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Hallelujah!
That doomed moment when you pre-empt that your class are going to write a load of drivel and 💩 even before they have left the carpet. You’ve modelled writing descriptive phrases countless times and wonder why you’re even bothering to stand at the front of the class, pen poised in your hand, floating mid air…
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The Trump effect
So there I was reading through a reading comprehension about the history of teddy bears with seven boys in my class. We discovered that a former American president was called Teddy Roosevelt, by his closest friends and family, to which Tigger asked “is the new American president really called Mr Trump? – like a fart?” …
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The big O.
Ofsted. (Which big O did you think I was talking about?) Like a black hole, swooping into a school and sucking all of the energy and enthusiasm out of teachers. Ofsted arrive and suddenly, you’re preparing yourself for the biggest performance of your lifetime. You make sure everything is perfect and you have a back…
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Let’s do the dab!
So…🙄 if the legendary Betty White is dabbing, maybe it’s not so bad? 🤔 What is a dab? A dab is a phenomenon/dance move that has swept across UK classrooms like an annoying hurricane. The dab gained its popularity when a NFL team did an 8 second celebratory dab, on camera. 😞 Now it’s the…
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Drowning in despair…
Before we broke up for summer last year, I thought I had experienced his lordship at his absolute worst when his tantrums came to a climax and he chased his “best friend” around the classroom whilst flailing his arms around trying to hit him. It ended with me pushing his friend out of the classroom…
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Avoidance and delaying tactics (ADT)
I am a keen writer. I love English lessons and grammar checks, spelling tests and reading tasks… unfortunately for me, I have a class full of maths lovers and writing haters. 😫 My class do not like writing, at all. No matter how hard I enthusiastically prance about the front of the classroom spitting out…
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Party Tricks
A few party tricks have been plaguing classrooms recently. Flipping water bottles was becoming a nightmare for me a week ago. Every playtime Mr Manners was politely complaining that his water bottle had been taken by Tigger and flipped within an inch of its life until it was scrunched and misshapen. He didn’t mind because…
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It’s ok to fail.
I only know this now, because I have failed at many things in life. So far. I failed my driving test the first time. I failed my AS Levels the first time, and in some subjects the second time too. I failed my final placement during teacher training. Shocker! But when I look back on…
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An Alien Invasion…🚀👽🖖🏼
In November 2015, aliens invaded our classroom. During a morning playtime, something happened…some aliens invaded and tipped up the chairs and tables, they scattered pencil pots and table baskets everywhere. They also dropped black alien slime all over the place…Or did they? 🙄 It was the best playtime I’ve had in school, where I’ve not…
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Bullying
I’m not a fan of discussing this topic, especially in school, because you start talking about it and before you know it, during the next playtime, every child is being bullied. I like to think I know my class pretty well, especially since we have been learning together for a long time. I’ve taught them…
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