Whoever wins β¦ we lose.
@timroach
Primary teacher VP/DHT and Twitter refugee Oldham, Greater Manchester π π, vinyl, films, Neil Young, Stephen King, #GTFC & good TV. π€¬ correcting splices, capital letters & full stops. All views are my own.
Whoever wins β¦ we lose.
Did Rob include the minesweeper rabbit in the casualty list?
Skiing! Physics! Knitwear! This week we watch The Heroes Of Telemark, a film that truly has it all.
champ.ly/EObrleIT
Last year, we ran a pioneering AI-enhanced dynamic assessment of writing. Year 6 students wrote a story, received feedback, and redrafted it.
We're running the project again this year and improving the feedback.
The deadline for signing up is 20 Feb.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/how-do-you...
If S Korea can do this, why canβt we stop lawnmowers and leafblowers during SATs in May?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Borisβs Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
What Daisy says here about the possible Y8 reading test also works for the current Y6 reading test. Personally, the least that could happen is that theyβd relax the 60-minute time limit.
#sats
This was the year I moved to Manchester. We bumped into Liam in the Queen of Hearts pub in Fallowfield and had a drink with him. Amazing times.
Itβs almost as if thereβs no time left in the day for poisoning young childrenβs minds.
Farage lying and doing our country down, again. As if Year 3 teachers are doing this. The last two lines are pure projection.
There hasnβt been a Ferris wheel in Manchester for over a decade.
βNobody goes into teaching for life to be easy [β¦] You genuinely get the chance 99 times out of a 100 to go home at the end of the day having done something positive for somebody, and there arenβt that many professions where you get that opportunity.β
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
And I thought Grimsby Town beating Manchester United was the best thing that happened this week β¦
When he first came to Town in November 2023, we were flirting with relegation from the football league (again). At first, his style of play wasnβt working, but once he realised this, he changed systems and secured league status. Last season we nearly reached the play-offs.
While we all have a laugh about the dugout photos of Amorim, listen to Grimsbyβs head coach David Artell exuding calm and leadership. #GTFC #leadership
youtu.be/zTcYpVjk_XI?...
Meant to add that what he and Pettit have done for the club allows him to put it whichever way he wants!
It goes a little bit Ron Manager, but as a Town fan, I think he's allowed to this morning.
Table comparing the financial resources of Grimsby Town and Manchester United.
The magnitude of Grimsby Town's win over MUFC, in numbers.
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
It was on FotMob.
Grimsbyβs unbeaten opening to this season continues β¦.
Funnily enough, Town could only draw there last weekend. And Kabia had a penalty saved π
What about the (obviously not revised) subheading here from FotMob.
Think the sub-editor wrote that subheading before the last kick β¦
Justice. We should have won 3-0. #UTM #GTFC
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Here we go β¦ #UTM
Spotted on the way up to Accrington: a back-to-front Union Flag hung from a motorway bridge. I guess thatβs patriotism in this day and age.
βWho are they?β
Top result on Google search for Jimmy Savile π€