The information in this ‘guidance’ isn’t really ‘new’ to schools though, is it? Schools have been tackling these issues for years. School systems, structures and agreements are required but ‘new’ govt guidance doesn’t really add anything of value …

Parents, voters, ministers – do the maths: if we run out of teachers, who will teach our children? A good summary. We are in a crisis. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Yosser: I’m desperate, Dan. Surely one of the best written, best acted and delivered examples of pathos mixed with dark humour ever seen on TV. From the great Bernard Hill.

TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Today’s meta posts are so impressive. I confess this one’s messed with my head (in a good way) 😅!

It’s a bit early I guess, but here’s my Halloween competition poem - enjoyed the challenge; chilling, 14 words TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Saraswati Nagpal Hope you like it!

Enjoying reading all the ‘Anarchy’ pieces today Matthew M C Smith TopTweetTuesday Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu In honour of the theme, I was spectacularly disordered in my run up to this one 😅:

Good Morning & thank you to Matt for this forum & this week’s theme of Winter. TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu I made several false starts - they developed into this:

Tim Green TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Nigh on flawless Tim!! Really clever imagery as you traipse around all the seasons! Although winter is my favourite one by far in real life, that description of summer is pure genius ‘a weighty handpalm of hot sky! 🏆 A triumph of an ending too!

Tim Green TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu There are so many poems which could burgeon from your observations here, Tim! Each season is so well defined by fabulous imagery, but you give the weight to Winter, and leave us with that wonderful burst of colour.

Tim Green TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu A stunner, Tim! Love how winter leaves those other seasons behind and dares us to ‘endure’. Love that tough little holly tree. They seem to hide in the summer here but can be seen everywhere now. Now I have a poem to think of when I pass by. ❄️❄️❄️

Hi Matt, please find my winter poem for possible consideration Matthew M C Smith TopTweetTuesday Thank you, Tim

Hi Matt & the brilliant TopTweetTuesday Another great challenge this week. I’ll be donating to Shelter Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

Good Morning, the super TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Here’s my second piece on the theme of charity. This week I’m donating clothes for charity collection (hope it loads, I’ve had some issues with the platform 🤞🏻)

Good morning all at the ever-inspiring TopTweetTuesday & thanks to Matthew M C Smith for today’s challenge! I’ve aimed to meet the brief & go a bit left-field. My offering requires a picture for context. Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

Tim Green TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Such a uniquely compelling poem, Tim! I love the shift in viewpoint; the nuances of innocence, poignancy, humor, depth, loss. Balance of light and dark, indeed. This one left splinters in my heart. Effective and original use of the Ekphrastic form. 🏆

Tim Green TopTweetTuesday Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu That final stanza tethers the poem - plenty of gravity and poetry. You’re a find of 2025, Tim

This beauty arrived yesterday 😀 TopTweetTuesday Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Matthew M C Smith Have sampled some poems already but trynna ration myself to just a few per day 📖📚!