Secondary Science ITE lead at University of Reading IoE. Science teacher. Educator. Views my own.

Joined October 2018
**sick leave cancelled** - if you're ill, teach from home... another classic from @unibirmingham will they also be asking to teach from our hospital beds once they've forced us all to catch Covid?
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I’ve finally lost it in lockdown! 🤪 #isthisthewaytobarnardcastle
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The school systems in the UK are not sustainable and must change < Rethinking GCSE exams and assessment by @TeacherToolkit >> buff.ly/2TlpJ8w
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BREAKING: Boris calls emergency meeting to discuss Sunday Times allegations. UPDATE: He has skipped it.
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Although the virus has been found to persist on cardboard for days, people shouldn't be coughing on envelopes! It's mitigated by hand washing. OTOH, the letter coming from a politician rather than CMO is abuse of £8m public funds for political capital. @ElectoralCommUK
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Perhaps if more part-time roles were available then retention wouldn’t be such an issue #teacher #classroom
It is 'wrong and immoral' for teachers to ask for part-time hours after taking on full-time roles, says Sir Andrew Carter tes.com/news/wrong-and-immor…
At the #bigbotanychallenge symposium - already some fantastic keynotes #teachbotany #ITT #ITE @UniRdgsecondary @drmgoeswild
No 10 is briefing that Merkel says a Brexit deal is "essentially impossible". Berlin is not. No deal blame game in full swing
Merkel's spokesman ‘I can confirm that the chancellor and the Prime minister spoke on the phone today. As usual we don’t make the contents of confidential conversations public.’
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Andrew Happle retweeted
In the past we never got anywhere asking for smaller class sizes for practical science. No-one explained how we were not the same as D & T…. Is the book “What Works?” #asechat
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Marie Neurath’s isotype books for children were innovative in their approach to the design of complex information. Our Picturing Science for Children project is exploring how relevant they are to primary school teaching Today. #IWD2019 #UniRdgWomen research.reading.ac.uk/pictu…
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This is an educational myth. Don’t fall for it #parents ...
We want good schools to expand so more children have access to a high quality education. With 98% of selective schools either good or outstanding, we are making £50m of funding for them to expand, if they work to increase access for disadvantaged children dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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We're partnering with @EdDevTrust to deliver a free CPD programme specifically designed to support early career teachers - @AccelerateTeach! Check it out: accelerate-teaching.co.uk/
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Andrew Happle retweeted
Thames Valley Police is appealing for help to find UoR student Daniel Williams who has been reported as missing. If you have any information about Daniel’s whereabouts please call Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101 bit.ly/2S3AXQA