I've got to say, at a time when schools are breaking under the pressure of SEND, poverty issues, new arrivals, EAL and social care issues, the timing of a new target for Y1 phonics seems extraordinary.
16.10.2025 16:20 β π 40 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
All the Heads I know are on their knees, seeing children presenting with more complex needs than ever before, extreme behaviour and limited funding.
The majority of this is in EYFS and Year 1. So instead of announcing something to help this, we'll raise a target to add pressure.
16.10.2025 16:24 β π 61 π 11 π¬ 6 π 3
Who is advising the Secretary of State on these issues, I wonder? It seems so misguided. And Phonics is NOT the same as reading. Even more of a relentless focus on phonics might actually produce fewer good readers! Surely a point must come when this is recognised?
16.10.2025 16:28 β π 21 π 7 π¬ 2 π 2
Your word of the year is on a blue background with the word CRAZY in black letters
I think this is pretty fitting. Working in special provision is never easy!
29.07.2025 20:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Poor children perform worse in the poorest schools relative to others. There are poor children in every state school. Pupil Premium does not compensate for large class sizes and limited resources, It just costs so much to run a school and minimum per pupil funding has not kept up with costs.
11.04.2025 08:49 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
Eze truly is something special. So happy to see heβs got his spring back in his step! #FACup #CrystalPalace
29.03.2025 13:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
We made ones just like this today too! So cute π₯°
26.03.2025 19:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Screenshot of the text from the village website homepage.
Photo of a road with two white village signs on either side of it.
Welcome to Willerby.
A village where the supernatural is as everyday as the weather. Free short stories.
Stephen King/M R James/Eerie Indiana/Black Mirror/Twilight Zone.
"A sort of supernatural archers."
"Throwaway ghost stories about the most important things in life."
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
23.03.2025 09:52 β π 39 π 21 π¬ 0 π 1
What frustrates me most is that no primary teacher would go & talk to secondary teachers like that-even if they have specialism in a particular subject. We know our knowledge & skills are not in that phase. The pedagogy is wildly different. It perpetuates the myth that secondary=better than primary
23.03.2025 00:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I am genuinely concerned at the number of posts I see of events where colleagues who have never taught in primary are delivering training on how to teach in primary.
Very worrying.
22.03.2025 08:26 β π 28 π 6 π¬ 5 π 1
And I agree with the point below - donβt get me started on EYFS and special. When they ask what a geography lesson looks like in Reception or why we arenβt following the NC objectives in our specialist unit I either want to cry or shout in complete frustration
22.03.2025 12:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In our MAT we have a program of CPD that is basically subject leads/heads of departments from the secondaries coming in to tell us how to teach their subject. Some have a basic understanding of NC expectations but none have ever taught in primary. Itβs patronising beyond belief
22.03.2025 12:30 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
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Audioslave - Like a Stone (Official Video)
Sunday - Audioslave and Like a Stone. Chris Cornellβs voice was a spectacular thing
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28.02.2025 15:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Biffy Clyro - Mountains (Official Music Video)
Saturday - Buffy Clyro and Mountains. The planets havenβt aligned for us yetβ¦
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28.02.2025 14:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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Muse - Knights Of Cydonia (Video)
#FebMusicChallenge25
Friday - itβs got to be Muse and Knights of Cydonia. Totally over the top and brilliant to finish a festival with
youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyI?...
28.02.2025 14:56 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
a cartoon character with the number 6 on his head
Alt: a cartoon character with the number 6 on his head
I really wanted it to be a gang of moles. Imagining a little crew digging underground together π
28.02.2025 14:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
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Hanson - MMMBop (Official Music Video)
Mmm Bop - Hanson. Just the best and happiest song!!
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Insomnia - Faithless. As a proud Palace fan Maxi Jazz was an absolute legend.
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Breathe - Prodigy. Too many nights spent dancing in dubious places π
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26.02.2025 21:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
When we factor in the elevated incidence of school non-attendance in autistic children, something which is associated with burnout and trauma from unmet need, I think we need to join the dots and have a serious rethink.
25.02.2025 15:25 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Does it mean that autistic children's needs are becoming are less "supportable" by the general education offer? Or does it mean that school is becoming increasingly inhospitable to autistic (and otherwise neurodivergent) children and young people?
25.02.2025 15:25 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
When we consider the legal tests for how EHCPs are provided, this means that HALF of all autistic children cannot be supported by what is typically provided by our education system. So what does this tell us about our schools?
25.02.2025 15:25 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
I've been looking at the DfE's SEND stats again this week and it's astonishing that 48% of identified autistic kids in mainstream primary schools in England have EHCPs given that only 4% of the child population has one.
Continued...
25.02.2025 15:25 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
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MIKA - Grace Kelly
Hoping itβs not been done already - Grace Kelly by Mika #FebMusicChallenge25
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20.02.2025 12:33 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
I donβt know who needs to read this but schools are not funded with magic beans. They canβt magically turn into a golden egg laying goose or an enchanted harp. The equivalent of 3 beans canβt pay for every new initiative, staffing, tax, pay increase, price rise and repair.
18.02.2025 18:13 β π 23 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
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Pearl Jam - Better Man (Official Audio)
Pearl Jam - Better Man. Just a gorgeous song
youtu.be/nDK-wsdEhNE?...
13.02.2025 21:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If children are dysregulated by being at home rather than at school then surely they should be looking at what can be done to support families instead of pushing it back onto schools and teachers. Again. Thereβs a bigger issue here thatβs being ignored all the time
13.02.2025 20:45 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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