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The Hague, The Netherlands
Joined September 2015
Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
Americans: I have to own a big car because I sometimes need to move things around Dutch:
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This is such a useful check! Too often we assume … @find_the_spark
As Lead Teacher of Maths, I always start with assessing a student’s understanding of The Five Principles of Counting, if they’re struggling with the foundations or have some anxiety around their math learning.
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Highly recommend this to bring the spark into your classroom! ⬇️⚡️🎶
Bring writing alive - creative practical activities to make writing purposeful and meaningful. Bring back agency and fire the imagination. Classroom sessions, Inset and On-line tutorials available now. Visit writeinspired.co.uk #creativity #curriculum #writing #engagement
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Our MA in Children's Literature at Goldsmiths is inching towards becoming a course that people will be able to access remotely. Distance Learning. O yes. Watch this space. Along with our other great teachers, I'm becoming remote. As it were. @GoldUnivMACL
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Are you interested in #internationalteaching? Join three authors: Amy Melton, Kelley Ridings and I, as we discuss entering the international teaching field. Sign up is free and via QR below. Please repost.
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Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
If you took in the Operation Market Garden #Arnhem80 commemorations this weekend, please give this a go. The story of Audrey Hepburn’s childhood in Arnhem during WW2. tompalmer.co.uk/resist-scrap…
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Hardcastle Craggs walk today. Spotted this - Gallows Pole? @tompalmerauthor @OvendenLaura @Ofmooseandmen
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Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
After many interviews with 20+ years teachers, retention is about community, belonging and relatedness. I have been lucky to feel this in schools but have also been bullied by a toxic leader. Reminds me of the most personal blog I ever wrote: theinkedscholar.blogspot.com…
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Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
What a day! A privilege, if a little surreal, to give my maiden speech in the House of Lords yesterday, with my family watching on. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way.
Watch Minister James Timpson's first speech in the House of Lords 👇
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Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
For CPD on picturebooks, booktalk, and comprehension, I've created bookmarks for potential discussion points on 'Door' by JiHyeon Lee. The idea is that they can flexibly be used by pupils/teachers #BookTalk #Comprehension #Picturebooks
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I would rather pay high taxes and have services funded and working for those who use them the most.
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Love living in this city! 📯
Dutch Bicycle Orchestra playing the William Tell Overture through an arcade in The Hague 📹moris_prasetyo
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👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻⬇️ Also, this narrative perpetuates the deskilling ‘scripted programmes’ approach which is damaging to the profession.
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Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
Return to office mandates don't just motivate junior people to jump ship. They lose talent at the top too. When tech companies started requiring attendance, senior leaders were more likely to leave for competitors. Flexibility is an investment in retention at all levels.
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Rebecca Van Homan FCCT retweeted
❗️ Brit living in the Netherlands? ❗️ A General Election has been called in the UK on 4 July. Previously been registered to vote in the UK? You can now vote in the General Election, regardless of when you left. Register before 18 June. Find out more: electoralcommission.org.uk/o…
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New Open Access article: Decoding, reading and writing: the double helix theory of teaching by Dominic Wyse @Dominic_Wyse & Charlotte Hacking ow.ly/GpAI50RNVsW
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I think you will like this! @EALdeborah @kgrootlandeweer
I have no idea where this video is from. I found it on Reddit, but this explains humanity so well. This man walks into a Chinese Restaurant for takeout. He immediately begins speaking perfect Chinese, with a perfect accent. He has a conversation with the staff, who calls him "one of us," and then they proceed to give him his food for free. This is humanity. Everyone should take a chance to learn about others, identify with others, and empathize with others. We often see more racist people in small towns rather than in large cities. This isn't necessarily their faults. This is because racism is mostly built on "the unknown" and people tend to fear the unknown. Once you get to know people and befriend people from other races, religions, sexual orientations, gender ideologies, and ethnicities, you have a tendency to better understand where they come from. This is why learning about other cultures, religions, and even languages is so important. It's why studying history, and sociology are important. Reach out to someone you don't identify well with and try to learn about them today. It will help humanity tomorrow.
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