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@simonbolger
Mar 20, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Hi, I’m Simon. I am an experienced primary school teacher and former headteacher.

Right now though, I’m not in a school as I’ve been working for myself as an education consultant. #edutwitter #StaySafeStayHome #StayAtHomeChallenge #homeschooling @MumsnetTowers @The_School_Run
I’ve been feeling guilty at home for the last few days because I know with my skills I could be:
✔️in front of a class of children
✔️supporting a school community to understand and cope with the situation
✔️in a school coordinating and organising the response
✔️as an experienced safeguarding lead visiting homes of vulnerable children not in school...
But I’m not. I’m at home. So I’m going to help in the only way I feel I can. By using my page and engaging with the community I have built.
I’m bringing you...

⭐️THAT WELLBEING PLAN⭐️

This starts TODAY - and it is *NOT* just for teachers.

This will be crucial for *ANYONE* who is a parent/guardian of children no longer attending school.
👉🏻📱Please share this so it can reach as many parents as possible...

Over the next days, weeks and months I will bring you at least one video per day covering all of the following:
✔️Why being positive is more important now than ever before
✔️How to help children for life without school
✔️How parents can support their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of their children
✔️How parents can support learning at home (I’ll even deliver some mini English and Maths lessons suitable for all primary aged children - and throw in some fun topic activities too!)
✔️I’ll be looking for parents to share their children’s achievements at home to show the power of learning
✔️I’ll even be looking for some virtual guests to join me as well...
Keep up to date by following me on Twitter.

You can also follow on Facebook - facebook.com/thatwellbeingg…

Let’s do this! 💪🏻

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Sep 25, 2020
Our words shape the worlds of our children.

👉🏻Instead of using the word “work” - we could talk about “learning”.

Work is something you do for someone else. Work is from the adult world. Not from a child’s world.

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Remember, we work because we have to, and we learn because we want to.

👉🏻Instead of saying “clever” - we could talk about effort, perseverance and the process of learning.
The definition of clever is: “quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas”.
Read 5 tweets
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Sep 25, 2020
Just a few thoughts:

Wellbeing isn’t tokenistic gestures or acts of ‘being nice’ to people. All those acts *contribute* to wellbeing, and can help people feel valued and appreciated. I’m NOT saying don’t do them. But they are not wellbeing.
Wellbeing is a state of comfort, health and happiness.

We need to address how staff can reach a state of ease, rather than dis-ease, by addressing workload, use of time, expectation of communication and feedback streams.
We need to step back and look at all the things we do and ask:
Why do we do this?
Who is it for?
When I’ve done it, who looks at it after?
What do they do with it?
Is it essential or optional?
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Jul 17, 2020
With schools trying to develop a ‘recovery’ curriculum, there are a few people outside of education who I would be keen to work with to develop wellbeing in schools.

I don’t run a podcast yet - but if it meant I could speak with these few - I’d make it happen.

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1/
 @matthewsyed

Using concepts from Rebel Ideas tells us there are people outside of education who can contribute to the problem space.

I’d love to be able to find out Matthew’s take on how schools and education could use Rebel Ideas to bounce back and recover.
2/
 @RossEdgley

When it comes to developing resilience and strengthening the body and mind to be well placed for future challenges - Ross would be my go to person.

I would love to hear how he’d apply his knowledge and experience to developing resilience in education.
Read 9 tweets
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Jul 1, 2020
I've seen a lot of media reporting and talk on #edutwitter about a 'catch up curriculum'.

My question is catch up with what?

The age-related expectation of a pre-Covid world?

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For more than the next ten years, we will have children in the education system who have not attended school during this time.

Is this not enough to suggest the age-related expectation of the pre-Covid world no longer applies in today's world?
Everything we now expect of our children, regardless of their age, will change.
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Jun 28, 2020
4 things about failure...

1/
Failure doesn’t mean it is the end. Failure means it is the start of a new journey.
2/
When we fail or get something wrong and tell ourselves we are not good enough, smart enough or strong enough, we chip away at our level of self-esteem and self-worth through negative self-talk.
3/
We should not fear failure or seek to avoid it.
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Jun 24, 2020
👉🏻26 things about education...

1. Schools are like factories.

2. Children are the products.

3. They are created in batches and time stamped.

4. They’re all measured and assessed by how well they perform in a test.
5. An expected behaviour for good learning is good sitting and listening. Usually at a table.

6. Those who do well on a test are labelled as clever and those who do not are labelled as not clever.
7. Society has come to generally believe clever and not clever is the same as academic and non-academic.

8. A lot of brilliant people fail to reach their potential of fulfil their brilliance because they’ve been labelled not clever or not academic.
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