I am drawing pets again. If your retweet this, I will personally thank you out loud here in my home

I’ve never known a class that didn’t want to play heads down thumbs up for eternity...is it work avoidance or is it just the best game ever? #primaryschool

Faster than a speeding bullet... #MondayMotivation

Best teacher feeling is turning off your alarm before the holidays 😍 #halfterm #teacher #liein

With a new focus on the curriculum, it's time again to ask whether the generalist model is viable in Year 6. My Tes column this week: tes.com/news/its-time-…

I’m so thrilled by these new covers by Steven Lenton that I’m going to give a full set of signed copies to someone who retweets this. I’ll pick a winner Sunday night

Pretending that it isn’t back to work tomorrow...at least I got some sunshine. #mockspring #climatechange #viewfromabook #whatimreading

I have 4 chdn in my class who are refusers. Sometimes it’s work, sometimes it’s being respectful, often refusing to leave the room when their behaviour is affecting others. I’m a teacher of 7 yrs and this has knocked my confidence like nothing else. Any advice? #teacherproblems

So thrilled to hear this! But will we ever hear from Will again?! #thebookofdust #thesecretcommonwealth Philip Pullman theguardian.com/books/2019/feb…

How to make your class happy...give them stuff that you’d otherwise have binned. I wasn’t prepared for the stampede when I asked if anyone wanted the bubble wrap/cardboard boxes before I threw them out! #primaryteaching #teaching

Anyone got any good ideas on 1 week writing units using extracts for remote learning? For Y6. Looking around atm but feeling a bit stumped, plus not so sure about the copyright restrictions on using such extracts. #teaching #remotelearning #english

When some schools are taking the decision not to open on June 1st, what does it say about those who do? I trust my HT and my team - I just wish we’d never been put in this awful position. #education #teachers

Plus I wrote this one, so this is a shameless plug #educationwithcharacter #primaryteachers #english #flowerpower #homelearning olaf hajek

Next week’s Yr5/6 Writing Sequence - Audio Descriptions. Music video, verb tenses, scaffolded writing thanks to missoconnell Karen Tulloch Tanya Hughes Dan Bunker United Learning sway.office.com/EfAjirJgsjRsxQ…

I think the irony might be lost on this child...#rosaparks #teacherproblems #BackToSchool

Anyone got any good writing ideas using The Rabbits by Shaun Tan? Looking for something to motivate 5/6 when back in school! #english #teacher #primaryteaching

Only just seen this but such lovely feedback for missoconnell’s work with a school in phase one of the EdTech Demonstrator programme. More info can be found here: edtechdemo.ucst.uk/demonstrators/…

Looking for an innovative way to share your school’s #SportsDay2021 with parents and carers? One of our EdTech Demonstrator schools used #MicrosoftSway after their session with missoconnell What a brilliant idea! sway.office.com/7RxzjexlRcCETR… find out more here: edtechdemo.ucst.uk/demonstrators/…

Question of the day: Miss O’Connell, is it illegal to eat people? I had to think…#teacherlife #questions #why