When I heard that @beckyfrancis.bsky.social was heading the curriculum review I allowed myself a sniff of optimism - happy to say that said sniff feels vindicated by this www.thetimes.com/article/6fc9...

Genuinely didn't expect that the lethal consequences of Trumpism would manifest in less than a fortnight, but here we are

With December crime stats for London (Metropolitan Police) published today, I've had a quick look at homicide trends since 2003. Provisionally, the 105 homicides in 2024 was the lowest annual total since 2014 and second lowest in the last 22 years. #crimestats

The difference is, though, Hitler’s cars are still really popular.

So I guess @sethabramson.bsky.social is feeling particularly Cassandra- ish today.

A bit of education-work-in-a-nutshell: staff meeting tonight (re)introducing a P.E. policy. Very straightforward, well-evidenced, genuinely good idea, and our inevitable reaction was "sounds great. Which other subject do you want us to drop? It can't be X,Y or Z cos they're already gone"

If you're wondering how teachers are doing at this point of the year, today I watched a colleague get up at the end of assembly and forget to take her class with her. Her 'hang on a minute, I'm supposed to have 28 children with me' double take was magnificent.

My autocorrect just changed 'Gaiman' to 'Gasman' and I think that is, in the absolute sense, poetic justice.

Well, looks like I'll be posting here a lot more then

I'm sorry but this Wrapped thing has gone too far, you are a teaching resource website why are you cosplaying as an influencer

My principal goal for the next six days is not to eat and drink myself into insensibility

It's beginning to look a lot like...

Join the New Tottenham Singers for Sing a Song of Christmas, an eclectic mix from Mistletoe to Messiah

Saturday 16 December, 7pm, St John the Baptist, Tottenham N17 8LP

£10 (u16s free) - bar/mince pies after

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Heh, the algorithms know I'm on summer break; wall to wall ads for art courses and last minute city breaks

So, an offer to teachers of 6.5%, fully newly funded,, and workload adjustments. Hmmm... only 60%ish of inflation, but structural promises👍.
I expect we'll settle, but I'm not sure* if it will solve the underlying issues. This isn't the last you'll hear about UK teacher's comp.

*I'm sure it won't