Steve

@5Naureen You shouldn't have sold your yacht!

On way to Japan with a stopover in Hong Kong for a few days. Aeroplane seat/bed with a massage function and free wifi makes this long haul flight very comfortable.

@TawhakiTheGod @kejamieson_ Now you're being silly!!!

@kejamieson_ That's ridiculous. Why not just have the swallows take the oil all the way to the final destination?

How many swallows to unload a VLCC & move the oil from A-B? - The average coconut holds approx 500ml (thanks Google) - VLCC = 2 million barrels. - 1 barrel = approx 159l So 318,000,000l to be moved. We need 636,000,000 coconuts & swallows. Unsure if African or European 🐦

@5Naureen Oh dear. Usual suspects?

@SDPenny1 People compensating for their own inadequacies by stalking and doxxing those with track records of success.

@GOrchard0 @clark_aviation Yep. I remember seeing the Chinese ones there - a 'while' ago!

@clark_aviation I remember visiting HS factory at Hatfield seeing Trident Threes being built.

Seen at Liverpool Speke airport, the prototype Hawker Siddeley Trident Two, an aircraft type I was once bored of seeing at UK airports in my youth. How times change!

@joenutt_author Are they all meant to go to University now when they leave at 18?

This is a nettle that has to be grasped. There are many thousands of kids who would be far happier and more successful in life, leaving school at 16 or even 15 to work...if only politicians cared about managing an economy effectively enough to provide jobs. They don't.

@Strickomaster @ballet_ann @RogersHistory Obviously, a lot has changed since my day!

Yesterday in a lesson, two students asked to go the toilet. I said they would need to go one at a time. Miraculously, neither needed the toilet any more. They were lovely students and laughed when I called them out on it, no complaints but it was just going to be a chance to have a gab. If you don’t think loads of students use toilet breaks to bunk off lessons you are mad! I will rarely say ‘no’, esp if it’s obvious a student needs to go but I will say: ‘Can you wait until we have done this task?’ - they usually don’t ask again ‘Can you wait until the end of the lesson?’ - they usually don’t ask again ‘You’ll need to wait for X to come back’ - they usually don’t ask again All these questions also allow for you as teacher to gauge next steps.

@tombennett71 Are you sure that you were a teacher once? Just where did you earn your stripes?

Obviously I wish this school well, and its staff and students. But removing students to a safe place where you can then decide if they need a sanction or a psychiatrist, is very common. And for most students whose behaviour becomes chaotic, abusive or dangerous, treating their behaviour as stemming from mysterious traumas, unmet needs or similar, ignores the fact that messing about or being uncivil is often perfectly normal spectrum human behaviour, and requires boundaries and consequences. When you hear hooves, first think horses, not zebras. It might be zebras- bear that in mind- but first think horses.

This article neatly demonstrates, ironically, why removal rooms are necessary. Because no matter how you slice it, sometimes students behaving chaotically need to be taken somewhere. That’s the removal room. You can call it an isolation room if you have a taste for Kafkaesque literalism. You can call it the Triage Zone. The Crisis Intervention Hub. But it’s still ‘the place they go when their behaviour exceeds the classroom’s capacity to absorb it’. It is the Room of Requirement. Schools need one, and if you look for it, it’s there.

@5Naureen How wonderful. Have an ORRsome day. xx

@teacherhead @tombennett71 I 'went' for the one with glasses!

@SDPenny1 @tombennett71 Tom

Hanging out with the other Tom.. always a joy. @tombennett71

@_Travelwithdan @AndythePandy_ Tu 104s, Vanguards, Caravelles, Convair 990A Coronados!

@AndythePandy_ 727s, 707s, Tristar, tridents vc10s, 747-100s and SPs, md11s, Stratocasters, all the Russian stuff!!! Proper planes!

@tombennett71 @5Naureen I initially misread that

@5Naureen I look like a tortured mannequin

Well, that’s wrap! A fantastic day of people working together, learning from one another, and making connections. I’m alway so proud and grateful of all our speakers, supporters, sponsors, hosts and attendees. The researchED community, who travelled from near and far (Germany… Japan…USA..) to make today what it was. 12 years after we started, it feels as fresh and necessary as ever. Thank you so much to all. #rED25

‘What it says on this tin’! A need to know for all school staff, prospective governors et al, ably covered by @5Naureen #rED25

@tombennett71 A grand day out and a chance to renew 'once a year' acquaintances. All this and a free lunch courtesy of @hgaldinoshea (I won't tell Tom ma'am!) #rED25

@clark_aviation @CcibChris Now then, now then, now now then

A virtually inch perfect line abreast formation of Folland Gnat T Mk1 of the 1969 Red Arrows team. It made me wonder if the current team could match this feat today? 🤔

@tombennett71 @EdnaKrabapple1 Indeed! The numbers will quickly mount up. Even if only 6 students in, say, each of 3 classes, don’t know their times tables that’ll be a total of, er…… well, quite a lot

@EdnaKrabapple1 x.com/tombennett71/s…

This seems unwise

#NolanPrinciples and Twitter: NP aren’t just for holders of public offices. They can and should apply to all aspects of our lives. Below are some NP questions about Twitter interactions. 1. Do your posts pass the #selflessness test? 2. Do you declare conflict of interests and show #integrity? 3. Do your posts use the best available evidence when critiquing something and are you #objective? 4. Who are you #accountable to for your posts? 5. Are you #open about why you’re criticising something? 6. Are your posts #honest? 7. Under your #leadership do others start personal attacks on people you don’t like?

@5Naureen I think the above makes sense. I know that the NPs ‘apply’ to/are expected of public office holders but, selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership aren’t bad guidelines for everyday life - Twitter et al!

@EnglandRugby @USARugby Someone help me here...why can I watch New Zealand vs France and South Africa vs Georgia both live on UK TV but, not England vs USA?

Feeling lucky? 🤔 Predict the score of our match against @USARugby for your chance to win a £50 England Rugby Store voucher ⬇️