🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

I remain perpetually staggered that child development does not form part of teacher training. The relevance of understanding the cognitive, emotional, physical & social growth that children go through from birth to early adulthood is enormous.

seainclusion.co.uk/post/planned-o… Sometimes I need to write about things to process them. Here are a few thoughts on my upcoming retirement/ work restructure.

Planned obsolescence. (seainclusion.co.uk) A few thoughts on my forthcoming retirement/ work restructure. I am continuing my consultant/ trainer role, but finishing my in school role. Big changes

This 7-page Best Practice Focus download, written by SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding offers crucial & practical advice on how to deploy your primary school's teaching assistants effectively in the classroom in order to have maximum impact on pupil outcomes: tinyurl.com/yuafs4jz #edutwitter

After 38 years, I have retired my last in school role.

cam.ac.uk/research/news/… A fascinating piece of research

I’m type O and will be giving blood again next Thursday. I encourage others to do the same – whatever your type. It’s painless, quite restful really and you get tea and biscuits. Best of all, you save lives with barely any effort.

Seven signs of speech, language and communication needs (and how to support them in the classroom) schoolsweek.co.uk/seven-signs-of… A useful article Schools Week

How many people have to be killed/injured before we start to consider that race, religion, beliefs of perpetrators are diverse, whilst one thing is consistently prevalent: masculinity.

Responsibility for the killing of these innocents lies with one person - the man who did it Responsibility for the riots lies with all who participated and all who encouraged it

farrer.co.uk/news-and-insig… A useful blog from Farrer & Co

Morning people🌹 Farage described climate protesters as "terrorists" for saying they'd block an ambulance. Last night, thugs blocked a fire engine from reaching a fire in Liverpool after Farage encouraged their anger. Farage has not commented since. #r4today #FarageRiots

And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter...

childcomwales.org.uk/2024/07/result… An interesting report. We tend not to consider children's experience of abuse on Roblox. Too often and wrongly it is seen as safe.

To mark the #DemocraticConvention #DNC2024 #DNC we've had fun adapting Eddy Grant's gloriously hopeful international anti-apartheid anthem from 1988. So here's 🎶 "Gimme Hope Kamala" - a parody twist about Kamala Harris 💙 vs #DonaldTrump 🍊 that pulls no punches.

I know lots of people use “Rose Blanche” when they study World War 2. Here is a blog of other picturebooks I would use, all are true, wonderfully told and illustrated. They are powerful and moving and about the small actions that make a difference. smithsmm.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/usi…

My blog on the changes in and possible actions from Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 is out. seainclusion.co.uk/post/updates-a…

SecEd Podcast: This episode offers lots of practical ideas, tips, examples for the effective use of #teaching assistants in the secondary classroom. With the amazing Abi Joachim, Nicola Kenny, Sara Alston (SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding) & @mj_bromley buff.ly/3ZhcbxB #teachersoftwitter