Justine Bath

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@SchoolsWeek Two afternoons would be so much better! In the morning, you are constantly clock watching.

🍳 As part of our teacher workforce solutions series, we look at a London school's new policy to give teachers two morning periods off each week so they can do things like sleep in or savour a fry-up buff.ly/3ZhDIz7

@billwatkin @miss_mcinerney Its not just BTECs! Whats missing from this article is how far we have come with universities recognising these qualifications. Double Health & Social Care is preferred to Alevel biology for nursing - the exact students we need to join the NHS!

Excellent article. 1. What will 150k students do without BTECs? 2. How will colleges afford pay rises without the funding schools get? Colleges close attainment gaps & deliver social mobility, plus the skills and professionals needed for economic recovery. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@TheREPodcast1 Yes and no. 120 is the maximum score. But this isn't necessary the "mark" they achieved in the test.

@jobath74 Is it out of 120 and children are expected to get 100 or more?

Can anyone explain these results to me?

@TheREPodcast1 But as I work in a secondary school , we probably won't believe this and test them again in the first 3 weeks of September!!!

@lifeatthenest Happens at GCSE. Mum of a lad died at Christmas of Year 10 - apparently this is too long ago to affect him in the summer of Y11. Cruel.

What a f***ed up world we live in. SATS- applied for compensatory marks for a little lad whose mum died this year. He doesn’t actually get the marks. They only affect the league tables. Is that all we’re bothered about? I want him have those marks and so would his mum.

@DeputyGrocott Thats the reason why the heavens opened in Suffolk this morning.! Pizza oven is the new BBQ - if you say it out loud its almost guaranteed to rain. At least the afternoon was better.

I think, weather permitting, the pizza oven is coming out later. What’s your topping?

@BenWallace70 @MJtweetings Too many of my 6th form students work all weekend - not to stay in their "bubble" but to contribute to the family income. Another out of touch and ill-informed comment.

@BazCummings @MJtweetings heaven forbid young people are made to do something……

Labour wants to give 16 year olds the vote but sneer at making 18 year olds contribute to making the country safe. Classic. Labour are always about rights but never responsibilities. National Service is perfectly normal in most of Northern Europe. Young people are better for it

@GillianKeegan Liar.

🚨 Labour's schools tax has already cost taxpayers £22 million This ill-thought-through policy is deeply damaging 👇 ✂️ Slashing special educational needs provision 🧒 Increasing pressure on state schools 💷 Potentially costing taxpayers up to £1.6bn telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/midd…

@GillianKeegan This is just noise that NO teacher is talking about. What is actually of concern is unsafe buildings, recruitment & retention, funding, MH needs of students, SEN and impact of poverty on learning. Oh and the demise of vocational education and the increased failings of T-levels.

Headteachers and teachers have been asking me for more clarity on how RSHE should be taught. That's what we're delivering today.

@susie_dent I was taught by a music teacher called Mr D Flatt

I’m writing something about the famous field of nominative determinism and would love your best examples. Mine (so far) is the consultant urologist Mr Burns-Cox.

@ChrislindyJ @RE_McGEE I would second both of these!

@RE_McGEE I love father Brown all on iplayer, also Sisyer Bonaface on UK TV which is a spin off…take care and rest well x

We are having a few difficult days, so I am cooped up in bed with a brain that isn't working. I have discovered Madame Blanc Mysteries. I would love suggestions for more easy viewing with lovely scenery that I can drift to sleep to.

@EnyooEffsy @tombennett71 There are tools out there to help with this. But I would argue that if you know your students you can spot it. No grade 4 student is going to be able write a grade 9 essay!

No, and if you care about fairness, it has to be no. Coursework penalises the already disadvantaged child, and benefits students from affluent circumstances. It sounds lovely, but vibes aren’t enough. The less coursework, the better. And that’s *before* you consider the workload issues.

@drandymartin @tombennett71 Not if it is done in a controlled environment as any NEA subject teacher will tell you!

@tombennett71 Coursework is not always completed by the student - parents, siblings or even friends and that’s not including the parental pressure put on teachers to help - pre marking and guidance. Then add the influence of SLT with the need to achieve- No to coursework every single time!!!!!

@tombennett71 @joharrop1 Coursework has changed and if it is not allowed to be done home then students can get the level of support they need. Rather than purely a memory test, students need to demonstrate not only knowledge but how to apply, synthesise, and evaluate - not told what or how to write it.

@joharrop1 Because coursework is supplemented by teacher and home support. This enormously disadvantages some children. Guess which ones? daisychristodoulou.com/2015/10/tests-…

@niaandthepoems @jdurran I teach a subject which is predominantly coursework. It is only completed in class. If you know your students it is easy to spot if they plagiarise or use AI. The tasks change each year and are open ended so less chance of 30 identical essays.

@jdurran I’ve been teaching English since 2000. It was great for some students but it was a totally different time. Coursework would be a nightmare now due to AI. If we went back to controlled assessments, we’d lose hours of class time. Exams aren’t ideal but I can’t see an alternative.