I’ve become aware of the weird faces that I pull when using puppets. I asked the children in my class if I usually look this way and apparently I do. “All the time Mrs Parkin, all the time.”

Look inside. You are the magic! Stay authentic, no matter what they say. Stay weird, stay nerdy, stay awkward, stay oversensitive, stay as you are. Let them see your magic! #stayauthentic

Meanwhile, in a galaxy far far away from a traditional Cambridge college.

IT’S FRIDAY!! 🥳 May your weekend be filled with the same sort of joy that a four year old finds in filling their socks up with sand and pretending to be a smurf! 😊😄 Happy Friday folks!

How do we stop young children writing and make them only do dictation? Do we ban anything that makes a mark? #EYFS #Ofsted

So true. 🧡

It’s that time of year again…the time when the class dinosaurs come to life and get up to mischief while we are all at home, asleep in our beds. DINOVEMBER! 🦖🦕 #dinovember #Dinovember2022 #plantingseeds #imagination #eyfs

I’m really looking forward to this! 😍

Primary school teacher Mr P explains why our teachers have been pushed to the difficult decision to strike, and the list is a lot longer than just pay. #Lorraine #Teacherstrike

What an absolute hero.

An interesting read.

This govt has had 13 years of control of the education system in England. They have brought us here. We are here because of choices that Department for Education Gillian Keegan Rishi Sunak have made. In my 25 years as a teacher and senior leader I have never known anything like it.

I was just telling my headteacher today how much I’m loving doing my masters through CREC 🙌

This little dandelion head has been causing all sorts of excitement in my class, helping baby birds learn how to build a nest, talking about the importance of leaving flowers unpicked, and of course promoting a love of glorious dandelions! Dandelion Appreciation Society

We’ve spruced up our YR playdough area to ensure space for independent playdough making &play. Playdough that is made in this area isn’t perfect and it all ends up being chucked in the same big playdough pot at the end of the day (not good if you like playdough to be beautiful!

Agreed. We home ed our teenage son because we could no long stand back &watch him go through the level of anxiety that he was experiencing. His first day of being educated at home,he told me was “the first day in as long as he could remember that he didn’t have a stomach ache.”☹️

“If I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time today.” Dr Chris Pascal Dr Tony Bertram Dr Stella Louis Froebel Trust #tinabruce

Phew. When the sun is shining this hard but you’ve got a dissertation to write, there really is only one thing to do! 😎