Education is the coal face of society - it's hard, dirty work. But there are some diamonds down there.

We kicked off #NAHTConf this morning with our annual meeting of officials - here they are showing their solidarity for one of the last year's most successful NAHT campaigns to protect school leaders from abuse by parents.

Looking forward to reading this later 🙌🙌🙌 @senresourceblog #SEND #SEN

During this election leaders and MPs will throw vast numbers around A good way to understand Exponentials: £1 million, spending £1 a second takes 11 days £1 billion, spending £1 a second takes 31 years £1 trillion, spending £1 a second 31,000 years

"When children are hungry, it is bad not only for their health and well-being but also for their education, because it can be harder for them to focus on schoolwork." The £7,400 income cap for free school meals is very low. https://t.co/rpdUCyKhPa

No Excuse For Abuse #NAHTconf @NAHTnews

The crisis in #SEND funding means school leaders are struggling to meet children's needs our survey finds as @@PaulWhiteman6 tells #NAHTconf education has been sidelined by government @DailyMirror @soph_husk

Simon Hague NAHT Chair Regional Secretaries and Cornwall Branch proposing Motion 15 https://t.co/4U9Qtgh3Jy @NAHTnews

On the provision and extension of universal free school meals, quote “if Greggs can do it, why can’t Government?” In reference to the providing all children with free breakfasts without means testing #NAHTconf

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Great day at @PorthlevenFest

A day of sunshine, walks and food @bistys @VerdantBrew @SwanpoolBeach

Tell your SENDCos! *NEW* podcast episode. I chatted to @SENDMattersUK about #SEND CPD for teachers & SENDCOs. SENDCos leading school CPD, what effective SEND CPD looks like, & the SENDCO qualification (NASENCO) being replaced by the new SENDCO NPQ https://t.co/rqLjF2yfX5

1 (super) host @poppygibsonuk and 1 (brilliant) speaker @MisterFirth announced for our first ever @TTRPrimary1 so far - so many more to come! You can secure your free ticket right here for 29th June 2024 in (hopefully) sunny Manchester: https://t.co/jCqwWjZwLH

I interviewed the briliant @SENDMattersUK for this episode of SEND in the Experts with Georgina Durrant podcast. He shared with us his advice for SENDCOs on their role, leading effective CPD and also his advice on the changes from the NASENDCO to the SENDCO NPQ qualification.

Thank you @easyJet first flight with a 9-week-old baby - from check-in to baggage collection absolutely brilliant service! Great start to our Easter Edinburgh stay ✈️🙂 #flyer

Out in the shops in 8 weeks!

What better way to spend the first day of the Easter holiday than calculating the Cronbach Alpha of the first part of my research 😂🤓 #DataAnalytics #edutwitter #research

There are worse places to sit and write on a Saturday morning #study #research #education #ect

#nursery Child: “I’ve written a story” “Tell me more” I respond Child: “It’s about all the children saying goodbye to their mummies & daddies in the morning. I’m going to read it to everyone at Circle Time” Me: “Can’t wait!” Child: “It’s a big story” She reads it to 34 children.

3 minutes is all it takes to share your views on how well the ECF supports ECTs to teach children with SEND. Thanks to all of you who have shared already 😊 #TeacherLife #Ect #teaching