Claire Hanlon

@Ms_L_White Thank you for writing and sharing this. Point 5 about consequences is interesting. The most common consequences my intelligent, autistic child got: 1. Losing break time 2. Being sent out of the classroom 3. Exclusion. Until the only safe option was opting out.

In too many schools, "support" has become a quiet permission to step away from learning. Side rooms. Exit cards. Safe spaces. Extra adults. Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking the obvious question: why are we removing children from the very place where they’re meant to belong? Answering the 10 Toughest Questions About Inclusion open.substack.com/pub/lynseywhit…

Summer reading? Stone Blind is just 99p on Kindle this month! ‘So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters’ Grab this deal here: amazon.co.uk/Stone-Blind-Na…

@uncanny_eli iferi.org/iferi_forum/vi… not just US

it’s about US literacy education and how it has apparently shifted from being phonics-based to this completely bizarre ‘try to guess the word from context’ system that doesn’t work

i’m listening to the first episode of Sold a Story podcast and i’m 5 minutes in and holy fucking shit

As we head into End of Year exams season, it's worth revisiting a helpful technique: annotating exam questions. There's a growing body of evidence supporting its effectiveness. Here are some ways I use annotating along with some recent evidence. /🧵

@HeatherBellaF It reminds me of SOLO taxonomy?

New blog! The teachers' knowledge that has no name. What should we call this knowledge? heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/the…

Next projectile motion Q just literally dropped

In 1847 as the Irish famine raged, a prison was opened on a small Irish island Within 5 years it was the largest prison in the world Within 20, it had redefined modern approaches to prisoner reform This is the story of Spike Island (1)

@CyclingInASkirt Much love and best wishes x

Hi cycling twitter. I'm Michael, Helen's husband. As some of you may know Helen's last scan showed that the cancer has grown and is impacting kidney function. This means we have reached the end of the road for treatment and are focusing on keeping Helen comfortable.

Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful! mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/who…

@UnofficialOA My children's school has restorative conversations and exclusions and no in between. It's a nightmare, especially for SEN kids

@aqibishtiaq @Strickomaster There are indeed- punishment has become a dirty word and exclusions are rare in such schools. Scottish have been completely ruined. (Most schools still do a bit of both which is fine IMO).

If your school gets rid of sanctions and adopts an entirely ‘restorative’ approach, you can guarantee: - teacher blaming - poor relationship between SLT and Ts - worsened behavior Have a listen to myself and HT @Strickomaster open.spotify.com/episode/608OiR…

@englishspecial Does inner critic count?

Who coaches you when you are alone? Do you coach yourself in 1st person (I can do it), 3rd person (you can do it) or not at all (no inner coaching voice)? RT, ❤️ and comments welcome.

A brilliant activity from @BSBIbotany for all ages if your out for a walk in the coming days!!

@LeeBraganza Actual pakora and samosa!

Our wonderful neighbour has been helping us look after Samosa and Pakora for the last week. Checking in, feeding and locking them up at night. What would be a thoughtful gift that isn't just chocolates??? Help me out!

@SurreyLibraries Thanks for getting back to me! We've been doing the winter challenge but last night it said the domain not available but we've logged in again tonight 🤷🤷🤷

@MsClaireHanlon Good Afternoon, we are not aware of any problems with our website last night/yesterday. Please contact us at: libraries@surreycc.gov.uk and we will try to assist you.

One Day to Go! Create and enjoy with this year's #WinterMiniChallenge from @TheReadingAgency inspiring children to explore their creativity. Visit wintermini.org.uk to log reading, play games & win rewards! Surrey children can also get a prize: ow.ly/XjLg50U0noe

Why Means of Participation are so important, a tiny 🧵 First what are Means of Participation? They are intentionally installed routines for the common ways students will be expected to answer questions in class. Usually: Cold Call, Turn & Talk, Stop & Jot (Everybody Writes) Volunteers (taking hands) Call & Response Mini White Boards

12 DAYS of CHRISTMAS Day 7 already!! Anyone feeling artistic? Todays resource is a snowflakes and symmetry worksheet. Access this and the 6 previous resources shared here mathsbox.org.uk/xmas/x.php

@MrBoothY6 @Positivteacha And the other way would be to find 20% and 5% and 2% and add those values together???

@Positivteacha Works for everything. So if the kids had to find 27% of 352, quickest way is easily to do 27 x 352, which is 9504 and dividing by 100, to get 95.04. So 27% of 352 is 95.04.

One of my fave bits of maths every year is teaching the children to find percentages via finding 10%, 1%, 50% etc and adding together to make the % they need. Waiting till they've nailed it. Then showing they can also just multiply both numbers together and divide it by 100.