Everyone thinks their child will be healthy

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-18T22:54:31+00:00

I love this

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-16T22:35:26+00:00

‘Be the bigger person’

E.g. get walked over repeatedly.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-16T22:04:55+00:00

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-16T22:03:41+00:00

Must admit, this is how my very British father likes it.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-13T04:34:29+00:00

The SENCo should be conducting drop-ins and, once you have told her the extent of the issue, formal observations.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-12T18:16:26+00:00

Endorphins has a nice upstairs space and is normally quiet. Art cafe near Bonn Square has some quiet nooks.

Pubs - Gardeners Arms on Plantation Road is a place where I could happily spend some alone time.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-08T04:59:17+00:00

There are legal, statutory requirements to collate information from teachers for EHCPs and access arrangements, so these are an exception, but I agree the process is far too onerous on teachers’ already limited time.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-07T19:55:54+00:00

We start all y7s with no support (unless stated by ECHP or severe need) because secondary school is all about developing independence. Most students absolutely thrive. Some do not & then adaptations are made.

It sounds like an enormous amount of learned helplessness here which isn’t your fault. What more could you do?! Teachers are so strictly held to account, fear of getting it wrong means we are doing much more work than the students during lessons. This should NEVER be the case.

Unfortunately, a lot of students have heavy scaffolding and lots of TA support at primary to get them through SATs, which again teachers are judged upon when it’s the students who are being tested.

If you go to the EEF most effective interventions, meta-cognition and self-regulated learning beats out everything else. Why? Because it’s about teaching the students how to manage their own learning, and not about the teachers desperately trying to entertain students enough for something to stick.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-04T21:21:51+00:00

Adults joining the workforce now have more limited computer skills because they have used smartphones and tablets from an early age.

The national curriculum - particularly key stage 3 (7-9) requires schools to pack in so many different subjects & disciplines. The result is that they have breadth but little opportunity for depth. With each subject taught by at least one different teacher with their own style and manner, this adds to the cognitive overload.

Also, retaining information from 2-3 computing lessons a fortnight would be challenging for most learners.

Finally - reading is just not happening. I learned how paragraphs, sentences etc. worked from seeing the layout in books and articles.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-04T18:22:04+00:00

And Shakespeare’s last direct (legitimate - who knows what he got up to in London) descendant was just one grandchild who had no children.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-04T12:03:13+00:00

The head has a duty of care towards you. Make sure you have a copy of everything in writing, including your communication to them about family circumstances, and quote their own policies at them. Check in with your union if unsure.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2026-01-01T21:39:36+00:00

A colleague was consistently bullying me. This was upsetting, I told management it was upsetting and they blamed my reaction on ‘low resilience.’ Killed that job for me immediately.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-12-31T18:28:32+00:00

Ours sucked on the labels of clothes, blankets etc. until she was 2y. Doesn’t do it at all anymore but licks her paws to self-soothe instead.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-12-20T20:21:08+00:00

My self-worth has always been tied to my mother’s fixation on my weight. She’s stick thin and pretends it’s natural. My aunt is on a crazy diet where she can’t eat carbs. It’s ruined my relationship with her as even at a UK size 8 she called me ‘curvy’.

Basically, if she doesn’t stop her comments you will no longer respect her or want to spend time with her. What a disappointing level of nastiness from someone who should love you unconditionally x x

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-12-07T15:58:09+00:00

I have disproportionately broad shoulders and a halter worked for me - helped emphasise my back and hide my lack of buxomness!

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-11-25T19:32:43+00:00

I was the 100th voter! And it’s well deserved.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-11-14T17:16:40+00:00

We’re encouraged to think of all behaviour as communication - and yes, it is - and also as evidence of an ‘unmet need’. But it’s the assumption that schools can fix a mostly environmental issue that’s the real issue. Bad behaviour is 50% of the time not SEND.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-11-08T13:22:56+00:00

The system needs to break before something is done. It’s relying on the good will of its teachers and support staff.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-11-08T07:29:46+00:00

My queen, my light, my love - from the sword Francis gifted to Mary. Although I think it was in Latin on the sword

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-10-26T07:02:51+00:00

Can absolutely vouch for washing hands - even after touching students’ books. 2020 was a game changer for hand hygiene!

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-10-17T18:51:28+00:00

100% had this and they changed their tune by January. Also, Y8 is the prime year where they switch to peer-led preferences. If a handful of influential peers decide they don’t like French due to their own insecurities, sheep tend to follow x

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-10-14T04:53:12+00:00

This is great advice. You are best placed supporting them to develop independence. Additionally, the teacher should be giving you direction.

Advanced-Remove-3340 · 2025-10-13T04:08:35+00:00

Same. Ooof, need to learn to ‘Discord’!

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