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40,000 teachers walking away year on year from teaching, number rising not falling. So - pay rises haven't helped (yet, but I don't think they will), ECF hasn't helped, workload reduction groups and reports, CPD offers, wellbeing Wednesdays etc etc Why? 4 things *still* remain problematic (IMO).... Toxic schools need identifying and sorting - both in terms of workload and politics. We need an anon exit interview service from gov where results can be viewed by prospective job candidates. PPA allowance - needs doubling or tripling. OFSTED gradings need to go (I'm unsure if Labour 'report cards' would be better but willing to wait). Flexibility - more schools need to support flexible working where it's possible to.

Half term adventures in Baku, the most beautiful and calm, hidden gem 🫶🏼🇦🇿

4 days into term and Influenza B has wiped my class out with only 11 out of 24 children in school today 😩

@thebodycoach Any chance you could open this up to teachers in international schools? 🤞🏼

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First day back with the children and I honestly don’t think I’m going to make it to 8pm 🫣

Ready for another year of fun in Year 1 in our gorgeous new space 😍☀️ #year1 #earlyyears #dubai #collabuae

Does anyone know of any good online courses focused around the zones of regulation/self regulation? #year1 #professionaldevelopment #edutwitter #collabuae

What do other Year 1 teachers use to assess SPAG? Looking to change things up a bit and curious to know how others do it/what others use! #year1 #eyfs #provision #spag #literacy #collabuae

It’s (belated) Coronation Day! 👑🇬🇧 #Coronation #dubai #britishschool #year1 #provision

The Great Fire of @SouthViewSchool! #year1 #thegreatfireoflondon #history

An accurate representation of me leaving school at the end of inspection. KHDA done and I am so incredibly proud of the Year 1 team and a primary as a whole ✅🫶🏼

‘We want to fill the classroom with Maths’ 🥹 #year1 #continuousprovision

Could be my proudest achievement in life so far 📚🔮 #WorldBookDay2023

No kind of broken/exhausted like the end of the week before inspection broken/exhausted 🫠

World Book Day 2023 ⚡️🔮🪄 #WorldBookDay2023

The classroom was alive and buzzing with #mathschat today as the children explored place value beyond 20 🧮 fantastic dialogue, problem solving and collaboration on display and so wonderful to watch 🧠 #year1 #maths #whiterose @WhiteRoseMaths

Half term 🫶🏼❄️🇨🇭

At some point during today a member of my class has managed to draw a smiley face on my arm and it’s taken me until I got home to notice it. If that doesn’t sum up like in Year 1, I don’t know what does 😂🤯💛 #Year1 #EarlyYears

I had an student arrive in September with no English and she had never been in a British curriculum school before. Today she independently wrote her innovated version of The Gruffalo with UAE animals, applying Phonics and using sight words 🥹 #Year1 #ReadWriteInc #ELL #progress

#DubaiRain - child arrives at school excited to tell me about this thing he's never seen before that his Mummy was using this mornnig.. an umbrella 😂☔️