Ruth Hill
@ruthhillht.bsky.social
Headteacher of a fabulous secondary school in London Doctor of Education English teacher Lover of books, education and tea
Any one else exhausted but realising there's still a week until half term?
Why some children with learning difficulties get identified – and others don’t. A major study led by Dr Johny Daniel in our School of Education has revealed a worrying picture. 👉🏼 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... @durhameducation.bsky.social
There's something lovely about the first Sunday evening of the holidays.
When I first became a Head, I wanted someone to call about stupid little things. Also, someone completely objective and nonjudgmental to visit my school and tell me what they saw. No agenda, no personal bias, but helpful suggestions. I'm thinking of starting something like this.
This site is one of the most beautiful things on the internet. Every time you load it, it loads a new letter written by someone who cares and who wants you to stick around. Please share, and please write a letter if you feel called to do so. www.reasonstostay.co.uk?utm_source=i...
Reasons to Stay - Mental Health
Reasons to Stay is a suicide prevention project reaching people at difficult moments through anonymous letters written by volunteers. Each letter on this site was written by a real person and delivere...
reasonstostay.co.uk
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
How can we safely run a school when a pupil repeatedly flat out refuses to follow instructions?
Ben Newmark@bennewmark.bsky.social · 6mo ago3. Am pretty sure this isn't what's meant though. Suspect means don't externally exclude for what is often called "persistent disruption" or "defiance." In practice this usually means children flat refusing to do what they are asked to by any adult. This is incredibly hard to manage..
3. Am pretty sure this isn't what's meant though. Suspect means don't externally exclude for what is often called "persistent disruption" or "defiance." In practice this usually means children flat refusing to do what they are asked to by any adult. This is incredibly hard to manage..
DfE: Schools should be mobile phone- free environments. Also DfE: We’d like students to have an education records app and they’ll need to bring their phones into school to get it set up.
I am branching out into Whole school timetabling this year... What are peoples go to for initial set up? Pen and paper? Excel? Straight into timetabling software? Any retweets outside of maths would be great too.
New post! On removing students from lessons, and the pain and angst it brings. Please share if you can :) open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
Removal Reluctance
I had to remove a student for disrupting my lesson. But, like many teachers, my reluctance to do so meant I removed them too late. Here’s why, and what I should have done differently.
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Tree down, and I know that there is now more space and more light and that the new year can be about optimism and hope etc...but I always feel sad when Christmas is over.
NEW POST On questioning, respect, and hearing the voice of every child. Link in reply, please share if you can! 🙏🙏 open.substack.com/pub/carousel...
Every student, every lesson
When we allow the loudest voices to dominate classroom conversation, we neglect to show respect and dignity to all our students, forgetting that every voice needs to be heard.
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
