Karen Oliver

That's a surveyors problem, not the engineer's 😂

Another school year done! And what a year it has been. I learnt a lot, struggled to find then finally awarded a promotion for next year which meant saying goodbye to the best team of teachers I've ever worked with.
Excited for what opportunities that will come next year, but right now, time to relax

Public holiday in my city, so a much needed 3 day long weekend. I have 3 classes of drafts to review and provide feedback plus catch up on all the things I have let fall away the past week. End of term exhaustion but I've only slept in until 7am! Two weeks to go until holidays!

🚨New to teaching Physics? 🚨If you are worried about anything related to Physics teaching for the new academic year, send me a message. Lack of resources, upskilling subject knowledge and that kind of thing. I will do all that I can to help you 🙂
#EduSky
#ITeachPhysics
#SciTeachUK

Weekend is here and only 3 weeks left of term! Enjoying my last weekend of peace before ALL the making starts rolling in. #teacherlife

Best suggestions for physics revision resources? Bonus points if it is specific to Qld, but I'm willing to adapt to fit our syllabus

My year 12s have one more lesson of content and then we have revision until their exam in October. These last few lessons have dragged on for them as I really just want to get them practicing and revising concepts

My feed is so full with education chat, I can't keep up but I love it!

I follow you......? 😁 Keen to connect with as many phys teachers as I can

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An email to a parent was auto corrected to "Kathmandu" instead of "regards, Karen" as I apologised for sending a blank email. Technology has it out for me today 🤦‍♀️

My pre-service teacher has got the halfway mark.
Mentoring ITEs is tough some days, I go about my daily business then remember I need to wait for my shadow and explain my thinking for all my actions. I think it makes me a better teacher because I have to pause and think, why am I doing this?

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Have a PST at the moment, so my lesson preparation each day is a little bit different at the moment. I can put a bit more time into the lessons I am still taking, and think about what observations I need to focus on to build their teaching skills.

Great thread! 👇🏼#edusky

You want to improve teacher recruitment?

-Focus on school behaviour so they are spaces of calm, safety and dignity.
You want to improve teacher retention?
-Focus on behaviour, so the teaching space is purposeful and free from disruption.

Ugh, Monday mornings.
Week 7 of term, too much to do, so I better start getting ready.
Good news is that no cats were locked in pantry overnight but the dry throat from my cold kept me tossing around so sleep was still interrupted. End-of-term exhaustion is not fun but my garden makes me smile

Sharing to Pocket. I don't get the push pin thing that I've seen around

It is all linked, and we are kidding ourselves when we pretend we can focus on one thing at a time.
We might do PD on a narrow focus but it needs to finish with a conversation on how to embed into everything else

Curriculum development/planning, behaviour management (particularly understanding the why kids behave the way they do to meet them where they need), differentiation support

The explanation, with CFU right behind by the slimmest of margins. I don't do CFU well, I've been trying to do better this year. I'm trying different ways of checking to see what works best for me and my students

I was first in bed, trying to recover from a head cold. Definitely not me 😁

4am good morning here after going searching for a noise downstairs. Cat locked in pantry and the mess that comes from that. At least it wasn't intruders which is what my mind was worried it would be.
Now.... do I clean up the mess or leave it for the person who locked the cat in?

Very happy to join here the same time Nigella is back. I haven't been checking the other site and I forgot how much I miss the joy Nigella brings in her posts

Peter Dutton's calls to ban refugees from Gaza have proved too much for some MPs The opposition leader's capacity to conflate a range of hot button issues, half-truths and misleading assertions is only matched by the federal government's often flat-footed capacity to respond.

"Peter Dutton's calls to ban refugees from Gaza have proved too much for some MPs"

Not just them, the rest of us as well.

#DumpDutton #auspol

Advance’s plan to destroy the Greens Following a series of focus groups and other polling, Advance has announced its sole focus until the next election will be cutting the Greens’ senate vote by a third.

Look what Advance is up to now www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
#climate #auspol #greensky

Hello! Physics/secondary science teacher here, based in Australia. Trying to find other Australian teachers who have made the move here? 👀

Australian here! I'm searching for Australian science teachers if they are out there...... 👀