Mr S

Just more proof of how wonderful and irreplaceable you are Sue!

Sorry, couldn’t help myself 😋

The Ultimate Guide to Self-Regulation in the Classroom, book by Sue Cowley

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One for the geographers today

Ugh I just had to block my first Bluesky porn bot - is the first sign of grey clouds in our beautiful sky

My darlings, embrace the chaos! Revel in the absurdity! For in a world that makes absolutely no sense, the only sane thing to do is to go completely mad.

I’d say behaviour is my biggest barrier to fun, I tried to do a lesson on heat insulation using hot chocolate and found the children constantly messing around because cups were too exciting (hadn’t event poured the stuff yet)

Ladies and gentlemen, I think it’s time we made peace with the fact there will never be another Austin Powers movie

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Reminder - Mr Poppy kidnapped 2 children and took them to America without their parents knowing, does a school trip to a hospital and overhypes the kids to state of frenzy - I watch that film every year and constantly fret over the number of things those two get up too - don’t go full poppy

@suecowley.bsky.social you were my behaviour idol as a trainee - is it more important to be an engaging teacher with memorable engaging lessons or a consistent one with high expectations

Sue I love you but it’s November!

1. As a male primary school teacher in leadership, you know that there are certain expectations, especially juggling the demands of a full-time class and senior roles. Add fatherhood to the mix, and life becomes a delicate balancing act—rewarding, yes, but a constant whirlwind of responsibilities.

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You know what I’m bothered by? Why didn’t these guys just use the star to beat bowser themselves? Could have avoided the entire issue

So did you enjoy it?

Is it possible to even be a fun teacher when poor behaviour exists? Every time I try to plan something fun and engaging for my class a fight breaks out, somebody swears or a chair gets thrown and I ask myself why bother?

First time I saw him he played a cross dressing murderer with a chainsaw who made sculptures out of urine - even that was pretty good

Tell that to my sodding carpet!

I want to be a brilliant teacher but because my class are so disrespectful and disruptive sometimes it makes me feel despondent - please help me rekindle my mojo with some excellent advice

Like you mentioned, just fills me with dread - I want to be a fun and engaging educator but every time I make an effort behaviour gets in the way - a kid will cause a fight or resources get squandered or there’s no real work done

Hi Dylan, new fan Mr S here, I’ve been combing the archives of your podcast and I have a conundrum for you - I’m a teacher of 16 years and while I used to be fun, toxic schools and low level behaviour has taken the fun out of my teaching, activities like making pizza or Christmas decorations

Listen I get that we were spoiled as kids (I loved the McDonald’s transformers) but this erzatz funko is 100% crap

Hi there, plucky British person here - in the international press and tv, Florida is depicted as this mostly lawless place full of alligators and people who drink petrol, why do people choose to live there other than the the theme parks?

Hi all, teacher here - appeal of class dojo and prodigy is they are free for teachers and they are visual or games so children find them easy to understand - I get the need to make these services profitable but you’re right the upselling is pretty bad, I tell my parents proactively not pay for it

Why is Matt so important to Trump? What does he bring to the table that he needs? Is this simply a loyalty thing? I’m not American and I can’t wrap my head around it

Yesterday a child told me the phase of the moon when we can’t see it is called “cheese” - I genuinely don’t know what to do when I get answers like this

All that plus teaching a class of eager minds? Marking? Planning? It never ends does it

Do we have a Bluesky equivalent of the teacher #5amclub yet?

At the risk of dipping my toes in politics it’s pretty easy how we win - tell Elon he needs Trump to survive, tell Trump that he only won thanks to Elon and they’ll implode - we got to mean girls this shit