Chris McDonald

Catch 32

We decided to recreate a piece of art work I got for my birthday.

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Today I got to step onto the pitch of Goodison Park. My little lad and I got to meet Neville Southall. A pretty impressive day.

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You see, not many people post about Guinea Pigs - but I like Guinea Pigs, so I am posting about them.

There are few pets as loving and as placid and caring as a Guinea Pig.
Truly loveable little creatures.

Which room is the warmest in your house? For us it is the toilet under the stairs - it gets warmest, fastest.

YouTube video by Mind the Gap with Jon & Emma Reading Myths, Mastery & Motivation, Getting Fluent with Christopher Such, Mind the Gap, Ep92(S5,E8)

What’s fluency and why is it important? Should you use extracts or full texts? How do you approach a class discussion about a book?

Hear @suchmo83.bsky.social’s wise insights on these questions and many more, and share with anyone who cares about getting kids reading.

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It’s Friday, so - who’s knackered?

My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday.

Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.

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Occupied the first Sunday of any school holiday.

Goodison tour in the dark - amazing!

What is SEND sufficiency like in your area?

Has anyone come off X altogether who used to have a reasonable following there?

Anyone else marinade their sprouts in bourbon whiskey, maple syrup and smoked paprika wrapped in bacon ti make them false slightly less like sprouts?

Love the warming pan in the background. Merry Christmas Cath!

In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

I once looked into different company awards for educational resources etc. They are quite expensive to enter. I had no idea companies pay to nominate themselves. 🤯

Teacher awards on the other hand are entirely free to nominate someone. So give someone a boost this year and drop them a nomination!

We don’t have a Business Manager of the year or Crossing Patrol of the year - are these roles less worthy?

I have worked with some truly dedicated and amazing teachers and none of them have been nominated for Teacher of the year / National Teaching Awards.
Every year this event comes around and well meaning luminaries pop up to festoon gongs on lucky folk.

Christmas room.

We are in the process of decorating for Christmas.

a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face . ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

I was with you right up until Christmas Hippo Day - say what now?

Anyone else enjoy napping on the chair at around 7:30pm?

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Can you add me please Daisy

The new Ofsted proposals being discussed at the moment are concerning, particularly the separation of curriculum and instruction. Here are some thoughts 🧵⬇️

Yesterday we lost this beautiful little piggy- miss him loads.

YouTube video by Jonathan Hutchinson Building Belonging in Schools

Wow!

They say that our attention spans are fried, but almost a thousand people have watched our 15 minute video on building belonging in schools.

Blown away. Please do share in your networks and spread the word.

We’ve got plenty more to come.

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