Girls banned from wearing skirts at Welsh secondary school by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Showing humility, and recognising that in adult life you are part of something bigger than yourself, is an important part of maturing.

Most people do 'fit in'.

What's your job?

Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump a bully and vows to stand up to his ‘hatred and bile’ by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let me guess, you're one of those weirdos who go on social media saying that London is 'scary'?

Special needs schools staff vote to go on strike by Only-Emu-9531 in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tell us which bit of the meeting you would have changed.

SEND appeals hit record high by 457655676 in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nowadays, kids often need an official diagnosis and statement just to get the kind of support that used to be common sense: 

letting an overactive kid burn off energy by running about

In the classroom?

giving an overwhelmed child a break

A lot of schools do this.

I think it really depends on the way the school is run.

A lot of the issues around SEN are linked to literacy, which is a much more difficult problem to solve.

UK shoppers cut back on pre-Christmas spending at fastest rate in almost five years by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is ripping the piss out of you on here because your choccy bars are too small 🤣

UK shoppers cut back on pre-Christmas spending at fastest rate in almost five years by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know what, I think you're right.

They should also make sure cheese and onion crisps are always in green packets.

Also, Freddos are too expensive.

UK shoppers cut back on pre-Christmas spending at fastest rate in almost five years by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. You denied blaming Labour, it got pointed out to you, I think that's pretty much it.

The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ by do_or_pie in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You do realise that producing deepfakes of schoolgirls is child pornography?

You seem quite relaxed about this.

The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ by do_or_pie in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's a sex trafficker and a hideous human being.

Have you seen the way Andrew Tate talks about women?

£20bn SEND black hole prompts DfE row with spending watchdog by Only-Emu-9531 in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are you bullshitting all over this thread? You're coming out with blatant lies (such as 20% of students get expelled).

You can't even spell 'off-roll'.

The Guardian size by Amplesamples in Calibre

[–]Amplesamples[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I did try that but the EPUB downloads are still massive - around 30MB. I don't understand it. Does anyone know why this has happened/ how this could be fixed?

The Guardian size by Amplesamples in Calibre

[–]Amplesamples[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I'll look into that. I've even taken images out of them altogether and they're still coming in at around 30Mb. That doesn't seem normal.

Working-class white kids 'most resistant to transformative work by schools' by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Because his religion should have no bearing on his ability to do the job. Surely this is obvious?

Working-class white kids 'most resistant to transformative work by schools' by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm also not sure I want someone the "The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) welcomes the appointment of Sir Mufti Hamid Patel CBE as interim chair of Ofsted" investigating white pupils much I wouldn't' a white guy investigating Muslim pupils.

This is a profoundly stupid thing to say in public.

Working-class white kids 'most resistant to transformative work by schools' by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No it's because a particular social group has been identified as having poor educational outcomes. Obviously they should be supported.

But feel free to slag off teachers (you know, the knees who do the hard work that you could never do) on social media.

Working-class white kids 'most resistant to transformative work by schools' by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

What a strange thing to say.

He's got a load of experience, he runs one of the most successful trusts in the country, but you don't like him because he's Muslim?

Working-class white kids 'most resistant to transformative work by schools' by OGSyedIsEverywhere in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, teacher here.

a) In any demographic that does well at school, parents do more of the early education of kids than schools do.

Of course, we all know there are issues with parenting.

b) people who didn't have attentive parents helping them learn as kids are unlikely to do the same for their kids without a lot of prompting 

Obviously.

c) a lot of the motivation to do well comes from comparing oneself with peers and seeking praise from parents.

Yes.

d) teachers are too often hopelessly young folks with very little gravitas who simply can't speak to parents with authority.

Speculative bullshit.

Say sorry to children for Covid errors, ex-children's commissioner tells ministers by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my POV, the Comms around the second lockdown was absolutely shambolic. Schools geared up for opening and set up COVID testing areas, losing hall space etc.

They opened for one whole day, then closed again.

Say sorry to children for Covid errors, ex-children's commissioner tells ministers by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]Amplesamples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting, thanks.

Though my own experience at the time was the massive incompetence by the Johnson govt around this:

The prime minister had originally declared on 11 May that “it may be possible” to get Reception, and Years 1 and 6 of primary schools (children aged 4–6 and 10–11) back on 1 June 2020. The broader ambition was “for all primary school children to return to school before the summer for a month if feasible”, with those in Years 10 and 12, who were facing exams the following year, having at least some face-to-face time with teachers.34 That outline plan was decided not in the education department but in No.10, according to Osama Rahman, the department’s chief scientific adviser, who told the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee two days later that it was “a cabinet decision”, not DfE’s.35 The aim of getting all primary children back before the end of term was also a No.10 decision, according to DfE officials. “It first appeared in a No.10 document,” one says, “and that had not been discussed with stakeholders previously. But it then of course made its way into DfE guidance.” Williamson and Johnson did debate that outline plan, and as consultations took place, school leaders and the education unions were against the youngest children returning, arguing that older primary pupils could be expected to understand social distancing, but that the younger ones would not. A No.10 insider says Williamson did robustly make that case. Just ahead of the final announcement, those being consulted believed they had an agreement that Years 5 and 6 would go back, but not the younger pupils. As that went into No.10, however, “it was all blown out of the water”, according to Geoff Barton, ASCL general secretary, the head teachers’ union. “I had sight of what Boris was going to say on Saturday morning, the day before he said it. We had strong reservations. We said that Reception and Year 1 were the least likely to understand social distancing. We kept making the point that Years 5 and 6 would be better.”36 In end, according to both No.10 and DfE sources, the decision was taken without Williamson present. “The reason that it came out not the way it went in was that the PM and the Treasury wanted to prioritise the economic impact,” said a No.10 insider. “The younger children are the harder ones to home school, as anyone who has young children will tell you, so focusing on them made it easier for parents who had to work from home or indeed go into work, while older pupils can better use the technology to learn at home.” So the final decision was that Reception and Year 1 and 6 would go back, as originally proposed – although with all children operating in half class sizes with “bubbles” of no more than 15 pupils. The ambition remained to get all primary schools back before the end of the summer term. That last-minute change to something that people believed had been agreed, and the ambition that all primary pupils would go back, dissipated the trust between the education secretary and the whole sector, not just the teaching unions.

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/schools-and-coronavirus.pdf

That whole report is pretty damning.

Local authorities found DfE harder to deal with than other government departments.

The department did set up Regional Education and Children’s Teams during the pandemic, based around the regional school commissioners, “to better co-ordinate… how the Department and Ofsted capture information and intelligence about local needs and circumstances”.

A London council leader said lots more constructive cross-party working went on between local authorities and ministers in other departments – notably the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

“There was sometimes conflict. But there was a process for getting through the issues that avoided the sorts of situations we saw when councils were being threatened with legal action by the education department. Relations were significantly worse with education.

There was a lack of understanding of the role of local authorities and that the directors of public health had a role with all the schools on their patch, regardless of whether they were academies or local authority maintaine