Campaigning for the abolition of seclusion rooms from all settings & the repeal of education order 1998 Art.4 1(c) #SEND *tweets are my personal views* #NFFC

Northern Ireland, United Kingd
Joined February 2017
A teacher who sexually abused 12 pupils at a school in Paisley has been jailed for four years. Martin Gallacher, 46, groomed and abused vulnerable boys over an 11-year period. He targeted them in his classes and at lunch, as well as badminton and football clubs he ran within the school. bbc.com/news/articles/cm1wv8…
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PSNI: Police received reports today, Monday 19th October, of an email sent to a number of schools across Northern Ireland. As a result of this email, police are conducting urgent enquiries, and liaising with the schools in question. An update will be provided in due course.
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A school has been evacuated after receiving an email threatening that "an explosive device" is located within their building. bbc.in/4dLMV9i
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No matter what your political views, this is not good governance. Children and young people in NI deserve so much better from their Minister.
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"Schoolchildren should wear extra layers to stay warm" latest.
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This is a scandal which has not received anything like the attention it warrants. Deeply disturbing.
The head of the Education Authority has provided a belated explanation about the proposed allocation of £30,000 to a football team, claiming that an email from the Department of Education was “never received” due to a typo. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
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Jeffrey Donaldson was set to dominate tomorrow’s @News_Letter front page - his face splashed across the cover. At the last minute, we pulled it. We chose to deny him the spotlight and amplify the fierce bravery of his victims instead. Their courage broke the silence.
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イギリスの女子学生たちがポルノにおける学校制服の使用をやめろと訴えている。「私たちはまだ子供で、モノではない。性的対象にされたくない。」本当にその通り。
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Underneath all the data are human beings, very young human beings with very specific needs. We can’t outsource meeting those needs to an algorithm that has never met them.
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Some highlights after 'Holiday Hunger Bill' Further Consideration Stage yesterday - only @NickDMathison @NIACfEd amendments 3 and 4 were made - a suggestion, now that the Bill has passed FC Stage, that the Bill could become law by Christmas #HolidayHunger #EndHolidayHunger
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Amendment 6, which sought to delay the commencement of 'Holiday Hunger' payments has been voted down. This cynical last minute attempt to prevent children from accessing necessary support has thankfully been defeated. Thanks to @allianceparty @SDLPlive & @sinnfeinireland.
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More than 90,000 children here are entitled to free school meals. Since the holiday food grant was scrapped in 2023, their families have been left with no support when the school gates close.
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‘Holiday Hunger Bill’ In Danger downnews.co.uk/families-fear… via @downnewscouk “This Bill is a small, modest step: but a crucially important step. If not this Bill, if not our most disadvantaged children then what, if any, action can we ever expect” #HolidayHunger #EndHolidayHunger
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Amendments laid down by the Minister of Education seek to delay it's implementation indefinitely. It's crucial that these amendments are voted down. Children in communities broken by the Cost of Living Crisis, need urgent support.
We're very concerned about amendments to the Holiday Hunger Bill tabled at the last minute that would mean parents & children would have no guarantees about when, if ever, payments might begin. Read our joint press release adviceni.net/about/news/fami… #EndHolidayHunger #HolidayHunger
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Campaigners have accused the education minister of attempting to undermine a proposed Stormont law which would help poorer families with the cost of food. bbc.in/3VuALvn
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You cannot claim to be a “Christian”, go to church, sing your worship songs, and then say that the PSNI should have “sanitised the Garvaghy Road”. The hypocrisy is staggering. Absolutely disgusting and appalling language.
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"Under the current failed system of government, the Education Authority has the heartlessness to advise children to wear extra clothes (assuming they have some) in school this winter to compensate for sitting in cold classrooms. "While our children go cold, our well-fed politicians express no confidence in their supposed colleagues – which has led those of us outside the Assembly to have absolutely no confidence in the entire system. "If it cannot be replaced by something better, it is time for it to go. It will not be missed." Read Patrick Murphy: tinyurl.com/bddm8azt
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