An excellent quote courtesy of my friend Lawrence DeMaeyer; “Oppression begins when the curriculum has been decided before the children even enter the classroom.” Time for a curriculum re-write.

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Is anyone else wondering why the @fordnation hasn’t figured out that the press conferences are unsafe as each person speaks without a mask releasing droplets, they touch the podium and then return to the background touching their mask?!? If they can’t figure that out...???

Please support this global campaign to increase outdoor play and learning at school! Get involved by signing up, and just going outdoors (preferably with some children but they aren’t essential) this Thursday 5th November! #OutdoorClassroomDay #LoveTheOutdoors @OutdoorClassDay

Certainly not getting my vote! So elitist and tone deaf!

What a good reminder! Thanks for sharing!

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@Anniekidder @Cam_is_Learning @AlmaHarris1 @klrobson @drkarenedge @HargreavesBC @pasi_sahlberg @PeopleforEd This curriculum is ridiculous and complete out of touch with what is happening around them. Wake up! Talk about continuing a elitist focus.

We have partnered with @CityBrampton to bring you a Story Walk at Chinguacousy Park, featuring Say Something! by Canadian Author Peter H. Reynolds. The story starts near the Chinguacousy Boat Pavilion Playground. https://t.co/t0Yj7kXDm5

As Nadine was painting, Myra stood behind her and commented, “You know what you made? You made peanut butter brown!”. Thank goodness for my book addiction because I had the perfect connection...@WhaleysCorners

What would happen in #onted if teachers just stopped trying to "make it work"?

As educators we need to realize that no matter how beautifully we set up the materials, the children will take ownership and change them and use them according to their vision, not ours. @WhaleysCorners

Pedagogical documentation and equity. What thinking am I defining as valuable? What am I noticing and documenting? What are my biases? What am I sharing with colleagues? Families? Who’s voices am I missing? Dismissing?@norheenj @sergepascucci #PeelLEIT

Best advice I ever learned from my mom, a 37 year retired educator: “If you always do & say what’s best for KIDS there will always be a place for you in education. & you will piss multiple people off along the way. Get used to it.” More true now than ever. #thatonekid

Putting grades in for first quarter and we’re all arguing about whether no-shows get zeros or fifties And someone tells me not to worry about it, because “middle school grades don’t count anyways” I wonder, then, why we give them out at all?

MOTD. We decide to read in the ☀️ We pick some favorite books. I sat & read alongside them w/ my own book. M Are you reading too? Me Yep M Like us? Me Just like you M are you going to read to us? Me not right now M shouts Hey everyone Ms. H is a reader too, like in her head.

Thoughts from my daughter: “I can’t express my thinking on worksheets. On worksheets I answer other people’s questions - I want to answer my own questions”

An exciting walk today through our forest...🐍🍄and 💨🌬too! #ourforest @WhaleysCorners

Please stop saying "parents can't work" because of child care/school closure problems and say, instead, "parents can't earn money." Taking care of kids is work. Parents' workload has increased, not decreased. Words matter.

Responding to the interests of our students today after our second walk through the forest... tomorrow’s invitations are ready to go💚🌲💚@WhaleysCorners