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@CheerVix I totally feel your pain. I have 2 days in a row each with 5 lessons! Roll on Wednesday

@anon_opin I recently had to provide 12 years worth of proof of address for my husband's visa renewal. Who keeps printed utility bills for 12 years?!

In an era when almost all household bills are online, demanding a physical utility bill as proof of address is fucking ridiculous.

@wendyk101 Apparently, it's National Toast Day - I never knew that was even a thing!

@Mrs_Carnegie @MissHMaths8 @missradders @mathsjem I'd be really interested to see how you've adapted the WRM SOW, we're struggling to fit all the content in!

@MissHMaths8 @missradders @mathsjem We follow at KS3: like the approach and the way the content is interleaved. Had to adapt for some topics (eg Y8 Algebra unit needed to be broken down into much smaller steps). It is also worth noting that timings assume 5 lessons per week so we have moved some units.

Does anyone follow the White Rose SOW for KS3 & KS4 and if you do what do you think of it? @mathsjem @missradders could you please share this so more people see it?

@LaurastHarvey @Arithmaticks @mathsjem @mathsteacher321 @missradders We've just started using Whizz maths, although it is only good for years 7 and 8 (or primary) it is an amazing tool at identifying gaps and helping fill them in.

Is there a good maths program or website that will access students numeracy and give them follow up questions for gaps in learning? @Arithmaticks @mathsjem @mathsteacher321 @missradders

@DeputyGrocott My son (age 9) likes playing Times Table Battle on the Alexa. It's a bit glitchy sometimes and stops mid game, but it's still a lot of fun and great practice.

Practise multiplication tables every single day in lower key stage 2. Thanks for attending my Ted Talk.

@twinklresources Worked in a SEND school once, with a boy with Aspergers called Daddy. It felt very strange at breaktime saying "daddy, don't eat the leaves!" In a different school there was a girl called Truly Scrumptious and her brother Arthur Pendragon!

Molly-Mae has named her baby Bambi! What unusual names have you had in your class?

@KKNTeachLearn My daughter's school is open for Yrs 7,10 and 11. She is in Yr 10 but won't be going to school in support of the strike. I said I didn't want her going and creating work for cover teachers, she agrees but only because she wants to stay in bed all morning!

@WhistleblowingT OP says without parent consent, not without their knowledge. I'm sure that Safeguarding will have spoken to the parents about this. We have a pupil who is referred to by their chosen name at school but their parent doesn't allow them to be called this in parental communication

@ShuaibKhan26 "If you can work as part of a team, you're already more of a teacher than you know!" Not sure where that idea comes from, certainly not a teacher.

@ScottPughsley Try having a really bad phobia of teeth, cracking a tooth, then going to the dentist only to be blamed and shamed for cracking said tooth when it is actually caused by vital medication you are forced to take in order to live a semi normal life! Guess where I'm currently sat!

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@mrmckaycomp I absolutely love Legend of Zelda:BOTW on the Switch. I've completed it sbout 4 times already!

I've succumbed. Just the original, not OLED. Not had a Nintendo console since the DS, but I was bored of everything on Xbox trying to be mega-super-epic AAA all the time, and wanted something casual. I'm a bit late to this party! Game suggestions?

@MrBoothY6 A friend of mine during her training year was told by her mentor she was a rubbish teacher, would never amount to anything & should give up now. She's just been promoted from head of houses to head of department in her 5th year of teaching! She is an amazing teacher and colleague

An ECT in our Facebook group has been told she ‘lacks the teaching spark’. I can’t think of more utterly useless, unproductive and, quite frankly, utterly unkind feedback to give to someone. Feeding back to someone struggling is hard but they should always leave feeling supported

@MrMathsteer We make a departmental quiz, non maths related. Everyone has to make 1 round, then I collate them into 1 big quiz. We used to buy the Christmas quiz on TES but so did every other dept so the kids had played it already. The kids love our quiz, I did it 5 lessons out of 5 today

@shadylady222 Ditto, I feel your pain. However I was off with Covid Monday - Wednesday last week so got to go in tomorrow because of my stupid Bradford score. Oh the joys of having a suppressed immune system from my autoimmune disease! Hope you feel better soon.

I’m at that point where my cough is constant and making my head hurt, chest hurt, throat feel like it has been scraped by a knife and stomach muscles feel like they have been squeezed…oh and I am feeling horrendously sorry for myself.

@Beth_Tastic My daughter has dyslexia, I repeatedly ask her teachers to put homework on Teams or print off a piece of paper... instead they like to tell her to be more independent and learn to write quicker when copying it down from the board, and then give her detention for no homework!

THIS!!! I’ll never get tired of repeating but my goodness me I’m tired of needing to repeat it to those that just don’t get it!

@MsWilsonPD @serious_int It was really great, I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and loved seeing the kids get so involved.

If you’re looking for someone to encourage students to ‘be their best selves’ @serious_int is your guy. Very motivated and refocused Year 10s & 11s ahead of the next round of mocks. Thank you for being truly inspiring 🧡 #PSHE #personaldevelopment

@Michael_S_Green I love the whole Pentatonix Christmas album, but "Mary did you know" is probably my favourite as I don't think "Hallelujah" can be classed as a Christmas song

So... following on from my tweet yesterday, what's your favourite Christmas song? I LOVE Pentatonix's version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. I must have listened to it on a loop for several hours over the last couple of days 🙈youtu.be/ku7ohU1IGls

@dnleslie I have Rheumatoid Arthritis so have to sit quite often, SLT are aware. I sit to model on my laptop/visualiser, when circulating I will often sit in a student chair which I love to do, or if sat at my desk while they are working I'm always facing the class not looking at my laptop

If fit and able to do so: should teachers stand up when teaching or sit down? What is your preference? Me: I love to stand when teaching. I don't sit down very often because I circulate often and can often be found in Pastore's Perch.