Dawn's Avatar

Dawn

@newlydawned.bsky.social

Mum, headteacher, owner of furloughed school dog. Love our school. Work with amazing people. Happy days.

788 Followers  |  494 Following  |  455 Posts  |  Joined: 13.08.2024  |  2.2097

Latest posts by newlydawned.bsky.social on Bluesky

Then stop dissing it. I’m off to buy a new garden table.

08.10.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would it be warmer?

08.10.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ten years

04.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sensible accountability
Financing schools to meet govt expectations
Mental health support for children.
SEND resources
Protection of welfare of staff

That’d do me!

02.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh the horror!

01.10.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait til they see a chickpea!

30.09.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you bring biscuits you can come to visit us!

28.09.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ours is. We are secondary.

18.09.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is very precise. I’m 54 and no clue!!

17.09.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Leading in education:

New Ofsted - No idea how it will work.
Curriculum - Awaiting review so no idea what it will become.
SEND - No idea what will happen.

In the meantime… best get on!

14.09.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Careful you might get booked for reform conference next year…

08.09.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of him!!
Makes me wonder why no one in UK is managing this narrative though.

04.09.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We had a great one:
Vegetarians can’t eat chickpeas.

Why not? What do you think a chickpea is?

It’s a pea from a chicken. πŸ” πŸ«› πŸ€ͺ

01.09.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We have been back a week and it’s been lovely. Hope yours is too!

31.08.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Minute Cryptic Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

Got this with no clues, and almost for the right reasons!

Minute Cryptic - 27 August, 2025
"Golf lesson's beginning in month six for Tiger Woods?" (6)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
I scored: 2 under par
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

27.08.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry. Completely unreasonable to have mentioned it.

25.08.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We will have to wear
S
H
O
E
S
Arghhhhhh

25.08.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Minute Cryptic Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

After a tough couple of cryptic days for me, I’ve bounced back!

www.minutecryptic.com

24.08.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@lborouniversity.bsky.social playing each other in women’s rugby! πŸ‰ πŸ’ͺ

22.08.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My daughter has a dairy allergy and loves chocolate spread so I’m always on the look out for recipes to adapt!

20.08.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

20.08.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Disadvantaged white pupils have β€˜particularly poor’ outcomes Educational inequality has become β€˜more pronounced’ since Covid, warns report highlighting the low attainment of disadvantaged white pupils

Those of us in the game have known this for years. Interesting to see if the new Ofsted regime will do anything other than punish schools for having the β€˜wrong’ students and reward others for having the right ones.

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

20.08.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooooh. Using which recipe? Can smell Italy just looking at the picture!

20.08.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Been there. Suffered that. My sympathy to you x

19.08.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could do with doing so - for help with cryptics at break πŸ˜‚

18.08.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A teacher at our school (also science) has a different Christmas tie for each day in December. Kids love it!

18.08.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s beyond that also. It’s growing up knowing you are deprived whilst seeing that other people are not. That must be so much worse for children nowadays with social media.

18.08.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How funny.
And also, my teacher brain: graffiti on books - not seen that in years!!

18.08.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed.
Although we could start by funding everywhere more like London and see if that helps.

16.08.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀯 #physics

15.08.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 793    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 3

@newlydawned is following 18 prominent accounts