Does anyone know if a qualified teacher working as an HLTA could use that towards obtaining ECT?

Why is everything nowadays so ridiculously complicated? Instructions and a special tool need to change a toilet seat!?!

Whole class handwriting lessons in F2. Yes or no? RTs welcome.

Has anyone had any experience of enabling a child to use a laptop for SATs?

Second one completed. Ireland is our next stop. North or South for first visit?

Mr B bought me two scratch off maps for Christmas. This is the first one. Going to use it to plan future holidays. Unfortunately, we now urgently to go to a couple that I scratched off accidentally! Jersey, Andorra, most of Luxembourg and a bit of Poland. 😬

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I've had some horrible virus throughout the holidays and haven't been up to reading. I've been playing mindless games on my phone and looking at all the ads. There's games which are virtual tidying. My house is available if anyone wants to play tidying irl. Immensely satisfying apparently. 🤷‍♀️

It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".

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In a change to tradition we're going to order a Domino's instead of Chinese because the Chinese we normally order from don't deliver and I, quite frankly, can't be arsed to collect it.

The decorations have only been up a week and are getting on my nerves. 😂

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Feeling full and relaxed.

Bubble and squeak. Best part of Christmas.

No swede. Christmas is ruined.

Days are getting longer now. 🥰

Christmas has finally arrived in Chez Baxter!

Had a bit of a stressful time recently. Received gorgeous flowers yesterday from two friends from work, then this gorgeous parcel today, from another lovely friend. You know who you are! 😘 I am so very fortunate to have lovely people around me.

Baby girl is home after three months travelling. So happy! 😍

Just been given an enormous tin of Danish cookies. Second photo for scale!

Just finished watching #Outrageous on BBC iPlayer. Absolutely brilliant. Hope there's going to more.

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Forgot to post this on Saturday. Fabulous production at the Liverpool Empire.

Christmas shopping done ✅️

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I'm watching The Sopranos with Mr B. We're saying everything in mob voices. It's hilarious as you can imagine.

Last night I got up to go to the loo. When I came back to our room I noticed there were flashing blue lights so looked outside. I could see about 4 people wearing what looked like yellow astronaut costumes. I thought- that's weird - and went back to bed. Now I'm wondering what I really saw!

Started watching Sopranos yesterday. Finger on the pulse as ever!

Well this is positive

AI for school leaders - what are people using? Gemini has been recommended by our tech people. I'm not sure if you can upload more than one document a day which is the problem with the free ChatGPT account.

Is it too far fetched to expect that teachers would know that there is a new Ofsted framework? Not to know what it's like but that it exists.

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After a rubbish day (that started with someone having a go at me because I'd tried to help) I've just spent ages sorting my laptop out. Most tabs closed. Folders created. Neat and tidy. It's the most me way to relax.

We're getting a new website and I'm overseeing it which is very exciting. I want a link to a calendar for parents but it'll need to be different from the main one. Is there an easy way of doing this or are we going to have to type parent events into both calendars?

Why is Microsoft Word incapable of systematically applying its settings even within the same document? Bullet points are all over the place. Same font/size etc. Ridiculous.

I've run out of tea bags. To be clear I've run out of my favourite tea bags but there are 7 other types of tea available. Still feels like a disaster though.

#InsideNumber9 Exciting!

Phonics target, attendance target, more reading tests; so utterly depressing. I’m not one for bleating, but the world has changed. Schools are unrecognisable from 10 years ago: complex and scary needs, apathy, illness. Sooner we understand this, the quicker we can address it.

It's been a really long half term hasn't it?!

I wonder why Trump wants to destroy the BBC...

In your school does the class teacher do referral forms or does the SENDCO?

My very good (perfect) speech. 🤦‍♀️

How can I make text bend round a circle on Word? I miss WordArt.

At the same time as saying schools have to identify core groups of pupils the DfE have introduced a new label (Ofsted 2023 Disadvantaged) which lumps together many different groups including PP, SEND, CIN and LAC. Helpful as ever. #EduSky

Anyone? I've got training tomorrow thankfully as it's changed quite a lot.

Has anyone looked at the new IDSR?

What do you think are the qualities of a good school website? #EduSky