Vicky Johnson

Incredible views of the very secretive Water Rail adult and chick, at Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire yesterday. Thanks to the staff there for some superb reed bed management. @LincsWildlife @Richard_Doan_ @RSPBEngland @Lincsbirding @NaturalEngland @WildlifeMag @LWTWildNews

@easyriderno1 Congratulations Sonia!

Heading back into education year3 … teacher friends hit me with stories / authors and anything yr 3 curriculum based please … xx

@LD39018814 @monksabbey @FoxyCakes_Bakes

@monksabbey Who made this? X

@YvonneShaw4 @monksabbey Thank you so much Yvonne. I have never forgotten how much you went above and beyond to support me.

@VickyAnnJohnson @monksabbey Wow Vicky, what an achievement! You have done so much for @monksabbey and way beyond. You will be sorely missed by so many. I have many fond memories of working with you. Now, try and enjoy some quiet time.

After 20 years as headteacher @monksabbey yesterday was my last day. It’s been the privilege of my life to have worked with these children, families and staff. #monksabbeyrocks

Smashing views of a very noisy Grasshopper Warbler earlier today at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire. @LincsWildlife @LWTWildNews @gibpoint @WildlifeMag @BBCSpringwatch @RSPBEngland @Natures_Voice @Lincsbirding @LincsNaturalist

👏 Well done to the girls at @monksabbey for representing Lincoln City at the #PLPrimaryStars regional tournament. 🙌 They played some amazing football and ultimately finished in 3rd place! #WeAreImps

One school has 1500 pupils and 90 teaching staff. Another school has 140 pupils and 8 teaching staff. Should they really be under the same Ofsted framework?! (via @‌teachertapp) a great #Ofsted piece is todays #BlogOfTheDay dcpullin.wordpress.com/2023/12/16/one…

@dave_mcpartlin I’m so glad I’m not on my own. This series brought me to tears.

Haters gonna hate, but I found Mr Bates vs the Post Office majorly triggering. #Ofsted

This resonates with me. After 2 brutal ‘good’ inspections I became an inspector in the hope of changing the system. It only served to prove that schools are at the whim of the Lead Inspector.

@JCBretan We are all so sorry to hear this Juliette. We are thinking of you and your dad. x

Katherine Anne Bretan 23/02/1956-03/12/2023 My mum passed away this morning, after a short but so courageous battle with cancer. She was at home, with the people who loved her, and the last thing she said to me was that she loved me. I love you so much, mum - all the way round.

@JCBretan Juliette I am so pleased that your mum is home with her loving family. If I can help in any way please let me know. Much love to you all. x

Mum is home - we saw a rainbow as we travelled back in the ambulance, she has had a nice cup of tea, and she is with her family and the people who love her. That is all that matters.

NEW BLOG: What is the Select Committee Reading? My brief summary of the 156 pieces of written evidence submitted so far to the Education Select Committee enquiry into Ofsted. Thank you to all those who have submitted evidence. I hope I do you justice. johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2023/11/21/wha…

@ian_tyas @EmileyDavies Thanks Ian! Apparently my appendix had had enough!

@EmileyDavies IT’s terrible isn’t it? I hope your son recovered well.

@EmileyDavies I’m currently in hospital having had an emergency surgery and my first thought was…. What if they call? It can’t be right.

THE CALL Imagine having a really important interview that you’ve prepared years for and you badly want to ace. You’ve worked as hard as you could and have committed your life to it. Imagine every night going to bed, wondering if it’ll be the next day. But it doesn’t come that next day, the next month or even the next year. The pressure builds and you start to jump when the phone goes between 10am-12pm every day, ready to drop everything for the interview to start. Imagine knowing that when it finally does come that there’s a good chunk of luck involved and it’ll depend on who interviews you on that day and what they happen to focus on and see. Imagine praying for one of the good interviewers but you end up with one of the bad ones, who doesn’t listen and has their own agenda but there’s nothing you can do about it. Imagine it leaves you in pieces and everyone know it’s not fair, but, so be it, and all that will now come your way. Imagine knowing that that you can’t tell anyone the outcome of the interview, and you have to carry that around, on your own, for what feels like forever. Imagine what that does to a person. Imagine a better way.

#FoxOfTheDay @ChrisGPackham This stunning creature walked up to me, sat down, had a good stare for what seemed like an eternity, then casually walked around me. The benefits of sitting very still and always having the camera ready in Lincolnshire. What a moment.

@easyriderno1 I’ll have a think.

@VickyAnnJohnson She was found at the bottom of a ditch . Got wet, got muddy and got bitten in the dark . Just now needs a name . She is stunning very vocal too x

Rescue very cute spicy kitty . Very bitey and growly … end up with infected finger ( have had to get antibiotics ) as little git bit me . Sexed it though and caught it and handled it . So now need a spicy name for little LADY .