A touch of Christmas Karaoke this lunch time! Hall was jam packed!

Clare Sealy: “Move education from a mirror to a window.” #WonderYears

All Saints Fenland and East Cambs Opportunity Area Inter-church Academy proudly promoting their commitment to developing vocab....and a great way of introducing the wider school community to the @MrsWOfficial resources that are enriching pupils' learning 👍

More three-word horror stories: Jumped the queue You’ll be fine Just a trim How are you? A quick word Out of milk Might be fun Rail replacement bus Have a dance Back to Brussels Contact customer support View current balance Meet and greet You look well Honestly, you choose

David Didau #rEDHan

Two great posts on Cognitive Load Theory this week from the Durrington Research School team. CLT and what it means for teachers from Andy Tharby researchschool.org.uk/durrington/blo… CLT What to do from Chris Runeckles classteaching.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/cog…

I forgot to mention that there is also a visual summary of my dual coding presentation, downloadable from olicav.com/#/posters/ I'll upload the Memory and Meaning one later, perhaps tomorrow.

Until 1979, Sweden classified homosexuality as a mental illness. That year, activists took the classification as an illness to its logical extent - Swedes called in too gay to go to work.

I'm looking to recruit a small team of experienced behaviour leads to help me run the Behaviour Hub program. If you think this is you, or you know someone who it might be, apply here... Please RT contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/400e475…

One of our year 11s. If you think no-excuses behaviour policies are bad, you are wrong.

#Flamingle19 Thank you for introducing me to Jaz Ampaw-Farr. Phenomenal woman.

This feels like a watershed moment: if supporters of T can’t see how racist this is, and if we’re even having the debate, then broad and blatant racism just went explicitly mainstream in a terrifying way. bbc.com/news/world-us-…

Well, we’ve all had very dubious Ofsted inspections (and inspectors). However, they do seem to have taken criticism on board and are making positive changes. Really enjoyed listening to Daniel Muijs #GoldenThread2019

Terrifying.

I turned on #bbcqt at this exact moment and witnessed THE funniest take down of Labour’s awful and ridiculous Brexit policy

I know this piece by Adam Boxer has been wildly circulated. I just read it to find out why. It is spot on. He has unwittingly spoken for all the teachers I have spoken to... It is the must read of the pandemic for the teaching profession. achemicalorthodoxy.wordpress.com/2020/05/14/i-w…

This made me laugh. 😂😂

“It’s a bloody nightmare” Meaning: Something is proving a mild inconvenience; typically used to describe slightly heavy traffic, or the internet not working “It’s not ideal” Meaning: Something terrible has happened and life is almost certainly ruined

Dear Joy Morrissey MP, You may not *like* what the science leads public health experts to recommend. You may even think it’s just fine to attack Professor Chris Whitty in the middle of a global pandemic. But surely you’re not actually suggesting he can’t offer a public opinion? Surely?

🎄 *XMAS BOOK GIVEAWAY* 🎄 I’m giving away three pairs of ‘Closing the Reading Gap’ & ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’ for Xmas. Simply RETWEET to have a chance of picking up a pair of signed books. (Draw on Monday 20th December)