NCLJ 14
@nclj14.bsky.social
Loves family life, reading, seaside and teaching.
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Hi @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social Schools are struggling at the moment. 14 years of cuts have coincided with unparalleled rises in behaviour, attendance and complex SEND needs. There are no AP places and schools are barely coping.
Tell you what, let’s raise the phonics target to 95%.
Good idea.
Tell you what, let’s raise the phonics target to 95%.
Good idea.
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hi @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social Schools are struggling at the moment. 14 years of cuts have coincided with unparalleled rises in behaviour, attendance and complex SEND needs. There are no AP places and schools are barely coping.
Tell you what, let’s raise the phonics target to 95%.
Good idea.
Tell you what, let’s raise the phonics target to 95%.
Good idea.
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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.
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.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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.
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.
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Well, that happened.
June 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Well, that happened.
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Exactly.
…we have 20 pupils with EHCP’s (13%) in school (1FE primary) many at the highest bandings. They don’t need an adapted curriculum they need an adapted provision, properly funded. My data will always be at the whim of cohort need yet the expectation on us is the same as the school that turns them away
March 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Exactly.
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"You haven't studied the matter in hand, do not have all the necessary information, and you haven't got any solid arguments."
"I have an opinion!"
Cartoon: Miguel Fernandez (Germany)
"I have an opinion!"
Cartoon: Miguel Fernandez (Germany)
February 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"You haven't studied the matter in hand, do not have all the necessary information, and you haven't got any solid arguments."
"I have an opinion!"
Cartoon: Miguel Fernandez (Germany)
"I have an opinion!"
Cartoon: Miguel Fernandez (Germany)
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There are lots of wonderful people. They're not loud, or shouty, or demanding. They don't presume their opinions are right, or force you to listen.
They don't scream for attention, or argue the toss, or cry and wail when things don't go their way.
But they're out there, you just have to find them.
They don't scream for attention, or argue the toss, or cry and wail when things don't go their way.
But they're out there, you just have to find them.
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
There are lots of wonderful people. They're not loud, or shouty, or demanding. They don't presume their opinions are right, or force you to listen.
They don't scream for attention, or argue the toss, or cry and wail when things don't go their way.
But they're out there, you just have to find them.
They don't scream for attention, or argue the toss, or cry and wail when things don't go their way.
But they're out there, you just have to find them.
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Just seen it said that we should link learning to real life examples as though it's a theoretical revelation rather than something teachers have always done. Not everything has to be about research. There's plenty of value in people acting intuitively in something as relational as teaching.
February 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Just seen it said that we should link learning to real life examples as though it's a theoretical revelation rather than something teachers have always done. Not everything has to be about research. There's plenty of value in people acting intuitively in something as relational as teaching.
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How to change a duvet cover.
1. Take 2 corners of the duvet.
2. Insert it into the cover.
3. Swear.
4. Wrestle it like an octopus.
5. Sweat.
6. Cry.
7. Get stuck in the cover.
8. Pretend to be a ghost.
1. Take 2 corners of the duvet.
2. Insert it into the cover.
3. Swear.
4. Wrestle it like an octopus.
5. Sweat.
6. Cry.
7. Get stuck in the cover.
8. Pretend to be a ghost.
January 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How to change a duvet cover.
1. Take 2 corners of the duvet.
2. Insert it into the cover.
3. Swear.
4. Wrestle it like an octopus.
5. Sweat.
6. Cry.
7. Get stuck in the cover.
8. Pretend to be a ghost.
1. Take 2 corners of the duvet.
2. Insert it into the cover.
3. Swear.
4. Wrestle it like an octopus.
5. Sweat.
6. Cry.
7. Get stuck in the cover.
8. Pretend to be a ghost.
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Doing shopping every week: Do we need tinned tomatoes? Not sure. Better get some.
Putting away shopping: Oh, look, we've now got 48 tins of tomatoes.
Putting away shopping: Oh, look, we've now got 48 tins of tomatoes.
January 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Doing shopping every week: Do we need tinned tomatoes? Not sure. Better get some.
Putting away shopping: Oh, look, we've now got 48 tins of tomatoes.
Putting away shopping: Oh, look, we've now got 48 tins of tomatoes.
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I challenge any leader who thinks the #arts are dispensable to stand in front of a group of children who have just poured their heart and soul into a performance.
Watch their eyes.
See their pride.
Feel their energy.
THAT is #education.
#leadership #edusky #governance
Watch their eyes.
See their pride.
Feel their energy.
THAT is #education.
#leadership #edusky #governance
December 7, 2024 at 7:58 AM
I challenge any leader who thinks the #arts are dispensable to stand in front of a group of children who have just poured their heart and soul into a performance.
Watch their eyes.
See their pride.
Feel their energy.
THAT is #education.
#leadership #edusky #governance
Watch their eyes.
See their pride.
Feel their energy.
THAT is #education.
#leadership #edusky #governance
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I’m really bad at portioning uncooked pasta. So if you and 110 of your friends wanna come over, dinner is ready.
November 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I’m really bad at portioning uncooked pasta. So if you and 110 of your friends wanna come over, dinner is ready.
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Welcome to Blue Sky.
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Welcome to Blue Sky.
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
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Sums up the current state of the US politics
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Sums up the current state of the US politics
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Can they not see that colours are just grades without the numbers? Make it stop!!!
November 15, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Can they not see that colours are just grades without the numbers? Make it stop!!!
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This place feels like moving into a new home and having to use a bowl to drink your first coffee because you haven’t found the mugs yet
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
November 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM
This place feels like moving into a new home and having to use a bowl to drink your first coffee because you haven’t found the mugs yet
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
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I never find that ‘remember to look for your lanyard’ narrative very compelling. I mean do you all live in such palatial homes that you can lose it so easily?! How careless can you be? I suppose, if I’m honest, I’ve always looked down on people who lose their lanyard…
Anyway I can’t find my lanyard
Anyway I can’t find my lanyard
August 30, 2024 at 6:50 AM
I never find that ‘remember to look for your lanyard’ narrative very compelling. I mean do you all live in such palatial homes that you can lose it so easily?! How careless can you be? I suppose, if I’m honest, I’ve always looked down on people who lose their lanyard…
Anyway I can’t find my lanyard
Anyway I can’t find my lanyard
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Do it! It’s easy! And much needed!
August 26, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Do it! It’s easy! And much needed!