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@kate_stockings Always done it! Takes a little time for year 7 to get their heads around but I found visualiser helps. Then other year groups, if books are messy they stay behind to tidy them, word gets rounds quick and I find keeps them tidy. Saves so much time.

9th year teaching. 1st year of this treasury tag lark. 😬 This book-presentation-obsessed teacher shall report back in due course 🤞🏻

@Shabnamagram Guilty science teacher here 😂😂 spot on analysis 😂

Likely to be a maths or science teacher. Everything is about efficiency; having four colours on one pen is a must. There is always one of these in their pockets. This also is a handy gadget for graphs and diagrams, and quick marking. Never stays in the staffroom for long.

Just ordered some school pens and got thinking about pen choice. (N.B. This thread is a joke) Elite pen user. Probably a Gemini. Visualiser skills are banging, notes are impeccable, everyone comments on handwriting. Students can actually read the writing.

@MissH_Y5 @gdowsemfl

@lifeatthenest Plus it can work the other way around if I would like them to attempt something in class, I point to to statement say it in English. I would then usually try to say thank you in their language.

@lifeatthenest For our students we print common phases and questions in English and their home language so they can point to the phase and then we repeat to them in English. ‘Hello’, ‘I need the toilet', ‘please could you repeat’, do I need to write this? Book, pen, lesson list etc

I have a Ukrainian child with no English starting in Y6.I’m well used to EAL children but haven’t had a complete non-English speaker arrive Spring Y6 before and have never had a Ukrainian child. Would appreciate any useful resources/apps/advice for a time-pressured teacher.

@chatbiology We have a drop down in the summer term for year 10 and go to Battersea park. Each science group has a 2 hour slot to do the practical and have the write up to do at home. Central London so no green space on school site.

Welcome to tonight’s #chatbiology! All about the upcoming ecology topics! Here we go with question 1

@BexBookaholic @gdowsemfl something you’ll appreciate

Yes I know an Excel spreadsheet would make more sense... but I love my book book. Every book I've read since Christmas Day 2004 can be found in here ❤️ #BookTwitter

@chatbiology I do become the teacher….. they focus on one area in detail and collect information and then they teach each other so they then have a full set of notes.

How do people cover content heavy topics such as different diseases and their causes e.g. anemia caused by lack of Fe, rickets lack of Ca etc without lessons being lectures? Particularly with classes that might not be that interested or have lower attention spans.

@MrW_Science @tmscienceicons @adamboxer1 I would also suggest getting a routine to your lesson, it helps to speed my own planning. Retrieval, new learning, progress check, new learning, progress check exam questions. Helps with developing a routine in c/w as well, students know what to expect.

@MrW_Science @tmscienceicons @adamboxer1 I have ks3 and all of combined science and separate science for AQA if you let me know topics. I’m more than happy to share.

@ScottPughsley Technology and I.T

Is your school struggling to recruit? If yes, for which subject (comment).

@MaryWild @BPhysicswith @ChatPhysics This for just physics or the entire course?

@BPhysicswith @ChatPhysics I'm finished... 3 hours a fortnight in Yr 9 and 4 hours in Yr 10 and 11.

The sheer size of the GCSE physics spec is giving me a headache this week. We are having to teach at breakneck speed, with virtually no time for review or consolidation. Is it just us? Or is there some kind of magic way to fit it all in that I'm missing? @ChatPhysics

@adamboxer1 Every term we have a lockdown drill. Also each year group throughout the first term have a emergency evacuation drill. This is quite early on in September for year 7.

Poll! Please only answer if you work in a UK school. How often does your school run security lockdown drills?

@PlumThumbs @charliersmith1 ❤️❤️

So @charliersmith1 had her weekly review today, which went as well as it could… though looks like she’ll be staying in a while longer. In better news, she got gifted her very own (mini) Christmas tree, which she loves & desperately wanted to show you all! 🎄

@beckygeoghegan @Primrose_Kitten @gdowsemfl

Looking for a secondary MFL expert for a conference in Essex 25.1.23?? Can you help?

@CrowtherSim We had a freak hail storm last 10 mins of lunch. It was pure carnage !

It's everybody's life goal to be Ofsted inspected on a day of heavy rain and indoor playtimes. Fact.

@Ms_DJESS Their * 🙄🙄

@Ms_DJESS For us the students chose it as an option so three hours plus there four hours of science allocation. In year 11, that goes up another hour every 2 weeks. So year 10, 14 every 2 weeks, year 11, 15 every 2 weeks 😊

Our department is seeking examples of Science timetables where sufficient time is given for Triple Science (x3 lessons each week). Please reach out if you can have examples of where you managed this successfully. #igcsescience

@MissIngle2 @MrTs_NQTs We normally see our increase in December or January. All of it backdated to September

@CiaraMcleigh I tend to try and plan the answer as pairs, get feedback as a class then they attempt putting it into the 6 mark paragraph. Or I give a list of keywords and again pair work/ class discussion turn the keyword into a sentence then link these sentences together to form paragraph.

Science teachers of twitter do you have a technique to help students better answer 6 mark questions? Average marks on a six mark question seems to be just below half, how can I improve this?