I worked out that for most schools teaching the whole spec means moving onto a new separate piece of potentially examinable content about once every twenty minutes.

I cannot stress highly enough to teachers applying for jobs that giving specific examples of your experience/practice lifts applications above those that just refer to applying policies or adapting learning.
Everyone can say they do stuff, but showing it is often more effective.

James Theo Ben Newmark Why do they do this? Why has it not evolved. It’s not something they hear kids in other schools do or get from popular culture. It’s absolutely bizarre.

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James Theo Ben Newmark Slightly different, but what fascinates me is how young children in assembly respond when the adult says good morning. The monotone chant hasn’t evolved since I was at primary school 50+ years ago /…

Last week we asked 9,000 teachers on Teacher Tapp for their thoughts on the Prime Minister's plan for all young people to study maths to 18.

We used AI to look over the responses, but they can mainly be summarised as... 🧵

Ark founder Paul Marshall stands down as chair of trustees

The case highlighted what seemed like an interesting grey area re trustee conduct (unlike teachers, they don’t have to adhere to national standards)

But two in a class and it becomes really difficult, three incredibly difficult and four or more and it's near impossible to even come close to meeting the needs of your class and ensuring they're all able to learn and feel safe.

And to repeat something I've said before, managing one high-need pupil in a class is doable as long as they're not violent or disruptive most/all of the time...

YEEEEEEES. GET IN MATILDA!

(One of those former pupils who taught me way more than I taught her).

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Over 5,000 teachers answered an open question on which pupil behaviour angers them most.
Initial pass through a word cloud shows 'talking' features heavily - most often talking over others, talking back and talking instead of working. (via @teachertapp)

I love Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_n…

Huzzah! An insect-based restaurant has finally opened in London.

Yumbugs.co.uk

Loving the marketing line: “You like prawns, don’t you?”

So you can have two couples with the same incomes, same house, bought for the same price, ostensibly living the same life, except one is paying £2,500 a month and the other £1,500 because of parental help with the deposit, so every month one couple has a spare grand.

And how have the richest millennials got so rich?

Mainly this: enormous wealth transfers from their parents, typically to help with buying their first home.

In the UK, among those who get parental help, the top 10% got *£170,000* towards their house (the average Millennial got…