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Proud headteacher @holtonprimary - coach @valerugbyu11 - host @networkedPLD - doctoral student. Always ask why, occasionally challenge, never give up.
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Important to recognise that our very own
@Holtonprimary
community is full of amazing women - each with their own valuable story to tell. Some of these wonderful women came along to our
#cynefincaffi
#IWD
get together. Eating, drinking, laughing & sharing together. Thank you 💜
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@wgmin_education
It must be far from easy for
@wgmin_education
@Kirsty_Williams
to take such a strong stance against the relentless tidal wave of pressure and nonsense - for the right reasons. It is for this that she should be applauded right now and also remembered in the future!
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Good luck to all my colleagues, with whatever the coming days & weeks may bring. I know you will all commit to providing the very best care for your children, teams & communities. Be sure to ask for help as & when the need arises.
#togetherstronger
#headsup
#thankyou
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Finished at 10am - took 16hrs & finished 17th (still unofficial) out of approx 350 entrants
#10YFAN
⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰⛰😰🤯 Ginormous thanks to
#paultucker
for dragging me up / down the last and most painful of laps
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Any educators out there fancy joining me in a collective effort to run each day in November? Doesn’t need to be fast or even far but does need to be running. Minimum of 1 mile a day for the 30 days, sharing and supporting each other.
#headspace
#headstart
#wellbeing
#startahabit
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Good luck to colleagues in schools over the coming days/weeks. No doubt, we’ll have a taste of dancing the to & fro tango, the planning Pasodoble & even the strategic Hokey-Cokey. Chin up, use your networks. Nobody is in this alone - always happy to listen & help if I can 👍🏽
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Covid: Parent has seizure during child's Zoom lesson >>> very proud of MrCJ, Rhys & James for the way they all worked together, whilst tackling such an unexpected & difficult situation
#bravo
#heroes
#teamholton
@Holtonprimary
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Week 1: Grateful for the plan & prep days, made a significant impact upon readiness. Grateful for my staff and fellow heads for their humour & support. It’s unlikely to make a media headline but… Bravo to all school teams for doing whatever is needed & just making it work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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I didn’t think I’d be saying this at the end of Spring22. This has been the most challenging term, in terms of staffing. Held together by good will & determination; the ‘above and beyond’ efforts from both teams.
#bravo
#diolch
#teamholton
#teamdragon
@Holtonprimary
@ysgolyddraig
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A final thank you for tonight to all those children, parents, carers and relatives who have messaged or stopped to share words of gratitude and kindness with myself or those in
#teamdragon
- never underestimate the power & value that your smiles or kind words bring to us! Diolch
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Pob lwc bawb! No matter if it’s your 1st or 21st start to the school year, your reservoirs are replenished and you’re ready to go - plan with optimism, ask for help when you need it and remember it’s a marathon not a sprint.
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1/2 - I can’t shake the feeling that
@wgmin_education
is being hung out to dry here, on a number of fronts - unfair & churlish behaviours are short changing our schools and our children. Her support, integrity & legacy should not be stained by this!
@WG_Education
@WelshGovernment
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My dad has been attending an art class. I think he’s flying with it. After putting in a request, he did this ink piece for me. He’s nailed my nose. I love it! 😁❤️
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🧵This is Will. He’s a local
@VOGCouncil
hero! I initially drove passed him, as he clambered out of some roadside bushes, holding a large plastic board. I then saw bags and piles of waste, neatly laid at intervals along a half mile stretch of road... 1/3
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#day3
With all the talk of ensuring of ‘continuity of learning’, ‘online schooling’ & ‘distance learning’ let us not lose sight of the social, emotional, health & wellbeing needs of our learners, families & teams - the ramifications of which could far outweigh lost learning 1/2
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Big day tomorrow! Stage 4 of the
#curriculumforwales
Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill, passing of the Bill in Plenary. Oh, and it happens to be my birthday too 🥳
#excitingtimes
#eyesontheprize
@wgmin_education
🎂
@WG_Education
🎉
@GHCDon
@LouiseHayward3
@networkEDcymru
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Why oh why are we talking about ‘assessing’ the Four Purposes? 🤯
#curriculumforwales
@WG_Education
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2/2 There are HTs, staff & govs who have given a lot to ensure the return to school works for all. Today, many of those with models that ‘blocked’ days/weeks in school are left with learners potentially losing out - back to the drawing board & 1 week to go!
#omnishambles
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Amalgamation 2015, new build 2016, 7 yrs enjoying leading a wonderful team incl challenges of secondment & working across 2 schools. Tomorrow will be the start of my last week
@ysgolyddraig
-I am so very proud of everything we have achieved together. It’s been
#ACE
❤️
@VOGCouncil
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Undoubtedly schools have to be open with children safe, well and learning… but we may need to reconsider any ambient attitude that it’s business and accountability as usual for the forthcoming Autumn & Spring terms.
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Presentations & supporting materials available to help with
#knowingabout
and
#knowinghow
ahead of the next phase of
#CurriculumforWales
development
#EducationMissionWales
@GHCDon
@wgmin_education
@WG_Education
@sewalesEAS
@ERW___
@GwEGogleddCymru
@CSCJES
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Very proud of our very own Holton hero for recognising that someone was in need of help, contacting 999 and then following instructions on what to do!
@Holtonprimary
#wow
#Holtonhero
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Two kickings for the primary and special sector this week. Can’t see how hubs sit alongside our current risk assessments, work to date and duty of care for our teams, children and families. All for 2/3 days of childcare
@WelshGovernment
@fmwales
@WG_Education
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Here’s to all our amazing colleagues in schools across Wales, who should feel proud of their commitment & resilience. Despite the lack of systemic acknowledgement, it’s been nothing short of chaos, and imo, the most challenging half term in the past 19years. Now, go do your thing
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MY BUDGET ISN’T THE PROBLEM ⚠️ 🧵👇🏽-Spending time over the Easter break to genuinely establish how feasible it will be to run an effective & improving school on my meagre 2023-24 budget! Here’s my take? It’s not a budget-it’s actually so much more than a budget! 1/8
As HT of one of these schools, Dr Martin Price accurately & eloquently articulates our situation, the sentiments of my colleagues & commitment of our collective governing bodies ~ We are awash with ambitious policy & yet unable to resource the most basic of school functions.
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Given the structure of
#ITE
in Wales and current online provision, there is still a genuine need for
#ITE
students to be centrally assigned a
@HwbNews
account - one that stays with them throughout their training and across their practice schools
@WG_Education
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@wgmin_education
This draft is a milestone on our journey and not the destination. Vital that we, in Wales, take ownership and support refinement in these next steps
#TalkCurriculum
@WG_Education
@wgmin_education
@sewalesEAS
@CSCJES
@GwEGogleddCymru
@ERW___
@GHCDon
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Thank you to all of
@ysgolyddraig
#teamdragon
who are committed to supporting our children & families during these difficult times. We are currently developing plans for the forthcoming weeks & will continue to keep everyone updated with the rapidly evolving situation.
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Anti-racism training in Wales to boost ethnically diverse teachers >>> Wales is first UK nation to make the history of Britain's colonial past mandatory in school
@WelshGovernment
@WG_Education
@DARPLwales
@BameedWales
🌟
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Diolch yn fawr iawn. Extraordinary effort from the teams at both
@ysgolyddraig
and
@Holtonprimary
over the past term, and then showing remarkable resilience over the past couple of days - pulling together and beginning preparations for whatever January may bring
#bravo
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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No doubt some will have that Smonday feeling. We may not be aware of the why or when behind a colleague’s anxiety but we can all take a small step to being supportive. When tomorrow comes, let’s be sure to greet each other with a smile, a little time & understanding ❤️
#BeKind
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Eggs & Hampers delivered - Thanks to everyone in the
@CadfieldV
team -
@Holtonprimary
@CadoxtonPS
@OakSch
-
#teamholton
particularly Happy Bunnies today, Pasg Hapus Bawb! 🐣
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Situation for schools will not change on June 1st | >>> Of my five principles the first, and most important, is the safety and mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and staff
@wgmin_education
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Duw, duw. Wonderful performance for a win in today’s final - very proud of the team. After 19 years of coaching the
@valerugbyu11
alongside
#DuncMottram
, we don’t do it for the big finals &
@principalitysta
appearances but they certainly help with the feel good factor. ❤️🏉🏆
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Our new curriculum is not a product to be delivered. It’s about developing practices that are fit for purpose
@MarkRPriestley
@WG_Education
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New wave of positive Covid cases appearing across colleagues, friends and family - incl those who have previously had it and fully vax’d. New variant? 🤔 Let’s hope Covid knows that it doesn’t exist from the 28th 😁 - with the reduction in testing and reporting, easy to ignore.
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Please sign the petition to review inadequate funding for schools. School funding in Wales has always been an issue that was never properly addressed. It genuinely saddens me to see this becoming part of the future blueprint for Wales’ education system.
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@missdcox
When you know, you know. ☕️ 📖 - done my fair share of sleeping bag sentry duties in corridors. Thinking of introducing scouting style awards badges for teachers, this will be one of them. What others would you like to see?
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Great to see our children enthusiastically sharing their excitement about returning to school alongside their reflections of online learning
@ysgolyddraig
@VOGCouncil
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Bore da bawb! If you are in school or working from home today, you aren’t alone and do not have to face anything alone either. Be sure to keep in touch with colleagues. Message
@networkEDcymru
with
#networkedchat
at any time with questions or advice
#TogetherStronger
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The pièce de résistance of our new
#ginbatemanillustration
#llantwitmajor
collection - a bespoke piece just for
@ysgolyddraig
❤️
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Singapore refresh, refurbish or rebuild schools approx every 8 years. All schools we saw were spacious, light and fit for purpose. Reflecting on both schools I work with: How do we, in Wales, ensure that all children have equity of access to high quality learning environments?
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There is no fixed recipe for what we know as Welshness, nor should there be. ❤️
#teamholton
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus - Welshness should be seen as “a spectrum rather than a hierarchy… a patchwork quilt” ~
@hanan_issa_
❤️ - today is a wonderful opportunity for us to both celebrate tradition and take the time to look beyond the clichés of Welshness.
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ministers must resist pressures to whimsically bounce schools back into service. Anyone who thinks proper social distancing can be done in...school has either never met a child, or been in a school. A properly planned and clearly communicated return is the least everyone is owed
"I would implore everyone, parents, governors, the entire public, to go easy on schools. They cannot be perfect at this time": a terrific, characteristically thoughtful piece by
@miss_mcinerney
@guardian
:
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I know some colleagues are already getting stuck into this - ensuring ‘play’ is integral to how they support children’s development, across their schools. If you are looking to develop a shared understanding of play within your class/school, this is a great place to start👇🏽
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This week has only proved to reinforce my belief and commitment to working together as a cluster, with and for each other. Thank you to colleagues from
@rhwsprimary
@StAthanPrimary
@IlltydS
@WickPS
@LlantwitMajorSc
@ysgolyddraig
for their leadership, support, advice & smiles.
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I am only one of millions who have the privilege of working in education. I am only one of thousands who have the good fortune to do this in Wales. I am one who is proud of each learner & practitioner that I get to serve alongside every day
#diolch
@ysgolyddraig
@Holtonprimary
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@stonecold2050
@RaeSnape
One’s a wild haired, carotene obsessed, small pawed pestilent purveyor of fiction - And the one on the right is The Easter Bunny
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Simply wonderful to have the school full of children once again.
#reconnect
#routines
#relationships
@Holtonprimary
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School level curriculum design is time consuming and hard work... but that’s ok. Lots of heavy lifting and more to it than simply pick n mix with off the shelf products.
#curriculumforwales
#agency
@WG_Education
@wgmin_education
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Thank you to everyone for such a wonderful & memorable last day - it’s been a privilege
#ypennaethcyntaf
- loved my
#roarsome
farewells, gifts, videos, end of year report & company. I wish
#teamdragon
every success & am very proud to be handing the baton to the
#ACE
@BecCadman
🌟
A big diolch to our very own Mr Golding
@tjgolding
for everything he has done over the last 7 years. Here is our goodbye video that our "roarsome" children created! Pob Lwc Mr G, you will be missed!
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Third lap and losing the sun fast!
@10yfan
@holibobscharity
#penyfan
Going to be a cold cold night 🥶🥶
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Very proud of those children who presented to governors this evening - sharing their learning on Diversity and their commitment to act towards an Anti-Racist community -
@ysgolyddraig
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Such a considered and meaningful gesture for our Y6s moving on from
@ysgolyddraig
- diolch yn fawr iawn
@LlantwitMajorSc
#cynefin
#bravo
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Delighted to announce that
@ysgolyddraig
will be joining the
@BigBocsBwyd
family during the Summer term
#cynefin
#community
@VOGCouncil
@JaneHutt
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Early morning at
#tregoydhouse
- everyone slowly waking up and preparing for the day.
@Holtonprimary
#HPSventure
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On waning school Covid situation: highest cases since outset, mend & make-do 1 consistency 0, intent &ambition for supper is followed by reality check for breakfast, little acknowledgement beyond platitudes & rhetoric from those not in schools - yet, my teams still make it work👏🏽
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Curriculum Development Matters! A look at the development process for ‘What Matters’ in our
#curriculumforwales
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If there are any colleagues out there that want to discuss strategic planning and implications over the coming days, weeks and months then please get in touch. Happy to share what we have done in school / cluster and help in any way possible
#togetherstronger
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#Day6
Missing the
@ysgolyddraig
children. I know everything we do is for them, their families and those key&critical workers who are saving lives but endless digital admin isn’t much fun without the hustle, bustle, toing, froing, footsteps, shouts, laughter, excitement & SMILES
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No matter if you are in your 1st or 21st year in the game - each July will always present a unique mix of emotion, fatigue, gratitude, consideration and pride. Be sure to take the time to refill your reservoirs and be ready to go again. 😁❤️
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A great atmosphere as we are about to launch
#thebigone
- our first joint
@PencoedtreLC
cluster INSET - igniting a commitment to OUR learning community
#strongertogether
#PLC
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Thank you to everyone who made it to last night’s
@networkEDcymru
event
@TramshedTech
Cardiff - Lessons from Singapore. It is vitally important, now more than ever, that we actively seek to engage with colleagues, learn from others and consider… What could be.
@BCWales
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I’ve just had a visit from three intrepid explorers, looking all over
@Holtonprimary
for Santa, after hearing a HoHoHo and the sound of sleigh bells ❤️ 🎅🏼 🎄
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Day
#429
#plodpedalstreak
is the
@CardiffHalf
- 1st ‘organised’ & easily longest run for me since starting this escapade
@MarieCurieCymru
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Very proud of our Holton
#choir
Stars
@TheO2
- warming up and getting a feel for tonight’s performances.
@Holtonprimary
❤️🌟
#teamholton
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Relationships, routines & reconnection. Pob lwc pawb - good luck everyone. ❤️
@networkEDcymru
#networkedchat
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They wrote a letter to me, requesting a meeting to discuss some ideas for improving our gazebo. They left the meeting with ideas, plans and the go ahead for a whole new installation in our playground - I like their style 😂👏🏼
@ysgolyddraig
#ACE
#AchieveChallengeEnjoy
#takeaction
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...Headteachers went from running an ordinary school to organising a virtual school, a childcare centre and a food delivery service. They had two days to turn it around. Education was never the sole focus of schools, and it’s a shame it has taken a pandemic to prove it...
"I would implore everyone, parents, governors, the entire public, to go easy on schools. They cannot be perfect at this time": a terrific, characteristically thoughtful piece by
@miss_mcinerney
@guardian
:
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Lots of smiles and laughter today, as the children get to try out the new
@Holtonprimary
playground equipment. 😃
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Looking forward to this 👇🏽! Two firsts - my first week as head of
@Holtonprimary
and my first residential with
#teamholton
too 🌟
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back on Wednesday 7th September ❤️. It will be a quick turn around for our Y6s as they will be immediately jumping on the bus and heading off on their ‘venture’ trip, to the Brecon Beacons. 🏔 ☀️
#teamholton
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Relationships first. It’s all about the ability to build, maintain and repair relationships.
@PencoedtreLC
@Holtonprimary
@CadoxtonPS
@ColcotPrimarySc
@JennerPark
@OakSch
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Noticeably fewer crumbs on the floor, since the arrival of our new hoover. ❤️ The gift that just keeps giving, in so many ways 🤔(always hoover, never vacuum)
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Day break over Barry Dock & Barry Island. Happy Monday everyone - the last week of a long term. Time to take stock, acknowledge everything we bring to those in our care and appreciate those around us.
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Well done to all the children who competed in today’s Y1-3 Sports Day. A big thank you to
#teamholton
and our families for making it such a great event. 🏃🏻♀️ 🏃🏼♂️ 🏆
@Holtonprimary
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Schools everywhere are such special places, brought to life by amazing people, for the sake of wonderful children and in the hope of an extraordinary future…
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I was lucky enough to work with a number of WG colleagues, ‘behind the scenes’, who are committed to upholding the principles of
#curriculumforwales
- working tirelessly to ensure the processes of curriculum development & legislation succeed
@WG_Education
@WG_Education
#bravo
👏🏼
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Today I have mostly been consuming coffee, crepes,
@NutellaGlobal
, banana, home-made millionaire shortbread (not my home), chips and cheese. I have zero remorse.
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In a very full room with the legend that is
@OracyCambridge
Neil Mercer, talking to us about language, thinking & interthinking
#reconf22
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Teaching assistants 'invaluable to schools' in Wales >>> no doubt many schools seeing the impact and challenges of this first hand, particularly on additional support and interventions
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There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator and a fraction of you will already appreciate this.
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My notes from today’s visit to
@XPschool
, with thanks to all of our hosts for such a warm and considered xperience, incl
@gwynap
@JamiePortman
@SprakesA
-will take some time over the weekend to reflect upon these 👇🏽 & consider the implications
#learning
#unlearning
#compassion
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Tremendous job from
#teamdragon
colleagues and those further afield in other schools today - supporting learners and families with their online learning. Our own call centre in full flow...
@ysgolyddraig
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Help please: Need a primary school in Cardiff willing to offer a place to a refugee volunteer, for 1 day a week? Volunteer placement needed to enable access to LSA training / support. Please RT and / or DM me for details.
#diolch
@networkEDcymru
@CardiffMetCSE
@itecardiffmet
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Love my cards this morning - bringing more colour and smiles to my room - Diolch ❤️
@ysgolyddraig
#ACE
#TogetherStronger
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#RunEdNovember
#numerouno
Well done to all those who have already been out and good luck to those who are yet to lace up their daps for the day.
#headspace
#youcandoit
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Valuable assessment & progression dialogue with
#teamholton
today > purpose, process, progress & pace > progression in learning isn’t sequencing content or activity > CfW sits at 2 layers 1. National Framework 2. Local (school level) Curriculum&Assessment Design
@Holtonprimary
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We have just returned from a lovely coastal walk and some time on the beach…
@LowerTreginnis
@Holtonprimary
@CadoxtonPS
@ernestcooktrust
☀️ 🏝️ 🏴
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Would anyone consider it exaggeration if I suggested this was a little NAIL BITING ?
#SCOvWAL
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Yet another example that we are happy to do education ‘on the cheap’. Our policy ambitions, in Wales, are commendable but implementation remains hamstrung by the reality of investment - amongst other key factors. Is it time for another quango bonfire & resetting back to basics?
These figures are crushing really. Trying to be positive but ed funding in Wales cut again will hit hard in a place where there’s nothing left to cut. You can talk about well-being, standards, curriculum, ALN & school improvement all you want. Without £ it’s an empty aspiration.
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Diolch yn fawr iawn
@Kirsty_Williams
- the clarity in today’s communication has been extremely well received by both colleagues & parents alike. There is no easy path to tread here but the profession will remember your commitment to that first principe
#daiawn
#wellbeingfirst
Situation for schools will not change on June 1st | >>> Of my five principles the first, and most important, is the safety and mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and staff
@wgmin_education
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Interested in Curriculum for Wales or curriculum per se? Agree or disagree - I’ve been assured it’s worth a listen 🤔
@WG_Education
@networkEDcymru
@EstynHMI
@MarkRPriestley
@Addysg_Cymraeg
@NAELCymru
@BCouncil_Wales
@ITEcardiffmet
@Athrofa
@CymruNAHT
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Sad that there is no extension of the excellent
@WG_Education
funded NQT programme, into the Summer term. It has been invaluable for both NQTs & the schools they are working with. Difficulties ahead, where they have their own classes & with only being 2 terms into induction yr
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The education debate has become very narrow, in my view, abs a small number of people seem to dominate the narrative and they have a particular agenda -
@RethinkingJames
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