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@Headteacherchat Maths books are always blue.

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@MrBoothY6 Maybe they just want to experience every aspect of the process. As teachers, I’m not sure why we need to make fun of them and discourage them. I have always wanted to be involved in every aspect of school life so I can see the big picture.

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@IncAttendance Middle class area - parents book lots of holidays because even with the fines, it’s cheaper. Advice for combating this?

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@_MissieBee I’m primary. Mixed classes now. Previously did highers and lowers in one class with a teacher and TA. Other class had the middle children with just a teacher. Most successful grouping we’ve tried. The middles made huge progress as T was focussed on them and not the extremes.

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@Suchmo83 Brilliant, isn’t it?! I share the opening with every class and always have a queue of children waiting to read it. Neil Gaiman is a genius!

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@Suchmo83 It has you hooked from the first sentence. It is my favourite opening to a children’s book.

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It's the Easter holidays (2026), and I have two copies of Primary Reading Simplified to give away!

For your chance to win, simply retweet this tweet *or* reply below with the name of a children's book that you love.

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@undercoverteac3 @ofsted Not easy to stick to your plans but I’m really glad we did. I hope the staff at your son’s school are ok.

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@undercoverteac3 @ofsted Last time we had OFSTED, we had reading cafes organised for pupils and their parents/caters. Over 200 parents came in across the 2 days OFSTED were there. They were impressed that we stuck to our plans and with the levels of parental engagement. No intention of changing for them!

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@dylanwiliam @son1bun @tes I’ve taught year 6 classes with children capable of sitting a gcse paper and children operating at reception level in the same class. It is incredibly challenging and I’m not sure any child gets the best of me despite my efforts.

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@llewelyn20 @tracyswinburne1 Thank you so much. This is brilliant. It’s going to be the blog of the week on our T&L Bulletin next week.

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@laura_AmeliaF @Samstricko181 Similar to experience. Teacher asked my mum why she wasting her time as my dad was just a builder.

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@Samstricko181 Disadvantaged background. First in my family to go to uni. Neither parent finished school yet they both instilled importance of education in us. Heard read and read to every day. Hopefully I can pass this on.

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@adamboxer1 ASC child - WTS in writing in years 3-5. Y6 teacher gave laptop to type in writing lessons- GDS in writing. Moderator cried when she read their work because it was so good. Just a word document. Spelling/grammar check switched off.

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@Matt_Pinner Josephine shortened to Josie. It’s a beautiful name x

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@beejdeva @adamboxer1 I’ve had a number of colleagues that think if they ignore it long enough it will go away!

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@SchoolsWeek As an asst.head who is maths&RE lead, curric. lead, assessment lead, EVC, parental engagement lead, class teacher and do lunch time duty every day, I think I earn my salary. 4hrs SLT time to support staff, deliver training, manage behaviour issues, contact parents, monitor, etc.

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@StuartLock @bedsfreeschool Could we be considered for a future visit please? ☺️

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@adamboxer1 Nothing left to cut in our school. We have reduced everything to the bare bones. No supply teachers no matter how desperate. It’s bordering on dangerous.