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Morgan Williams @Educating_Brum

Husband, father of small people, former primary head, Achievement partner @TeachFirst, RTs not endorsements, views own. Sometimes follow people I disagree with

Joined May 2011
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Happy World Mental Health day. To all those who, like me, struggle with their mental health - this is likely to make you better at your job rather than worse. Speak up, speak out and be proud of who you are. Read my blog on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…

World Mental Health Day 1/2 I struggle with my mental health. It makes me better at my job, not...

World Mental Health Day 1/2 I struggle with my mental health. It makes me better at my job, not worse. In 2004 my beloved sister died of breast cancer aged just 37. I took it very badly and had what...

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Fabulous day for sport in my household - @NUFC glorious victory against Spurs puts @AVFCOfficial into Champions League placed - and we won the princely sum of £7.60 on the #GrandNational2024
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Wondering why the thought of Russian athletes competing in the Olympics is so incendiary when it is no longer seen as a scandal for them to compete in tennis grand slams? Surely the same principle should apply across all sports? Discuss… thetimes.co.uk/article/644a0…
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Wondering when @HTempestPhoto are going to respond to this. I have tweeted three times and I would have thought neurodiversity awareness month might be a good time for a diversity-positive response. Am I barking up the wrong tree?
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28 Mar 2024
⁦@HTempestPhoto⁩ any comment on this? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce5e…
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It’s neurodiversity awareness month and I’m wondering how helpful the D is in ASD or ADHD. Neurodiverse people are not disordered. Greta Thunberg refers to Asperger’s as her superpower yet if we keep thinking of neurodiverse people as disordered they will always be stigmatised
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Morgan Williams@Educating_Brum
28 Mar 2024
⁦@HTempestPhoto⁩ any comment on this? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce5e…

Parents offered class photo version with no 'complex needs' pupils

Parents in Aberdeenshire were left "shocked" after being offered different versions of primary school class photos.

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Sad to hear of the death of Daniel Kahneman. Thinking Fast and Slow is such a seminal work and has influenced so much of today’s best practice in cognitive science and pedagogy bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…

Daniel Kahneman: Nobel prize-winning behavioural economist dies

In his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, the Nobel laureate argues humans act mostly on instinct, not logic.

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Libraries gave us power! Love ⁦@SuttonLibrary⁩ #adesignforlife
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Sub-postmaster Martin Griffith took his own life in 2012. In order to receive a compensatory payment his widow was pressured into signing a non-disclosure agreement so this didn’t come out until 2022. Surely it is time to end abuse of NDAs? thetimes.co.uk/article/d4e93…
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RIP Camila Batmanghelidjh. So sad that everyone seems to know about the scandal but few know that she was exonerated. A sad loss for Britain’s kids thetimes.co.uk/article/camil…

Camila Batmanghelidjh: Kids Company founder dies at 61

Iranian-born philanthropist and prominent social justice campaigner who became embroiled in scandal

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Love this
Lekha Sharma FCCT@teacherfeature2
4 Oct 2023
Some random thoughts on curriculum articulation 🧵 As you may (or may not) know, I’m a bit of a curriculum nerd. I feel wholly privileged to spend so much time having really insightful conversations with school leaders and teachers about all things curriculum. A common point
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If I had another son I would name him Miguel Daniel Sean Fabien Williams #NUFC
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Tom Bennett OBE
@tombennett71
4 Oct 2023
Depressing attack on a school where leaders are trying to turn it around and make it a safe, calm place for all. Where were the protests and press coverage for the last 6 years when the school was judged Requires Improvement twice in a row? devonlive.com/news/devon-new…

Parents revolt against new rules at Devon school

It is claimed children are 'unnecessarily' disciplined over minor incidents such as looking out of the window and dropping pens and are missing out of hours of education in 'reflection and suspension'

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Good to hear that 14 year olds will never be able to legally buy cigarettes. We now need to tackle the epidemic of vaping
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Just one example of the human cost of HS2. Our wedding venue north of Birmingham was demolished and we had planned to revisit on special anniversaries. That demolition was for nothing bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma…

Man forced to sell home for HS2 has 'lost everything'

Roly Bardsley said plans for the high speed route through his property created a decade of hell.

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Peps
@PepsMccrea
1 Oct 2023
Classroom teaching is one of the hardest tasks ever devised. Yet many people think it's easy. Let's talk about 'the paradox of teacher expertise'... ↓
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Remembering Ruby@KindlyLoudly
30 Sep 2023
It’s the last day of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, & I wanted to share this photo of Ruby, 2 weeks before her diagnosis. She’d been poorly for a few weeks; doctors were sure her symptoms were due to allergies. You can see a raised lymph node in her neck. #ccam 1/n
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Secret Headteacher
@secretHT1
30 Sep 2023
I don’t reckon there is one job role in a school that wouldn’t lead to the place falling apart if they were removed from the structure. Every person and role makes such a difference to a school running effectively.
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