I found someone who thinks Gove was great. Did not believe there was one but I found him (SPOILER: He’s not a teacher)

A few years ago, I wrote two metacognition guides with Oxford Secondary 1) a guide for teachers with practical strategies for the classroom 2) a guide for students to support their revision and learning Do you want a copy? RT this tweet, then DM me!

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Hubby has reached the landmark of 25yrs service with the Fire Service- he’s just had a letter and will get £200 in his next pay packet. For 20yrs they get a medal presented with a speech about their career so far. Wouldn’t this be nice for teachers?

I found an excellent resource for Science MCQs to diagnose misconceptions. Can’t find it again 😤 It was an American uni and it was a project they developed then shared. Any ideas Dr Dan Jones AJP Helen Reynolds MBE ??

You will always be better at spending your own money than the government is.

When you think you’re just about done for the day then find out they’ve upped your quota

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A lovely thread, please read all of it, but this point is really pertinent- ROUTINES make learning easier

Absolutely this!

Educator friends- a genuine question from an academic but not something I know anything about. Can we get it shared and get some more responses?

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

So true! Spoke to someone today who have staff TEACHING. 24 hours a week- how are they supposed to prepare or assess in any meaningful way with so little non-contact time? By doing it in their own time. It’s madness

Amazing Primary people- how do I keep my 7yo working on handwriting and my 9yo working on extended writing over summer? workbooks would go down like a fart in a lift but I’m not creative for daily practice tasks. Help please Christopher Such Emma Turner FCCT Andrew Percival Scott Evans | The Reader Teacher®

Anyone have the answer PDF for this beauty please? I downloaded it eons ago but don’t have it anymore and google is refusing to help! Dr Dan Jones you are my best guess!

Who’s going to the Steplab conference today?

One for the Chemistry teachers out there- how do you define Combustion for KS3? Google &AQA spec says ‘reaction with oxygen that produces heat and light. Is it a sub-class of oxidation? Is burning Mg combustion?

Teachers- a primary school repeatedly breaches GDPR posting photos on Facebook without consent. You then discover that 1 child has major safeguarding issues and has had photo posted 4 TIMES! Head not inclined to change FB use policy. Chair of Gov not responded. What next?