Deb Gajic @DebGaj

Independent educational consultant, CPsychol, AFBPsS. Married with two grown up daughters and three adorable grandkids. Nuneaton Joined December 2010

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Deb Gajic @DebGaj

9 months ago

@Matt_Pinner Eva

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9 months ago

@Matt_Pinner A chimp blowing smoke!!!

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a year ago

If your students need help coping with exam anxiety, check out the excellent resources on the BPS Teachers' Toolkit by Professor David Putwain. bps.org.uk/member-network…

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@TeacherToolkit Nope, students need to let off steam between lessons and chat to their friends. They then arrive at the next lesson ready to learn and focus. We need to stop micromanaging students, they need down time.

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a year ago

amsp.org.uk/event/86ba819f… Free AMSP CPD teaching maths in psychology.

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2 years ago

@Strickomaster Interesting that the same parents who moan about the 6 weeks holidays (due to lack of childcare), are also probably the ones that take them on holiday during term time. And obviously complain to the Daily Mail about fines!!!!

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2 years ago

bps.org.uk/member-network… Latest resources are now available on the Toolkit.

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2 years ago

@Strickomaster I once broke my leg (only had 1 day off to remove the cast), so I had to sit with my leg elevated on a foot stool. My teaching didn’t suffer.

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2 years ago

2nd RuePeter badge for the amazing @LaVoixTheShow

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2 years ago

@RogersHistory 100% agree. When asked by a head to explain ‘my’ results as HOD, he didn’t like my response that I didn’t think my O level results from 1979 were relevant! Oh you mean the students’ results, right!!!

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2 years ago

@RogersHistory Having worked in schools with no uniform it’s liberating, no having to enforce petty rules. The students soon develop their own uniform and don’t want to wear their best things for school. So the designer label thing is a non issue.

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2 years ago

@FrDidymus Many schools do pay for reviews if they think they are justified. However, if parents insist against advice then they have to pay. If an error is found on review then exam boards refund the fee. Think your school was pulling a fast one!!

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2 years ago

@CentristDad7 @FrDidymus Yes, always warn parents and students marks can go or down. The charge is refunded if it is found the mark scheme has been incorrectly applied. Important to realise it’s a review not a remark. Some schools do pay, but only if they think there has been an error.

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2 years ago

Always a pleasure to sponsor the cake for @ATPConference 🍰👁️😋 Cake celebrations with @theatp & OUP colleagues & authors: Deb Gajic @DebGaj, Adelaide McLaughlin @Blonde_Pretzel, Rebecca DeLozier, @CaraFlanagan, Matt Jarvis, Penny Sharott, Helen Kitching. #ATPConf24 #OxfordRevise

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2 years ago

@Mum_Reader @pastelteacher @leewhowrites I dropped a bag of flour out of a kitchen cupboard, and let out a reflex ‘sh*t’. My then 2 year old chanted it for weeks and trying to replace it with ‘sugar’ did not work. Luckily, ignoring it meant she eventually got bored.

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2 years ago

@Mum_Reader @pastelteacher @leewhowrites Nope, they hear a swear word once and can repeat it perfectly. Trying to learn them the stuff you want to learn takes repetition! That’s just the way kids work.

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2 years ago

@lifeatthenest I hate the term Miss and always refuse to answer to it. Tongue in cheek I’d insist on Ma’am like the queen!

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2 years ago

@Strickomaster This! I couldn’t agree more. When I was in the classroom I saw this all the time, the majority being disadvantaged by a minority who demanded more teacher time through their bad behaviour.

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3 years ago

@LucyGriff76 I took early retirement at 55, didn’t make financial sense to carry on any longer when I had a pension review. I now work as an educational consultant. I tutor, examine, write and do CPD training. I love it, couldn’t pay me enough to go back into a school.