Next up, I’m listening to @theSENDcast with Dale Pickles (Great name) from @BSquaredLtd
open.spotify.com/episode/2VJlmK… here’s a 🧵THREAD of almost everything they said… #SEND In this episode, ‘High Quality Teaching for SEND’ Dale interviews Gary Aubin @SENDMattersUK aka ‘the Lone SENDCO.’ Gary is SEND content specialist for EEF.
@EducEndowFoundn and creates/curates Sendmatters.co.uk

I’ve started listening to this @mrbartonmaths podcast with @adamboxer1 on ‘How to observe a lesson’. It’s over 2h long so it’s going to take me a while I’m short bursts but maybe I’ll do a slow 🧵 of what I pick up!

open.spotify.com/episode/5ZYXYM… One of the first main points @adamboxer1 makes is how useful it is to have a defined & shared vision of what really good T&L looks like.
Poll for the readers - do you have one?

It’s rare for me to find a non fiction book that I can’t put down. I know I’m late to the party on this one but I finally got my hands on it. I wanted an early night last night but could not stop turning the pages! Thank you @Positivteacha @mr_englishteach It’s full of such useful ways to rethink the dominant narrative around boys. I will be trying to change my language away from toxic masculinity and towards tender / non-tender masculinity , which will also give me a chance to mention the book to everyone ! #tendermasculinity

🧵 This evening I attended the premier of Holocaust Learning UK’s newest film ‘Out of the Darkness: Steven’s Story’ at @JW3London by @TapestryPics narrated by @jasonsfolly. The film is aimed at year 9 students learning about the Holocaust. @HolocaustLearn holocaustlearninguk.org The (free) 1h film is INCREDIBLE. Please please tell your #history departments all about it. I’ve been learning about the #Holocaust since I was 11 and learnt so much I didn’t know from this film, which centres on the impact of Nazis in Holland. @histassoc @HolocaustLearn

Honoured to hear at least the beginning of @paulmundycastle ‘s talk to our Black staff community group about his story & the 7 principles of leadership #BlackHistoryMonth Principle 1: moral purpose: why did you get into this job? Needs to be an ingrained part of you so you can draw on it in the toughest times … @paulmundycastle

My kids are 3 and 5. Since I started as Vice Principal (full time), several people have asked “how do you do it with your kids?” As it seems to be so popular a question, I thought I’d write a little THREAD 🧵 to answer and hopefully show it may not be as hard as it sounds… 1/ Out of interest, I asked my SLT colleague who has 5 children whether people often asked him "how he does it?" The (unsurprising) answer? No. They do ask his wife though (also a deputy head…) @MaternityCPD #MTPTProject @WomenEd @DiverseEd2020 @SLTchat 2/

THREAD on DUTIES: I do approx. 13 duties per week. Mostly in the canteen. With a reasonable AHT teaching timetable on top, I have a vested interest in not using my voice too much and certainly not shouting. So here’s a thread with some tips for any less seasoned duty staff /#ECT A lot of these are mentioned as good in-classroom techniques by @DougLemov , e.g. ‘radar’ ‘be seen looking’ ‘least invasive intervention’ but I shall summarise them here in my own words as pertains to my (secondary) school canteen…