Siobhan Profaska

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@richkbristol Didn't believe nursery when they said my toddler needed a soft toy to sleep so grabbed one thoughtlessly packing the nursery bag. Whole year only being comforted by a discontinued and irreplaceable Jellycat bear.

On route to @2000trees had a flying visit to @mshedbristol, I've not been since Colston was added. Great to see him with some context, a vast improvement to being on a plinth. Loved the People of Bristol exhibition, and my kid was a fan of the dinosaur that looked like Bristol.

@AlastairJDunn Thank you 😊

I'm teaching Weimar and Nazi Germany for the first time and want to put together a list of books (fiction and non) films, documentaries students could look at to further their knowledge. Any suggestions? #historyteacher

@kate_smee Thanks Kate I've not seen that

@MrsProfaska Rise of Evil with Robert Carlyle is ace.

@MissChris_hist Thank you! That's really useful 👍

@MrsProfaska This might be of some help, I can't remember who inspired the structure of this Read, Watch, Do List someone of Twitter helped with this. Also ignore the Boy with Striped Pyjamas *keep meaning to take this off the list. #historyteacher

I'm shocked* no teachers picked marking as their favourite part of the job *I'm not.

@richkbristol He picked it above all my Hodder GCSE books, and then licked the author pics on the back which is obviously a compliment

Little one helping me plan a lesson on the Bristol slave economy.

@HelenPins Same! And going into a new school this is my first work they will see 😬

@HelenPins I feel your pain, after a year off I've regressed to PGCE speed of planning (ie very slowly and with lots of second guessing)

@DrEstellePrnq @STN_Airport @Ryanair This is disgusting behaviour. I hope you're feeling okay after the fall. I won't be using @Ryanair based on this. Unforgivable.

@HelenPins @burghleyhouse I'm liking the champagne bucket vibes.

I adore #HeartstopperS2 but watching as a teacher is painful. -GCSE history coursework essays -Y10 and Y11 parents eve on same night -Silent study hall, exam desks used. Put in PAIRS for silent work -allowing a student into study hall because he "had to return a pen"

@HelenPins @MrPattisonTeach Oh yeah if someone could notify me when we are all moving that would be great.

For those who also use twitter for education stuff - how does threads compare? This X nonsense is making it look inevitable I'm going to have to look into it (reluctantly as Zuck barely more palatable than Musk)

"Whether a degree is good or bad value depends not just on your salary but on how it changes your life." As Rishi Sunak plans to end 'rip-off degrees', @AndrewMarr9 says it feels "remarkably reductive" to judge a degree by its financial outcome.

@merry___alice Well said 👏

I can’t actually express how angry this makes me. What a disgrace and a fundamental misunderstanding of going to university. Perhaps we should focus on how the wider economy/society was trashed by Tory austerity for years?? Start there mate

First day leaving the baby and going into to work. 8 whole hours away from him. I've been harping on about how "work is a BREAK from parenting" to my husband for months. I think in my head I was going to chat to colleagues, eat in peace, and generally enjoy myself. And I did.