That escalated quickly!

After being told “you must have less work to do, you do PE”, I decided to complete my research project on other teacher perceptions of PE. Turns out a 1/3 believe PE is easier to teach because ‘there is little planning’, ‘no marking’, and ‘few resources to prepare’. 🤷‍♀️

Statement from the Mental Health Foundation: There is no evidence New Zealand’s suicide rates have increased over lockdown. There is no truth to this rumour. It is irresponsible, dangerous and untrue.

Remote learning has really emphasised that physical schools are only one piece of the larger eco-system of learning. Learning is now, more than ever before, connected with our student homes, whanau and online environment. #connectedlearning

Teachers, with #level2 on its way, and schools about to look a little closer to normal.. what’s one thing about remote learning you think you will miss the most?? #education #teachers #nzpol

Flicking through a lil book of gems tonight

I think this means my students love me 🤔😂😅

What would I like to see for Hamilton? Like Paris, Seattle, Shanghai and even Auckland ..our very own tower! In a flat city, how great would it be to have a viewing platform over the verdant Waikato? A symbol of a mature city and a magnet for visitors. #trontower

Absolutely love this advert and its message nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news…

Don't destroy the statues!! Put them in a place all together where people can talk about them... like a racist museum...having them altogether in one space AS racists and no longer as upstanding citizens is way more useful than having them at the bottom of a river #savetheracists

Only 13% of rape prosecutions are successful and only 15 percent of allegations even get to court but PLEASE GO ON about how we shouldn’t change the law to make it fairer for victims to testify nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/articl…

If there’s a reason we do all the paperwork, rams and such carry on this is it. - student reflection after OE bush trip 🤙🏽 @YkatoPENZ Physical Education New Zealand-Te Ao Kori Aotearoa #outdoors

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I’m sick of waking to news articles and having to text my brother to see if he’s alive. Police deserve so much better. Please read and share. Unfreeze Police "Pay freeze" - Sign the Petition! chng.it/kTd9KZLH via Change.org Amy Kaukau (nee Mikkelson) @JudithCollinsMP

Faster, Higher, Stronger ... Riskier? Power, performance and patriotism at the COVID Olympics - next up in the excellent Kaupapa Kōrero series from The University of Waikato 🎓 bit.ly/3y38lYK Belinda wheaton @hollythorpe_nz Dr Damien Puddle @YkatoPENZ Dan Popping Mihi Nemani @robtownsendPhD

Here's a link to a lil' lockdown trivia night I chucked together for a Zoom session.. Feel free to use/modify !! #lockdownnz #trivia #bored docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Thank you RY X for spending 965 minutes with me this year on Spotify. You are my #1. #SpotifyWrapped open.spotify.com/artist/2KjAo6w…