Flora Burt
@MrsB_FCCT
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School Improvement Lead for Chiltern Learning Trust. Former Senior Assistant Principal. Feminist. Forever a history teacher. @WomenEdEastern Network Lead.
East, England
Joined May 2017
***REWARDS*** Lots of talk about isolation rooms and managing behaviour over the last week but not so much about reward systems in schools. Praise changes behaviour. A thread 🧵 There are several studies which identify that students who are intrinsically motivated are more
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⚠️ The @suttontrust has published a really interesting report - Double Disadvantage? Socio-economic inequalities in the SEND system This is a MUST read for anyone working in our schools https://t.co/fdbeuEuP1f
#SEND #Inequalities #Disadvantage #edutwitter #schoolleaders
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Here’s an idea: why not just change the KS2 SATs reading test to a diagnostic assessment that actually produces useful information about each child – because newsflash: many children who score below 100 can read – rather than a blunt measure to judge primary schools with?
Too many pupils are disengaged after moving from primary to secondary school, leaving them without the skills they need for work and life. Our new Year 8 reading test will help teachers to spot struggling readers early and provide pupils with the support they need to achieve and
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Agree with every point @FunkyPedagogy makes here. Everyone needs to read this 🧵
My thoughts on the @educationgovuk Y8 reading test proposal: - In the absence of any detail, or clear rationale thus far, it’s important not to immediately assume it’s going to be the end of the world. I’m inclined to be hopeful that there’s a focus here on secondary reading
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A brilliant piece. More and more, we are working with the challenge that the definition of disadvantaged has warped. In practical terms, we should think disadvantage through the lens of learning: what barriers do students encounter and how do we work to remove these.
What is a disadvantaged pupil? - Insight Inform
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Calling all teachers on parental or adoption leave📢🧑🍼 Our Autumn term MATPAT Coffee & Chat is NEXT THURSDAY! View details below and book now at: https://t.co/NrTZQHFXmj
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What a brilliant turn out so far to the @DaubeneyAcademy open evening!🌟 From warm welcomes to engaging classroom activities, truly a first class evening for prospective families and our central team alike! @AJRAllModCons @MrsB_FCCT @Julian__Axford @tilly_clt
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Love my Thursdays in Luton, in our six secondaries. Bit of @billybragg for the roadtrip too! Always start @leamanorschool & a lovely catch up with @JPather74 & Flora, before their day out with the pupils to @LDNLutonAirport
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An excellent session, really valuable for our standards leads across our schools. Huge thanks @MissTBegum
@cotton_nadine @MrsB_FCCT
Thanks to @ChilternLT for inviting me to speak on balancing school support w independence in Y11 interventions. We explored: 1. NEAT: small and consistent 2. Independence over intervention 3. Short-term, high-impact actions No Ozempic fixes; just 100 things, 1% better!
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For me, our best bet is the idea that we should tailor the modality (speech, text, gesture etc.) of our teaching to the needs of the CONTENT, rather than the preferences of our learners. Aka, the best medium for the message.
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Calling all teachers on parental or adoption leave📢🧑🍼 Join us for our Autumn term MATPAT Coffee & Chat on Thursday 23rd October, 10am - 11:30am at Poplars Garden Centre. Book now at https://t.co/GJS2S2l4U1
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EXCL: Rachel Reeves will deliver a library in every primary school in England, creating 1,700 new libraries funded from £132.5m dormant assets. https://t.co/wAtmv9pOtw
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech
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🗯️ 'If the promised guidance doesn’t deliver the “clear expectations” the education secretary has promised, we will rapidly reach a new state of overwhelm' @ChilternLT's Sufian Sadiq https://t.co/oN2LGthcq1
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'Illiteracy is a policy choice' is a great line.
.@KelseyTuoc has penned a brilliant piece on the Southern Surge, and she had me at the headline: “Illiteracy is a policy choice.” Amen. Your must-read article for the week:
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@englishspecial In contrast, what secondary schools really should be prioritising is finding out which pupils have basic decoding issues and which kids have grasped the basics of decoding but lack fluency, and then providing targeted support to these two groups. >>
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This is how much the price of food has risen in 5 years... 🤯 🥛Milk, eggs and cheese: +47% 🍖 Meat: +35% 🧈 Oil and butter: +60% 🍞 Cereal and bread: +34% 🍓 Fruit: +26% 🥦 Vegetables: +35%
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A big reason we're seeing the problems we are today with reading and mental health can be explained by the fact that most 10-year-olds now own a smartphone. https://t.co/qplILY4HEp
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Tommy Robinson: 'I challenge any journalist to come to Luton and find Muslims with non Muslims.' I'm a journalist from Luton and this man is talking utter nonsense. A pleasure to work on this film, chatting to incredible people in my hometown and separating fact from fiction.
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Here's a thread with my slides from @researchED1 - 40 minutes to convince you to implement a phone ban - I reference @JonHaidt, @ChildrensComm, @TeacherTapp and https://t.co/s6LzAIbl49 I don't even touch on the impact on learning in this session!
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If you're in leadership, one of your top priorities should be visibility. You need to be everything, everywhere, all at once. Get into lessons, hit the corridors, be there for your team and your students.
Must have done 50 plus laps of our school today. Conclusion? God, these people are good. #TALstaff 🙏💜
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