Laura Jackson Bennett

Teachers: With the best intentions and will in the world, do you think it is possible to return to school with pupils and implement 'social distancing'? #Covid19UK #schoolclosureuk

‘Every day, children are taught in crumbling buildings; subjects such as art & music are disappearing from the curriculum; pupils with SEN are losing vital support & dedicated teaching staff are losing their jobs’ The state of education in England, 2019. theguardian.com/education/2019…

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*THREAD* As a secondary school teacher, I never thought very hard about the impact of birth month on outcomes. If I did consider it, I must have assumed it had a negligible impact compared to other factors. Now, as a parent of primary school kids, it has become more salient.

@anneursu He’s got a point. You read that stuff, you wind up like me.

Snerdling: 19th century dialect for ‘wrapping up comfortably in bed’. In other words: peeking out from the duvet, thinking better of it, and sliding back under.

Extremely concerned by this policy. Reducing exclusions by turning off the tap at the end doesn’t solve problems- it just means children with intolerable behaviour get trapped in school. You may as well ban prisons to solve crime, and say ‘deal with it’ tes.com/news/exclusion…

Workload and @Ofstednews Overall, how much does inspection add to a school’s workload? Have your say and please feel free to RT and comment.

Some fabulous ‘visitors’ during #WorldBookDay today; Fantastic Mr(s) Fox, Alice hanging out with Moaning Myrtle, the Tiger who came to Tea(ch) and Vera taking a break from investigations with Ofred. What a day! @LaidlawST @ExcelsiorAcad @LaFiddes

Rain, wind, sunshine, rainbows and Haggis! Hadrian yr10’s had an amazing day in Edinburgh @LaidlawST @ExcelsiorAcad @anglepop @FeDuncs

Brilliant lesson with year 7 creating their own Treasure Island maps...we only hope Mrs Bennett hasn't kept all the treasure for herself! @pedagoo #pedagoofriday @LaidlawST @ExcelsiorAcad @Lolra89

Overheard in the cafeteria today - “Don’t ostracize librarians; they are like the bees, once they are gone we have nothing.”

So how did vote leave cheat? What was this extra money spent on and can it be justified? Ah I didn't fall for any of that, I hear you say.. Let's see. Thread:👇

Aim Higher booklet: litdrive.org.uk/cmdownloads/ro… And another: litdrive.org.uk/cmdownloads/an… Newsletter example: litdrive.org.uk/cmdownloads/ks… Scheme with memory retrieval for KS3: litdrive.org.uk/cmdownloads/co… Example teaching structure: litdrive.org.uk/cmdownloads/ai… #litdrive

Carol Ann Duffy wrote The wound in Time mark 100 years commemoration events happening this week. The poem will be read aloud on beaches on Armistice Day. I will use this during tutor time this week. It contains questions. @Team_English1 @ITTteamenglish dropbox.com/s/0y1h8z43xz81…

Another cracking review of #ClearWhiteLight @LiveTheatre from @ChronicleLive writer @BarbaraHodgson5 Well done to brill cast & crew @Lindisfarnbilly @maxluke4 @CharlieHActor @joedouglive @bryony_corrigan @MrJoeCaff @laidlaw_ray chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/theat…

Ofsted do not talk about tracking progress; they talk about monitoring it, which is quite different. A progress matrix, showing progress of individual pupils from start points, is perfectly suitable. We do not need to attempt to quantify and measure the progress pupils make.

Man like Zephaniah 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾