Katie Kean

@Rainmaker1973 98% = 98/100 = 49/50 Therefore to get from 99 lefties to 49 lefties, 50 of them need to leave the room. The one right handed person (/100) needs to remain so we are /50 still.

Why is it not 1?

@lessoncopy Pretty much! 😂 Two teams stand opposite each other in lines holding hands. Team A picks someone from Team B. That person then gets to decide which linked arms they run towards to try & break the chain. If they succeed, they go back to position, if they lose they join Team A.

@lorek_katie I’m gonna needs more details about how this game worked 😳… or was it literally just try and break their arm?

What’s the most dangerous playground game you’ve had to ban #edutwitter? We used to play piggyback boxing (essentially a boxing match with the fighters sat on someone’s shoulders). It was banned when someone fell off and broke a collarbone. #dangerousgames

@MrWithersKS1 Just tea for me!

Am I the only teacher on the planet who does not drink coffee? 😂☕️ Anyone else out there…. #edutwitter

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@scooterwriter Although he would quite happily watch the films over and over (and the Amazon TV series) whilst I kept falling asleep when we rewatched during lockdown

@scooterwriter I have read it, husband hasn’t!

After watching a quiz on the telly my husband and I are arguing. One of us says that not that many women will have read Lord of the Rings. The other says that is not true. For an unscientific poll, please let me know if you have read it or not. Thanks!

@WhistleblowingT I did TF…now in my 10th yr of teaching. It was hard, made harder by the fact that every sch is so different it can be horrible to look at peers having an ‘easier’ time of it in other settings. I got through it by thinking that what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.

@Ka81 To be fair I looked on that school’s website out of curiosity and they’re opening a new sixth form in September so makes sense they are expanding

@Miss_Snuffy I had no idea about salary when I applied, as I moved due to commute and salary wasn’t published. I was offered a 5K jump despite no longer having a TLR. But I would suggest the main issue is I am one of v few in my cohort still in teaching at all! 2/2

@Miss_Snuffy I can’t read the article but I did TF nearly 10 years ago. Spent 2 yrs in my TF school then moved to a different state school for 3 yrs. Then moved to a private school and have been there for nearly 5 yrs. 1/2

This is the most powerful argument against the private sector and for raising teacher salaries. Either government should raise teacher starting salaries and/or end private school tax breaks as Labour propose to do. This cannot continue. thetimes.co.uk/article/teach-…

@engineers_feed Yes! We built our own deck for the garden and had a triangular bit 💪

Has anyone actually used the Pythagorean theorem in real life and why?

@WhistleblowingT I wouldn’t call this unfair. Throughout teaching most promotions also start 1 Sep but you still do handover etc in the summer term 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s normal for most jobs I think

@WhistleblowingT Yes but I work in a 7 day a week boarding school so they recognise we have to find time for life admin when banks etc are open

@MsGHist You can do everything right but nothing compares to having been at the school a few years and the kids knowing you and your ‘reputation’

Teachers.... What do you know now that you wish you'd known during your ECT/NQT year?

@Headteacherchat My tutor’s mantra for when something goes wrong: “it’s not your fault, but it is your responsibility” I probably repeat this in my head daily! Also say it to many students eg to make them proactively catch up from absence

What is one thing from your teacher training that you still use today?

@ICTEvangelist These are an absolute staple at my school, for both staff and students. I’d never heard of a 4CB (4 colour biro) before I joined, now it’s a standard part of my vocab! They are treasured to the point that we hand out gold ones as rewards in assembly 😂

Coolest pen ever? Asking for a friend

@mrswalkerteach @MrB_abc We do a staff revue every year. It’s super hectic organising it and keeping the acts secret from the kids, but it’s a lot of fun and the kids love it!

@MrB_abc We used to do this as a surprise (we told them it was a carol concert) and the children absolutely loved it. It was optional for anyone who wanted to and we needed quite a few staff to be with the children so it worked really well for all of us ☺️

Seeing that some schools put on a staff panto for the children is a whole new level of fear I'd never thought about

@AdrianBethune I always wished I could board - I imagined Enid Blyton - but we didn’t have the £. I now work in one & for many Ps we provide stability they may not otherwise have (military, divorce etc), others love the extra curric or social side. It’s not 4 every1, but nor is anything in life

@lorek_katie YI hope that's the case. And I know people who work at boarding schools who I'd be happy to teach my own kids. It's just the separation from parents for weeks at a time that must be quite damaging to a no of children. But I know I'd have hated it so that's colouring my perception

It's amazing that boarding schools still exist. I've read and heard so many different testimonies recently from adults that attended them, about how utterly traumatic it was being sent to one and not being with their families.

@AdrianBethune Fair enough, thank you for explaining. In every school there are pupils who love it and pupils who struggle with the set up…I suspect boarding schools are no different. But hopefully all schools are much safer and happier places than the notorious stories we hear about years ago

@lorek_katie I have been to a couple recently but didn't speak to children about their experiences. The last one I visited seemed like a nice school but no idea what the children think. My tweet was based purely on several things I've watched or read where people who boarded talked of trauma