not there. What I’m reading

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@DaveNWaves Lols @timsarg

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@Phonicsandbooks That's awful.

[Heather Sargeant @spindslinders]

@JennyHolderLiv 😂 of course!! Brilliant idea!

[Steve B @75ThunderRoad]

Today, Rishi Sunak is focusing on how we can get more teenagers to study maths for longer.

Meanwhile:
780,000 children have been referred for mental health support. 250,000 of them have been refused.
22% of school pupils are "persistent absentees".

There's the maths crisis.