The Better Together Project

@WhistleblowingT Recently I’ve been doing 8:15 - 3:45 as I tutor after school. What people don’t see is me working from 5:30 - 7:15 most mornings from home & working half a day at the weekend. Don’t be quick to judge.

I’ve decided to volunteer at Thornberry Animal Sanctuary in #sheffield to help care for dogs/cats desperately looking for a caring home. I’m also collecting #donations if you’d like to help a great cause. 🎁🙏🏻 amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls… #loveanimals #support #pets

Can anyone help me to reach my goal of gifting every child in my class a book for Christmas? 🙏🏻🎁 🎄#ukedchat #readingforpleasure #donate #support amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls…

@smithsmm I already set off at 6:30am and don’t get in until 7pm. Then have dinner & at least 3 times a week work until 10pm. If the school day is extended until 6pm then that means I wont get home until 7:30pm & will be marking until at least 11pm. 🤦🏻‍♀️

8am -6pm with my commute is 7am-7pm. I’ve done that before when I first became a head, it wasn’t sustainable. I lost so much by not spending time with my family, missed important moments with my boys that I’ll never get back. Life is more than work, even if you love the work

@shaundooley @katherine_kelly Proud! Barnsley kids can do well 👍😊

@RuthAmos Sugar

When something goes wrong but you can’t swear/ don’t like to swear what’s your go to alternative?

@MrHopkinTeach I’m not even getting interviews at the moment. I’ve never had this problem - it’s very stressful!

96 applicants for a teaching job. Never seen anything like it!

“@GavinWilliamson we are not fooled by your ‘pay pause’. Let’s call it out for what it is – a pay cut. A pay cut for the professionals who you relied upon to educate the nation’s pupils and low pay for support staff, who kept pupils safe, fed, and connected." @cyclingkev #NEU21

@dhanecha68 @ChrisWardle77 They also need systems in place for when it’s more than a child just not being engaged. This isn’t always the reason. We have children who fight and smash windows because they know nothing meaningful will happen as a result and that the teachers have little power.

@ChrisWardle77 Ooh I’m not sure I’d agree. It’s up@to the teacher to meet the needs of the children so that they are excited and engaged. But, it’s always more complex than this. Teachers need support, the right school ethos, resources, time etc to build a rapport.

I worked in a few schools that said that poor behaviour in the classroom is a teacher responsibility. Let me put this to rest. Behaviour in the classroom is a leadership responsibility. Teachers should teach. Managers should manage and leaders must lead.

@ChrisWardle77 I completely agree with this. As a teacher, there’s only so much I can do to manage behaviour without effective and consistent systems being put in place by SLT. Quite often, teachers are left to it with no input or involvement from SLT at all.

@Galaxyblue27 @NEUnion I’m also not saying don’t open schools. I’m saying be a bit more sensible about how you do it & actually learn from your mistakes by listening to the people who work in that environment every single day.

@BTogetherSheff @NEUnion Where else had you been though? You cannot 100% say you caught covid from a child at school.

Today’s announcement that all pupils will return to English schools on 8 March demonstrates, again, that Boris Johnson has, despite all his words of caution, failed to learn the lessons of his previous mistakes. #MakeSchoolsSafe Read our full comment👇 neu.org.uk/press-releases…

@Galaxyblue27 @NEUnion Also, as soon as I leave the classroom I wear a mask and have to social distance from other adults (who I rarely see in school these days now due to staggered breaks). So I’d say it’s highly unlikely I didn’t catch it from a child.

@Galaxyblue27 @NEUnion Well I can 100% say that because I didn’t go any where else. I do my shopping online and have been teaching from home.

I’m a doctor, and I am incredibly worried that @BorisJohnson isn’t going to release lockdown 🔐 carefully Those of us who are worried need to make our voices heard 📣 If you want the government to listen to experts 👩‍🔬 and release lockdown carefully to safeguard lives 💙, RT🌟

@JanisPennance @Strickomaster @DonnaBa65325376 How? They wear masks and have screens? I taught face to face ONE day last week & have managed to catch COVID. One day with 11 children. Haven’t been anywhere else. Keep telling yourself schools are safe if it makes you feel better.

@Strickomaster @DonnaBa65325376 Teachers at no higher risk than Supermarket workers , bet you have been shopping since last March

Schools. Aren't. Closed. Because. Of. Risk. To. Teachers. They. Are. Closed. Because. Of. General. Asymptomatic. Transmission. Among. Children. That. Then. Travels. Back. To. Households. And. The. More. Vulnerable.

@Reverend_Makers Wow. What self entitled prick.

Before anyone says I’m “being nasty” This is nasty

So @GavinWilliamson says primaries are to start testing staff on Monday. Today is Wednesday and unless I’ve missed something there’s been: No guidance No tests delivered No training No wider communication Therefore, there will be: No chance of getting this going by Monday.

@EssexSmoggy My class LOVE David Walliams and if it encourages them to read more/promotes a love for reading, I’m all for reading his books to my class! Surely it’s about adapting to the children’s needs and interests? What’s he point in reading them a “quality” book they don’t enjoy? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤔

Genuinely saddened to see the amount of teachers planning to read a David Walliams book to their class remotely (on FB). Only because he has given permission, does not mean that we should acquiesce. Our children deserve to be read quality texts. (Sorry about the early rant!)