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100% down to the vision of the most dedicated CEO @thestouracademy, along with our COO and the dedication of every member of staff, who work tirelessly everyday to serve our students ♥️

Looking forward to a busy week in #london, 2 days at @i2eEDU #MicrosoftCertifiedCoach then off to @Bett_show, London Excel! With the amazing @thestouracademy #DigitalChampions for another fab show #MIEESouthEast. #Bett2024 #MIEE @MSEducationUK #Paddington

Some nice Microsoft Forms updates 🥳 #edchat #mieexpert

@mtholfsen @StephenReidEdu @Tonihammy

A OneNote Avenger Funko Pop, ready for action 💜 Here's a fun Designer prompt to create your own, hat tip to @StephenReidEdu for the prompt. Designer prompt: designer.microsoft.com/image-creator?… #edtech #MIEExpert #AI

@EducEndowFoundn @SENDMattersUK Interesting read @Tonihammy @StellaScharing1

“The ‘Five-a-day’ approach allows educators to embed a set of teaching habits that feel manageable in reality.” In this blog, @SENDMattersUK, SEND specialist, outlines our key resources to support teachers in maximising progress for all pupils. Read: eef.li/PhB1xM

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Congratulations to #DigitalChampion ME of the Week, @CatherineSAT21 For excellent use of @MicrosoftEDU tools & @MicrosoftTeams to provide #equitable #learning opportunities for all our children & presenting #E2 #CPD for Team Stour! #MIEExpert #edtech #TrustInStour @OneNoteEDU

Agreed. Every school I visit has said that since COVID, behaviour has deteriorated. The only way to tackle this is by focussing on the taught Behaviour Curriculum- the social habits of navigating social spaces- clear boundaries, and predictable consequences. With targeted support where necessary. Disruptive behaviour in English schools worse since Covid, says outgoing Ofsted head theguardian.com/education/2023…

Congratulations to our ME of the Week, anting Mr Woodward For excellent use of @MicrosoftEDU tools & @MicrosoftTeams to provide #equitable #learning opportunities for all our children! #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU #edtech #TrustInStour @thestouracademy @Microsoft365 @OneNoteEDU

The power of restorative justice. A colleague sent a boy to me on removal furious at his behaviour and being sworn at. Wanted the boy out of class for an extended time. Boy comes to me expressing a willingness to sort it out so I arrange a RJ with the three of us.

Absolutely brilliant 🙌👏🏼

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@Tonihammy @mtholfsen Looks good!

@Mr_GO26 @mtholfsen Been waiting for this 🌟💖

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I woke up to some brilliant news! I’m so excited to be selected as an MIE Expert for 2023-2024! 🥳 #MicrosoftEdu #MIEExpert

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Looking forward to using these again this year, what a difference this makes to pupils and teachers 💕 @cam_kaljouw @CatherineSAT21 @Mr_GO26 @C_A_Foreman @StellaScharing1 @HelenEvemy @amy_prime @mbanksineyfs @MissEasdown_KS1 @Leessaarr @ChelseaCRich @Emily_a_smith1 @Mr_R_Young

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I want to talk about trust and attachment in young children. And there’s no video here for good reason. Several of you have recently tagged me to ask my thoughts on trending videos depicting parents engaging in one appalling behavior or another - in pursuit, apparently, of social media likes. In one trend, parents pretend to be FaceTiming with their child’s new kindergarten teacher and call their child over to meet her. When they get to the phone, the child comes face to face with a photo of a scary looking adult (which in some cases appear to be mugshots of women deep in the throes of drug addiction, if, in fact, they are real at all). The children are almost always alarmed. Often they cry. During one of the biggest transitions in their young child’s life (the start of school), these parents have chosen to stoke anxiety rather than provide comfort. Other recent trends have involved parents in throwing slices of American cheese at their toddlers - or, more recently, unexpectedly cracking a raw egg on their child’s forehead during a joint cooking activity. Obviously I’m not going to uplift any examples here. But I do want to address the harm these kinds of behaviors create from a developmental perspective. The years of early childhood are a time during which trust and attachment are (ideally) formed. With love, attention, and responsive caregiving, young children learn that their world is safe. They develop self worth and self esteem. These are prerequisites to both learning and healthy development. But the key to developing trust is consistency. And the behaviors in these videos - even if rare and anomalous - serve only to undermine healthy attachment between parent and child. They provide children with data points that suggest their parents can be unexpectedly and arbitrary cruel. They are a violation of hard earned trust. Some will argue that these are just jokes in good fun. They aren’t. They are the deliberate infliction of trauma, however brief, for the amusement of strangers. It should go without saying that this isn’t good for children. Please. Don’t. Just don’t.

Behaviour Management: A Bill Rogers Top 10 teacherhead.com/2013/01/06/beh… #1 all-time post.