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Rob Wyness

@oldmanteacher1.bsky.social

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Old man trying to be as best a teacher I can be. Hailing from sunny Leicestershire, I'm interested in most things educational. Thinking about what a Democratic education system could look like. #UKEd. #UKTeaching #PrimaryTeaching

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 1d

It sounds like you are making excuses, looking for others to blame. Yes, we can see the impact of Murdochisation, but it was only possible because the electorate wanted a certain society and was willing to vote for it.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 1d

And the voters voted for it - for 11 years. And Thatcher and Reagan came to power nit by coups, revolutions or anything else, but because of successive years of failure by politicians. So my point still stands.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 1d

Not Thatchet. Voters. We need to stop blaming symptoms, and look at causes.

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 3d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 3d

The internet is down.
The photocopier is broken.
It's a bit windy.
Michael Gove is back.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 3d

No glue sticks left.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 3d

If we stopped looking at education being primarily about workforce creation, then we might improve education for all.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 4d

This has been an option in tne private world for decades. This isn't so much transformational, as common sense.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 4d

I think that data is useless.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 6d

When I first got into research-informed practice, I was starry-eyed at its potential. Now, it's just a complete mess of egos and dogma. Completely disillusioned by the general atmosphere if it.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 6d

Might apply for a laugh 🤣 I can build up that rejection portfolio!

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 9d

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There are good guys and then there is Lewis Moody – MND has cruelly singled out the bravest of men | Robert Kitson

Moody’s diagnosis with motor neurone disease at the age of 47 is desperate news for all those who know and love him

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 11d

A lot of this stuff is designed, practiced and rehearsed ay Seconday, then claimed for all schools regardless of context.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 12d

Some unionists. Try and be honest yourself.

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Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · 12d

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 12d

Sit upright and still
Track the speaker
Answer like a scholar
Respect the speaker.
I love watching Y1s trying to answer like a scholar 🤣. I think it's a Doug Lemov thing. It can be used, but does need contextual understanding.

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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 13d

Stop worrying if people like you.

They don’t…

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 12d

I've been arguing against the 'T' in STAR listening for a couple of years now. But it never seems to be taken seriously.

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 12d

What a cesspool of a society we have made for ourselves. And now we have to watch the worst of humanity stir that cesspool, allowing the most rancid of faecal humanity to rise to the top. What have we done?

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 15d

Absolutely. Looking forward to the next one!

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you @collegeofteaching.bsky.social for my Certificate in Evidence informed Practice! Time to start the next one 😁

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Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 17d

Some British people ...

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 18d

LLMs are still in their infancy, and require careful handling.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 18d

I teach Y5 at primary. I wouldn't for a number of reasons, but probably the most important is how you structure and phrase the instructions for the AI. Get that wrong, and you will nit get the desired output.

Rob Wyness @oldmanteacher1.bsky.social · 18d

Yes. So generating sentences or questions for fluency in Maths and Writing. Creating short pieces for exemplars. LSQs multiple choice. I just recently created a resource of 500 questions about commercial airliners for one of my SEND boys as a post-work reward. That sort of thing.

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