Amber Davies

They were very clear that it wasn't just their school, but every teacher they spoke to is edging closer and closer to burn out as more is asked of teachers and nothing reduces. I feel so sad, for a career I once loved. Something must be done to retain experienced staff and quick!

@primaryteachew @Keir_Starmer Couldn't agree with your more, Emily!

@Keir_Starmer It’s such a shame the focus is always on getting new teachers to start, and never on getting experienced teachers to stay.

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Teachers almost never leave teaching because of the teaching bit.

@thisisheart At our wedding, we were asked as to why his cousin's pregnant girlfriend, who we'd never met, wasn't invited and if they could pay for her to come. When we said no, the husband did not attend the wedding breakfast and she just turned up and took his space!! 🤷🏼‍♀️

@amymayforrester I have to agree with this. I heard about it on the radio and was mortified!!

They’re ruining the best day of the year 😭😭 Not seeing kids’ joy in person will devastate me. Not being able to check in on anyone who needs support in person will devastate me. Spend the money on something else. Lord knows there’s more pressing issues in education right now

Twitter when Brian & Melvyn opened that book.... #raceacrosstheworld

@NorthernTeacha @tes @EnserMark Absolutely agree 💯

@tes @EnserMark This is proper virtue signalling stuff. Average teacher already does 15k unpaid hrs a yr. I’m guessing next to zero of that is “reading research”. If sector wants a staff up on research, first step would be *radically reduce workload*

With teaching interview panels increasingly asking candidates about the research they’re influenced by, @EnserMark lists five pieces of research to refer to – and what they say about you… tes.com/magazine/teach…

@BabyfaceLau We have watched this one tonight and I burst into tears the moment they said what he'd done. I cannot even imagine it with my own two children in bed. How can people be so evil?

Episode 4 got me the most. Every episode made me cry, but this one was the worst so far. I feel broken for the families 😭

Controversial opinion, but after watching the first 5 episodes of my lover my killer S3 on Netflix, I genuinely would vote to bring back the death penalty. Why are tax payers paying to keep these murdering monsters alive?

As did darts fans everywhere!!

@Wayne501Mardle Very pleased to have you back on comms!!

I needed that! ❤️

To add..this is in just over three months!

Whilst I'm not teaching anymore, I am helping a friend's son with his GCSE Maths. Tonight, I have just marked a mock where he has increased his average overall mark by 72% 😱 I am a bit in awe at my own progress 8 over here! 🙋‍♀️🫣🤣

@primaryteachew I agree with the Newcastle as a city suggestion. We love it there - obviously the boys more than me as NUFC fans!! Also the Lion King is AMAZING in the West End, currently debating when Theo will be old enough to persuade Grant to let me buy tickets! 🫣🤣

A little bit late, but our 2025 bingo cards are complete 🖤✨

100%. Great darts. Immense champion. Not the same without Mardle's comms!! 🎯☢️

@missdcox I used to mark in a different spot every day and see how they viewed the classroom!

Whether you have tables in rows, groups or singles, put something on your board & go and sit on every chair Can you read the text? Are there obstructions? Are there distractors? If you’re expecting students to read/see from a board you need to check that it’s actually visible

@Y6MrsM I left in Feb this year and although I am on less money now, I am richer in so many more ways and so are my family as they have me back! Good luck x

Now that it’s gone out to parents I can share that I have handed in my notice and as of December 20th I will no longer be a teacher 😢 You can’t pour from an empty cup and I’ve lost the love I once had for my job. Onwards and upwards in 2025 ✨

“Wagatha Christie, you’re coming with me” 🤣 #ImACeleb

@MrLGeo @mrsrobertsgeog I do understand the other comments about finding it hard to undertake leadership if teaching load is heavy but I don't think you can advise if you aren't in the trenches with them!!

@MrLGeo @mrsrobertsgeog Completely agree! My go to when receiving feedback about behaviour in lessons was always to ask for it to be modelled to me. Funnily enough, there was always something more important to do. I'd never dream of giving feedback I couldn't demonstrate in my own room!!

This is one reason why teachers are leaving en masse. Look at the disparity between those on the ground and those sat in their ivory towers. Of course poor behaviour requires more training ran by a deputy who hasn’t seen a timetable in a decade, it couldn’t possibly req presence