TeacherCath 💙💛

Retired junior school headteacher, real ale lover and mezzo soprano. Southerner who defected north. All views my own etc. Find me on Blue Sky.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

Have joined that place where the sky is blue. Find me over there - same profile & handle for now.
Staying here too for a while. Will see what happens!

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@SmallSchool_KS2 Fabulous! It’s taken me over 12 months to decompress.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@Number10cat Public sector has stopped being able to do the proactive work for over a decade now.
Why are we surprised at the fallout?

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Few points for Andrew Tate.

1. You don't run to be PM, that's President's.
2. Being PM of the UK doesn't make you immune to prosecution like being President of the USA.
3. You can't run as an MP while you are on trial in a different country.

Good day.

[Andrea Meanwell @ruslandvalley]

Now to the challenges. My CS scheme runs out on 31 Dec. This is a big part of income for my farm (£5500 ish, which probably doesn’t seem like a lot but it is on a hill farm). It hasn’t been paid for 2024, no reason given, and my new SFI scheme application was submitted in Sept but still not offered.
Basic payment has been cut more dramatically than expected. We used to get £12,000. Now we will get about £3000.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

Please read this piece by @JoshHalliday about the state of a "good" (Ofsted) primary school in Barrow.
The head is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met. These children have been betrayed.

https://t.co/N7kva0DTFh

[Matt Lucas HQ @RealMattLucas]

I have been verbally abused twice on the way to football matches so far this season. On both occasions I was minding my own business, head down, walking to the ground. I was called 'a fucking queer cunt' by one man and another told me that 'our club doesn't want disgusting gay fans'. If you're a player and that offends you less than wearing a rainbow-coloured armband for a couple of matches, then maybe you're part of the problem.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@mejessop @ThePhotoHour We had a good sky over our way too

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@HTMISTERK Live shows are the same.
Noticed it in school over recent years. Think people are just used to being able to talk at home and don’t see watching things in public as any different.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@EyesShutTeacher Always made a point of encouraging parents to bring the child. Especially in Y5 & 6.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

There are some really fantastic people on this commission, but of the 16 commissioners, it looks like only 2 are currently teaching, which to me is a shame.

https://t.co/JsZT4LeoJb

https://t.co/EFQrVQ9zUx

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

I think we have a big problem around representation. All too often, teachers - and I mean teachers - don't get a seat at the big boys' table.

Here are some potentially spicy, but imo reasonable, steps to take:

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[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@EyesShutTeacher I’m 59 but my mum read them as they were published.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@EyesShutTeacher Me! My mother was a huge fan and I have a huge set of original hardbacks.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

Absolutely.
We need to allow our children to be children!

[Ruth Swailes @SwailesRuth]

“Because children grow up we think a child’s purpose is to grow up. But a child’s purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day. It pours the whole of itself into the each moment.”
Tom Stoppard.
Let’s focus on the child in the now ! @AaronTeamEC

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

Enjoying a few days in Krakow #EarlyRetirement
Can highly recommend it. Lovely place and very friendly people.

[Claire 🪩 @Calliope13]

This is already getting scary. This agency doesn’t exist. This Administration is not even in power yet. But Elon’s Twitter is pretending like it does.

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@archer_rs Not sure you were watching the same PMQs?

[TeacherCath 💙💛 @teacher_cath]

@exitthelemming So sorry to hear this news. A lovely man. Condolences to all the family.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Here we go again. This is the 7th note I’ve got on yesterday posts. It’s clear they’re back to weaponize the tool.

I don’t consider this a misleading post.