Super excited to be back on the national exec of The Green Party ! Humbled that so many members across the country actually voted for me - thank you so much. Here's to the next two years of rolling up my sleeves and getting on with a brand new role for me. 💚Please get in touch!💚

I haven't voted yet... And I'm sure I'm not alone. 💚If you're a Green Party member, please log in and vote before the deadline this SATURDAY.

I haven't voted yet... And I'm sure I'm not alone. 💚If you're a Green Party member, please log in and vote before the deadline this SATURDAY.

Thinking of the class of 2025 getting their GCSE results today. - They lost their final year of primary school due to covid. - They started high school in the height of the pandemic. This year group overcame so many obstacles to get here today. Well done! May your results open doors! 👨‍🎓

Back from A Level results day - tears of joy, of upset, and lots of hugs all round. We read exceptional results and dream destinations, but for many students it is a huge achievement to get a C grade. Well done. Well done all.

Congratulations to everyone collecting their A Level, T Level and BTec grades today 🤓 Whatever the results, you should be proud of reaching the end of your formal schooling - and be excited for your next steps. Your future awaits!

Internal Communications Coordinator: Another easy pick for @vixxl.bsky.social I see no reason not to endorse and vote for the only candidate for this role, hope you find it fits you well Vix! Let’s make the party grow grow grow! 💚

Voting is OPEN for the Green Party of England and Wales elections for leader, deputy leader and national executive members. If you are a member you should have an email with instructions on how to vote. If not - you can log in (link below). 💚I would really appreciate your support!

Voting is OPEN for the Green Party of England and Wales elections for leader, deputy leader and national executive members. If you are a member you should have an email with instructions on how to vote. If not - you can log in (link below). 💚I would really appreciate your support!

Breaking news - I'm standing to be on the Green Party national executive again 💚 . The elections are this summer 🗳 if you join by 31st July you can vote. There are loads of great people standing this time: nearly every single post is contested - with NINE people going for Deputy Leader!

A unique chance to see this one woman show, written and led by Vix Lowthion - teacher, parent and typical Gen Xer. Explore the fun and the dark sides of the ubiquitous craze for nostalgia in the UK.

Breaking news - I'm standing to be on the Green Party national executive again 💚 . The elections are this summer 🗳 if you join by 31st July you can vote. There are loads of great people standing this time: nearly every single post is contested - with NINE people going for Deputy Leader!

Extending the entitlement for Free School Meals from 25% of pupils to 29% of pupils (2.6million) is welcome. But it's not enough. @greenparty.org.uk would scrap the 2 child benefit cap and give all children a daily free meal. That is what tackling child poverty really looks like.

GREEN PARTY MEMBERS (& future members - please join today) I am pleased to be standing for GPEX (Green Party National Executive Committee) in the 2025 elections this summer. I hope to meet the challenge of improving our Internal Communications - as well as steering our party through the coming yrs.

If we have money for missiles & drones, we should have money for school buildings, support staff & resources. Govt allocates 4.1% of GDP on education, down from 5.7% in 2010. Why isn't this drop in funding - worth ££billions - not headline news? We must invest in young people.

Pleased to be elected as a committee member to help support the NEU on the Isle of Wight in any way I can ✏️🙏✊️

"The Global Majority Greens find the Prime Minister’s racist immigration speech made on Monday to be an example of a government that is deflecting from its own incompetence in managing the country’s economy." Read our full statement in the screenshots that follow

At the annual meeting of Newport & Carisbrooke Community Council I was nominated and elected to serve as chairman. It's an incredible honour to take over the reins at such an exciting time in local govt & to represent the 25,500 residents of Newport & Carisbrooke in our town and across the island.

Fabulous sunshine for my Isle of Wight Walkjng Festival Station to Station walk from Newport to Watchingwell and up to Rowridge Transmitting Station yesterday!

We need an education for life, not schools forced to become #ExamFactories

SATS tomorrow for too many. For Xander - he will sit his first GCSEs. TWENTY FULL ON EXAMS. Why do we do this to our children?! We need to get out of this exam dominated rut and put skills, curiosity and basic preparation for adult life first and foremost.

Great as always to gather with the Ukrainian community and support in the square today. Every first Sunday. All welcome 🇺🇦

Reform can be beaten - but it will take work, and money. Donate and volunteer.

How is it possible?!

Massive Reform landslide/ earthquake? Turn-out was around 30% in local elections this time... not a majority. If you are concerned and alarmed you can do something about it: ✅️1. Join a party 💰2. Donate or volunteer time to that party

Polling Stations are open until 10pm tonight in specific areas across the Island and the rest of the country. Don't forget to vote!✅️

Today I can announce that I'm quitting teaching, and working as Elon Musk's new apprentice. I'm looking forward to emulating DOGE work on the IoW. Who needs ferries? Or bin collections? We can just burn our waste in the streets, and row our lorries across the Solent as part of PE lessons. Win win.

🚀 It's GO time! Real hope and real change does not trickle down from the top, it rises up. We're backing bold, exciting candidates at the upcoming council elections. Sign up to our action days, share and contribute here - greensorganise.uk/taking-the-f... youtu.be/Bgu5HpwDYDs

The reality of the impact of climate change for a vulnerable island - £100m just to protect our roads. "We can't afford net zero" says the likes of Reform. The truth is we cannot afford these consequences of the climate crisis. We must reduce our emissions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?

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Should be refused on the grounds of location in a conservation zone, & the protection of children & vulnerable people from being exploited by gambling. The location is only metres away from pubs & gambling whilst intoxicated leads to larger bets & rapid loss of funds. onthewight.com/green-counci...

FOR TEENS - an evening just aimed for older children. Only £4 entry for this Thursday which covers you for all the performances and workshops (first come first served). Highly recommend! Part of the IW Story Festival this weekend. Book your tickets in advance here: uk.patronbase.com/_QuayArts/Pr...

"We need to see a sustainable, thriving future for family farming on the Isle of Wight – and I hope that all councillors can get behind this motion next week.” onthewight.com/concerns-gro...

Last 7 days in my classroom: 🌍Upside of climate change? 💰Empire trade after WW2 💥Tariffs... 🩵Achilles makes friends 🤮Cholera & typhoid 📉Imperial preference 🌋Sills & lava flows 🏛Athens trip meeting 💣Nuclear weapons 🔭Scientists in 1600s 🦸‍♂️Who are our heroes? 🗣Mandela & nationalists

There I am, 'looking forward' to a half term of marking essays, leading revision sessions, and creating revision booklets... and I get this! Scrap OFSTED. Please.

Greens call for Ofsted to be abolished. Quote from @vixxl.bsky.social in today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Unions and school leaders have said that Ofsted's new 'report card' will be worse than the current system. The Green Party has always been clear - Ofsted doesn't work for students, teachers or parents and should be scrapped in favour of a more collaborative model.

Abolish OFSTED. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Green Party respond to suggested tweaks to Ofsted testing regime. This is from our education spokesperson @vixxl.bsky.social: “Ofsted isn’t working. For teachers or parents. We’ve seen the toxic impact it can have on teachers and we know it doesn’t serve children." 1/

The only single word judgment needed: ScrapOfsted 💚

A week in my classroom: 🏫Osborne House 🩵Protecting Patroclus 🏚Victorian slums 🕌Partition of Bengal 🌋Volcanic hazards 😐Death of Stalin 🧙Witchcraze ✊️Is feminism old fashioned? 💥Suez crisis

On BBC Solent earlier talking about Trump and Climate Change. His policies - withdrawing from Paris agreement, scrapping electric vehicle targets, ending support for clean energy - are what we should expect from a political leader funded by the fossil fuel industry....

The media's new years resolution should be to talk less about the hate-filled conspiracy crew, and more about the inspiring Greens fighting for real change all across the country.

"AI to help teachers plan lessons and mark homework" - how will AI mark my A Level essays? - I'm sure it can make PowerPoints, but will they be engaging? Fun? - if you take the creative stuff away from teaching (a real draw for me as a teacher) then what's left? Just discipline?

💚The Green Party Policy Fest 2025 starts tomorrow!💚 Online and lasting a whole week, there are nearly 40 different sessions to choose to attend. Whether you're interested in finance and the economy, animals rights, housing, land use, gambling, transport, wildlife or ....

A week in my classroom: 🌍Missionaries and the Empire 🩵Achilles & Patroclus 💰Economy and Empire 🌋Convergent plate margins 📈Growing population in 1600s 📍McCarthy & red scare 🪦Is religion outdated? 🌍Decolonisation in Africa Best job ever!

A so-called #SmackingBan - protecting children from assault - is long-time @TheGreenParty policy. And as I told #HouseofLords in 2021, long overdue in England (already have in Scotland and Wales) nataliebennett.org/latest/domes...

2024 - so many photos, so many hats! With my councillor and IW East MP candidate hat on, this was an amazing year. Hard not to feel emotional about it all. So many causes to support, including Ventnor after the massive landslip, the Solent CO2 pipeline campaign & our primary schools facing closure.

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is offering some welcome reforms: - standardising teacher pay - ending forced academisation - empowering councils to open new schools - limiting branded uniforms - free breakfast clubs Plus unique identification numbers & home education register... 🤔

This Thursday, 19th December at 6pm in the Full Circle restaurant in St Mary's Hospital #IsleofWight there will be a carol service. A small choir - including myself - will be singing. You are all very welcome to attend. It's a lovely service.