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#PhonicsLead #ReadingLead Year 1 Teacher 🖤 #PictureBooks #BookLover #CatLover #Food #Travel Love all things early reading and writing 🖤

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Miss C
4 years
I’m really technologically inept but I get asked quite a bit about reading lessons in Y2 and you may remember me saying I was clearing up my computer drive! Well, I’m trying to sort reading bits out and wondered if people would find them helpful? 1/2
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Today,when changing for PE, a girl came to me&whispered that she’d forgotten to put some knickers on this morn. I reassured her that it’s ok,we have spares&it happens to us all&‘we’ve all been there’. I then overheard her whispering to others that Miss C has no knickers either😩
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4 years
Today marks the day, years ago, that I finally left my ex. It seems like such a lifetime ago. At the time, I was so broken, I didn’t think I’d ever feel human again. We had a 3 hour window when he was at work to get as much of my stuff in a van as we could 🙈😫 #LifeAfterAbuse
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7 months
One of the Year 6 boys was handing out flowers to women for #InternationalWomansDay given to him by his dad. 🥺 What a way to raise boys 🖤
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3 years
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4 years
People who don’t remove staples from display boards are the absolute worst 😤
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Miss C
3 years
My class are now obsessed with ageing paper after we did it last week. One boy brought some in that he’d aged at home and had made into a treasure map. “I made it look really old and dated it in the olden days so people think it’s really old!” 2006. He’d dated it 2006. 😩😩😩😩
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I say it every year around this time 🥴 BUT when thinking about setting up classrooms for next year, step away from the laminator. I’m done with being polite about it tbh, but nothing needs to last thousands of years. We can’t teach children about #Sustainability &then laminate
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Miss C
4 years
One of my EYFS boys presented me with a flower yesterday and it was dripping wet. He said, “Don’t worry, it doesn’t have Covid - it’s washed its hands with me!” 😫😍 He’d washed it in the sink as he came in. 💖
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Miss C
3 years
Dear Makers Of Spice and Herb Jars, Please make the openings big enough for tea spoons. Yours, Jane X
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Miss C
4 years
I’ve just been to Lidl to get treats for my class for my birthday. I’m not allowed to socialise with my nearest and dearest 😒, but I can mix in a classroom with 30 households 😬 so they are my birthday buddies ☺️😍🥳🥳
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2 years
In #Year5 maths today we are on @WhiteRoseMaths X by 10, 100 and 1,000. To support some of my learners, I find this simple scaffold works well & means they can work independently. They stick the white sheet in their book & use loose tracing paper to move the digits 🥰 #EduTwitter
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1 year
Politicians constantly talking about giving money to ECT. When will experience be valued? It’s experienced teachers you need to retain. If there are no experienced teachers, then ECTs won’t get the support they need anyway. MPs saying they’ve talked to teachers 😑 Obv not! 😤🤦🏼‍♀️
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Miss C
4 years
Every Sunday,Dad heads off on a bike ride&he usually visits this little cafe for a coffee&cake before he heads back. The cafe has been closed the last couple of times due to #Tier4 but today one of the locals saw him sat in his usual spot for a break&brought him out this 😩🥰💖
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Our world is literally burning 💔 and teachers are still laminating for displays, buying cheap plastic off Temu, being generally wasteful for the sake of aesthetic. I always say to chn that they CAN make a difference. That instead of people thinking that they can’t change…
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6 years
I’m waaaaayyyy too funny for my class. Today, a boy was singing Baby Shark despite being asked twice not to so I sang: Teacher Shark —— Do do do do do do your work. 💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️ It was met with blank faces and silence 🙄 #TeacherShark
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Miss C
6 years
Keep seeing lots of people getting ready to use The Day The Crayons Quit this term 😍 Don’t forget to use #ChatterPix @ChatterPixIt to make your inanimate objects come to life! The children love it and they’re so much fun to make too ☺️ #WritingRocks #ReadingRocks
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3 years
When I left my horrible ex, I had to leave my life in Devon behind too 💔 which made it all so much harder as I had to leave my home, my friends, my job and everything I loved. One of my closest friends has just arranged to visit me on Sunday and I’m so happy 😩😩🥰🥰
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4 years
👀👀 There’s a hella lot of laminating going on at the moment. I know I’m irritating but it’s important to me. Please ask yourself whether you absolutely need to laminate something before you do. It will last hundreds of years 😔 #plasticpollution 🌍💚
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Miss C
5 years
Who else is scared? I am so happy to go into work tomorrow&care for our chn who need us but I’m also scared of the unknown😫I don’t have my Mam here to hug and tell me it will be ok. Such bad timing for #MothersDay this year! Feel so alone right now 😞 Stay safe everyone xx
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I was talking to my friend&explaining how, if I have 1 thing planned in a day, I can’t do anything else because I just think about that appointment or event all day, which is why I make early morning appointments for everything&she thought that was weird. That’s not weird, right?
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Miss C
4 years
Who else deals with boredom by spending stupid amounts of money on unnecessary shite? 😫😫😫
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Miss C
6 years
Anyone else’s class identify whose item of clothing something is by smelling it? It absolutely made me cry today that my class can reunite clothing with its owner just by giving it a big sniff. They have a 100% success rate so far 🤷🏼‍♀️😂
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2 years
Teaching needs a massive reset. It’s completely unsustainable the way that it is. The expectations of primary teaching has just become too much and if something isn’t done soon, then the profession is going to lose even more teachers. I’m questioning how long I can do this for 😩
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One last time for the people at the back (and @Telegraph ). 1,265 is not the total number of hours teachers work per year. It’s the total number of hours they can be told *where* to work. If teachers only did those hours, the school system would collapse.
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5 years
Look away if you are of a nervous disposition but please tell me someone else’s classroom looks like this at the moment? 🙊🙈😩
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Miss C
8 months
One of my class’s favourite things to do is ‘be the illustrator’. They have to silently read the sentence and then draw a picture on their whiteboards to show what they have read. Some children might only read a few words but they can draw whatever they read. They love it 🥰🖤
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1 year
I’m end-of-term, Friday-tired … and it’s start-of-term Tuesday 😩😩😩
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Miss C
1 year
Hands up who else spends summer like they are an unemployed millionaire 😬 It’s a long way to pay day… 🙈
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Miss C
4 years
I just had an urge to take a whiff of my Mam’s perfume and, man, smells evoke such strong emotions, don’t they? 💔💔💔 I’m not sure I was ready for that. 😞 #Grief
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Miss C
1 year
@MrBoothY6 No one has ever investigated this as NO ONE HAS EVER HAD ANY LEFT.
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Miss C
6 years
I’m crying - to keep my (very pampered) cat cool, I put little bits of fish/treats into ice cubes for her to have ☺️🐈 - I didn’t notice Dad had helped himself to some ice for his drink & he’s just noticed there’s something floating in his drink ... 😂😂😂 I think it’s a prawn.
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Miss C
3 years
One of my fav parts of my class library is our ‘self published’ area, where chn add books, factfiles, mags, poems,etc. they’ve written themselves. The other chn love reading them and it really helps chn see themselves as authors. I also give a little prize for 50th review 😉😅🦄
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Miss C
4 years
My Dad, pulling out all the parent phrases this morning 🤷🏼‍♀️😂😍 He never did this ‘stuff’ - it was always Mam so it’s so cute how hard he tries now 💖🖤💖
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5 years
If you haven’t already downloaded @WhiteRoseMaths ‘s interactive files, (free!) you really need to. Makes maths meeting prep so quick 👌🏻 #KS1 #Maths
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Miss C
1 year
One of my class told me I smelt like their nan … and that is how my life in #Year1 is going 😅🥰😍
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Miss C
4 years
Parents have been told so I can now say that I’m waving goodbye to the world of KS1 for a while and am entering the world of UKS2 for the first time in Y5! It’s very exciting! Hit me up with Y5 peeps to follow please 😬🥰 #Year5 #UKS2 💖
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I just made and ate my lunch because I saw the time ... ... didn’t realise the clock had obviously stopped overnight 🙈😫😂😂😂 It’s 10.30am.
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2 years
I just found the ‘Write Like A …’ section on the @VocabularyNinja website and OMG how have I not seen them before? 👀👀👀 #edutwitter
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Miss C
2 years
Of course, teachers and leaders deserve more than this joke of an offer, but do you know who else does? Our children! It’s absolutely insulting that the government think their education should be cut more than it already is. Children deserve so much more than this system 💔
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Miss C
3 years
Anyone else feel like they’re on a never ending rollercoaster of exhaustion? Physically and mentally, I’m so tired and the week hasn’t even begun yet 😩💔 This term has finished me 😅
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I’ve been sorting out my Y2 maths boxes and thought I’d share as they are such a great way to store maths bits that are easily accessible on tables. Boxes are from Ikea x
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Miss C
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But can we just take a moment to celebrate that I dusted out and resorted my table maths boxes 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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#teacherstrikes 1/n I respect anybody’s opinion over striking. I really do. But I’m seeing an increasing number of colleagues judging others over their decision to strike. Personally,I voted yes to strike(my union isn’t striking💔)to try to help fix the system that is breaking…
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5 years
Today is the day that I finally left my hideous ex. I had a 2 hour window of just jamming as much of my stuff into the back of a van as we could & just left the rest. Few years on, I can honestly say I finally feel ok about the future & this article is actually really true 🙃
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Miss C
7 months
A trainee teacher keeps popping up on my fyp on TikTok and he films so much in the classroom & the children appear to be there. What is happening??? 😩😩😩 No way would I allow anyone in my class to do this 😔
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5 years
The summer holidays. When teachers can get their legs out bruise-free from table corner related injuries 👌🏻😎
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3 years
One of my boys forgot his football kit for after school club&was really upset 💔 He didn’t want to wear his PE kit as he was embarrassed. One of my other boys went up to him, asked him what was wrong, took off his snazzy new football shirt, put his own PE top on…
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Miss C
5 years
The prospect of self isolation is an absolute dream situation when you’re as unsociable and grumpy as me! 👀
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Miss C
5 years
Everyone knows I’m a glue sponge advocate to stop the mad influx of glue stick plastic that schools throw away each year. Well, I’m super proud that our school is now a glue stick free zone ☺️ We have glue sponges and also refillable pots school wide now 👌🏻
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4 years
That awful moment when you go up to bed and realise you stripped it before you went away and still need to put on all the clean bed linen 😫😫😫😫😫
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Miss C
1 year
That joyous time of year where your car insurance doubles 🙄 for no reason and they say that’s the best they can do so you go and find one that is less than your current price… and so the cycle repeats every year. Why can’t car insurance companies just keep prices reasonable??
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None of the presents under my tree are barking, yet I’m still hopeful ... 😍😩😍
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Miss C
6 years
I don’t really do many displays now as my NQT enthusiasm for them has dwindled quicker than my fleeting interest in yoga but I reckon we need to invent staples that dissolve after 6-12 wks like the stitches they use in surgery. No more spending hrs pulling out the little buggers.
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Miss C
4 years
Just sending a little hug for anyone, who like me, finds Mothers’ Day weekend a little tough 💔💖💔 #YouAreNotAlone xx
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Miss C
2 years
I’m not emotionally prepared to go back to work tomorrow 😩💔
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Miss C
4 years
This is the first time I’m teaching a class for a second time and every time I look at my class list I get so excited to be their teacher again 🥰💖🥰
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2 years
I really dislike the apparent normalisation of training for teachers being after school. Can’t believe how many ‘things’ I keep seeing starting around 4😒It’s not teachers’ faults if the system can’t afford release time. That doesn’t mean they should be expected to do it for free
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Miss C
5 years
Just emptied my washing basket to do some washing. It was 97.7% pyjamas. Wearing clothes soon is going to be heartbreaking. 😏
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Miss C
4 years
Howling. Today we were doing maths in EYFS. We did some addition calculations and then I said that we were now going to look at subtractions or ‘take aways’. One little boy got so excited and said, “I love a take away! I get a burger and chips from the chippy!” 😂😂😂
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Miss C
5 years
To anyone starting their teaching careers in a few days, just take some comfort in knowing that *no one remembers how to teach after the summer and *no one has their sh*t together. Just greet everyone at the door with a massive smile and it will all be grand. 😬 #NQT #Teaching
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5 years
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Miss C
4 years
Sorting my classroom on my own is one of the few times I wish I had a boyfriend. Surely it’s part of the agreement to help set up your girlfriend’s classroom? 🤷🏼‍♀️😫 Should have invested in online dating during lockdown 🙈
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Miss C
5 months
I can’t even cope with how wonderful Year 1’s paper sculptures are 😩😍 They listened so carefully to how to make the different shapes and then got creative on their own 🖤 #ks1art
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Miss C
6 years
Sometimes the biggest mistake in education is underestimating children and what they are capable of. “My teacher believed I could do it, so I did.” 👌🏻
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Miss C
5 years
I hate going to my Mam’s grave but tomorrow I will as I have nowhere else to ‘see’ her on Mothers’ Day 💔 Seeing her name on a headstone makes me so sad. Thinking of all those who can’t see their Mams tomorrow for a multitude of reasons 😞 xx
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2 years
Massive gasps in #Year5 in Maths yesterday. Wondered what was causing so much excitement… … Tiny got a question right! 😱😅🥰 @WhiteRoseMaths 🐢🐢🐢
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1 year
The only reason I’m apprehensive about finally checking my work emails later this week is knowing how many ‘useful’ things I’ve emailed to myself over the summer 🙈😩😅
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Miss C
4 years
I’ve just been informed that ‘grazing tables’ are a thing and are a bit like posh buffets. Companies come and set them up for you. 🤤🤤🤤
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Miss C
4 years
Since I lost Mam,I’ve hated not feeling like she is anywhere.I know lots find their lost loved ones are all around them, but I don’t feel her anywhere. I hate going to the grave because to see her name on a headstone sucks but I’m going to go today&see if it’s any better 😔🖤
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Miss C
3 years
I wrote this blog in ‘19 about the use of ‘colour banded books’/educating parents/carers on how they can practise reading at home with their child 🙃 I was discussing this with our NQT &I’ve been updating the PPT/activities- happy to share the link when it’s done if useful 🖤 1/2
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1 year
Saw on the BBC that people have to be in the Abbey by 9 at the latest and I’d be panicking about needing a wee 😩😩😩😩
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3 months
My class spent some time with their new teacher today and as I lined them up, one of the boys shouted, “There’s a new sheriff in town!” 😅😂 It really made me laugh 🖤🥰
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Miss C
8 months
My Year 1 class were so shocked today when I told them the folder on my desk was my work. “You don’t work!” they shouted. “You don’t even have a job!” 😑🙃
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Miss C
6 years
Do any other teachers hate these times of year when structure goes out the window? Basically, from now, there are so many bits and pieces to fit in that the timetable as I know it gets scrapped. I hate it. I like structure and routine 🙈😫
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Miss C
4 years
I haven’t been on here much as Covid turns you into a coughing panda, who sleeps 18 hours a day BUT what upsets me the most about all this school ‘stuff’ is that our HTs are an army of passionate, dedicated, resourceful and hardworking individuals that have done (and will keep...
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6 years
I know I’ve just had a week off, but, man, I’m so jealous of everyone who is just starting their half terms now 😫😫😫
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6 years
My sister has been (understandably) emotional about my nephew’s baptism on Sunday because Mam won’t be there 😞 Anyway, I just found a fruit cake that Mam made in the freezer that we can decorate for it so it will feel like she is there with us. ☺️☺️☺️ How amazing is that?
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Miss C
5 years
We should definitely recreate this babe’s #FirstDayBack with teacher versions 😍😂😂 #TeachersFirstDayBack
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4 years
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Miss C
6 years
I don’t like it when people talk about quiet people in a derogatory way. I was a quiet child. I’m an observer and just like to suss my environment out before I feel able to contribute. We need all sorts of students in our classes.
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4 years
I feel so fed up today. I’m so fat and unfit. I’m bored. I miss my friends and family and I’m just generally grumpy 😒🤣 How is everyone else today? #LockdownBlues
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Miss C
2 years
It’s been a funny old day but my Mama would have been 66 today and I have nowhere else to say it so #HappyBirthdayMam 🖤
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Miss C
5 years
My lovely friend went on a first date yesterday and he took her punting in Cambridge and made a little picnic of scones, cake and wine and it’s just the cutest thing I ever heard 🥰😍🥰 (and he put the cream on first!) #Keeper
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3 years
Losing your Mam is indescribable but there’s some times that are harder than others when you just need to talk to your Mam and you can’t 💔☹️
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Miss C
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Heading back to #KS1 means only one thing … using the amazing advice from @ClareSealy to teach time. I’ve learnt from experience that this is much better as drip fed learning so will use this little and often throughout the year 😅🥰 Link to Clare’s fabulous piece below 👇🏻
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Miss C
5 years
Who else has gone shopping for work clothes, yet has just bought clothes that you can’t wear at work? 🙄
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Miss C
2 years
Has anyone got any lovely #WorldBookDay ideas that are not dressing up and that don’t involve using food? 👀 Last year we created mystery shoebox rooms for a book character. I’m considering buying wooden spoons in bulk to paint 👀😅 #EduTwitter
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4 years
One of my fav KS1 corridor displays was of photos of the same viewpoint in the school taken every wk t/o the year. My weekly class helpers took the photos with our LSA, printed, chopped and added to the display and it was such a lovely way to talk about seasons/changes/etc. 🖤
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4 years
Who else likes hiding little doors around their classrooms? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣
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5 years
A year ago today was my Mam’s funeral. I’m going to pop to her grave in a bit to take some flowers but yay to getting through all the ‘firsts’ over the past year 🥳🥳🥳
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4 years
As we enter a new phase of schools being open to more chn, I thought I’d do a thread on what I’ve seen of the education sector over these past few weeks. Grab a tea and here we go. THREAD ... #EduTwitter
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Miss C
5 years
Oh these would be fun to make and then take cool photos 🤔
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Miss C
4 years
I just found out you can email voicemails to yourself and hoping I can keep this one forever 🥰 It was from just over a month before she died 🖤
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Miss C
10 months
The size of this baby 😅😂 @twinklresources #PoorMary @TwinklKS1
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Miss C
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I love having this book in my classroom. It’s such a handy reference for chn (and me!) to have to check alternative representations of sounds 🖤 It’s beautifully laid out.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many tweets or videos on teachers buying so much stuff out of their own money for their classroom than I have this year! Is this it now? 😱 (Yes, yes, it’s a choice - if you have the £ - but it’s a worrying trend)
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Miss C
4 years
The gorgeousness of the quarantine meal my dad left outside my door 🤣🥰
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5 years
Read some great tweets about the HT asking the chn in assembly what they’ve learnt this week. One of mine, when asked by someone today, shot their hand up and said, “Miss C doesn’t like the feel of wood in her hands.” 😱😱😱😱😱😱 There was CONTEXT to that comment, I promise!
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@MissC_1717
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In a world of filters, Photoshop, inequalities and gendered glass ceilings, how amazing that our children have women like this that they can look up to and aspire to be like. Today is such a great day 💪🏻👸🏼
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@MissC_1717
Miss C
6 years
Is it weird that I feel really emotional today about it being the last day I’ve lived in that same year as my Mam? It’s made me feel really sad.
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@MissC_1717
Miss C
5 years
I feel so so sad. I don’t want to not see my chn for maybe months 😔 I just want to cry.
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@MissC_1717
Miss C
4 years
Tell me you’re on a diet, without actually telling me you’re on a diet. I’ll go first ... 😒 🤣🤣🤣
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