Andy McHugh @_AndyMcHugh Twitter profile

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3 years

The whole “increase to 32.5 hours per week” affects hardly any schools. It’s another dead cat, being used to stir up anti-teacher sentiment. The average teacher works a 50+ hour week, well beyond 1265 hours, but it won’t be spun that way by @educationgovuk or the media.

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4 years

This tells you everything you need to know about the @educationgovuk communications strategy.

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4 years

"Teachers advised not to use "catch-up" narrative." IT ISN'T TEACHERS USING IT !!!!!! 😡😡😡

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Andy McHugh

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5 years

NHS workers: heroes School staff on rotas: heroes Head teachers making impossible choices: heroes Supermarket staff putting up with abuse: heroes Teachers reinventing the education industry from home: heroes Stay indoors everyone. Please. #CoronavirusPandemic

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Andy McHugh

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2 years

Dear @educationgovuk , do you really think that this ��advice” is helpful?

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3 years

Ex-teachers probably won’t come flooding back into the classroom because: 1. They’re often highly vulnerable 2. They left because they could no longer justify the stress caused by the job 3. They were ready to retire and haven’t the energy or will to work 4. They have a new job

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Andy McHugh

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2 years

@GillianKeegan I don’t think you understand what the purpose of a strike is. It’s *supposed* to cause disruption. It’s what happens only as a last resort, after 13 years of exhausting every other method to get you to act on our concerns. It’s not us. It’s you.

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

Two epic presents from Y13 this week 😂😂😂

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

I know some people think it’s a bit much, but I think there’s huge value in explaining short-term/long-term memory, retrieval, cognitive load, etc to students. I explained it to Y10 today and they got it. I think knowing about it will help them.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

Does anyone else feel like their eyesight is getting worse with all the screen time? 👀

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Andy McHugh

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1 year

Timeless advice: If a teacher you know is drowning under heavy workload, don’t try to give them a swimming lesson, just pull them out of the water.

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Andy McHugh

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1 year

Honestly, and I say this without any hype whatsoever, ChatGPT has changed teaching. My planning, the thing that takes so long to get right, now takes a fraction of the time. Anyone still not using it needs to give it a proper go.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

1 year

I keep seeing the phrase “low ability students”. Can we please stop using such a damaging label ?!

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

5 years

New poster for my classroom door #REchat

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

If students can chat in lessons, but still complete the work to a good standard, then is the work *really* challenging enough for them? Should we not be setting work that requires a greater degree of concentration?

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

Crash Course Philosophy is one of the best series of videos you can show to a GCSE or A Level RE/Philosophy class to help deepen and broaden their understanding. They balance high challenge with high engagement. @TeamRE_UK #REChatUK

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2 years

Ten years (and 1.6 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could substantially help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were wrong.

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

Huge percentage of students an teachers off school nationally. Anyone out there still defending the view that Covid isn’t transmitted in schools might want to have a rethink.

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Andy McHugh

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4 years

And like clockwork, the DfE have announced a new policy on the last day in school before the holidays. What. A. Shambles. Without any sense of irony, @educationgovuk have you learnt nothing? #edutwitter

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Andy McHugh

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2 years

Do you teach GCSE English Language? The latest article by @__codexterous might be just the thing to get your creative juices flowing... @Team_English1

How I Would Teach... Creative Writing For AQA English Language Paper 1

Andrew Atherton offers his advice on how to get students started with creative writing for AQA English Language Paper 1 when they don’t know how to begin.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

And thanks to @lessoncopy for highlighting yet another superb piece of guidance from our leaders at the DfE. They really do know their stuff. Not like those lazy school leaders and teachers who just want a day off…

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

What’s the best CPD on teaching you’ve ever had? Tag and add links to people, books, blogs, courses, etc. Please RT to reach more teachers! #edutwitter

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

@AdamRutherford This isn't a good look for @bbcbitesize . Did someone really approve this script? The whole point of these programmes is to promote education. Surely that includes not denigrating school staff. Let's hope this mistake isn't repeated in the future.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Finished my last day at the school I’ve worked at since I joined as an NQT 15 years ago. Hard to know what to feel. Loved working there but really excited to be starting at my new school in January as Subject Leader of RE! Time for a mince pie! 🥧

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

My 5 year old daughter: “Daddy, can I go up the street with my big sister? We’ve found a load of snails and we want to have a party with them. It’s a snail party and I’ve never been to one of those before. Pleeease!”

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

Who on here has moved from teaching Primary to Secondary or Secondary to Primary? I'd like to ask you some questions if I could?

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

1 year

@GillianKeegan Stop trying to make a horrendous crisis look like good news. It’s completely dishonest. You’re among the worst Education Secretaries we’ve ever had and THAT’S a competitive market.

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@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@emsappleton @educationgovuk I’m singing happy birthday all day. I’m taking no chances.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

I had my first experience of instructional coaching today and it was excellent. No messing about with vague generic feedback, just straight to the point, X was good, here’s how to improve Y. Highly focused on one thing. No judgement and very practical. 👏👏👏

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Parents know…

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@FakeHeadteacher I think they’re confusing UPS with TLR 🤔

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

Happy World Book Day everyone! #WorldBookDay2023

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

100% attendance awards for staff at the end of the year:

Great idea!

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Why on earth would you do this in your Rightmove photos? 😂

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

**NEW** "How To Answer AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1" by @__codexterous , in the latest edition of HWRK Magazine. 📚 #EnglishLanguage #AQA #gcses2022

How To Answer... AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 - HWRK Magazine

Tips on how to answer the different questions on AQA GCSE English Paper 1. Subscribe to HWRK Magazine so you never miss a post!

hwrkmagazine.co.uk

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Pay ALL teachers a competitive salary that includes a guaranteed inflation-meeting increase so that pay isn’t eroded over time.

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@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@Jobaker9 @sainsburys I had that a few years back. Was buying an expensive bottle of port for someone’s Christmas present and a pack of 50 nappies. Had my two year old with me at the time. Not sure what the lady at the till thought he was planning for Friday night down the park with his mates 😄

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

There can’t be many teachers who left the job who don’t fit into at least one of these categories. So, @educationgovuk , where are all of these ex-teachers coming from? It’s time you made the profession more attractive to work in.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

Out of interest, how are you supposed to know which one to buy ⁦ @Colgate ⁩?

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Support families adequately so that schools don’t have to meet the needs that proper social care would normally provide. Opening the Sure Start centres would be a good way to do this.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

Why does remote learning have to be electronic? 🤨 #edutwitter

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

7 years

@ReadLikeMatilda @Zafy2 @MrMoth @ana__mission Forget the blue/pink nonsense, these animals are huge!

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

Ok #edutwitter do your worst…

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

Teachers shouldn’t be saying to themselves, “I should really take the night off from work”. That should be the default position. It’s a long term folks, look after yourselves. #edutwitter

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3 years

My own version of “warm strict” as a teacher in a new school: 1. Clear rules, explained, modelled and enforced consistently. 2. Get to know the students, both in the classroom and in unstructured time. 3. Smile, encourage and praise as often as possible.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Fund schools properly so they can build more classrooms and hire more staff. Many schools are creaking at the seams because they’ve had to take too many students, to cover their basic running costs.

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3 years

✨The January Edition of HWRK Magazine is here!!✨ Packed full of fantastic features on #pedagogy , #curriculum , #mentoring , #careers and more. Read it now for FREE!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

EduTwitter during the summer hols is wild. Some people just looking for arguments and others just posting harmless funny stuff to entertain themselves and cheers people up.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Should HTs designate a "Red Team" whose aim it is to try to find all the flaws in new and existing school policies, to optimise the way they do things? If so, should non-SLT staff be on that Red Team? #SLTchat

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Do you use “What Went Well” and “Even Better If” statements when giving written feedback? Why / why not?

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Time to get my work clothes sorted 😬

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

1 year

@NickGibbUK Not you as well Nick. Come on. If we cherry-picked statistics during a school inspection we would rightly be hammered for it. You’re meant to be evidence-informed. That doesn’t mean ignoring the evidence you don’t like. Nobody is “ensuring” we even have enough teachers.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

5 years

Ok folks, be honest. Who took less than 10 seconds to figure this out?

pookie 🕷️

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i'm mad at how long this took me to understand

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

5 years

Just saw this on LinkedIn. Those are some suspiciously round numbers.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@ThinkingDigit @tes @educationgovuk I don't think schools should close. But also please remember - WE ARE NOT YOUR BABYSITTERS !!

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

One for @TeamRE_UK @reonline_tweets (Pinched from Facebook)

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

Mock Exam Question: "Describe three features of a Jewish mourning ritual". Several Students: "When Jews wake up, they have breakfast..."

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

I’m using School Cloud for the first time on Monday for parents evening. Looks simple enough. Any tips?

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

And make decisions about Covid issues well-ahead of time. If you know there’s going to be a spike in Dec/Jan then advise schools to go to remote learning before the Christmas break. Schools are a huge transmission vector. You know this. It’s *your* job to do something about it.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

Erm, who is teaching those lessons…?

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Schools told they can switch to online lessons if they have teacher shortage

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

After two weeks of self-isolating with the kids... 😂

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

11 months

I often wonder if teacher workload issues could be solved by teachers being ‘made to stay’ until 5pm but then once they’ve clocked off for the day, they’re not expected to lift a finger. What doesn’t get done doesn’t get done. Thoughts?

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@Keir_Starmer @LeeDonaghy Make education, renewable energy and the NHS your core priorities and you’ll stay in power even longer than Blair.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

How are we going to approach talking about the invasion of Ukraine with our students? Do we make room in the curriculum to address it? Do we have a one-off assembly? Should we prioritise discussing it at all? #edchat #education #teaching #school

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3 years

Best of luck to all the teachers tomorrow, teaching full classes of excited students, on a Friday, on the last day of term, with gale-force winds outside.

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

@JamesTheo The other stuff: Responding to emails Filling in forms/spreadsheets Ringing parents Marking Analysing data Speaking to students outside of lessons Break duties CPD Meetings Moving between classrooms Photocopying Dealing with IT issues Pastoral issues Mentoring trainees/ECTs

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

A question for home-educators: What can ordinary classroom teachers learn from you that they don’t already know?

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@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@Shivandavis Serious answer: The money is always available when the rich and powerful want access to it. Don’t play into the myth that there’s no money available @Shivandavis . It’s just not being offered to teach children.

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

@TTRadio2021 Harder than marking actual exams. And I’ve been an examiner for a long time. Pressure from students, lack of standardisation, threats of legal action in the press. Just waiting for Williamson to throw us all under the bus when it’s all over.

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

@Jy_Taylor @miss_mcinerney My thought exactly. All of this was entirely predictable. Each time the DfE fail to make timely decisions, schools have to bail them out. We can't keep going on like this. It's not the "fast-moving" pandemic, it's the ministerial dithering that we need to address.

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@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

I wonder how many teachers who left the profession due to “requires improvement” sorts of lesson observation feedback would now be judged to be excellent. 🧐

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

1 year

@missdcox For secondary: At least one PPA “period 1” during the week At least one class with reduced class size A nearby photocopier that works and you don’t have to queue for

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

***NEW*** The latest edition of HWRK Magazine is now available for FREE! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic articles on pedagogy, curriculum, school leadership and more, from incredible classroom teachers and leaders in education. #teaching #curriculum #behaviour

HWRK Magazine - The Essential Online Magazine For Teachers

Check out our fantastic articles on curriculum, pedagogy, careers, school leadership and more. Written by teachers, for teachers. #TeamHWRK

hwrkmagazine.co.uk

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

2 years

@TeacherBusy Have you read this?

How I Teach... AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 - HWRK Magazine

What should students focus on to maximise their marks on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2? Andrew Atherton offers his strategies for high-performance on this tricky paper… As we move towards GCSE...

hwrkmagazine.co.uk

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Andy McHugh

@_AndyMcHugh

3 years

You can get your 5-a-day from Christmas cake… right?

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Andy McHugh

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3 years

Hard to believe I've been editor of @HWRK_magazine for a year now. What a privilege to work with such a talented group of teachers and school leaders to create each edition of HWRK (pronounced "Homework"!) If you don't already, then give all of our contributors a follow!

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Andy McHugh

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2 years

Have you seen this @Team_English1 ? Latest piece by @__codexterous on How To Teach... AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2. Useful for some last minute revision tips!! #TeamEnglish #EnglishLanguage #AQAEnglishLanguage

How I Teach... AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 - HWRK Magazine

What should students focus on to maximise their marks on AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2? Andrew Atherton offers his strategies for high-performance on this tricky paper… As we move towards GCSE...

hwrkmagazine.co.uk

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@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

If English schools will eventually be told that we are going to be teaching remotely until even later in January, then NOW is the time for @educationgovuk to announce it. We need time to prepare materials and to prepare students. No more last minute U-turns.

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@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

@RogersHistory Newcastle!!!! #toon

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3 years

@MissABishop_ Some #EduTwitter accounts, in no particular order, that make me smile, chuckle or feel inspired, for various reasons... @Mr_N_Wood , @MissSDoherty , @SafeSENCOSaeed , @Clive_Hill , @TabitaSurge , @adamboxer1 , @greeborunner , @ASBOTeacher , @TeachLeadAAli , @amymayforrester , @MrEFinch

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3 years

A headteacher has been hounded off Twitter for having high expectations, obvious compassion and clear procedures to uphold both. Those who decided to go with the cherry-picked tabloid version of her story should be ashamed. They aren’t on the side of the kids.

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3 years

⭐️New⭐️ November Edition of HWRK Magazine out now!!! Amazing articles by teachers and leaders in education 👌

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4 years

@JuliaHB1 1. No it isn’t. 2. Show me an office with 30 adults in close proximity in Jan 2021. 3. Likening this to child abuse is not helpful whatsoever to those who suffer from *actual* child abuse.

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3 years

@KateJones_teach Nothing beats the learning bicycle 😂

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@educationgovuk

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3 years

My dad sends the best dad jokes 😂

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1 year

@Positivteacha Everyone likes my dog though

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4 years

Teachers won't be carrying out the tests. So volunteers will need to instead. They need to be DBS checked, be available at short notice and be trained in how to conduct invasive procedures to vulnerable and anxious teenagers. What happens if there aren't enough of these people?

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3 years

Questioning: Hands up or hands down? It’s not always easy to decide, but @adamboxer1 argues “cold calling” is the way to go. You can read his insights in @HWRK_magazine here 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋

Hands Up For Hands Down - HWRK Magazine

Should students put their hands up to answer questions in class, or does that cause more problems than it solves? A “No Hands Up” policy may not be the answer, as Adam Boxer explains. I used to work...

hwrkmagazine.co.uk

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4 years

@prof_di_chimica @educationgovuk Or lie.

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1 year

After months of waiting, welcome home to the newest addition to the McHugh family… Bruno! #GoodBoy

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2 years

@DrRLofthouse @ecarda1 @warwickmansell @NEUnion I’m fairness, the people (on Twitter) that I’ve seen join Ofsted, seem to be knowledgable, very good at their jobs, highly-experienced and care deeply about doing the right thing. Not a terrible thing. 🤷‍♂️

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3 years

Is it finally time to ditch marking?

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Who Are We Doing This For? By @guruteaching As we begin a new year, it's useful to reflect on the previous one and try to learn something from it. #feedback #marking #workload #teaching #edutwitter #UKEdChat

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**NEW** Latest edition of HWRK Magazine is now available to download for free! Thanks to all those who contributed! @Claire__Pass @KateJones_teach @adamboxer1 @MissSDoherty @m_chiles @__codexterous @emmccatt @Clive_Hill @philipheron ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #edutwitter

HWRK Magazine - The Essential Online Magazine For Teachers

Check out our fantastic articles on curriculum, pedagogy, careers, school leadership and more. Written by teachers, for teachers. #TeamHWRK

hwrkmagazine.co.uk

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4 years

@LDNteacher13 And the creators of those resources should be paid well for their time and the quality of their craft. And schools should be funded well enough so that teachers shouldn’t have to pay for those resources out of their own pockets.

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@_AndyMcHugh

4 years

@emdehaney Hitchens is worried about "spite" and "intolerance". Really? Does he not read his own spiteful and intolerant columns?

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4 years

@adamboxer1 Or displayed as a random object like, say, a bicycle?

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4 years

@redhousemoor @Edu_NCE A good point well made. Doesn’t detract from the first point though. They’re two separate issues. To play one side off against the other is this government’s playbook.

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3 years

@Thinkingschool2 Short answer: They don’t care. Long answer: They REALLY don’t care.

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5 years

Teachers Over 30 Are Too Expensive To Keep - My article in @tes today.

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