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If this threat is carried out, it won't be "a civilisation" dying. It will effectively be civilisation as we have known it dying, largely on the whim of one person, aided and abetted by his hand-chosen henchmen and women.
The TV "celebrity" creating his own biopic in real time.

What my ‘hidden’ trauma taught me about belonging in schools We can’t always know what a child is going through, writes trust leader David Clayton, who says his own childhood experience has shown him the need to make schools ‘sanctuaries’ for those suffering tr...

"Nobody in that school or my primary school knew that there was a lot more going on for me than the death of my Dad."

Hidden trauma and the challenge of helping those who do not seem to need help.

A powerful, difficult, deeply personal read

www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Thread…
This is the sort of brave leadership/school dev practice that develops innovative solutions to complex problems….

It is not the Ofsted implementation model.

Neither is it a quick win. It takes time to develop the behaviours needed to develop well.

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Driving on Regardless Where is OFSTED going? What have they learned?

This is a powerful read from Edmund Barnett-Ward #RuthPerry

@edmund-b-w.bsky.social

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KIDNEY DISEASE Kidney disease is a journey no one plans nor asks for, its symptoms are a warning from a damaged or failing system we must never ignore, over seven million people have it in the UK and not everyone realises before it's too late; Kidney disease isn't just caused by a lifestyle decision, Sometimes it's inherited but can be a manageable condition, Better awareness and care can reduce the feelings of despair, it's your early intervention, not the disease, that will determine your fate. From Swollen ankles, feet or hands to Blood or froth in your wee; Extra tiredness, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating and other less obvious symptoms to see, You may feel or be sick and have persistently puffy eyes or face; you may notice weight loss or loss of appetite, have itchy skin, discomfort in your lower back, side or abdomen, or need to wee more often, If you have these symptoms please speak to your GP just in case. Your kidneys work hard to keep you alive by being aware and treating them with care your whole body will thrive, Kidney disease strikes silently and it won't go away quietly, It's incurable but in life there are no guarantees; Stay hopeful but do what's necessary to heal, pay attention to your mental health and how your body feels, You can do this and you have what it takes, because It takes heart to fight the impact of kidney disease.

Today is World Kidney Day
It's important to take care of your kidneys and to be aware of the symptoms of kidney disease. Please share this so others can be aware also.

#WorldKidneyDay #KidneysMatter
#DontKidYourself

A small human (3?) sitting behind his business-suited dad as they cycle into town has worked out a way to make this ride entertaining.
Poking Dad's bottom as Dad pedals.
Dad wryly saying: "Yeah, not helping, mate."
Howling with laughter, Poking Small Human disagrees. (3)

Training teachers in SEND There are some incredible teachers, support professionals and leaders whose schools/settings are inclusive, the boundaries are clear and kindness never means a lack of ambition. In these environments training and development in all areas of additional needs falls on rich foundations.InclusionIn settings where there is more fear, more focus on compliance than connection and where inclusivity is conditional, things are different. SEND training feels at odds with the values. No excuses, super stric

NEW Blog Post www.whentheadultschange.com/post/trainin...

I think the paper is also trying to address the disparity in the issuing of EHCP's (depending on parents, location, school demographic, social factors etc). There is no consistency nationally (or even locally), and this means 'SEND' looks very different in different schools.

Triangle, with apex at the top, showing four layers from 'All children' at the base, rising through 'School Action', 'School action plus' to 'Statement' (The pre-2015 SEND model)

Triangle, with point at the bottom, showing three layers of support, with 'Targeted' at the broad top of the diagram, then 'Targeted plus' and narrowing to 'Specialist'

Some cynics might have thought we'd seen all this stuff before, but clearly things have changed: the triangle is now upside-down. 😆

Finding the Sani- stat is frozen and you can’t empty cassette or pump out.
Had to go into the water to remove the lorry inner tube/bag of clothes/mooring rope from round the prop.
Change the gas bottle in dark and rain during dinner!

Rewarding good behaviour key to success, hubs evaluation finds The DfE's behaviour hubs programme saw schools shifting towards restorative rather than zero-tolerance behaviour management policies, says final evaluation report

Ummmmmm…. So it seems being responsive and compassionate is a better approach than punishment.

Who knew?

Only research from the last 30 years, rather than outdated behaviourism.

Why have children been subjected to these experiments?

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

@marshfamilysongs.bsky.social how do you manage to hit the right spot every time? Thank you.

This is awful and the scariest part is that there are some people in this country who think it’s a good thing.

🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

One call I am so glad I no longer have to make!

a group of peanuts characters sit at their desks ALT: a group of peanuts characters sit at their desks

Can all the behaviour gurus out there do me a favour? Specify which sector of education you’re talking about. Because what’s called disruptive behaviours in high school is developmentally normal behaviour in lower primary. Pupils don’t magically stop doing them, primary teachers show them how.

Thank you for shining a light on those schools. They are invaluable yet so often under valued.

Part 1. My writing, I have decided, will include reflections, thoughts and ideas about education. But, I cannot ignore the situation I am in (see previous writing) and so, I will also be adding bits and pi…

I am writing. Part 1. The tragedy of hidden schools, in hidden communities

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Pivoting In November 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. A nasty, sneaky, fast growing type of breast cancer: stage 3, grade 3, locally invasive triple negative breast cancer for those who know about …

I am writing - here is my first blog of 2026. This year will be the year where I write all those things I promised myself I would write, when I had the time.

Now I have the time.
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Good thread.
It’s really hard to move the conversation forward if we don’t have agreement on the language used… bsky.app/profile/rlro...

Excellent blog.

My main take on Twitter was always: ‘If this was a pub, would I visit?’

I can put up with disagreement, rowdy evenings, occasional fights. But hard life rule: I don’t frequent hooligan pubs.

The waterways festival is at Moira on the detached section of the Ashby Canal - these boats are all trailable and arrived by road! The other picture is in France on the Canal des Vosges.

A view across a bay with boats on their moorings. Slight ripples on the water under a clear blue sky.

A rocky bay with a small fishing boat in the foreground.

Narrow Boat moored up on a very wooded section of canal on a beautiful late summer’s day.

A gathering of small trailable boats at a Waterways Festival on a canal. The boats are decorated with flags and in the foreground are some canoes waiting to be taken out onto the water.

A variety of boats from this year’s travels.
#Boat
#TopTravelPics
@jollyhobos.bsky.social
@lovetwotravel.bsky.social

This evening I came home from work to find hundreds of comments on a picture I posted of kids who visited Parliament today - hundreds of comments by grown men and women who clearly decided they had nothing better to do than post a load of racist comments about school children. Just think about that for a moment: grown adults bullying kids. I’ve deleted the post because I don’t want the kids or their parents to see the comments. But tomorrow I will post it again - with comments turned off if necessary - because I’m proud of those kids and their school, proud to represent them in Parliament and because these flags 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 belong to them, too. Tomorrow we’ll mark Armistice Day when the guns fell silent. Never forget that the poppy we wear commemorates all those who fought, bled and died for this country - like my grandfather and great grandfather, as well as Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Jews, from these shores and from what was then the Empire and is now a Commonwealth of equals.

Absolutely disgusted to hear about the racism Wes Streeting mentions here directed at school children who were visiting Parliament.

He has taken the post down, rightly, to protect the children.

But it's wrong that he had to do it.

Disgusted with so many people in our country. Racism is never OK.

My individually handmade recycled silver jewellery including intricate casts of real flowers (snowdrop, bluebell etc), casts of dragonfly Wongs & jay feathers & my tiny wearable sculptures of much-loved British bird species

One of my best-selling mounted art prints of flowers I grew & bought from an honesty florist

Victorian ink bottles that form part of my tiny posy-making mental health kits-they make great gifts

The 12 photos that make up my 2026 botanical calendar-each image is designed to improve mental health

Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
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Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.

"The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust are attempting to complete the purchase of the Rothbury Estate, a 15 sq miles (38.8 sq km) tract of former grouse moor, woodland and farmland, with plans to boost wildlife, restore bogs and promote nature-friendly farming." tinyurl.com/38yyvdju

Check out this 2 bedroom retirement property for sale on Rightmove 2 bedroom retirement property for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer, NR27 for £160,000. Marketed by William H. Brown, Cromer

Anyone interested in down sizing and living in a retirement cottage minutes from the sea. It’s full of happy memories and recently reduced to £160K.

Please share 🙏

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An elected MP, Reform’s Sarah Pochin says there are too many Black and Asian people on TV - so plain racism - and the coverage of it is buried. Silence and ignorance is complicity, causing lasting damage. When we see racism it’s what we do next, individually and collectively, that matters.