Bletchington PS

@JaneCaro @abcnews We need you to keep on keeping the faith in our public schools, Jane. You inspired me during my career to develop a similar passion and voice for public education.

Blame the teachers for the inevitable growing divide between the absurdly over- supported & the desperately under- resourced! And @abcnews meekly repeats his crap. Demonstrable, easily refuted crap. I despair. I fucking despair.

Actually, I can’t let the appalling report on @abcnews go. To allow blaming teachers (‘teacher quality’ is code for that) for the appalling gaps in educational opportunity & outcomes in Australia to go unchallenged is beyond cynical. It plays into the problem (thread)

@steph_gardiner There’s a couple of great public high schools in Orange where this would not have been a concern.

@geoffchildsdec Geoff you might need to contact the school as I don’t think they are accessing the school account.

@BletchPSNSWDEC this might get your attention!

@BiancaH80 You nailed it!

OK. Fuck that. I’m out. See ya Twitter. I get it. Ruthless self promotion always wins the day, and I am not cut from that cloth. Enjoy the space. I can’t lift others up when I feel pushed down. You can find me at my blog writing about being a teacher in the classroom. Peace.

Excited and engaged Kinder students programming bee bots this week! #programming #beebots #Kindergarten #STEMeducation #coding

All go at #SPARKE Orange Network SDD 2019 - @stem_T4L trailer front and centre! @TannyRiach @greentree_mark

Our Easter Hat Parade was thoroughly enjoyed by our K-2 students and their families today. #CommunityEngagement

Fantastic support from our Principal @cbooth668 who took a dip in the dunk tank at our P&C fundraising event - the Bletchington Bash.

With a focus on community engagement I'm working with @KMCSociologist using Facebook Live to inform parents of our upcoming 3 way conferences. Check it out at this link: bit.ly/2EnlnH2

Rebadged CoS SPARKE, lit up with the 1st network meeting under the new name. Technology and innovation. #share #enrich #explore @BletchPSNSWDEC

Day One of SPARKE week in our network of schools and a session was held @BletchPSNSWDEC. Teachers explored activities to implement the Digital Technologies syllabus. #coding #unplugged #AusCurric

Outstanding decorations at tonight’s Year 6 Farewell!

Year 4 are learning about programming languages and how we can use science to design and make incredible robots. Thanks to @Uni_Newcastle for their excellent presentation. #programming #UoN #robotics #STEM #edtech

Impromptu theatre in our playground today. #play #creativity #ingenuity #collaboration

Recently students in 3/4W developed their tech skills using spheros and beebots. #studentengagement #tech #learning

Escape Room Teachers came together to learn how to create escape room style challenges to engage students. #studentengagement #collaboration #mathsinaction #Pre2 #inspiring #creativity #crackthecode #teamwork

Excellent participation in this morning’s session on linking the Literacy Progressions to the English syllabus at the Effective Reading in the Early Years of School conference in Dubbo. #earlyliteracy #schoolleadership

Reconciliation Garden Our Reconciliation garden is looking and smelling lovely. Created and cared for by Mr Ron Spencer, it is a quiet spot for reflection at school. #ReconciliationWeek2018 #garden

National Simultaneous Storytime was a hit in Kindergarten today! Students and teachers enjoyed sharing ‘Hickory Dickory Dash’. #NSS2018 #Kindergarten #reading #books #readaloud

Bletchington Public School is ready to celebrate Reconciliation Week next week with our brand new shirts! The theme this year is “Don’t keep our history a mystery!”. #reconciliationweek