SENDCo, Teach First Ambassador. Passionate about social inclusion & chipping away at some of those barriers. Views my own.

Joined February 2009
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Elly Brittain retweeted
To celebrate the release of LEARNING WALKTHRUS, we are running a comp: just retweet & like this post to be in with a chance of winning a set of all four @WALKTHRUs_5 books. Draw made Friday, 10am. Good luck. amazon.co.uk/Learning-WalkTh… @teacherhead @olicav @MattTeachCoach
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19 Aug 2023
Little bit of quite time with your favourite author @JennyMcLachlan1 before tackling another mountain. Bones is enjoying his time in Switzerland!
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19 Jul 2023
I find the results for ⁦@TeacherTapp⁩ quite interesting 57% think pupils with #SEND participate about the same as others… really? Surely then attainment would be around equatable? Is this active, engaged, equitable participation??
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14 Jul 2023
Incredible video. Afghan dad jokingly says school is only for boys. Watch his remarkable daughter - who can’t be more than 5 or 6 years old - respond with these arguments. Afghan girls have been denied access to schools and universities. This little girl's courage represents the collective voice of countless Afghan girls who yearn for equal educational opportunities. As an advocate for girls' education the father's teasing is simply to highlight an important message: that the Taliban - another backward regime - are harming the people of his country. It’s time the world is done with them. Ditto the “Islamic” Republic in Iran #regime
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WATCH: @LoyleCarner stands with the striking teachers who lifted him up and saved him. Thank you @LoyleCarner for your support at Glastonbury. And thanks to your mum and your girlfriend for the work they do for their pupils. It’s time for @GillianKeegan to #doyourjobgill and #saveourschools
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22 Jun 2023
I utterly love what this is helping with - can’t rap it if you can’t read it! It’s hooked some of my kids! #readingforpleasure
22 Jun 2023
Guess who’s back & this time it’s ‘The Room on the Broom’ rap! 📖🎤🔥 Share this with your crew,kids,school and don’t 4get to do the moves!🪩 Remember:you can’t rap a book if you can’t read a book! @MacmillanKidsUK #LoveBooks #readingforpleasure #MCGrammar #reading #edutwitter
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21 Jun 2023
Yr 6 left on their residential today was so excited for them as such a big moment, but so sad to see how many didn’t go this year as they ‘couldn’t afford it Miss’. Not just impact of Covid these kids are growing up with #fundourschools #edutwitter
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21 Jun 2023
Children and young people don't 'demand' special educational provision - they need it and are legally entitled to it. If local authorities spent less time trying to side-step the law and more time understanding local needs, everyone would benefit. theguardian.com/education/20…
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Come on ⁦⁦@GillianKeegan⁩. It’s not hard. You know it makes sense. #DoYourJobGill
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#EHCPs 2023: More assessment requests, more issued, but only 50% meet the legal time deadline. See the headlines here, but as usual, our columnist, @CaptainK77 will grind the data @TaniaLT will do you an #infographic with the EHCP Hall of Shame Fri a.m explore-education-statistics…
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Elly Brittain retweeted
Today’s data on FSM eligibility is a worrying indicator of increasing poverty and lower incomes. Although a growing number of pupils are becoming eligible for FSM, data shows that many pupils are still ineligible and are going to school hungry. Action is urgently needed ⤵️
8 Jun 2023
The number of pupils eligible for free school meals has risen by 82% in five years, @educationgovuk data reveals tes.com/magazine/news/genera…
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RT for Bourbon, like for Custard Cream
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7 Jun 2023
Please sign this it is astounding how many teachers have NO training to support pupils in our schools! #SENDCO #SEND #edutwitter
Petition: Require education staff to be trained on learning disabilities and autism (ASD) petition.parliament.uk/petit… @PaulaMc007
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Petition: Require education staff to be trained on learning disabilities and autism (ASD) petition.parliament.uk/petit… @PaulaMc007

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7 Jun 2023
Today a colleague said she found it hard to keep her pupils with SEND I teach in mind when they are out of sight with me. I reminded her of the Code and her duties under the teaching standards and moved on! SEND is everyone’s business! Still a bit cross #SEND #SENDCO
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"Having a person like that see me and care for me was transformative." Dr @katrionaos grew up in dire poverty. She told @BBCNuala on @BBCWomansHour about the impact a teacher taking care of her at school had on her. Listen on @BBCSounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001m5…
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13 May 2023
Chicken pox has arrived in our house this weekend so I got a little well-being reflection time with this gorgeous one #DogsofTwittter #wellbeing
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