Mike Hodgkiss
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Mike Hodgkiss
@whichoneispink
Retired deputyhead & editor of @teachtalks Interests: education,politics,walking our cockapoo,painting with acrylics,playing guitar,member of #BHF patientpanel
suffolk Sumali Eylül 2009
317 Sinusundan212 Mga Tagasunod
@RealGeoffBarton Many congratulations on the well deserved award. Happy New Year. And, as I’m sure your wife knows, in many parts of #Suffolk, ‘twenty’s plenty’.
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Many, many thanks for all the kind comments on my being awarded a CBE. Tonight I’ll raise a glass to the amazing pupils, colleagues and leaders I’ve worked with, learnt from, and been privileged to represent over a career of almost 40 years. A happy new year to you all.
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@Headteacherchat Rabbit catcher
Mouse catcher
Wasp catcher
Smokers catcher
Ball catcher
Culprit catcher
Cold catcher…….. ‘Bless you’
Happy Christmas to all teachers/catchers
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All the roles of a Senior Leader in schools:
Teacher
Parking Attendant
Accountant
HR
H and S
Data Protector
Social Worker
Therapist
School Attendance Officer
Dead Rat Remover
First Aider
Cleaner
What have I missed?
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Her focus on belonging lays the groundwork for a more supportive and inclusive school environment.
#Phillipson #schools theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@PaulGarvey4 So much about Trump’s victory casts a long shadow not least his ‘partnership’ with Musk
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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This tells you so much about Trump and casts a shadow on all our futures. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@implausibleblog 🔥🇬🇧 Finally, someone telling it like it is! 🙌 John Major is spot on about #Brexit making the #UK weaker and poorer. 🤑 The Emperor's New Clothes moment has finally arrived - where are the benefits of Brexit? 🤔
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@Morsecat @BarlowCaroline @keziah70 Congratulations on your four years at @HeadsRoundtable and helping to focus attention on the issues schools face.
You pass the baton on to safe hands.
@vicgoddard @HelenaMarsh81 @RosMcM
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#Ofsted
“Single-headline grades are low-information for parents and high-stakes for schools. Parents deserve a much clearer, much broader picture of how schools are performing”
@bphillipsonMP welcome news
theguardian.com/education/arti…
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‘Good’
Ofsted single-word school ratings to be scrapped immediately theguardian.com/education/arti…
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@primarily_prog Bill Nelson; one of the most underrated guitarists, outside of BeBop deluxe fans that is.
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Tonight’s listening …
One of the great forgotten live albums, IMHO of course.
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“The merry-go-round of Tory ministers in recent years failed to grip the rising tide of poor behaviour pre-pandemic & then told children & families they’d ‘maxed out’ on Covid recovery support.”
14 years of underfunding may also have something to do with it.
@Stephen_Logan
thehighcliffeguy@AdamHighcliffe
An appalling article from @guardian, which has the potential to cause harm to thousands of children. With lurid warnings of a 'bad-behaviour bubble', it could inflame a delicate situation. And the beneficiary could be under-fire tsar Tom Bennett. 🧵 theguardian.com/education/arti…
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Relive those stockcupboard moments of getting high before lessons even started
#Banda #reforming
GIF
Geoff and Margaret@RetirementTales
The big announcement: We're putting the Banda back together.
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The most astonishing thing is the use of the word ‘astonishing’
#Trump
@MichaelRosenYes
Jim Pickard 🐋@PickardJE
would be more of a story if she found him a deft master of etiquette
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@ottleyoconnor Well said.
Staying on #X formerly known as #Twitter can be a message to those that want to change the tone and nature of the platform that “we ain’t going nowhere”.
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Quite a few of my long term connections have now left Twitter…
Quite a few have a foot in both the Twitter & Blue Sky camps…
I’m going to continue sharing and caring on Twitter & believe that the love & kindness of the vast majority my diverse connections will prevail! ❤️🙏
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@RealGeoffBarton @Morsecat @pepediiasio @ASCL_UK One of my principles was always to maintain a broad/balanced curriculum; it became increasingly difficult to maintain & since retiring I’ve seen it narrow more. It was also the rhetoric around the ‘value’ of creative subjects from the former govt that did harm; I hope it changes
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“It is clear that the English Baccalaureate has had a devastating effect on creative arts & technology subjects … The EBacc must be scrapped and more done to champion the importance of subjects that have been sidelined”: well said, @pepediiasio @ASCL_UK: shorturl.at/Cr17l
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An incisive and powerful piece by @DavidOlusoga “While there were horrific attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers, most of those targeted by the rioters were British citizens: members of communities with histories that go back three generations or more…”
The Guardian@guardian
There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism | David Olusoga #Echobox=1723332002" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism | David Olusoga | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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What a blisteringly sharp analysis from @DavidOlusoga, who calls out the riots for exactly what they were - violent racism, fomented by populism.
Please read his superb piece 🔥
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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