Delighted to announce I’ve joined
@SouthPennine
Trustee Board as the Chair of Trustees.
I think we all have a personal responsibility to contribute to the wider system. Looking forward to working closely with the CEO & Board.
I’ve undertaken a number of Governance roles…
Just in case anyone ‘missed this’ it’s a bleak report and it’s been ‘delayed’ you may find the summary comments from
@juliecmcculloch
ASCL useful on her timeline. Report here 👇🏾
Lovely young woman just came up to me ‘so sorry to interrupt but I wanted to say you were my inspiration for becoming a teacher, I’ve just started my 3rd year as an English teacher’.
Made my evening 😎🌸
NEVER underestimate the impact you have on others folks ❤️💗
Cheers 🍸🍸
Thrilled to share that I am now the :
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
@BrightFuturesET
🔸I believe in the power of education to change lives.
🔸From being a young teacher I’ve always wanted ‘to lead’ to make the biggest difference I can to children & young people.
🔸I am…
How have I only just discovered Motherland? Literally crying laughing at the pool party episode and the Halloween one was side splitting too. I’ve not laughed this much at the TV in ages 😂 If you are a Mum (or dad) for young children you will absolutely howl!! BBC IPLAYER 😂
What an absolute disgrace this headline is
@BBCBreaking
sexist, belittling and utterly pathetic!
A national hero, a strong leader, 6 years, strategic, kind, empathetic, tenacious, decisive, honest & hopeful.
Remarkable !
@jacindaardern
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded Chartered College Fellowship Status alongside my wonderful CEO
@john_stephens67
recognising our contribution to the teaching profession
@CharteredColl
@AlisonMPeacock
We are really honoured.
Thank you so much .
@VickyBeer1
When an ex student says to your CEO “you were my Headteacher when I was in year 5/6 and you are the reason I’m a teacher & Deputy Head now” 👏👏🏻👏🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Teaching
#WeAreBrightFutures
❤️❤️❤️❤️
48 years since my Mum & Dad got Wed! A Maths teacher from Tanzania & a Lancashire lass 💖Getting older I appreciate how amazing my parents were/are. My Mum worked in a bank & a chippy at night for years to help pay the bills, I wish I’d been a more appreciative teenager 😳💖
SEND DFE DATA RELEASE
⬆️ pupils with SEN has increased to 1.57 million pupils in 2023, representing 17.3% of all pupils.
⬆️ proportion of pupils with EHC increased to 4.3% in 2023
⬆️Speech & Lang biggest increase
Well it’s taken 5 years to persuade my other half but we’ve finally got there!
Introducing Ted Fathers, 8 weeks old & he is a belter 🐶👌🏽puppy training has started 🤣🤦🏽♀️any advice gratefully received!
#firstdog
#dogsoftwitter
definitely good for well-being
@teacher5aday
❤️🐶🐶💗
Ofsted’s latest blog on improving attendance :
🔵PA is one of the most significant ongoing impacts of the pandemic
🔵if a school can demonstrate they are doing ‘all they can’ Ofsted will be realistic about data
🔵references understanding causes & importance of medical advice to…
The IMPACT of a teacher ..❤️
The English teacher who inspired my teaching career was the same ‘one teacher’ who believed in
@AndyBurnhamGM
too👍🏽we didn’t realise the connection until recently. Mr Harrington is something of a legend! Today we said THANKS! ❤️
During lockdown we ran months of free Wellbeing CPD to help schools.
Now in response to the DFE Workload report we want to do the same
@BrightFuturesET
@TSHubsBF
I’ve got the support of some of the biggest names in Wellbeing to help!
Comment/ RT or email & we’ll be in touch 🧡
SPREAD THE WORD … Feel unsafe or anxious walking home at night?
Call Strut Safe & they stay on the phone until you are home. If necessary they will contact emergency services.
Friday & Saturday nights 7pm-3am & Sunday nights from 7pm until 1am.
0333 335 0026 free to call.
I am absolutely thrilled to be designated an NLE. 🌟⭐️
Having led SLEs, trained SLEs & led system leadership work & school improvement work across many many schools for years I’m delighted to have this title.
Grateful for the many opportunities I have
@BrightFuturesET
🧡❤️
Congratulations ⭐️⭐️🌟🌟💫✨
to Lisa Fathers for being designated an NLE and Edward Vitalis for being designated an NLG.
Our Exec Team making a huge contribution to the system 💫🧡
#WeAreBrightFutures
Wow wow wow !⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Humbled, delighted, honoured & shocked to be nominated to the
@NorthPowerWomen
list!!! How exciting! This is so nice! Whoever nominated me please reveal yourselves ?! 🤔🤔🤔 I know I’m among some cracking nominations - in good company
@hayleylever
🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
I HAVE PASSED MY NPQEL
@Ambition_Inst
HURRAY HURRAY .....
thank you to my wonderful colleagues
@john_stephens67
who helped me along the way.
I met the nicest & funniest bunch of Exec Leaders too - you know who you are ❤️❤️⭐️⭐️🍾🍾🍾
A mixed race Princess, a passionate black preacher and an amazing black cello player! I hope every kid from a BME background is watching filled hope about our wonderful diverse and inclusive country. I cried!!👸🏽👸🏽👰🏽❤️❤️
Why isn’t there more noise and excitement that there will be a woman and a woman of colour in the White House!
@KamalaHarris
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 We all know as leaders we are more successful with the right wing man ( woman!)
@LanderVini
SEND & AP
Catching up on some work reading. If you missed this publication there’s an excellent summary from Nasen here :
Every teacher a teacher of SEND -it’s up to all leaders to ensure we are well informed & championing SEND ❤️🧡
#WeAreBrightFutures
Daughter did great & is heading to her college of choice ♥️🥂🥂🥂some nice surprises & a couple of subjects she really wanted higher grades in, but overall a great set of results, she is thrilled
( Mum relieved & proud) 🌟
Had not realised how stressful it is for parents until…
Good luck to all our young people receiving their GCSE results today!!
If you worked hard & tried your best then you celebrate that whatever the ‘grades’ are.
I’m nervous for my daughter because she is so nervous but this is only one mile stone out of many and it’s not life…
@NooPuddles
Exercise, which I know sounds daft when you are tired but it’s energising.
What’s your diet like ? Sugar makes you tired , I feel better with less carbs x
As
@simonsinek
says
: “ If we want people to speak to us honestly, we must be willing to honestly listen” ….and sometimes that means hearing and really listening to things we don’t like or we don’t agree with.
As a trust leader having ‘diversity of thought’ around the table…
Lots of my friends & colleagues are currently applying for jobs, Headships, VP roles, the next step up! I am constantly hearing
“ I’m not sure I’m ready”
NEWSFLASH:
NOBODY is ever ready, we learn on the job, we grow into roles. It’s fun pushing yourself a bit... go on 😉⭐️⭐️⭐️
One day at a time 💖💖
Happy Monday.
Try and have one thing that you are looking forward to this week: a nice meal, a catch up phone call with a friend, chocolate, a run, meditation, a book, dancing in the kitchen... something
Things will get better 💖
#Daily
Fail reaches a new low!
This suggestion ‘ how dare she be more successful than her husband’
And she somehow brought it on herself 🙈
MASSIVE problem that utterly damaging misogyny is allowed to be printed & shared.
What is the future for our girls ?
HEADLINE NEWS!
The DFE have designated us with not one but TWO Teaching School Hubs🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂
We are looking forward to working with all our partners across the system in GM and as part of the TSH national network of 87 Hubs PRESS RELEASE :
My son Harry just said :
“Mummy I don’t ever want Grandad to go to America, someone might kneel on his neck because he has very dark skin”.
#GeorgeFloyd
❤️😢😢
#BlackLivesMatter
Really struggled this morning, legs heavy & it’s been a tough week so I ditched my 10k run at 7k and walked the rest. Still the same distance, sun still shining, heart rate up. Sometimes you’ve got to go at your own pace ❤️
WomenEd reminds women to lift, support & celebrate each other. Not everyone is going to be happy to see you succeed but who cares!
My advice is:
-be your own cheerleader
-be proud
-move on
-get a coach
-read
-find your tribe who are genuinely happy to see others get on 👏🏼👏🏼
Wow thank you so much
@NexusEdUK
“ School Collaboration”
I WON THE AWARD ⭐️⭐️🥂🥂🥂❤️❤️❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂💕💕💕thanks for all your support everyone and a special thanks to
@brightleadcoach
😀
Well it might be GCSE download day but the most important event today in our family is my daughter’s 16th birthday! Yep the day before she gets her GCSE results! 🎂🎂🎁
She’s kind, funny, spirited & getting more confident every day!
Love her so much♥️proud Mum x
⏰TIME FLIES,…
A good friend 💕( senior leader in a school) starts Chemo next week. Missed her last smear by accident - life is so busy. She’s a mum & she’s scared. It’s so easy when we are juggling lots to neglect the basics of self care. Don’t forget to go! It’s 5 mins every 3 years
@WomenEd
I’ve spent the last 23 years persuading parents to send their children on D of E … it’s character building, outdoors, teamwork etc etc & now my own 14 year old is going on her 1st overnight camp tomorrow I’m scared 😂I keep taking make up out of her rucksack!She’s not a camper !
TAKE NOTE HOME SCHOOLERS PRIMARY
Starting on Monday 11 January, everyday CBBC three hrs of primary school programmes 9am, inc BBC Live Lessons, BBC Bitesize Daily, Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories, Art Ninja & Operation Ouch.
Just heard that a colleague I’ve coached, encouraged & nurtured sporadically over the last 10 yrs has secured first Headship role! Absolutely delighted. No nicer feeling than when someone rings you out of the blue to say thank you for believing/ supporting them 💓💓❤️❤️✨✨💫💫
Dad is 74 today!
Retired Maths Teacher, Headteacher for a bit but Maths is where his heart is! ❤️
Spends his time now torturing his grandchildren with various Maths related learning games disguised as ‘fun’
He hasn’t left the house much in a year, hoping he gets his mojo back.
I’m new to this …. It’s soooo good! I need a new work wardrobe and I think I’d have been a great divorce solicitor 😂👗👗👚👠👠
#thesplit
My husband is refusing to watch it , says it doesn’t look that good hmmmm!! 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Not all World Cup tweets are positive ... this is VERY sad but true ...
“If England get beaten.. so will she”
#DomesticViolence
increases by 26% when England play. 38% if they lose. Colleagues /friends in police or support services confirm this is true.
Happy Anniversary to us
@stevenfathers
❤️❤️💕
….11 years !
And our little girl was 15 this week! Where does the time go, I swear it’s speeding up.
Make every moment count 💕💕💐💐🌸🌸
Feeling like the holidays are drawing to a close now? STOP THAT! Try & imagine we were breaking up today for a week off like half -term! How will you make the most of the last week & stay in holiday mode ? 😎😎🤷🏽♀️
We are going to the Zoo & a beach next week & son has an Xbox ban!
HEADLINE NEWS!
The DFE have designated us with not one but TWO Teaching School Hubs🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂
We are looking forward to working with all our partners across the system in GM and as part of the TSH national network of 87 Hubs PRESS RELEASE :
Never has so much been beyond our control. We can only ‘ control the controllables’
All we can do is focus on the next few hours & enjoy them. It’s the last day of the Christmas holidays for many of us, seize the day, enjoy it, make it count, make it fun & worry later. ❤️💕⭐️
🎉Huge congratulations🎉to our very own
@lisafathersAFL
who has won the inaugural ‘School Collaboration Award’ at the
#NexusAwards2021
. A well-deserved accolade for all that Lisa does to enable successful collaboration in education. Lisa we are so proud of you! More to follow…
Last night I went out, didn’t want to, too tired, hadn’t finished all my work, couldn’t be bothered. I went out & danced & laughed with other fitness instructors I haven’t seen in 18 months. I cried, we all did, we hadn’t realised how we had missed each other . ❤️🍸🍸🙌🏾💃🏻
My son is in Year 5, due to Covid he had Year 3 residential cancelled.
He has his FIRST EVER residential tomorrow!!
I have never seen him so excited & nervous in equal measure! 😂🎉😀
I’ve just removed sweets from his case for the midnight feast for the 6th time 🍬🍫🍬🍬🍪🍩
As we head back into a busy term with juggling deadlines, Zoom meetings, packed lunches for little people & everything else how will you put YOU first & how will you keep your fitness going??
Tell me your top tips please...
Here are mine ( partly to remind myself) : 💖🚴♂️👍
If you are a woman and you are heading towards 40 in order to look after your mental health properly you need to understand the perimenopause.
There isn’t enough training on this so it’s up to us to educate ourselves & others. Great book 📚💗
#WorldMentalHealthDay
@hayleylever
This year I met up with my wonderful A Level English Teacher - Mr Harrington the man, the myth, the LEGEND!! I told him about the massive impact he had on me and so did
@AndyBurnhamGM
.
You never know the impact you are having on those children around you.
#ThankATeacherDay
💕
Pubs are open! 🎉🍾🍾🍷🥂
Anyone going? or shall we stay home in PJs and have a cup of tea instead 🤓??
I really hope for the sakes of our colleagues in the police & ambulance service that common sense prevails today......it hasn’t on several occasions.
Lessons from yesterday! ⚽️
It’s :
- about leadership/ strategy
-not about individuals it’s the TEAM that makes the DREAM work
-routine, practice, discipline
- coaches/support staff are THE team too
- hold your nerve/mindful in the moment
- believe in yourself
#10
%braver
Absolutely delighted to be Highly Commended for the Multi - Academy Trust Award at Bright Futures
@BrightFuturesET
we do our best to embed Well-being across our MAT ❤️💕💕
Well done to GORSE Academies who won the overall award 🔥🎊🎊🍾🎉🎉great work ❤️👌🏽
BEYOND THRILLED to announce that we have successfully won the contract to extend our hugely successful programme to another 61 schools! We will be continuing the work with existing schools too!
AMAZING NEWS for C & YP in GM ❤️
@JonRouseGM
@VickyBeer1
@AndyBurnhamGM
@DrSRanote
@MissScience5
What a brilliant Aunty you are. I’m so sorry for your loss and I can’t imagine the loss the children felt and are still feeling. Bereavement is so tough but for children it’s very hard to process. I think your suggestion is really positive, makes sense ❤️
A 30 minute run modifies the nervous system and reduces tension & stress. If you have lockdown 'cabin fever' or are ‘zoomed out’ from one line meetings then head and get some fresh air! Feeling grateful to see such gorgeous sun shine. 😎
@_thedailymile
@MHFAEngland
If you said in March that my husband would become a Lycra wearing cyclist 🚴♂️, we would be having our holiday in the Lake District & we would have a DOG with us I’d have NEVER believed you! 🤣❤️🐶🐶🐶 Nothing beats family time ❤️❤️💖💖& Ted loves his first holiday ❤️
#teacher5aday
As an alternative to the daily briefing or news today I suggest you look at this photo of Ted or stroke something soft and fluffy! ❤️🐶❤️
#well
-being
Two weeks in now & he’s part of the family ❤️💗
#DogsofTwittter
#dogsduringlockdown
@NikkiSSmith
Tomorrow sorted!
9am Joe Wicks PE
Then break time
11am story time David Walliams
Lunch time
1pm Live History lesson
Daddy takes over after that to do Maths/Science/ French, Craft.
2 wks ago a wonderful neighbour went for a routine test, didn’t come home, died yesterday.
She lit up our street with her infectious laugh, the kids adored her.
In her 70’s with a PlayStation💗
Known v affectionately by my 2 as ‘Gangsta Granny’.
Thinking of her lovely family
Today daughter is 12! Unbelievable how time flies! So proud of her! She is funny, kind, brave, a champion of the underdog ,a football player & a shopaholic 👛V impressed I’ve managed to keep another human alive & well for 12 years 🤣💞being a Mum will always be top of my list 💫
In other news my tiny ‘ Covid’ victory is that within a week I talked another gym into taking me on as a wkend Spin Instructor AND my loyal DW spinners all followed me ! It was our first class this morning 💖💖it’s the ‘people’ that make places! So good 2b back 🚲🚲
@hayleylever
We're pleased to announce we have been accredited to continue the delivery of our ITT from September 2024 onwards! 🧡
Read more here on our website: …
It has been a very challenging time for the ITT Sector.
#WeAreBrightFutures
#ITT
#TeacherTraining
WOW 🥂🥂🥂⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Shocked, stunned, delighted to be a shortlisted nominee for the ‘ School Collaboration’ award
@NexusEdUK
Awards.
Collaboration is at the very core of our mission
@BrightFuturesET
so this means such a lot !! THANK YOU 👏🏽🥂🥂🥂🥂💕💕💕💖💖🐶
Celebrating my Mum’s 70th Birthday today, in the sunshine too 🌼😎! 🧁🧁🍰🥂🥂
So very grateful to be all together & fit & well after the last 18 months. We don’t take it for granted. ❤️ My Mum’s mates ‘ the Benidorm Babes’ have just arrived…to time to make a swift exit! 😂😂
EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT:
After a robust application & recruitment process the Alliance for Learning Teaching School has been successful in gaining the prestigious status of “Girls Football Super Hub” 🥂🥂✅⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
@FA
Press release here:
Every girl should have equal access to football in Schools. This is the vision of our Girls Football Super hub. 👏🏼👏🏽👏👏🏿👏🏻⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Show your support by signing up to the pledge at
@Lionesses
@FA
@TraffordSSP
Language & Communication ❤️
“You can put a baby in a suit “ but they need to crawl, babble and engage in ‘serve and return’ interactions.
Teachers know the importance of oracy but sometimes don’t prioritise ‘ talk’ enough
@SwailesRuth
Half term reflections ..
6 Months since we got this fluffy boy, look how he’s grown (6 months between photos)
❤️❤️🐶🐶💖
Best thing we ever did!
✅Always pleased to see me
✅Doesn’t answer back
✅Increases step count per day
✅Gives the best cuddles
✅Good for wellbeing
💖
I love this approach to life and pretty much everything ♥️🙌🏾
I think it’s rubbed off on my daughter, she was just as tearful about her best friend’s successes yesterday as her own and so so genuinely proud of her mates ♥️🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂 I’m so proud of her teamwork ethic⭐️🌟