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“Thriving is not a technical term. It is a human one. It suggests belonging, confidence, participation and growth.”Thoughts on the White Paper from someone at the coal face. @moderncassie.bsky.social

Quote from Anna Karenina; ..,

Tolstoy knew it …

And it really doesn’t help when social media is increasing full of reels that portray being ‘spectrumy’ as all a bit of a laugh.

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Tell me about it 😬

Rachel - East Anglia. Currently exploring Schrödinger’s retirement. Taught across all phases, although primary trained; many years a SENDCo and school leader. Life in the old dog yet.

It’s taken you a whole day to sphinx of that, Lee, hasn’t it? 🤣😉

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Minute Cryptic - 4 March, 2026
"Otto (your second cousin twice removed) crushed audition" (6)
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I’d be happy to do this for example as a ‘step towards’/planning : as always, ensure stretch and not low expectations.

Some tips here that can and should be universally applied in all classrooms, yet I’ve seen similarly worded “tips” set out as Section F provision in EHCPs.

It’s hideous, isn’t it.

Get yourself a coffee, Martin and sit down for 5 minutes 😂

But your audience here would probably get far more from visits to schools in action and meetings with the SENDCOs: think you can gauge a lot more from this than a website compliance document

Some tips here that can and should be universally applied in all classrooms, yet I’ve seen similarly worded “tips” set out as Section F provision in EHCPs.

“Reliable” = a downloaded SEN Information Report template from somewhere like The Key with the blanks filled in to comply with ‘what needs to be on our website’. They’re mostly a tick-box exercise.

Very much agree. The thing that’s bothering me most is these proposed “centres of excellence”. Where is this repository of expertise that will staff these centres?

If we had such a repository of expertise, we probably wouldn’t need a white paper in the first place.

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Minute Cryptic - 3 March, 2026
"Bluebeard selecting squares for patch" (3)
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Is he talking about curtains? 😳

Will I ever be in Coronation Street?

Can you ask it if I’ll ever be in Coronation Street? Thanks.

And there’s you ribbing me about the pop-up mushroom

Minute Cryptic - 28 February, 2026
"“Let him bleed!” - prisoner. “Prick!” - guard." (7)
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And there also needs to be clarity about what exceptional mainstream/universal provision looks like, so that this can be exemplar for wider practice.

Minute Cryptic - 27 February, 2026
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Thought I’d have a quick peek to see if there’s any point getting up in the morning.

Me neither - just needed a wee. My cat’s still asleep.

Did you mean lots of milliners around the podium? 🤣

Binge-watched Night Manager 2. I’m exhausted.

@johngroberts.bsky.social put it very diplomatically, but special school was the first time my kids formed friendships, formed part of a community that wanted to be with them, gossiped, had arguments then made up. The community we lived in offered none of that