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He said YES!! 😍💍👬👨‍❤️‍👨 rainbow 🌈 #engagement #happycouple #loveislove

@MrBoothY6 Omg - this! I’ve been a DH for around 6 years and over the last couple of years, I’ve heard it alot! I feel heard.

One thing no one prepares you for with deputy headship is quite how often people ask you when/if you’re going to become a headteacher.

Still 4 days to go next week. This week has been…well, it’s the weekend! If you’ve finished already- have the best Easter!

@DesmondMcCarey2 @Headteacherchat @_MissieBee @jon_severs @tes 40/110. You’re right - arithmetic knowledge will take the pressure off not being so adept at reasoning. I guess it depends on whether we want learners to be mathematical or children who can just can just pass a test. 40/110 does not equal 66%?

In Key Stage 2 SATs maths, 40 marks are arithmetic—enough for ~66% of ARE. Yet classroom time often leans toward reasoning. Should weekly maths rebalance to more fluency practice? Perhaps 3 days arithmetic, 2 reasoning. My thoughts. @Headteacherchat @_MissieBee @jon_severs @tes @ATEE_Brussels

@theeducakers I know but I find that kids just swing them about 🤣😩 thanks 🙏

@alarter We generally have necklaces but there are some bracelet ones

Most effective chewelry? If it is on a string, a child will just be swinging it around. Anyone got any links to some decent effective ones? Many thanks!

@MrAllington Congratulations!!🥂

I can’t quite believe that I’m saying these words, but this is the face of a very tired, slightly delirious, but utterly elated, Deputy Headteacher who had just been appointed the substantive Headteacher of my lovely, lovely school. 1/7

Whoever the producer/ director is of this year's show, after seeing the inmemorium section about who the music industry has lost over this last year, well, they need sacking, deceased artists were totally dismissed, barring a few quick clips, not even photos were shown #Brits2026

@Nigel_Farage And goodbye to Reform.

This election was a victory for sectarian voting and cheating. Matt Goodwin was a great candidate for us. Roll on the elections on May 7th. It will be goodbye Starmer and goodbye to the Tory party.

@stokieadam @GMB @OntheBeachUK Formal teaching DOES happen in the final week of every term. That is fact.

@GMB @OntheBeachUK Just let children have 5 days off a year. Let them go and enjoy a holiday. Maybe the last week before summer break up when schools don’t do any formal teaching anyway. If schools go on foreign trips or holidays, give families the choice whether they want to go or go on their own

A record of nearly 460,000 fines were issued last year for term-time absences at school. Headteachers are being urged to group together inset days into inset weeks. Should schools combine insert days into insert weeks to make holidays cheaper for families?

Nigel Farage and Reform are not on the side of ordinary working people. Voters need to realise this. Never Vote Reform

Unbelievable! We’ve never had two golds at a Winter Olympics, let alone 3! Simply awesome to watch! #WinterOlympics #TeamGB

Happy #bookmarkMonday! This week is everything @pkainsworth whose simple reminder about effective school improvement is timely reassurance that we're on the right track. I particularly like this reference to the brilliant @dylanwiliam with a great quote from one of our favs, @MaryMyatt. Paul has also written lots on recent Ofsted inspections if you, like us, are in that window 🪟 😟. Thanks, Paul! @DeputyGrocott @llewelyn20 @chris_runeckles @alarter @lymden79 @dare_richard How do you improve schools? paulkainsworth.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/how…

Lovely day at Hall for Cornwall with @tpacademytrust 400++ teachers talking teaching with @WALKTHRUs_5. Fab atmosphere all day.

Great INSET at @HallforCornwall today with @teacherhead exploring @WALKTHRUs_5 - time to put it all into practice! Thanks Tom!

@the_traitors_ Look at I’m a Celeb after over 20 years. IMO The Traitors is better and with different characters, different twists and amazing editing, it will always be incredible!

There’s a strange obsession with fans and journalists saying “oh this is the peak now, it’ll start to drop off like Big Brother.” Yes, all shows eventually drop in popularity/quality…but IMO The Traitors is waaaaay off that yet. This series (which so many fans moaned about in Week 1) proved that. The Traitors still has legs, especially since a lot of the newer fans only started watching with the celebrity version. Long may it continue! 🔥 #TheTraitors

#TraitorsUK is the BEST TV show…ever? I absolutely love it! I loved the winners - what a sensational play for them both! Wow!!!

This. It’s a very long and tiring job. Sometimes, being an adult is hard work too, right?

@amymayforrester I was saying exactly the same thing earlier to an experienced teacher earlier. Our experience tells us exactly who children are. They need the correct diagnosis and support but everything takes so long!

It isn’t SEND training that schools need. It’s funding directly into schools to adequately staff them. It’s investment in alternative provision to make place available.

How do you use the first 20 minutes of the day? In our school, Early Work is purposeful: catch-up, retrieval, review, pre-teaching & checking in with children. Have a read of our latest blog below open.substack.com/pub/theeducake… All shares and retweets gratefully received. @clairestoneman @teachertapp @adamboxer @TeacherTapp @katejones @greeborunner @BenRiceTeach @llewelyn20 @OhLottie

Happy Thursday! 👋 With so many great blogs shared daily on X about teaching, learning & leadership, what areas of the job would people like to read more about? As Primary leaders, we’re keen to share best practice that’s genuinely useful. We can offer the following: Vote or comment 👇 Please share/retweet - @OhLottie @justoneoftheta1 @llewelyn20 @alarter @adamjames317 @DeputyGrocott @dare_richard