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@MrHawkesMFL @DeputyGrocott Fantastic! 👍🏽

Forgot to post ‘what is for dinner?’ last night. I went for a jacket potato with cheese and beans. Don’t know why I don’t have them more often, they are delicious! What did you all have?

Join The Minimalists for our upcoming Sunday Symposiums in Southern California. TICKETS ARE FREE. Register soon because seats are limited. Santa Barbara – Jan 26 Orange County – Feb 23 Los Angeles – Mar 30 Each event includes free coffee, a sound bath, a talk from The Minimalists, an audience Q&A, and more. Free Tickets: minimalists.com/sunday

I know for many of you, Sunday is a work day. Planning, prepping etc for the week ahead. It could be a good opportunity to see if AI can save you some time. I’ve saved loads of time by using co pilot and ChatGPT. If you’re not sure where to start, message me or reply below and I’ll send you my ‘using AI in primary’ PowerPoint I’ve made. It’s basically a simple guide to how I’ve used it. A few people have said it’s helpful. Please repost in case someone misses it who might find it helpful 😊

Reading really does set you free 🧡. Literacy opens the door to the life you want. Treat yourself to this beautiful @charliemackesy print this #GivingTuesday and £20 will go towards empowering people with the literacy skills they need to succeed. Shop: shop.charliemackesy.com/p/2980/reading…

I have attended many CPR classes over the years, but I was never told this… What do you do when you're alone and have a heart attack? Here’s an important post that can’t be shared often enough: Take a 2-minute break and read this: Let’s say it’s 5:25 pm, and you're driving home after an unusually hard day at work. You’re tired and frustrated. Suddenly, you feel a pain in your chest that starts to radiate down your arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You’re only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home, but unfortunately, you don’t know if you can make it. Maybe you’ve taken CPR training, but the instructor never taught you how to help yourself in this situation. So, how do you survive a heart attack when you’re alone? A person feeling weak and whose heart is beating erratically has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness. But there is something you can do: cough repeatedly and very strongly. Take a deep breath before each cough, and repeat the coughing every second until you either reach the hospital or your heartbeat returns to normal. Deep breathing gives your lungs oxygen, and the coughing stimulates the heart and boosts circulation. This pressure can help restore a normal heartbeat. This is how cardiac arrest victims can survive long enough to receive the right treatment at the hospital. Cardiologists say if you receive this message and pass it on to 10 people, we can save at least one life. For women:
It’s important to know that women often have different symptoms than men. They rarely experience crushing chest pain or arm pain. Instead, they may have indigestion, tightness across the back at the bra line, and sudden fatigue. Save a life today—copy or share. ❤️

Building a strong classroom community can be as simple as spending just a little time each day in a circle, where kids can connect and share with each other. 🧡

This was THE book that changed my life and career. It was as if Hirsch had been in my South Bronx classroom seeing what I saw every day for years: kids who could decode but not comprehend. Consultants and staff developers had a thousand explanations: student engagement, lack of culturally relevant curriculum, test anxiety, etc. Hirsch had one: background knowledge.

How to Quickly Make a QR Code in Google Chrome alicekeeler.com/2024/12/01/how… #GoogleEDU

@MRA_RQT Congratulations! You’re half way through this year already, and next year everything will be even better! 🎉

This was such a fun activity! Now my G2 students all want to create their own board games! 🎉 #PYP #inquirylearning #LearnerProfile #LearningThroughPlay

This awesome map and the blog post that inspired it are so creative! I’m wondering if/how I might adapt this for my own Gr 2 (Yr 3) writers? Maybe a village or town - with roads instead of train lines? Shops & houses instead of stations? All ideas are welcome!

@MRA_RQT This looks really interesting! Thanks for linking Miss Stanley’s blog too. Keep sharing your great ideas! 👍🏽

@MRA_RQT We use a hand signal for toilet requests & another for going out to drink water. Fortunately, the previous teacher knows ASL so most of my children already know the hand signs. Maybe British Sign Language (or Makaton?) would have suitable signs that would work in your classroom?

We all had such a great time! Thank you @jennysfen for coming to share our celebration, and for taking these great photos of our hands on learning! #LifeLongLearning #Chuseok #PYP

So many exciting new features to explore in @Seesaw this year! I can’t wait to share them with my students and colleagues! Let’s go, Bears! 🐻 #PYP #LifelongLearning #MakingLearningVisible #EvidencingLearning #SeesawCertifiedEducator

Wow! This is awesome! I love getting great ideas from my lovely @ISBLearning colleagues!

Chapters International is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for educators, happening on September 20-21, 2024 in beautiful Hawaii. @kjinquiry @trev_mackenzie @AliceJungclaus Register now at: chaptersinternational.com/powering-up-ha…

A fantastic day of professional development at @ISBLearning, including an introduction to Universal Design for Learning. Interesting discussions and great insights! Thank you @jennysfen for your inspirational leadership! #LifelongLearning

And that’s a wrap! Successful day 2 of #koibangkok at @PatanaCPL with @kjinquiry @trev_mackenzie @AnnevanDam1966 @SaraKAhmed