Sian Griffiths Amanda Spielman Times Radio Ofsted Square Peg This story is framed in a particular way - as bad behaviour which needs to be controlled.Behaviour is a way that children demonstrate distress or show us things aren’t right in their life.What if we framed it as ‘Many of our kids are not OK. How can we improve things for them?’

We try not to do screens but I always had a pack of stuff for my kids to do - they’re bigger now so they both bring a book. If they (or we) don’t feel like chatting they’ll read or draw- I don’t actually think reading a book independently is that different than the screen!

LEFTY CHRISTMAS returns to London this Saturday. A festive extravaganza of music, comedy and spoken word from: Guise SOFT LAD @abcelya @iampriyahall Molly naylor …all wrapped up with a set from me and @BenMossFolk and decorated with a DeborahFrances-White bow! 🎅🏻

Whatever your feelings of Harry and Meghan, I think it’s important to remember that Prince Andrew paid a woman £12 million pounds to stop calling him a nonce.

Lucy Huber I’ll never forget what my uncle said at a baby shower. “People will tell you ‘just wait’ & list off all kinds of negatives. But just wait until the first time they say ‘I love you.’ Just wait until you see them sticking up for someone else.” He listed off a dozen things like that

After a not seeing a panto for a few years because of Covid we decided to push the boat out and see Ian McKellen in mother Goose - it was brilliant and my kids loved it!

All this talk of a strike being damaging to children, I’ll tell you what is damaging to children: Not enough teachers Not enough money in schools Buildings in a state of disrepair Demoralised work force Loss of goodwill that keeps things going That will all do far more damage.

There have been some very creative teacher-bashing comments today, but this is my favourite:

Teachers are ready for the picket line 🔥

"Women get bored with Leonardo DiCaprio about when they hit their mid-20s" is an objectively funnier explanation.

It's #WorldBookDay, which means it's book giveaway time! 📗💚 RETWEET & LIKE this tweet to win one of three copies of my brand new book 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Reading for Pleasure (out on 30/3/23). UK only. Ends 9/3/23. #100Ideas #ReadingForPleasure #WorldBookDay2023

Reading padlets have taken off in our school since the introduction of them. This is why Edutwitter is still so good. Sophie Bartlett shared the idea on here,I tried it out at school and it’s making a huge impact! I can’t find your original tweet about them Sophie,please share below!

#TeacherStrike Let's hear it for the #teachers Cute and very relevant poem by Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now!

Support for my trans pals

Many of the country’s councils can barely afford to keep libraries open, maintain public parks and cemeteries, run free school travel for special needs students, fix potholes, clean the streets, support the arts… the list goes on. A street party is the LEAST of their concerns.

📗💚 BOOK GIVEAWAY 💚📗 My brand new book, 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Reading for Pleasure is OUT NOW! To celebrate publication day today, I'm giving away THREE copies! RETWEET & LIKE this tweet to enter. UK only. Ends 6/4/23. #100Ideas #ReadingForPleasure Bloomsbury Education

I say that a mistake we are making in education is that we are pretending that young people are essentially all the same, and that their needs can be met with a standardised package of education. We treat them as blank slates, as buckets to be filled. 2/

Our son lost his art portfolio that he needs to pass his GCSE on the 18.37 train from Strawberry Hill to Waterloo on Wednesday. It’s a clear A3 plastic wallet with a black art book in. Pls ring the number on the outside if you see it. Pls retweet! Thanks! South Design Western SWR Help

If you haven’t seen this yet I (and my 14 and 7 year old ) loved A kind of spark.

They think that your child’s differences are BECAUSE you are parenting differently and don’t get that you parent differently BECAUSE of your child’s differences. 3/