Gareth K. Thomas ❤️🩹
@garethkthomas
Helping adults understand children with trauma.
Meet Sam. The rest of his school year are off to Alton Towers next week. He's not going with them. Here's why... 🧵👇
“If we want our sons, our daughters, all young people to read, we must grant them the same rights we grant ourselves.”
What strikes me is the sense of belonging. “If I contribute to the house, I must belong.” Many older children in care don’t have this and desperately need it.
Toddler at work! Young children love to participate in the activities of adults and can find success with your assistance. The key is finding tasks that are just right for their abilities. Loving how this family (shared to IG by thecooleats) breaks down the process of putting…
Maybe if we had shorter working days, we could have shorter school days, and (as a result) shorter holidays. We still seem to be stuck in a 9 to 5 mentality when it clearly isn’t necessary and clearly doesn’t work.
✍️ 'The arrival of the summer holidays fills me with so much panic that I’ve chosen to pretend it’s not happening.' While children look forward to the summer holidays, for parents it’s tough to cope with such a long break 👇 telegraph.co.uk/family/parenti…
Dr Sue Morris-King (Deputy Director for Schools and Early Education at Ofsted) tells MPs that schools with good levels of attendance think of it ‘like safeguarding’.
From one of the slides I use when delivering training. We must understand the difference between accepting behaviour, and endorsing behaviour. They are very different, yet I often see them confused with each other.
How many of these children were in the care system? Or on the edge of care? Or living in poverty?
ITV News now reporting on story I've been writing about in recent weeks: "Strict behaviour policy blamed for 'exodus of 500 pupils' from Ark Alexandra Academy in Hastings. itv.com/news/meridian/…
Forgotten your planner? Day in isolation. Why would any school do this? Because... if you don’t focus on small things, they spiral into big things. This... is broken windows theory. Here’s why it’s rubbish... 🗑️👇
What I hear: If the focus is on connecting with children... how will they ever learn? What I think: Without connection, there is no learning.
It's interesting that we have this concept of having a “good baby”. One that sleeps through the night, doesn't fuss too much, etc. The idea of categorising children based on their need for connection starts at a much younger age than I had imagined.