#BrewEd Storytelling Schools HeadsUp4HTs #radicle Normal, innocent man. Views expressed are my own and may not be indicative of my employer's views.

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My beautiful local station here in Crediton has been nominated for a national award recognising the beautiful work in the old station building to create an autism inclusive space for connection and music. Please vote for Crediton and please share the link raildeliverygroup.com/our-se…
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My beautiful local station here in Crediton has been nominated for a national award recognising the amazing work in the station building to create an autism inclusive space for connection and music. Please vote for Crediton and please share the link - raildeliverygroup.com/our-se…...
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Ed Finch retweeted
This is such an important point. Rape is a bonding activity that is relevant to networks years later
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If a session at an edu event was aimed at a specific phase eg primary, & the session was specifically about that phase’s classroom practice & how to teach well in that exact phase, I would def expect the session to be led by an experienced expert in the teaching of that phase.
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One conclusion from my travels - UK, US, Canada, Australia - is that our global profession remains deeply scarred by decades of poor accountability-driven scrutiny dominated by delusional 'teacher evaluation' processes. The default teacher position is to be sceptical and resistant to observation processes and often PD itself. 'Just leave me alone' is a common starting point. It's requires a massive effort to build momentum around sustained PD and feedback cycles that people trust, opening themselves up enough to explore habit change.. Where it's happening it's magnificent; it feels like a triumph - but it also feels precarious; it doesn't take much to knock people off course. We're paying the price for all those years training up leaders to adopt the role of compliance checkers and 'quality assurers' rather than being true leaders of learning and teacher development. Takes real focus and changes in attitude to create the cultures of PD teachers crave.
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Given that ~80% of school policies relate to legal requirements, I believe the DfE should write and update them, and schools should only need to link to them on their websites. The constant writing, updating, checking, ratifying of policies is bonkers and massive workload issue.
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The only school subjects that should start with capital letters are actual proper nouns (e.g. English, French), not common nouns (e.g. science, mathematics). Roles in school also do not need capital letters (e.g. headteacher, deputy head), except when abbreviated (e.g. TA).
What's the word/grammar hill you are absolutely dying on?
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Keep politics out of music, like in the old days when Tchaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture about how mild the weather was that year, or Beethoven composed his “Emperor” concerto to honour his new kitten, and Dylan sang A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, all about splashing in puddles.
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Such a lovely conversation with Tor Flynn. We talked about play, creativity, agency, responses to research, the problem of Key Stage Three and much much more. I would love to talk to YOU for 'The Human in the Classroom'. Drop me a line ans we'll make it happen.
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More than half our tickets have gone for this ace day out in Birningham. If you are thinking of coming, do book up or you may find they've all gone. I'd love to see you there.
Here we go!!!! Tickets for #BrewEdBrum are now available. Speakers, conversations, connection, lunch, laughs, a few drinks, quiz, panel, rucksack... proper job as we say in Devon. Get in quick before they all go... eepurl.com/z-HWvZT1yK
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The lovely people at Fabulous Films have given me one of these to give away. You will get it a couple of weeks before it's released. All you have to do is retweet this tweet & I will select a winner at random. Good Luck!! fabulousfilms.com/products/m…
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Do one thing for me...scroll your contacts...find one person who you haven't phoned or messaged for far too long but have been meaning to for ages. Msg them. Please, do it now. Trust me. You don't want to regret letting life's busyness get in the way only find it is too late.
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Here we go!!!! Tickets for #BrewEdBrum are now available. Speakers, conversations, connection, lunch, laughs, a few drinks, quiz, panel, rucksack... proper job as we say in Devon. Get in quick before they all go... eepurl.com/z-HWvZT1yK
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Here we go!!!! Tickets for #BrewEdBrum are now available. Speakers, conversations, connection, lunch, laughs, a few drinks, quiz, panel, rucksack... proper job as we say in Devon. Get in quick before they all go... eepurl.com/z-HWvZT1yK
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I'm very excited to see who books!! Hoping for lots of old friends and lots of new ones too.
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We will be dropping the ticket link for #BrewEdBrum right here on Twitter tomorrow. Check your feed around lunchtime as it's first come first served and when they're gone they're gone. Nov 28th, Cherry Red Cafe in Central Birmingham (by New Street Station) from 11:00 till 5:00
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New ad by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products.
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I lost my wife to cancer in August and sadly I have been left with huge debts. I am starting up my Facebook Haunted Hotels page daily for the next 5 weeks; I get a small commission from any bookings which will help enormously. Please help if you can. facebook.com/UKHauntedHotels
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