I tell you one thing. Dealing with behaviour in school is a thankless task.

The last fortnight my students have had swimming lessons. It turns out explicit instructions is used when we're teaching potentially life-saving skill. So here's a 🧵on how swimming teachers are phenomenal at instruction (a la Rosenshine):

As someone who is moving from Secondary to Primary teaching (years 1/2) what would be your biggest recommendations for CPD? Mr T's NQT/ECT support 🙋🏻‍♂️

🤾🏻‍♀️HANDBALL TRAINING🤾🏾‍♂️ 1 - Focus on arm action, reaction time & receiving the ball students hit wicket to score 1 point, first to 5 wins! 2 Focus on accuracy of arm action shot, further the cone the more points available 1,2,3 and 5 pts, best score from 5 shots!

After a term on day to day supply i've accepted a position as a Year 4 teacher until July. Completely over the moon 😁😁

🎄 *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)

#IsThisOK?

I find it so funny how everytime I've gone for my jab & I ask for it in my right arm, they look shocked & confused & ask me if I'm sure 😂 Being left handed must still lowkey be witchcraft 😂

We know January might be chaos in school. But it hasn’t happened yet, and there’s not much you can do about it in the next few days anyway, so try and enjoy the rest of the holiday.

A well earned coffee after my first teacher training day as a Primary Teacher a little overwhelming but im excited to hit the ground running ☺️

First school trip tomorrow 😬😬

I asked a group of 6 year olds "How can you tell someone is a good person?" Opinions were expressed, A THREAD

Mock Ofsted tomorrow, what sort of questions should I expect? They're looking at reading, maths and RE🥴#edutwitter

This is your friendly holiday reminder if you’re back at school tomorrow that: 🌼if you haven’t done any school stuff, that’s okay. 🌼if you have done lots of school stuff to feel prepared for next term, that’s okay. 🌼whatever you have spent your two weeks doing is okay.

Can't believe I've been offered a permanent position as a Year 2 teacher, stood crying happy tears in aldi when i got the call 🎉

Primary Teachers i need your help! What are your favourite practical Maths lessons for Year 2? We've had 3d shapes with pasta and marshmallows, tally charts with chalk on the playground. Trying to make their last lessons more interactive Mr T's NQT/ECT support 🙋🏻‍♂️

HELP! This is currently my reading corner in my new classroom - it's in a small space and lacking shelves. Any ideas for how to create an engaging reading corner for Year 2 would be amazing📚 #edutwitter

You can be a really good teacher and have strong behaviour management but still be struggling with behaviour in your class, don’t be too proud to ask for help.

Habits to continue into 2023. 🐝 Start work closer to 8am. 🐝 Leave work at 4.30. 🐝 Gym 4 x per week. 🐝 10 minutes of skipping 5 days per week. 🐝 Reading for 20 minutes in bed. 🐝 Weekends are mine. 🐝 Evening dog walk. 🐝 No emails between 5pm - 7.30am. 🐝 2L water each day.