graham chatterley
@grahamchatterl2
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Associate headteacher, Director - Changing perceptions limited, author, former radio presenter and SEN parent
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Joined November 2018
Always great to talk to the best people when it comes to behaviour . And this was definitely no exception.
This is an absolutely superb episode for anyone who is trying to understand why the young people you are teaching or leading are behaving in the way they are. There are also useful tips and guidance. Well worth tuning in to #TinyVoiceTalks
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Got to keep banging the drum even though it's the same mistakes over and over. The stats on particular academies make grim reading, the treatment of SEND children is a national scandal . why are we still making the same mistakes @bphillipsonMP.
This simple chart lifts the lid on the English schools sanctions crisis. As the numbers continue to soar since Covid, it's clear that the plan isn't working. Not enough has been done to support kids. And @educationgovuk needs to change course urgently. 🧵
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RT @Beth_Tastic: Is executive functioning understood enough in schools do we think? 🤔 the number of times I’m contacted by parents because….
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. emotional safety is the corner stone of education . Most children have it at home so can survive this regime,but should school be about survival?. Those that don't come to school to feel welcome, wanted and safe. Starting each day with challenge and conflict is the opposite.
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. why they became an educator . But somewhere along the way, they compromised their beliefs, they fell in love with their authority, the ends justify the means . The progress 8, the league tables became more important than the children. .
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. this is about external control, behaviourism and adult power over children . It will be minimised, it will be denied, fingers will be pointed elsewhere and there will be anger at those who challenge it. All of these because people know it's wrong, and they know it's not. .
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. there will also be those that don't see the issue with regards to external control . Comparisons will be made with safety measures and deprivation of liberty in EYFS/special . Blocking exits for vulnerable children is very different to taking away autonomy. .
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The usual voices will be out . It's just lining up!. It's just a pen!. My 3 year old could do it!. Completely, and deliberately missing the point. Why would adults choose to start the day with conflict and challenge?. .
A friends child had their transition day to secondary this week. She was taught to line up on the first blow of a whistle, uniform check on the second whistle and arm up, holding the pencil case in the air on the third whistle! Is this going to be the best years of her life? 😡😡.
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There will still be plenty trying to say this doesn't happen . There will still be some who don't connect the dots of starting the day with conflict and record exclusions. This practice doesn't make children feel emotionally safe, there's no foundation to build on.
A friends child had their transition day to secondary this week. She was taught to line up on the first blow of a whistle, uniform check on the second whistle and arm up, holding the pencil case in the air on the third whistle! Is this going to be the best years of her life? 😡😡.
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RT @gerrydiamond71: Brilliant response already after yesterday's news with over 20 tickets gone. When we know better, we absolutely do bet….
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Daniel is getting a new wheelchair and we were discussing modifications . Apparently postural support is more important than Roman chariot style spikes on the side for cars that block the pavement 🤷♂️.
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RT @AdamHighcliffe: Almost 1m school suspensions in English schools in 2023/24. Over 10,000 permanent exclusions. The rates for SEND kids w….
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Are we going to change anything to try to stem this?. Or are we going to carry on doing exactly the same expecting different results?. Or does it not even matter, coz you know, progress 8/league tables, and we'll just blame the children.
NEW: The number of suspensions and exclusions in England has reached its highest level since 2006, DfE figures show. There were 954,952 suspensions in state schools in 2023/24 - a 21% increase on the previous year - while exclusions also rose 16% to 10,885. Primary-age.
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RT @helenessex2: A petition calling for play based learning a core part of KS 1 national curriculum. Apparently being “school ready” means….
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It seems that when the only tool is a hammer, every problem becomes binary . The extreme adult control or anarchy argument has seriously been done to death.
One of the red flags in the defence of hyper-controlled schools is the straw-man of order vs chaos. The idea that there can only be utter control or utter chaos. That kids are either controlled or unsafe. But in reality there are many, many types of control. A short 🧵.
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. and as for training staff to develop empathy being disrespectful, but spending valuable INSET making professional educators line up is totally fine . I genuinely have no words.
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I know everything has to be binary but to frame empathy as something we either have or we don't, rather than a skill we constantly develop throughout our lives is troubling . The difference between the start of my career and now are light years apart. .
@grahamchatterl2 Think framing it that adults who are teachers need training to display empathy is hugely disrespectful. Most humans can display empathy without the need for paying someone to train them to.
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. - training on standing up and sitting down .- isolation .- exclusion . Some mental gymnastics going on.
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Things we don't have time for, coz "lost learning time". -emotional check in focused meet and greet .- sensory/movement breaks.- toilet visits .- form tutor time . Things we do have time for or that don't impact learning time . -lining up activities .- rules lessons. .
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. and everyone has a voice. I can't help but be sceptical about how that listening works.
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There are lots of people who post things and then only acknowledge the positive comments and never the concerns . They then do follow up posts telling people why they are right and how everyone thinks they are great . In this they will often say that they listen to everyone. .
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