Went into work this afternoon for the traditional goodbye tea for staff leaving. I’m in denial. Said farewell to 2 amazing members of my department & 3 other colleagues who’ve been a huge part of my teaching for the past 5 years.

SEND: DfE “modelling a range of children’s needs and deciding where these should be met in a new system.” Because obviously all children with the same diagnosis have the same needs… 🙄 tes.com/magazine/news/…

Could I ask a huge favour, please? Could I get some RTs on this? Our website has gone very quiet and the recent weather has had an impact on our event takings. We produce quality products and are rated excellent on Trustpilot. Thank you ♥️ gill-evehoneybees.co.uk

Date Night - celebrating 19 years since our first date. Great restaurant just a 5 minute walk from our house and another 2 minutes to the beach.

📚 Steplab Summer Reads #7 Win "Symbiosis" by Claire Hill + a Steplab bundle! Claire, Executive Director at Steplab, explores curriculum & classroom in the first book to do so — offering practical, coherent strategies for schools. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner Fri!

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association up to £50,000. Time is running out following Imperial War Museums’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

How social media works —- You: “I’m going to eat a biscuit 🙂” —- The replies: “But I don’t like biscuits! 😡” “You shouldn’t eat that type of biscuit, you should eat this type of biscuit instead” “Biscuits are bad for you” “Allow me to educate you about biscuits. You

I'm doing a couple of giveaways to celebrate the upcoming new school year! This first #giveaway is for my book on #behaviour. Like and retweet this post to enter (UK only). Winner picked next Saturday. Please share! Thank you. #freebie

Stupidly let my medication run down before reordering. Go to pharmacy today and they have no prescription for me. I thought I forgotten to reorder but checked the NHS app & no, I did reorder but no prescription issued. Roll on the side effects of running out.

We have 2 FANTASTIC pairs of Piers Torday books to WIN #MidnightTreasure & the NEW #WolfCrown For the chance to join Tibor & Roza as they face spies, dragons & werwolves in a race against the emperor of vampirs to claim the Wolf Crown RT & Flw by Oct 3 #WRDMagComp Hachette Children's Group

This article makes me so cross. 60% of kids using funded school transport are not SEND, so why are we only complaining about SEND kids using it? If my child’s SEND provision wasn’t so bloody far she wouldn’t need the taxi (which she does share). bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We have 4 copies of the outstanding debut YA novel #ABeautifulTerribleThing by @sparewriter to #win! For the chance to follow Cara & Nathan through their grief and love in this tragic, compelling, immersive dual narrative story… RT & Flw by Nov 7 #WRDMagComp David Fickling Books

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WIN a set of #Christmas cards Retweet and follow me to enter I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tonight (Friday 7 Nov) gailmyerscough.co.uk

🐝🌟 The EdShed Christmas Countdown continues! 🎉🥳 We are very excited to share that this week we're giving you the chance to WIN a Cadbury Christmas Magic Chocolate Hamper worth £50. To enter: 1. Like this competition post. 2. Share the post. 3. Follow EdShed.

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Yesterday Yr11 brought the fun to our double afternoon lesson by revealing they’d been playing “Mrs Matthews’ Bingo”! Apparently I say certain phrases a lot.

Day 2 of doing something other than school work or life admin (Day 1 was sit on the sofa). Fossil hunting with littlest.

🚨 Giveaway! 🎉 5 copies of my new book Questioning for Teaching & Learning. 💡 To enter simply repost this post. 🗓 Winners announced Monday 5th January 2026 6pm UK time. One random winner will be selected from each platform: X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok. Happy

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