“The new kids a bit weird…” 😆😝 New School Photo Day 🤓🎽🏐 NB: Never doubt yourself. Never ever doubt your worth. You will be valued by those who deserve your value 🤍

Just like reading and writing… children need to learn how to move 🤾🏼‍♀️ #PhysicalLiteracy #Fundamental #edutwitter

Love this photo of my little boy. Let them run 🏃🏼 #PhysicalActivity #Fundamentals #letthemrun

Got my first formal observation at my new school this week. 12 years in teaching and it doesn’t feel like it gets any less stressful. Hit me with some words of bravery! 😨😬🙃🥲

A shameless magpie from Niall O’Brien and an idea or 2 of my own for ks1 sending this morning 🎾🏐 #edupe #fundamentals #sending #striking

6 years old 😵👏🏼🎾 #peisfun #edupe #primarype #physed

International teachers flying back to the U.K. for Christmas… Am I the only one panicking about being able to get back…? 🤔 U.K. lockdowns, rising cases preventing our teaching countries letting us back in…🆘 #internationalteacher #CollabUAE #teachingabroad #homeforchristmas

What tools / methods do people use to assess skill knowledge (not skill acquisition) in primary pe…? Something useable during lessons, especially outdoors. I’m thinking ‘ask the audience’ style buzzers, number fans, pegs on answers… #edupe #assesspe #primarype

Important day for future of PE in England ✅ core subject ✅ more time in primary ITE curriculum ✅ more variety in offer ✅ PE = Positive Experiences ✅ focus on all aspects of Physical Literacy (that includes motivation, confidence, valuing AND taking responsibility for PA

9 years of PESP funding would suggest, at primary level, PE is already given enhanced status over other subjects. Should Lords be asking, after 9 years of vast funding, what barriers have prevented school leaders & their communities from making greater progress?

I’m revisiting this thought daily. Do I board that flight or not…. 😰 #internationalteaching #homeforchristmas #HomeForTheHolidays #spainorukchristmas

Wasp on the school bus. School bus hurtling down the motorway.Kids screaming. Bus monitor desperately trying to keep them calm and with their seatbelts on. Me in my Spanglish… “Quieres muerte??” ☠️ monitor: “si!!!!” I killed the wasp. Kids cheering, I am their hero today 💪🏼🤣

A y12 student who I do not formally teach but have offered some support to gave me these oreo biscuits today … “we were asked in class to give this gift to a teacher who we are thankful for…” Well… I definitely had something in my eye 🥺❤️

“Mis niños” 🥰 I took my golf umbrella to school today because there was a storm forecast ⛈ the sun ended up splitting the sky all afternoon. Kids wanted to see how big the umbrella was! Little moments like this singing rain songs has to be one of the best parts of the job ❤️

Just a regular day at school in Spain... a snake on the playground with a gecko in its mouth head first… gecko eventually escapes… snake is NOT happy. Move on kids.. nothing to see here… 😨 This never happened to me in Halton Moor… 😂 🐍 🦎

One more day of ‘collecting snowballs’ left of 2022 Well needed rest coming up! 😴

Graduated to the next level of teacher presence today… Secondary pupils in the corridor causing a commotion being silly, shouting, wrestling etc. I stepped foot around the corner without saying a word: silence The power 🤲🏼🪬🪐 🤣🤣

Teacher friends : What is the current pedagogy surrounding gifted and talented? Do we still stretch and challenge them? do we still have for example a HA maths group who work together to solve more complex problems? Or do all the kids stay together in class nowadays? #teaching