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Adele Bates
@adelebatesz.bsky.social
Behaviour & Education Specialist | Keynote Speaker | Author "Miss, I don't give a sh*t" Engaging with Challenging Behaviour in Schools | Expert @BBCRadio4🏳️‍🌈
Some of the pupils I work with don't feel safe with me.

It affects their #behaviour on occasion... (punishing them for it rarely helps)

#SEMH
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
How has #behaviour gone this week?

Answers in GIFs only
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#MissIdontgivea

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December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Insultoftheweek

Pupil: “Miss, what does patronising mean?”
Me: “When you talk down to someone as if they’re younger or inferior to you in a bad way.”
Pupil: “Oh, you mean like you did in our first ever lesson together?”

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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#Insultoftheweek

Pupil: “Miss, what does patronising mean?”
Me: “When you talk down to someone as if they’re younger or inferior to you in a bad way.”
Pupil: “Oh, you mean like you did in our first ever lesson together?”

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December 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“Every human in this world behaves differently so you cannot expect a smooth life in this chaos”
― Anuj Jasani
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#Behaviour

Feeling out of control in the classroom?

It doesn't mean you're a bad teacher.

It doesn't mean you're in the wrong profession.

BUT

It does mean that you need to pull back your energies and recoup.💚
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Social Media platforms sometimes go POP... could be Twitter tomoz...

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December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How has #behaviour gone this week?

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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Grab your copy of #MissIdontgivea from your local independent bookshop,
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December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Two *Free Video Series*

How to manage #behaviour in the classroom
&
How to support #teachers to manage #behaviour in the classroom

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December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
How has #behaviour gone this week?

Answers in GIFs only
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Grab your copy of #MissIdontgivea from your local independent bookshop,
or an online company that pays its taxes here - https://bit.ly/3atXWLj
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#Insultoftheweek

Pupil: “Miss, what does patronising mean?”
Me: “When you talk down to someone as if they’re younger or inferior to you in a bad way.”
Pupil: “Oh, you mean like you did in our first ever lesson together?”

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December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
20. Common mistake with #behaviour

Not giving ourself downtime - take it. You're allowed ;)
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
18. Common mistake with #behaviour

Assuming that all pupils know how to behave appropriately in every context - without it being explicitly taught.

#SEMH
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How has #behaviour gone this week?

Answers in GIFs only
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"There is no one way to do behaviour and education - if that were the case we would have solved it by now." - Adele Bates

@inspirationalspeakers
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Grab your copy of #MissIdontgivea from your local independent bookshop,
or an online company that pays its taxes here - https://bit.ly/3atXWLj
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
16. Common mistake with #behaviour

Thinking that pupils who haven't had breakfast will function the same as when they have.

#SEMH #humans
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#Insultoftheweek

Pupil: “What does catastrophe mean?”
Me: “It’s similar to a disaster.”
Pupil: “Oh, like this lesson then.”

(He went on to do the most work he’s done for me – ever.)

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December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM