Best handwriting pens for school?

Ones that develop correct grip, pressure and do not bleed. Do they even exist?

Is this inflation or profiteering Tesco?

Surely, if you were keeping prices low and at the level of inflation, your pre-tax profits would broadly be in-line with previous years, but they have jumped from £882 million to £2.3 billion.

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We always knew how amazing Sure Start Centres were and we all argued about the short sighted nature of the government for closing them - but this impact of what they achieved cannot be understated.

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25% of my staff team off tomorrow... The first day of the summer term is going to be great! 😬

We’ve really enjoyed planning lessons for The Final Year. We think as many children as possible should be able to get their hands on it. So, we’re giving away a class set!

Simply like this post, repost it and follow Literacy Shed on X. We’ll draw a winner at random on 13/2/24

Sunak is a nasty little man!

I need a maternity cover teacher and there just aren't any teachers out there!

Teaching full time as a head it will be for me at this rate!

Cricket is 100% Duncan from Blue #maskedsingeruk

Funerals aren't nice. Especially when your weird half brother makes up bizarre stories about your dad that aren't true and that the celebrant cringes when saying them.

Not the funeral I would have planned for my dad, but I was kept out of the loop by my half brother.

Sorry Dad!

So angry with my nephew's school.

It's January and year 6 are being called in for morning SATs sessions and are being given 1 hr of English and maths homework per day.

If you have to cram like this, for pointless tests, you have to question whats gone on in the previous years!

How to write a eulogy for a funeral... Where do you even begin?

I'm a member of my LAs school forum.

High Needs funding is massively in crisis and needs significant government investment. This is also affecting school budgets as an additional 0.5% has been taken from the DSG to prop up the High Needs Budget.

Four months of carefully nurturing and growing a beard, back to a short beard in 5 minutes! So sad, because I loved it but nobody else did!

Small, rural school head, entering the inspection window = stress levels rising.

I believe we are excellent in what we do and offer. Is that what the inspection framework is looking for? Probably not as it isn't designed for schools like mine.

Poor inspection= end of my career.

Thank you all so much for your kind words. I will not be able to reply to everyone and I appreciate you all. ❤️