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The children @JuniorChurchSch can still think of me by looking through a photo book and having a cuddle. There’s also a heated version in the office too!

Time to delete this account- I’ve been retired from being a school dog for over a year now. Have enjoyed catching birds and winning prizes but too much on here not dog or school related!

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Is your tree up yet?

Hi Omar. Sorry, was away at the weekend so didn’t pick this up. I agree that on the face of it this wouldn’t be our normal approach. I also agree that this would put pressure on a member of staff, and particularly one at the start of their career. We want to avoid that, of course. I just want to pose a couple of points or scenarios though which may help here. Firstly, this wouldn’t have been planned this way. There is nothing in any of our training or methodology that implies that individual staff should be visited for this length of time. Secondly, inspections are much more agile under this methodology. It allows us to explore with leaders the aspects of the school which are pertinent. I can see a scenario where multiple things may encourage team members towards the same room - Eg a learning walk on leadership with the HT, then a specific child/children who are part of a case sample, a subject or session being taught by that MOS or a follow up on something the school wanted us to see. Not all of these are focused on the teacher - but any time an inspector is in the room, of course, we assume it’s to watch us teach. I certainly felt the same when I was a teacher. Deep dives made sure this was all laid out beforehand, but did mean that we didn’t have the same flexibility to really explore and understand different features of the school as well as this methodology does. We would hope that leaders speak to us about any issues like this as well; both inspectors and leaders should be keeping an eye out for this when a particular MOS is involved in lots of different aspects. So, while I agree that we certainly want to avoid this, there are some circumstances which could lead to this which we need to keep a close eye on during the inspection. We can certainly mitigate much of this - eg meet a pupil/pupils outside of class, look at some work instead, keep in touch with the team and leaders to make sure we are getting a sense throughout of where lessons visits are building for one person. The article looks at a lot of positives in my view - and that’s how I have experienced this too. The conversations are richer and specific to the school; the granular detail of how vulnerable pupils are supported comes through in a much richer way; we understand so much more about how a school is led and the context/community/cohorts it serves. I also really like the focus on the expected standards being grounded in statute and guidance. Essentially, if a school is fulfilling its responsibilities then that is the starting point for our discussions. But we will also keep listening. We will focus on how well this is working and gathering feedback on what we can do better. Thanks for the tag and the question. Have a great day.

@dave_mcpartlin Best job in the world!

Meet Huey, our new school dog! 🥰

Happy Friday everyone hope week 3 was kind to you in schools. And if not here is a pic to cheer you up!!

@JuniorChurchSch Looks great 👍

We had a very generous donation of materials from Haven Timber and expert construction from Aaron and his family @Bird_box_8in1 The new fencing and gates create a zone of calm and peacefulness for our reflective garden.

Gracie and Frankie took on the Kids Summer Challenge to raise money for @YLvsCancer in memory of their older brother. They committed to walking a mile every day throughout August – which they successfully completed – and have raised an incredible £400 for this important cause.

Happy #NationalDogDay strange one for me not getting ready to go back to school @JuniorChurchSch but I’ve been on holiday and seen lots of my favourite people 💙

@JuniorChurchSch Such a wonderful group of children - this video captures them so well 🥰

Y6, wherever you go and whatever you do, you will always be part of the St. Michael’s family. We love you all! 💙💛💙

@LeeBraganza My old school LOVE this race- balance the water

Our Sports Day looks set to be a roaster with 30° heat. Has anyone got any good ideas for fun, water based games???

I can’t believe that tomorrow is the third anniversary of Times Tables Ninja (Key Stage 2) being published! To celebrate, I’m giving away a copy of the book. To enter, please follow me and like and retweet this tweet. UK only. Entries close on Sunday 13th July at midday.

👩‍👧@LGrocott_EY introduces our updated poster to help practitioners support young children’s transitions. Read more: tinyurl.com/3kkedjzf 1/2

@YouthSportTrust @OPAL_CIC @GMB @JuniorChurchSch already have an active uniform, solidly in place for a good few years now

The Youth Sport Trust research shows 74% of parents would support an #AlwaysActiveUniform at Primary school. That’s why we’re proud to be founding partners of the #MadeToMove campaign. @OPAL_CIC Want to champion #AlwaysActiveUniforms in your school? Sign up for National School Sports Week today: youthsporttrust.org/school-support… #NSSW2025 #YSTAlwaysActive

Schools are being urged to adopt an active uniform policy to encourage children to be more physically active during the day. It comes as a survey found more than 3/4 of parents support the idea, and more than half believe the traditional 'office-style' uniform places too much emphasis on appearance. ＠nityagrajan is at school in Leeds.

@pdcornish76 Congratulations!

Half term tomorrow. A chance to relax, right... Not if due to pick up new addition to the household at 9am. Tomorrow, we welcome a 9 week old puppy to our family. Comment if you are going to tell me I have made the best decision in the world. Scroll past with any negativity.

On Wednesday 14th May, Miss Mellor had the honour of representing St. Michael’s Junior at the King’s garden party. It was an eventful journey but a brilliant day! youtu.be/BRFIzMc9GVU Thank you to @stjohns1174 for the invitations to celebrate!

An NYU professor AI-proofed his assignments. The students complained they were too hard and that “he was interfering with their ‘learning styles.’”