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Alastair Gittner

@agittner.bsky.social

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Now retired science teacher and school leader, after 31 years I decided to hang up my chisel point. Grandad, father, husband, cyclist, birdwatcher, foodie and baker. Still interested in all things education especially research informed practice

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1h

I hope you are enjoying it, we did

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you gentlemen for putting into words something I could not quite put my finger on regarding these two, particularly JC.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 7h

A slow day at our local nature reserve. Magisterial heron, teenage grebes showing off to each other, more fungi than you can shake a stick at and distant skeins of geese.

A photo of distant skeins of passing geese

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 8h

When I heard their advert I thought exactly the same

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 8h

Yes I think that was what I read. It would also I imagine allow time for maintenance and so keeps the quality of housing stock higher

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 8h

fantastic, I hope it was a good as it sounds

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 8h

... it continues to stagger me about how little people intending to vote for Reform know about Farage and his intentions. Are they literally just voting for "something else not Labour and Tory" and the devil take the hindmost?

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 8h

I remember reading somewhere about the importance of not having a 100% occupancy rate.(the time a landlord can expect to have people in their properties) Having a housing market where some properties remained empty for a while helped people be more mobile and helped keep rates lower,is that correct?

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 8h

Chippy tea on a Thursday (and not Friday) you hedonist you.... All looks fabulous though

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 9h

We all know some MAT CEO salaries that are massively over inflated for the value and work they do.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 9h

...you see that's the problem, you are letting facts get in the way of a good story

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 19h

Let's begin with working out completely how paracetamol works. That might be a good place to start.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 20h

Fast/slow learning is something I have been pushing for years in secondary. It is an issue for us too.I am aware of MATS where leadership like to be able to say it is Y10 Sci week 12 and so they are all on...... I have resisted this when I could by becoming HoD or experienced enough to ignore SLT

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 20h

And at local councillor level you can add a whole lot more. At the last election our reform candidate was a Tory defector who went first to be an independent, before joining Reform. As a councillor he was prevented from participating in some votes for failure to pay his council tax.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 20h

I have been saying this to anyone who will listen for months as none of the other parties have even a thought about it. It is both the biggest selling point for local elections and also the stone around their necks as local council finances are in such a state there are no easy nor quick solutions.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 20h

This has bothered me for weeks and continues to bother me.

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1d

I would like to read the teacher's perspective

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1d

At the next election in my constituency it will be a fight between the Labour encumbent and reform. It will require a fairly blunt letter saying I am lending a vote.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1d

Though I do think that most of the Governments problems at the moment are communication. I suspect underneath there are people who are more socialist than they are appearing as their messaging and comms is so appalling, both in its content and its timing.

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1d

At the time of the election the fears around how far Labour had move to the centre were voiced, I was just desperate (like many others) to get rid of a Tory Government and so were happy to go along, believing that once in power we would see a Socialist-type government.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1d

It's a tricky one as allegedly they have completed or due to complete 60+% of their manifesto pledges (again allegedly more than other recent governments) so on one page they have done what people voted for.....

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 1d

It depends on who I am teaching and when. For some that is enough, you just run the risk that they will write it in the exam!! 😂

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 2d

Be wary!!!!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge

Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.

www.bbc.co.uk

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 2d

I only found this out yesterday. I didn't like how on here I seemed to miss posts from people I followed.I found out about the "bell+" button on a person's profile (see image) this allows you to be sent a notification when they post or reply (the default is off) helps curate your feed.

Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 2d

I too look after my books and never write in them but I have a confession. I sometimes turn a corner down to mark where I am. Does this make me a bad person?

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