Ep 130: Top Tips For Teachers To SMASH The New School Year!

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Hello everyone, and welcome back
to another episode of TC Repeat.

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My name is Dylan.
And my name's Hayden.

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And it is September and we know
what September means, don't we,

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Hayden?
It's back to school.

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So we have got a podcast episode
today jam packed with our best

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tips on how to absolutely smash
the new year with your new.

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Class.
Well, that's the passionate

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intro done.
Let's dive in.

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Right.
Hey then between us we've got 19

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years experience teaching in the
primary school.

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Decade and single digit number
for you, is that?

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Yeah.
I wouldn't bother splitting up

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the math.
Well, I.

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Just I think it's relevant,
isn't it really?

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When you add up the number, it's
19. 2 digit #1 digit number

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we're experienced between us
some.

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Lots of experience.
Some more than others.

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But experience between us,
that's all that matters. 19 when

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you add up.
So I think we're well placed is

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what I'm trying to say here.
Equally well placed to talk

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about how to have the best
possible start to a new year.

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Because I remember every single
time in September when I started

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with my new class, I had the
best of intentions to hit the

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ground running and get the most
out of the kids as soon as I

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could and just get myself in a
really good place all.

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Right then, Dylan, So why don't
you jump in right now with your

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literal top tip?
What's the first thing that

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comes to mind?
I remember being told this

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because I was moved.
For context, I was moved to year

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three, worked in a Junior
School, moved to year 3 and

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anyone out there has worked in
the Junior School where they

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start in year 3.
It is just so common that

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behaviour, routines, etcetera
are way more important than ever

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because the kids simply don't
know your school.

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They'd had their own routine
somewhere else and they're

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coming into this brand new
school.

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And I remember going to year 3
and the head of year in year 3,

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she was amazing.
And she said, Dylan, just

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simplify it.
And this is stuck with me and

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it's something I do now.
Whatever you recommend, she said

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just simplify your expectations
and your rules.

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So we all know it's important to
have rules.

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We all can sit there and see
people saying in September,

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establish routines quickly,
etcetera.

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We know all that.
We know all that for our class.

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That's obviously important.
But her point was have fewer

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rules, but really strictly abide
by them and enforce them and be

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super, super stringent on you
all have to do this.

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And I thought, okay, yeah, I'll
give it a go.

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That makes sense.
And what it did was it allowed

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me to be super, super, super
clear that these are my two or

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three rules that we have all
agreed on are important.

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And you simply cannot break that
rule.

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And you are on it from day one.
So for example, one would be not

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to get out of your chair.
Yeah, yeah, such a good one.

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Isn't it because we're talking
about younger children here?

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This obviously won't necessarily
be necessary when you're in year

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6, but you can change it to
whatever.

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Oh, it is mate, it is.
I'll tell you that one now.

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But the teacher, it can be
malleable because the idea is

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simply just have two or three
rules that for you are so, so

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important to get from day one
because other stuff you

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obviously can enforce.
You can say it's important to

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do.
I'm not saying other rules don't

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exist, but these are the three
that you constantly do.

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And if someone breaks that rule,
you say to them, no, listen, we

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don't do that.
For year three.

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It was getting out your chair,
like I said, and it was putting

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your hand up to say something.
And it was as simple as that.

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Because from her experience,
having done year 3 for many

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years, those are the low level
things that happened

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consistently all the way from
the start to the first day.

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And it was just laying down that
rule.

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If we don't do that here, no
stop, no, we don't do that.

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What does the rule say?
And point to the rule on the

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board.
And it was really effective.

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And I've kept that all the way
through and I've done that

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whenever I've got a new class.
I've just decided on two or

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three things that I'll focus on
at that time.

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It doesn't mean nothing else is
important, but it means that

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this is our core focus.
And when we've nailed that, I'll

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swap the rule the, the new, the
OK, I'm going to bring a new

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rule in because we're so good
now.

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We know we have this hand I
don't have on the board.

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They need to remind you for 2
minutes.

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We've really established that.
Now, the next thing we're going

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to focus on now is you must do
this in your work or you must do

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that.
I think it's such a good tip

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because how many times before
you're doing this, and I know

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I've been a sucker for this
forever.

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How many times have you been
like, right here are all six of

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our rules or ten of our rules,
whatever your school does.

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And then you yourself can't
really keep on top of them.

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Like rules, like things just
slip because because you're

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doing 50 things all the time and
you just didn't notice that kid

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getting out of that chair and
they came and asked you a

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question and you just answered
it, right.

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But when it's like the one of
two rules that you're focusing

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on, you'll be way more hyper
aware of it.

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And so will the kids.
It will actually have an impact.

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Because I'll say again, when
you've had classes come up and

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you do notice some classes, you
can tell where teachers have

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absolutely hammered stuff like
this, whether it's like like you

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in, in year 3 and the other
teacher, because when they do

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get to year 6, it's so embedded
those particular rules, then you

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can focus on other things that
you said.

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So it does make a really good
impact on you in the time and

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also your partner, teachers and
fellow professionals will be

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thanking you I think in future
years.

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It's that, isn't it?
It's this idea of we say across

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everything that when we're
focusing on something, even if

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it's like professional
development like we did, we did,

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we did a podcast episode
recently about new teachers and

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how to learn.
And when they go and watch a

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different teacher teach, focus
on one thing, focus on

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behaviour, improve that.
And then once you've got that,

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move on to something else.
Because I feel like as a

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teacher, it can be so easy to
fall into that trap of thinking

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we have to fix everything
immediately and be perfect from

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day one.
It's not going to happen.

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OK, But like, you're absolutely
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Your, your point you made, there
was, was exactly what happened,

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which was I would find myself
saying to the class, no, no, of

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course we don't get out of our
check.

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No, we don't shout out.
But then even if just one kid

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goes 42 and I go, yes, well
done.

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What am I doing?
At that point?

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I'm saying, OK, well, that I'm
rewarding this child for

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essentially breaking a rule.
And then someone else might

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think, oh, we did it.
I'll do it as well.

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What?
You just, you didn't tell him

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off when he got the answer
right.

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Why you telling me off?
So it just allowed me to be

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like, OK, look, the other stuff
that might slip, fine, but this

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won't for any of us.
And the kids bought into it.

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And you know what?
It really had an impact.

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I thought really quickly.
Yeah, definitely.

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It reminds me a bit of I did the
same.

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I did the same thing with
toilets, letting kids go to the

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toilet.
Obviously you let kids go to the

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toilet, but there's been
occasions where we're just about

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to sit down and say, oh, just
give it a minute, we'll start.

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We'll just let me just finish
literally my sentence rather

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than interrupting mid.
And then you can go and another

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kid might say, and you go, yeah,
yeah, off you go.

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And you think, Oh my God, you've
got to, you have to be

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consistent.
It's so bad to be inconsistent I

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think with things like toilets
and behaviour rules and all that

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sort of stuff.
So yeah, really good tip.

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Another one from me is a bit of
a smaller tip, just like a quick

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win.
I think at the start of the

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year, I, I implemented this as
quick as I could during my

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career, which is just learn the
kids names like ASAP.

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I, I think in my first year I
did it anyway because I was, you

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know, working every single day
of the summer.

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As we established in a previous
episode, I was just constantly

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working because I was scared of
starting the job.

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But I think in subsequent years
I did start to get a bit more

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relaxed and, and maybe it'd be a
week or two weeks before I'd

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finally learn everyone's names.
I don't think that was good

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practise because after that I
was like, no, it's obviously

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better for the kids sake and
just for your sake really to

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just know all the kids names.
And if you're like me and you

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find it quite hard to remember
that much, just remember.

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I'm amazed you're here today.
I just happened to be here.

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I was hoping there was going to
be some food lying around or

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something and you were like,
should we record?

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Do the podcast.
Oh.

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Yeah, very nice.
You've eaten all the whisper

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gold, so I guess I'll come up
here and do that.

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So yeah, why is it important
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I think it's just for fostering
that bond with the kids.

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Like in the same way it's if you
work somewhere.

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Yeah.
If you worked somewhere and the

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head teacher didn't know your
name after we, you'd be a bit

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like, come on, like learn my
name is, is basic courtesy.

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You know what I mean?
So, but you can do things if

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you're, if you're just not very
good at remembering, make it a

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game.
What?

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What was the thing you did?
Was it something you did?

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You rhyme the name or something?
Yeah, like this, this was

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something as well that we I did
on transition day because you

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tend to meet your class most,
most places in the country in

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England will have a transition
day at the end of the previous

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year where you meet your, your
classmates, their teacher, and

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you meet the class.
And on that day we would

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establish like names.
And I'd say I'd, I'd make a

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joke.
I'd, I'd, I'd tell them I need

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to learn your name.
You need to learn one name,

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which is my name.
I need to learn 32.

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That's a lot, isn't it?
And we make a joke and it's

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funny.
So we just break the ice

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straight away because what I
wouldn't want is it to then be

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like, you know, half an hour in,
I don't know someone's name and

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I'm pretending like, oh, oh,
hello, you.

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I do know your name.
No awkward.

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The kids, they're kids.
Just be really honest with them

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and then make it fun.
And in that we did a little

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game, really simple one, where I
said to them, you're with your

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partner now or you're in your
table.

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You need to think of an
adjective that you can put with

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your name that makes an
alliterative sentence

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alliteration.
So for example, for Dylan, it

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might be like dynamic Dylan, or
for Hayden, it might be hairy

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Hayden.
Obviously not in your case,

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probably not.
But for the children would then

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have fun thinking of a word and
they talk about each other.

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And then it would help me kind
of anchor their name with a word

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and I'd find myself being able
to remember it more because

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instead of just thinking of
James, I'd be thinking of

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jumping James.
And instead of just thinking of

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Holly, I'd be thinking of happy
Holly.

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And it would like it would help
me to kind of embed that.

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And then the kid could call
themselves that.

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And in that lesson, what I had
with them for the first day, the

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rule was that I am promote.
I imposed is I had to say their

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full name.
Yeah, that was part of it.

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And I go, oh, you're the you're
the happy one, aren't you?

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And they're like, yeah.
And I'm like, OK, it's an H like

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I'd get a little bit.
Surprised.

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Why do you keep calling me
boring Billy?

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Well, you know, it's a
literation makeover, all right.

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Some of the kids did did choose
some adjectives.

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I was like, I actually can't use
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different one because I cannot
have, no matter what the context

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is, the head teacher walk around
everything OK in here and I'm in

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the middle of saying boring
Billy or something like that.

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Has to be positive.
Yeah, well, that's a much nice

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way of doing it.
Like my 1 is a bit more boring,

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but I just get the kids to make
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well.
So they have a bit of card, They

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fold it over and they design it
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And they just put it on the
table facing me and I'm like,

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guys, and I'm like you, I make
the joke.

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I think I don't know all your
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Takes me a bit of time.
So I don't like pointing.

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But if I'm pointing at you
saying boy, then I don't know

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your name yet, so maybe have
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I'll have all sorts of jokes.
Boy at the back, boy at the

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back.
Yes, you.

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I say I can't see your card.
So as I would as I would give

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you a name, you know, silly
things like that.

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But I do really, really make the
effort to learn them.

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Now in the middle of your
career, couldn't get by those

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kids.
Yeah, no, not those ones,

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absolutely not.
But I think I just think it's

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important.
Yeah, fostering that bond as

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early as you can by learning
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Very simple trick, but worth
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Big thing for me, moving on from
hapless Hayden and his

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inability.
You've been made for a long

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time.
Big one for me, the old one.

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From here we go every random
point for this podcast.

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You could have something not.
Random points, specifically when

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you're mid, like mid sentence,
right in a right in a moment

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you're about to say something
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Maybe we could have, if anyone's
listening to this, they could

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comment down below of what their
name would be.

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Yeah, yeah, we could do that,
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Anyway, big one for me, and this
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it's also a tool I think for
behaviour, for everything, which

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is to model, model, model,
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Because I think my, my issue I
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that I kind of assumed the kids
knew how to act.

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How many times you found
yourself as a teacher saying

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year 4, we're not in year 3
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Yes.
We're not in down in Year 2.

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What's going on?
And it's like it's such an easy

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thing to say as if we've built
this idea in our head of what a

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year three child looks like and
what they can do and how they

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behave.
And, you know, just showing the

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children how you want them to
behave will make it more likely

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that they do that.
So you should model everything.

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And I'm talking about obviously
in lessons, you should be

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modelling the answers and the
working out and the way you want

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to do things and how you want
them to write, et cetera.

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But I'm talking about a separate
point here, like model your

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manners, model how you talk to
other people and how you say

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please and you don't just demand
things like I'm the teacher,

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give me respect.
No, model these things, be nice

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to the children, give them
leeway, say please and thank you

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and you know, lining up.
Practise it, practise lining up,

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don't just line up and then when
they don't do it probably the

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first time, excuse me, that's
not how we line up in it are.

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You the reception.
Yeah, just no, don't do that.

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Just say to them, Romney, it's
practise, obviously.

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Don't we have a minute
practising, Have a minute

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practising them going, you know,
handing out books, etcetera.

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I think my point here is don't
just assume they know how to do

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stuff.
Model it for them and then 234

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times down the line you start
going, we've done this, what are

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you doing you?
Can't exactly do it.

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Yeah, almost like modelling
expectations, like inconsistent.

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Like you said, it links with
only other points, but even with

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the I think of the lining up
thing, it's such a classic thing

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to top load that beginning of
the year, everyone will be like

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super harsh getting all the kids
to line up and you Fast forward

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to the end of the year.
How often has that slipped a bit

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and people aren't, you know,
holding the kids accountable as

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much anymore, You know, just
just being consistent modelling

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all the time.
This is the expectation and it

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does stay the same by the way,
across the year.

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You are however exposing because
I'm sat here thinking a

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compilation running through my
head of how many times.

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Obviously you tell kids not to
throw stuff in the classroom and

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I can just imagine me countless
time sat there with an empty

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glue be like trying to lob it
into the bin across the room

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thinking, oh this is absolutely
not modelling.

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Right kids, listen, it's really
important to eat healthfully

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That's why we don't have any
chocolate or anything like that

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at break time walks into your
break time eating a share bag of

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whispers or.
Something that was always

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whisper goals, isn't it?
How many whisper goals do you

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reckon we eat in our?
Too many, too many graceful next

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tip have a stash in your
cupboard.

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Have a snack stash.
They've made this tip up because

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actually it's really aborted.
Have a stash.

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Have a little secret stash where
you can just go to and you know

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you can just get that snack.
You just there.

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You think I just need something?
Maybe, Probably not.

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Like a gin.
Don't put a gin.

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Yeah, yeah, probably avoid the
alcohol, but bananas, apples,

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you know, that's what we.
Yeah.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, crisps, more
crisps and maybe a few more

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crisps.
Yeah, you are such a crisp fan.

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The amount of times I've gone
into Dylan's cupboard and

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there's been a multi pack of
crisps.

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Yep, empty, obviously, because,
you know, why put the wrapper in

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the bin when when you can leave
it in the cupboard and I'll be

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like, Oh yeah, she's been
cracking on with these.

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Have you?
Yeah, I bought them this

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morning.
No I sorry a whole multi pack.

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This is a gross
misrepresentation.

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Yeah, Because what would happen
is I would have bought them

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three days ago and I would have
eaten them three days ago, and

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the wrappers did this gross
misrepresentation.

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Something else we want to talk
about is doing jobs in bulk.

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We've said this a million times,
haven't we?

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And we're specifically talking
about here those mindless jobs

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that you just have to get done
that can be so much more

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efficient to do in bulk.
But you and I always should put

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off, put off, put off.
But really it we should get them

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done.
Yeah, there's the one that comes

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to mind, and it might be quite
specific to our school, but I'm

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sure if you're listening, you
can think of your version of

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this, right?
Is at our school, we have had

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reading certificates.
And it's one of those things

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where realistically, I do expect
every kid in my class to get to

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the first tier.
So we have like a bronze,

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silver, gold based on how much
they've read essentially.

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And it's like everyone's going
to get the bronze at some point

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this year.
But what is really annoying is

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they get the bronze and then I
have to print the certificate

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and write it because we back it
as well.

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If some of us do want to print
it on card or whatever, But it's

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just an annoying thing to do on
the go.

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Whereas I could just print 32
and if I want to back them, I

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can back 32 in one go.
Just do it in bulk.

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So the overall tip here is to
think in bulk.

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Is there a job that is worth the
time investment at the start

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because it will save you so much
time on going through the year

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where it would be really
annoying to have to do one of

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the 32 things?
If you can do that, just do it

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in bulk.
Think in bulk.

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Yeah, do you know it'd be even
quicker not doing it.

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Don't bother.
Just don't do it.

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Well done.
Kids, stop at the bit where you

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think in bulk.
Think in bulk, don't action in

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bulk.
Well, actually I have, You know

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that on the list of 23 jobs
teachers shouldn't do because

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it's admin.
It is bulk photocopying,

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actually.
Oh, fair enough.

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Yeah.
So actually, yeah, it shouldn't

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actually be having to do that.
Shouldn't actually have to be

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doing but but I tell you what,
if I've got to do the

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photocopying because of my
lessons, I might just do it in

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bulk.
Anyway to answer it exactly?

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No, I think that's a good tip.
And can you think of any other

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jobs like that that you can just
get done in bulk?

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For me, what what I always found
myself doing like at certain

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points in a year when children
start finishing their exercise

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book and I'm like, oh, I just.
I I should just, I should out

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the cupboard, just take enough
for another set so that my class

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can just take a book.
I never do.

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I take like 2.
Yeah.

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And then I'll take two, right.
I'll take two.

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I'll go around the next day,
three people to finish.

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I'll go back exactly the same.
So little things like that way.

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Just think ahead, like your kids
are going to need another mass

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book at some point.
So just have enough mass books

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there.
Even just, you know, have it a

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system in place so that if they
ever get to that point, you can

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just take it out.
And I'm talking here about

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things that literally, genuinely
take you no time whatsoever,

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just organisation.
Yeah, just do it.

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And we, we've been quite lucky
because we've worked in schools

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where at least they just have to
write their name on the book.

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It's quite common for a lot of
schools.

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They'll have covers.
They have to print and trim a

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cover and stick it on the book.
And I remember I've worked in

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school like that before, and the
best thing I ever did was doing

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it in bulk at the start of the
year.

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I was like, obviously they're
going to need a mass book too.

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Yeah, at some point.
So I just, when I printed Mass

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Book 1, I just printed 32 of
Mass Book 2 as well.

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Yeah.
And just also stuck them on.

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I was like, well, that that
job's just done.

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You know what that really there.
The point there is to not do

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that.
Yeah, yeah, I know.

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I.
Agree.

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Covering a book wasn't that
pointless.

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Completely pointless, yeah.
And that that I suppose it's not

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really a tip again, but thinking
of smashing September.

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I do think I'm kind of making
this point up now, by the way.

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You should have a list of
things, right?

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That you have just predetermined
that even if you think is a

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waste of time and stupid and
pointless, if you've decided

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you're gonna do them because you
just ask, okay?

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I don't necessarily agree with
this, but okay, whatever.

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I'm just gonna do it then.
Don't let it eat into your brain

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constantly.
Oh, this is pointless.

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Oh, this is stupid.
Because it's so easy to get

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negative so quickly in a school
field of things like that.

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If you decided, you know, you
got to do it, try not to just

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let that eat away.
You eat away.

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And like you said, if you're
doing it in bulk, you can just

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get it done because you're not
going to then on like, you know,

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it's 5:30 on a random Tuesday
and you've done everything you

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need to do just to stay afloat
in the job.

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And you're like, ah, I'm not
covered.

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Maths Book 2 for these six kids.
Yeah, just don't have to worry

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about it anymore.
Yeah, I think that that really

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would.
That's a really good tip and

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thinking about the start of the
year.

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Now you've done all these other
things, you've started learning

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their names, you've got your
bulks jobs done up, up front and

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ready to go.
It's day one, however, and you

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know this class because of the
previous teacher.

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How important do you think it is
that you give those children a

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clean?
Oh, God, yeah, yeah.

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So that that's huge.
I think when you do handover

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talks with the previous teacher,
there is information you have to

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know.
Yeah, there is certain

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information you have to.
Having a complete blank slate

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would be really counter
intuitive because there'd be

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certain things you need to know
about that child, you know, who

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00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,640
can't pick them up from school,
right, If they have an allergy

448
00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,320
that you need to know about.
And also just maybe even to an

449
00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,720
extent, relationships within the
class, this person and that

450
00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,400
person really clashed.
We're to the parents before we

451
00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,640
have this dialogue, you need to
know that as the teacher,

452
00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,600
because the last thing you'd
want to do is to go to your new

453
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,360
your new class, have a new
seating plan.

454
00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,360
And then after school, one of
the parents is like, we've we've

455
00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:49,160
agreed these don't sit together.
Yeah, yeah.

456
00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,760
So clearly you need to know
certain things about the

457
00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,560
children.
So when we say giving children a

458
00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,600
clean slate, we mean in terms of
and we've all sat there and

459
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,520
we've all listened.
I've probably done this passing

460
00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,000
on a class as well.
I've I've definitely experienced

461
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,400
it when I've heard information
from their previous class

462
00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,280
teacher where, you know, you say
something.

463
00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,720
Oh, this one, yeah, you know,
and I mean, it just sets the

464
00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,720
tone, doesn't it?
But you go through your class.

465
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,360
Oh, lovely.
Yep, this ones.

466
00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:13,560
Fantastic.
Really cracks on.

467
00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,640
Oh.
X name, Y name and and it just

468
00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:23,080
immediately as the new teacher
put you back up a bit and I'm

469
00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,920
just, have you ever had this
before right where you kind of

470
00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,760
don't like someone?
I'm talking about someone in

471
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,440
general, not even in your class
now, but you kind of don't like

472
00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,840
them and they kind of irritate
you.

473
00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,320
And they could do something that
if anyone else did, you wouldn't

474
00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,520
bat an eyelid.
But because it's that person

475
00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,760
doing it, it's that person
eating their Doritos in a

476
00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,320
certain way, you think, oh God,
what an idiot.

477
00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:43,640
You just hate them.
I'm.

478
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:44,920
A human.
Of course I do.

479
00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,760
There's people in life that just
irritate you more.

480
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,160
And then because they irritate
you already, they're all that.

481
00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,040
Yeah, I predispose to irritate
you more, right.

482
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,920
Same things that other people
could do and not irritate you.

483
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,160
Like, Yeah.
So I found myself when I've when

484
00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,080
I've had this preemption of this
child of knowing, oh, it's a

485
00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,560
naughty or it's a little pickle
or this, this person pushes the

486
00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:01,600
boat.
This person does that.

487
00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,680
I found myself when they then do
that being much harsher, much

488
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,360
quickly with them then literally
a person next to them maybe who

489
00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,640
might have done the same thing.
But I've got this glowing report

490
00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,360
of how great they are.
And I go, oh, yeah, that's no

491
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,640
problem.
And that's not fair.

492
00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,440
Yeah.
And I think what every single

493
00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,760
child deserves starting in
September is that blank slate.

494
00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,800
By all means, if they're
breaking the rules, you tell

495
00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,680
them what to not to do.
And you were remind them.

496
00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,760
And absolutely, I'm not saying
don't tell children off or don't

497
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,720
remind them of things, but it's
that preemption.

498
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,600
I, I would want to treat every
single child the same in terms

499
00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,840
of that and then react only from
what they do.

500
00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,720
Because I'd make a big thing at
the start of the year of saying

501
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,520
we're in a clean slate here.
Brand new class.

502
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,960
Let's crack on.
Let's be the best class we can

503
00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,280
be.
Yeah, I think the worst possible

504
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,560
thing you can do from a kids
perspective is that they know

505
00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,400
they've misbehaved in the
previous year as they come up

506
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,920
and instantly realise that
you're already treating them

507
00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,360
differently.
Yeah, because, because you've

508
00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:48,800
made a, you know, a judgement
already and they're like written

509
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,640
you off already.
That's it, that you've lost them

510
00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:51,840
straight away.
They think, oh, they're just

511
00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,040
like my last teacher.
They just don't like me.

512
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,800
That's what they think.
I mean, obviously the last

513
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,680
teacher did not like them, but
kids think that they say, oh,

514
00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,160
that she doesn't like me.
That's why they're, that's why

515
00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,800
I'm in trouble and.
Realistically, sometimes

516
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,080
teachers absolutely make it
clear they don't like certain

517
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,240
children.
Yeah, yeah, that is true.

518
00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:05,600
Yeah, yeah.
But but at the end of the day,

519
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,440
like we don't want a new kid in
your class to be thinking that.

520
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,800
And then you're right, they
deserve a fresh start.

521
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,760
They deserve the rules to be
applied from them, from sort of

522
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,920
the base again.
And if they break the rules,

523
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,720
it's that's that's up to them,
isn't it?

524
00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,600
And then the the same
punishments can be applied, you

525
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,040
know, But I think it's very
important.

526
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:24,400
Are there extremities to that
rule?

527
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,160
Are there certain children you
think you know?

528
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,400
Actually, I do just have to
treat you differently from the

529
00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,800
start because of what you've
done and how you've been.

530
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,800
I can't think of a good example,
but they're I'm sure there is

531
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,920
like on the absolute extreme
scale or someone who's maybe

532
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,560
really violent or something like
that, you know, the history of

533
00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,400
violence where you wouldn't just
be like, I'll just give them a

534
00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,600
chance and it's not worth the
risk.

535
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,760
It's like we actually know
they're consistently behaving

536
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,440
like this for any adult.
Maybe don't you know, don't just

537
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,120
presume no, but.
It's for safety.

538
00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,760
Yeah, it's all right, but
someone's just shouts out a bit

539
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,400
more.
I'm not going to immediately be

540
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,000
on them more.
And there's, you know, I think,

541
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:54,920
I think you just have to be
fair.

542
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,160
And then what I've quite often
done is when you're trying to

543
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,520
foster relationships, which
really is the ultimate meta

544
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:00,800
point that we're thinking about
here, isn't it?

545
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,200
It's about having really nice
positive relationships with all

546
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,440
the kids in your class.
When I've had these children

547
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,440
have come up with these reports,
I'm thinking, oh, here we go.

548
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:08,600
You know, they're going to be a
bit of a pickle.

549
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,440
I will just make the time for
them at the start of the year as

550
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,400
quick as possible to take them
aside and have that conversation

551
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,400
if they do something naughty
about.

552
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,520
Look mate, you've got a fresh
start here, OK?

553
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,920
I'm not going to treat you any
differently to the rest of the

554
00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,040
class.
But the I'm going to give you.

555
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,360
A special talk.
You know, it is kind of in a

556
00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:23,760
way, isn't it?
But it's like a psychological

557
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,120
thing of like, I'm telling you
right now that I'm really

558
00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,440
actively trying to not tarnish
you with the label that you've

559
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:29,880
clearly given yourself in
previous years.

560
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,400
I am giving you a fresh start.
Don't blow it like I'm giving

561
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,600
you that chance.
And I think sometimes kids

562
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,160
appreciate hearing that, that
you're not just going to assume,

563
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,880
Oh no, you're just not, I'm
going to write you off.

564
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,480
What would you say to someone
listening who's thinking, Oh

565
00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,320
yeah, I need these top tips and
they're maybe, you know, they're

566
00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,680
going to school and they try and
implement this and then that

567
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,760
child just slips into exactly
what they were last time.

568
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,120
Would you say to them, OK, look
at least try?

569
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,160
That is it.
At least try.

570
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,200
I'm not going to sit here and
pretend that like there's this

571
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,600
perfect reality whereby doing
this little thing that I just

572
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,240
said, it works, it's worked.
My success rate of that is

573
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,720
probably like 20% sure.
Like in all honesty, I'll try it

574
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,440
with all the kids and sometimes
it works, which is the only

575
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,400
reason I'm given that tip.
But there are sometimes where

576
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,440
it's it doesn't work and and I
can't, I can't completely

577
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,560
control how someone behaves.
I can put as much in as possible

578
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,320
in the same way a parent can and
a family can, but at the end of

579
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,440
the day, like I'm not actually
their brain, I can't actually

580
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:23,760
just make them behave a certain
way.

581
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,280
I can try my best, that's it.
So this, this is kind of the

582
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,200
point I'm getting at in terms of
these tips are really vital and

583
00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,320
important.
But I think 1 tip we can

584
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,320
extrapolate from this in general
is be kind to yourself.

585
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,880
You know, give yourself some
leave.

586
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,440
Wait, not everything is your
fault.

587
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,240
Like, you know, you can't do
everything for those children.

588
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,160
I saw this amazing analogy the
other day and it was this person

589
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,560
sat there and they said, if you
hire a personal trainer to train

590
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,720
you, to train you up, to get you
in shape to, to keep you

591
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,280
accountable and then you don't
show up to the gym, would you

592
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,120
ever blame the personal trainer?
No, that's of course not.

593
00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,160
That's on you.
Of course not.

594
00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:01,640
So when a child is actively
deciding not to join into the

595
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:05,040
lesson, is actively deciding to
play up, is not putting effort

596
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,520
in, why on earth do we turn to
just simply blaming the teacher

597
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,480
and saying, well, actually, and
just I can imagine this idea of

598
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,240
just turning to the teacher
going, well, what did you do to

599
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,000
encourage them?
What did you do to make this an

600
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,960
environment where they might
want to not throw that chair?

601
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,520
What did you do to make sure
that they are interested in

602
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,640
their learning all the time?
And what I would want to say to

603
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,640
teachers is by all means, try.
By all means, do what you can.

604
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,440
But my goodness me, it is not
your fault if a child is

605
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,000
consistently doing the wrong
thing and not bothering to even

606
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000
show any effort.
Don't beat yourself up about it.

607
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,240
Don't think, oh, these two guys
on a podcast said, just put your

608
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:38,520
arm around a kid and they should
be all right.

609
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,400
No, no, we're not saying that.
What we're saying is this is

610
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,880
ways you can try to do it.
But ultimately, if a child and a

611
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,880
family aren't buying into
education and aren't trying

612
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,280
their hardest and aren't doing
what they can, there comes a

613
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,200
point where you say that's on
you, mate.

614
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,240
And I'm so sorry, but I'm going
to do what I can.

615
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,560
Yeah, I'm professional.
If you're not going to even

616
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,880
remotely try to join in, that's
your fault.

617
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,080
Yeah.
You go into mitigation modes.

618
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,760
I can, I can get around this,
but there's literally I'm at my

619
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,120
limitations now.
There's nothing else I can do.

620
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,480
It's not in my power.
I think that's a really good

621
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,000
point and it's and it is a wider
point as well.

622
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,600
It's not even just that
situation like just being kind

623
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,640
to yourself, just treating
yourself like a friend.

624
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,000
It applies to another example.
Let's say you had an observation

625
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,000
at school and it didn't go as
planned.

626
00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:20,840
You know, we've all been there,
everyone, everyone's had an

627
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,920
observation where you think or
Eva, you think I just messed

628
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,440
that up.
Like that did not go to my

629
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,040
script, didn't go to my plan at
all.

630
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,920
And people are watching it and
it just all messed up.

631
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,320
You don't, you really don't need
to be horrible.

632
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,120
I've done it.
You don't have to be horrible to

633
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,920
yourself.
Like it's completely pointless.

634
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:38,280
Like you can reflect on it and
maybe think about a target and

635
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,400
move on, but you just have to
get over it and move on.

636
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,800
Like you can't beat yourself up
over 1 little thing.

637
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,200
It's how you would treat your
colleague next door who went

638
00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:47,880
through the same thing.
That's so true, right?

639
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,680
You, you absolutely would not go
into that room and talk to that

640
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,080
colleague in the same way a lot
of people talk to themselves if

641
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,600
things go wrong.
I can, I've been in that

642
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,560
situation before where things
have gone wrong and I and I

643
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,480
really wound myself up and I've
been annoyed myself and I'm not

644
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,480
giving myself any slack
whatsoever.

645
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,920
And I've thought the worst about
myself and oh, you're a rubbish

646
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,400
teacher.
You can't even control a class.

647
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,560
You can't even do a simple maths
test and you're just doing

648
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,800
perimeter.
How easy is that?

649
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,480
How can you get these kids to
control themselves?

650
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,800
It's your fault.
These kids are going crazy.

651
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,600
And this feedback was bad.
No, no, no, no, just chill.

652
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,240
Because if you had that same
feedback, I would be the first

653
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,480
person in that room genuinely
going don't wait.

654
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,800
You can't control that.
What did you do that was really

655
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:25,240
good?
Yeah.

656
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,440
Next time try something
different.

657
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,440
It's not on you, but you you can
have these that you can try and

658
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,120
improve yourself.
You've got the best, best

659
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:32,480
attitude going.
You're being reflective.

660
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,600
You're already thinking about
how you can make it better next

661
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,760
time.
Don't beat yourself up.

662
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,600
I I don't, I would not have the
same inner monologue with

663
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,280
myself.
Yeah, than I do with my friend.

664
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,360
And I just think that tip of
just treat yourself like you

665
00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,800
treat your mate.
I think that can flip you a lot

666
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,400
and and help you get out that
whole of that self doubt and

667
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,920
that self loathing.
Yeah, I agree.

668
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,480
And there's one other way you
can approach, particularly with

669
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,360
bad feedback from observations
is just do what I did and just

670
00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,880
sort of develop your arrogance a
little bit more and then just

671
00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:59,880
go, Nah, the people give me the
feedback were wrong.

672
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,440
I did that a few times in my
career have.

673
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,640
You seen that meme of Principal
Skinner?

674
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,400
So it's from The Simpsons,
right?

675
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,760
Yeah.
It's principal who's who's head

676
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,520
of the church.
And he and he's just standing

677
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,240
there pondering something and he
goes, maybe it's me that's wrong

678
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,560
and it just cuts to him.
Nah, the children are wrong.

679
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,600
Yeah, maybe I do need to change.
Or I create a podcast where I

680
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,280
tell everyone how I'm right
instead and I become an evil

681
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,280
villain.
Yeah, but you know what, even

682
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,800
even in this meme that we're
having right now, there are two

683
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,680
prongs to it because yes, you
sometimes like I've certainly

684
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,360
done this, you've just been a
bit arrogant and thought no,

685
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:34,800
that I'm not, I'm not taking
this feedback.

686
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,080
Actually, it's got, it's got
your back up and you thought,

687
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,000
no, actually, I think I just
think they're wrong.

688
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,880
And sometimes, sometimes they
are wrong.

689
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,480
Sometimes it is just a, it's a
battle of opinions.

690
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,320
It's like an SLT member or
whoever's observing your lesson

691
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,800
might genuinely just have an
opinion on this, a particular

692
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,880
pedagogy that they that they
thought wasn't good in your

693
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,800
lesson.
And you're like, well, I add, I

694
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,680
adamantly think this is a good
thing and like, and I will

695
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,520
continue to use this.
We are just disagreeing.

696
00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,480
And that does happen.
I'm not saying that happens all

697
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,360
the time.
You shouldn't, you shouldn't

698
00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,960
read.
I'm just just to clarify here, I

699
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,120
don't actually think you should
just dismiss all feedback ever

700
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,640
as well, you're just wrong.
I'm always right.

701
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,480
Probably good to be a bit
reflective.

702
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,160
But sometimes though, like if
you end up, if the end goal is

703
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,720
you're beating yourself up about
it and they are literally just

704
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,280
wrong.
That's like doubling down.

705
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,240
You're beating yourself up over
it, and you're not even wrong

706
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,080
or.
Not even wrong, just different.

707
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,560
Like if there was only one way
to deliver stuff and the best

708
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,200
possible optimal way of teaching
ever, we'd all be doing the same

709
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,840
thing.
So it is clearly not.

710
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,840
It's clearly just an opinion.
Is it you didn't, I think I'm

711
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,960
sure it was you didn't you have
an observation once where they

712
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,000
literally like, I'm thinking
really early in your career when

713
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,800
they literally said there wasn't
any like criticism or negative

714
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,280
feedback so they had to make,
but they had.

715
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,760
To make something up.
Yeah, yeah, it's subject.

716
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,280
This, this was true.
They it's so true.

717
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,480
I had an observation once and
yeah, that basically they

718
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,680
basically the line was at the
end of it.

719
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,720
I haven't, I haven't really
written anything down.

720
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,560
I've got to put something.
Yeah, I've got to put something

721
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,360
in this could be improved
column.

722
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,600
So I'll have a think what you
think might go in there.

723
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,480
They threw it to me and I think
that's fine.

724
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,640
I think that's a good tool
actually.

725
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,680
You know what I mean in general.
But when you, when you prefaced

726
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,720
it with it was absolutely fine,
almost make something up because

727
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,720
then we can take off that you've
made that progress.

728
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,400
I'm like, OK, what is the point
in this then?

729
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,680
And I think I actually, you know
what, on that, this is kind of

730
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,560
separate, I suppose, but I'm
really passionate about that

731
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,960
because I think sometimes you
should just go to someone and

732
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,600
say well done.
Yeah, some, I think all the.

733
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,440
Time.
So I, what I'm saying is even in

734
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,760
formal observation sometimes,
like you should be doing this

735
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,880
all the time absolutely.
But but it, you know, saying

736
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,240
well done is a complete
sentence.

737
00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:38,240
You don't need to sandwich
everything.

738
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,840
You don't need to always
constantly think how could this

739
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,160
possibly be improved?
Because we know everything could

740
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,520
be improved a bit.
But you know what?

741
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,760
Sometimes, and if not most of
the time, it's enough and it's

742
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,080
good.
Yeah, they are.

743
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,320
Honestly, the worst leaders I've
experienced in my time are the

744
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,280
ones that have to sandwich
everything.

745
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,960
Everything has to be positive
and, and the next step it it

746
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,520
doesn't need to be the best
leaders I've had.

747
00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,280
I've got, I'm sure they've got
an internal ratio.

748
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,120
They'll probably work on it.
They probably, it's probably a

749
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,240
management skill, a people's
skill they've developed where

750
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,720
they think, yeah, I'm going to
be just positive to these people

751
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,240
as much as I can.
And then occasionally when I

752
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,080
need to sprinkle in some
actually we need to work on this

753
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,160
thing.
They're not going to think,

754
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,080
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Everything I do is wrong, isn't

755
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,200
it?
You know, that sort of thing.

756
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,320
And Speaking of like
professional development, I

757
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,000
think that's another, that's
another tip almost is, which is

758
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,400
I'm sure we can all think of
five things we need to work on.

759
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:25,040
Like there, there are so many
skills involved in teaching and

760
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,120
no one is perfect at all of
them.

761
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:27,840
It's just not possible.
But you can be really good at

762
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,760
some things and you can maybe be
a bit weaker in other areas.

763
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,600
But when it comes to developing
them, just pick one.

764
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,880
Just pick one.
Is it your, is it your behaviour

765
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,520
management?
Is it your ability to manage a

766
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,360
TA?
Is it your curriculum knowledge

767
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,640
and it's specifically in
history?

768
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,440
Whatever it is, and maybe it has
come from an observation, just

769
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,800
focus on that one thing.
Don't beat yourself up over it,

770
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,840
but do just focus on the one
thing and develop it.

771
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,120
And then when it comes to it,
maybe a year later, it's a year

772
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,960
cycle.
Ask someone when they're

773
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,800
observing you say, can you, can
you specifically give me

774
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,320
feedback on this thing?
Because this is the thing I've

775
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,680
been trying to work on.
I think that's a better approach

776
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,240
than just scattergunning like,
oh, here's 19 things I've got to

777
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,440
work on and I'm a failure if I
don't do them all.

778
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,440
That's a thread that's gone
through a lot of these and I

779
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,120
think it's really important.
Basically, you can condense it

780
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,560
down to look, you are
professional, trust your

781
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,920
judgement and don't expect to
fix everything at once.

782
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,160
Like we said about the rules,
have a few at a time.

783
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,280
Nail them.
Don't expect to have perfection.

784
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,080
You have progress.
I love that saying progress, not

785
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,000
perfection.
Don't worry that everything's

786
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,840
not absolutely amazing that when
you're not spinning all your

787
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,800
plates beautifully, spin three
plates, keep them up, get them

788
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,480
perfect, and then add a plate
after.

789
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,640
Don't feel like you have to fix
everything straight away.

790
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:36,520
And this does link in with my
next tip that did transform my

791
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:43,640
scatterbrain in teaching, but
it's got the potential to be

792
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,080
used badly.
OK, there's my there's my

793
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:47,840
cryptic one.
I'm intrigued.

794
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,560
What could it be?
I'm talking about to do lists,

795
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,720
right.
So I remember I was two years

796
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,480
into my teaching, my second
year, I think, and my head of

797
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,000
year bought us all year in my
year group that time bought us

798
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,200
all a notepad that was
specifically A to do list, as in

799
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,480
it was had a little box at the
side you could write down your

800
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,800
lists.
And I obviously immediately

801
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,960
thought to do I've never used A
to do list in my life.

802
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,680
Oh yeah, that's why I was so
scared.

803
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,840
So A to do list was vital in my
career.

804
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,280
And I'd say to anyone smashing
September now getting ready, get

805
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,440
yourself A to do list lots.
You probably already do it.

806
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,560
You might do post it notes.
You might do it electronic

807
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,360
version.
You might do it on a notepad.

808
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,400
But this isn't my main point.
My main point on how to use To

809
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,480
Do List properly is the same
thread we've just been talking

810
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,360
about, right?
Don't see it as a target for

811
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:34,760
each day that you've got to take
it all off.

812
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:40,000
No see it as I can now organise
and prioritise my tasks.

813
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,280
Yeah, I got you.
So when you're writing them

814
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:43,960
down, did you do anything in
particular with that?

815
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,280
Like to say to yourself, look,
here's every job ever that I've

816
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,440
got to do, but how did you
prioritise?

817
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,920
Was it just in your head or did
you have a system or something?

818
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,880
It's very simple.
It started off in my head and I

819
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,000
thought, you know, and at points
it was just in my head as well

820
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,040
in terms of I could just scan
the list very quickly.

821
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,000
Yeah, because I wasn't trying to
remember my list.

822
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,680
My cognitive energy could go on
just looking at the list and

823
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,480
going, OK, look, this, this,
this has to be done today like

824
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,760
that.
I've got to mark those maths

825
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,720
books for doing that tomorrow.
I've got to get this to the my

826
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,920
SLT because they've got a
meeting in the evening or

827
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,120
whatever it might be.
I've got to do these things.

828
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,280
Done, done, done.
And I'd do them and I wouldn't

829
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,000
even bother with the rest of the
list at all.

830
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,280
And then I'd look at the clock
and if it's the end of my time,

831
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,000
I'll go.
Or I'll think, well, I could do

832
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,280
that.
It's an option.

833
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,320
Something might stay on my list
for 5 minutes.

834
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,320
Something might stay on my list
for five months.

835
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,520
I.
Was literally about to say did

836
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,960
you ever find that you had
something on your To Do List

837
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,200
that was like you've written 47
other things since then, you

838
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:38,200
still not crossed that one.
Off.

839
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,560
Yeah, absolutely.
And I think that's really

840
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,640
important to know and that kind
of sums up my point that a

841
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,520
teacher's To Do List is never,
ever, ever complete.

842
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,680
Ever.
So why are we trying burn

843
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,240
ourselves out getting through
our literal To Do List in front

844
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,240
of us?
It's okay and all it served as

845
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,200
the To Do List.
And I say all it really did

846
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,480
transform how my career, to be
honest with you.

847
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,560
It's served as a way of
organising the jobs that I've

848
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:05,360
got and being able to prioritise
because I could say to myself

849
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,640
this job is just not important.
If at any point this To Do List

850
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,360
is empty apart from this job,
I'll get it done.

851
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,000
I'll do it.
Yeah.

852
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,000
What's that you wanted to do?
Some displays in the corridor of

853
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,960
the hallway, which no one sees.
OK, cool.

854
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,960
It's gone on my To Do List.
But I think you would understand

855
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,280
that if I rank that as a three
on my To Do List, the ones of me

856
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,680
actually planning the lesson for
the children tomorrow, that kind

857
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,200
of needs to get done.
First Yeah, and the problem is

858
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,880
the teachers like that is
exactly it's like would you Mr

859
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,720
or Mrs SLT would you rather I've
got an hour left of the time

860
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,240
that you're paying me for?
Would you rather I planned a

861
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,520
lesson for next week or did this
display is one or the other just

862
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,800
having that mindset, isn't it of
I'm not an end.

863
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,920
It's not an endless list and I
don't have endless time.

864
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,880
I absolutely fell into that trap
for the first few years of my

865
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,800
career.
I would write, I'd have, I had A

866
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,480
to do list.
Unlike you, however, it was

867
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,760
just, I wrote things down and I
just did them in that order,

868
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,080
right?
Like I didn't prioritise and it

869
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,400
was kind of like every job is of
equal weighting.

870
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,040
And if it takes me till 8:00 PM,
then that's just how it goes

871
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,360
because the teacher job never
ends.

872
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,640
What?
What effect did it have on you?

873
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,520
And like, why?
Why did that change?

874
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,840
What made that change?
Was it just you?

875
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,520
Burning out now I was burning
out like as as my life became

876
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,520
more busy, just not just normal
things like we moved house in my

877
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,440
second or second year of
teaching.

878
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,239
I think maybe third year we, we
bought our first house together.

879
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,520
So that obviously just came with
mortgage payments and actually

880
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,400
just living in your own house
rather than living with your

881
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,679
parents.
Mortgage payments famously take

882
00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:22,040
every.
Time.

883
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,880
I know I really, I was saying I
was like, that's probably the

884
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:24,960
worst time consuming thing I
can.

885
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,120
Ever think about separate debit
to the 2 minutes?

886
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,600
Don't worry, I told Lauren that.
Yeah, I'll tell you what,

887
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:31,840
Lauren.
This is my car.

888
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,040
This is my 50% of house chores.
Crikey, this this mortgage

889
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,760
payment does take me some bloody
time.

890
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:37,840
I'll tell you that.
It takes me.

891
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,840
It's weird, it takes me an exact
amount of time cleaning, cooking

892
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,040
and then doing all the do you?
Mind doing dinner tonight, love?

893
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:44,800
Because I've, I'm just really,
I've just got to pay this

894
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,639
mortgage.
Bill sound more misogynistic at

895
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:47,639
that.
Point I'm playing a part.

896
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,600
It wasn't really like that,
honestly, but.

897
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,880
For the sake of doubt anyone
listening, yeah, I was.

898
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,480
Playing a role there if you
didn't get my sweet acting

899
00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,560
abilities there.
But going back to my point of my

900
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:01,840
To Do List.
Mortgages take ages.

901
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,480
Mortgages take ages and I was
burning out.

902
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,200
I just couldn't do that To Do
List when the mortgage was on

903
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,360
that list, but it was I was
burning out.

904
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,520
Basically, I remember you
talking to me almost relaying a

905
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,000
conversation you had with a
leader who is sent.

906
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,760
And because it was from a
leader, I think it stuck with

907
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,160
you a bit more because you were
like thinking I'm pandering to

908
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,560
you doing everything you asked
me to do.

909
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,840
That leader said something along
the lines of if it's that

910
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,880
important, they'll chase you up.
Yeah, it was.

911
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,480
It was it was like the best,
worst advice I've ever had in

912
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,080
terms of like it sounds terrible
when if a leader says to you, I

913
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,360
just don't do it, they'll chase
you up.

914
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,160
It sounds objectively awful.
But that the undertones was was

915
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,760
really vital.
I never forgot it which was.

916
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,480
The reason it sounds awful is
because they're the ones.

917
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,160
I know, and obviously, and
they're kind of speaking on

918
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,000
behalf of other, you might
disagree with that.

919
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,120
So I felt like, oh, I was about
like, oh, this is naughty.

920
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,400
But it was true though, and it
did work.

921
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,520
There were some things when I
started prioritising that went

922
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,040
to the bottom of that list that
I thought someone else is happy

923
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,160
to do.
This is therefore it's so

924
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,080
important because I couldn't
possibly, possibly make someone

925
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,680
else think that I can't do
something because you I was a

926
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,760
proper people pleaser.
So I'd always, I'd always value

927
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,080
it more just because they asked
me, by the way, not because it's

928
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,960
actually important.
And then, yeah, it's like, oh,

929
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,720
hang on, I left that for three
weeks and they never asked for

930
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:07,600
it again.
Even they don't think it was

931
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:08,920
important.
They actually forgot.

932
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,600
It's that unimportant.
And I had it up here on a

933
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,640
pedestal.
So yeah, prioritising hierarchy,

934
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,920
whatever you want to call it
with your To Do List, have the

935
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,040
To Do List in the 1st place.
Step one, the bit that Dylan can

936
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,520
do really easy.
Everyone do, everyone can do

937
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,120
that.
Step 2, the important bit.

938
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,640
Yeah, prioritise it.
And not every job is equal.

939
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:28,280
Which comes from a really strict
line that you set yourself, like

940
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,680
you said, how do I know when to
not do any more of the To Do

941
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,360
List?
Because you've set yourself a

942
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,200
time.
You say, Oh no, no, guys, it's

943
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,360
half.
It's 5:30.

944
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,320
Like it's ridiculous.
I could have set my time for

945
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:38,960
5:00 or 4:45, whatever it might
be.

946
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,760
I've set my time here.
And if I can't get it done,

947
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,280
tough.
No, no, not later.

948
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:43,880
No, no, no, I won't get that
done after.

949
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,400
Actually, it's not.
You know what I'm going to do?

950
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,960
I'm going to come into work
tomorrow and anytime I get, I'll

951
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,120
continue to work for my list.
And this kind of bleeds in

952
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:52,480
again, a lot of these linked
together.

953
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,600
I was just thinking this links
to one of our other tips.

954
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:55,600
I'm hoping you're going the same
place I'm.

955
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,040
Thinking it's always as if 321
pay mortgage quickly I'll.

956
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,560
Tell you what 321 build routine.
Yes.

957
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:04,600
And that, you know, I don't ever
want to come across

958
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,280
condescending because I know
sometimes when we do episodes

959
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,960
like this, you think because
people know this and I know a

960
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,880
lot of what we said today you're
aware of, but hopefully we're

961
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,120
just being very specific and
helping you out with those

962
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:15,840
nuances and it should really
help you smash it.

963
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,240
But building a routine is, is
completely vital.

964
00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:23,440
And part of that routine for me
was building the resilience and

965
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,320
the confidence to say, Nah,
that's, that's the end of my

966
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:27,760
time.
Because as a teacher, you

967
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,080
haven't actually got a clock off
time.

968
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,240
Regardless as to what people
might say online about those

969
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,920
bloody lefty wokey teachers just
eating their tofu at lunchtime

970
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,280
doing their ticky talkies and
don't know if they're leaving

971
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,040
school that are free when the
kids do.

972
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,920
Disclaimer also playing a
character just in case anyone

973
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,360
thinks that's real as well.
Yeah, we don't leave where the

974
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,080
kids leave, honestly saying it,
but like, there's no cut off.

975
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,160
You, you, you honestly could
work until 8:00 PM every day if

976
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,520
you wanted to.
You have to build your own

977
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,840
routine.
That says no, no, I'm, I'm, my

978
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,360
routine is, I'm leaving at this
time.

979
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:58,920
Yeah.
And I'm going to go home.

980
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,440
I'm going to make my dinner.
I'm going to go and do whatever

981
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,680
my hobby is because on a Tuesday
I'll go and play football, 5

982
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,400
aside.
Or on a Thursday I'll go to my

983
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:06,760
chess club and play chess with
my mates.

984
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,800
Yeah, on a Friday I'll go and do
Dungeons and Dragons.

985
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,440
Whatever it is, whatever you've
got that you like doing, I don't

986
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:15,000
like whatever it is.
Build your own routine and and

987
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000
within that routine, obviously
you're going to be malleable

988
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,560
because there might be times
where do you know what it would

989
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,240
help me actually just to get
this work done.

990
00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:24,480
I'll do an extra half hour.
But you should try as much as

991
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,080
possible to have non negotiables
in that way.

992
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,080
That's why I was going to say
have building non negotiables.

993
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,600
Like you said.
If you want to change your own

994
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,360
non negotiable on the one off,
then obviously that's fine.

995
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,160
But generally other people need
to know that's your baseline

996
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,160
that you don't.
You don't get to choose SLC or

997
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,360
another member of staff whatever
to change my non negotiable

998
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:42,800
time.
It just doesn't work like that.

999
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,040
So build it in, have a I think
right now if you don't already

1000
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,600
have that, what could it be?
Because maybe like listening to

1001
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,720
a podcast about teaching on your
way to work every Monday morning

1002
00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:51,800
and Wednesday morning when we're
really.

1003
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,420
Sorry on the way home you say to
SD and I'm sorry my non

1004
00:38:54,420 --> 00:38:57,840
negotiable time 3:30 I leave
this school and I listen to the

1005
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,120
podcast.
That's just how it works.

1006
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,840
When the podcast told me that's
OK and I can play FTA if you

1007
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,360
want.
Yeah, I don't think though you

1008
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,760
think sometimes it sounds silly,
but I've met, I've, I tell you

1009
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,760
what, the majority of teachers
I've met literally don't have a

1010
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:10,880
non negotiable.
They're like, Oh yeah, I don't

1011
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,240
really.
I don't really build in any time

1012
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:13,640
for me.
I just, if I've got time, I'll

1013
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,080
do something.
It's like, no, no, no, think the

1014
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,560
other way around.
Build that in first, then don't

1015
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,320
let things interrupt that.
That's your time.

1016
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,280
It's like when people say, oh,
I've got half time and I'm so

1017
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,960
burnt out and exhausted.
I can't, I don't even have the

1018
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:25,280
energy to do anything for
myself.

1019
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,480
So those people who don't build
it in as part of their weekly

1020
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,680
routine never get it.
No, because they're they're

1021
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,960
burning out during term time.
I've not got time for myself.

1022
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,280
I've just got to get this done.
I've got working at the weekend.

1023
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:35,800
Do you know, it's all right
though, because when I get to

1024
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,720
the half term, I'll be for me.
They get there and they're done

1025
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,240
in.
They haven't planned anything

1026
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:42,240
because and that that's what
makes me sad.

1027
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:44,120
And you know, if it works your
life and you want to do that

1028
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,840
crack on, you know, fantastic
for you.

1029
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:50,360
But if you're struggling with it
and you haven't yet tried to do

1030
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,080
this and you haven't yet built
in that routine and that end

1031
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,320
goal and actually other things
as well in your time that you

1032
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,800
could be doing, that's something
you should really try and do as

1033
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,320
soon as possible.
I've got a good non negotiable

1034
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,480
for you.
It's one of our tips.

1035
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,560
It's regarding emails.
It's, it's a very small one, but

1036
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,720
it's, it's vital.
Take the app off your phone.

1037
00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:10,200
Do not have your work emails on
your phone.

1038
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,240
Again, like, like Dylan said,
look, if you really want to,

1039
00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:15,880
it's, it is ultimately your
choice, but I'm advising you for

1040
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,520
your own mental health and
burnout and all this stuff, just

1041
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,960
don't look at emails outside of
a certain a certain time.

1042
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,200
I mean, that's your point, isn't
it?

1043
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,280
It's like you, you you even go
as far as having like set

1044
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,440
windows or whatever it is for.
Looking at emails.

1045
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,640
My my point with emails is
right, you can't actually, some

1046
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,480
schools do control it as a as a
kind of like school wide thing,

1047
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,240
but you can't actually control
when someone sends you an

1048
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:37,040
e-mail.
Yeah, of course.

1049
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,760
So if you're at the beck and
core and it's on your phone and

1050
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,840
you get a notification and you
say, oh, no, that's fine, I'll

1051
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,240
just do this.
You can end up spending micro

1052
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,880
time all day looking at your
phone checking or something

1053
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,040
beeped.
I've got this, I've got that.

1054
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,400
Whereas I'd say to people, and
this is what I do, I would check

1055
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,400
my e-mail in the morning and I
check my e-mail after school.

1056
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,120
Yeah.
And if anything was so important

1057
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,920
during school that you needed me
because by the way, during

1058
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,640
school day, I am working, I am
in front of the children.

1059
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,880
And if you walked in and saw me
checking my emails, you'd

1060
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,000
probably be like, what you
doing?

1061
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,600
Why you're not teaching?
So I am actually working and

1062
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:08,960
that's why I checked before and
after.

1063
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,480
And I think that's really
important to do because it's

1064
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,760
just giving yourself the
boundary and the respect to say

1065
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:17,760
to someone, I'll get back to
you.

1066
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,160
I can get back to you within a
day easily.

1067
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,160
I've got 2 windows in my day
where I check my emails.

1068
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,680
If my job was just sat checking
emails all day, obviously it

1069
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,200
wouldn't be acceptable.
But it's not.

1070
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,880
This is one small part of my job
and I'm not going to let it take

1071
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:29,360
over.
And so, you know, some days I'll

1072
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,040
check it once and the next
morning I'll see.

1073
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,120
Someone emailed me at lunchtime
yesterday wanting this thing.

1074
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,840
If they wanted it that day, they
would have come and see me.

1075
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,440
If they didn't, then I could.
Just check it today.

1076
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:41,760
Yeah, it's not an issue.
Nothing.

1077
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,600
Nothing winds me up more.
I mean, it does, but it just

1078
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,840
winds me up a bit.
Someone emailing you it someone

1079
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,800
in.
The school sorry, no, no, no,

1080
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:50,400
no.
We we put clips out on the

1081
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,120
Internet.
You have to say the worst thing

1082
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:52,760
in the.
World.

1083
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:55,680
Sorry, this is for the clip.
The worst thing in the world

1084
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,000
that's ever happened to me ever
in a school in existence of all

1085
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:58,720
time.
Is that about right?

1086
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,680
Something like that.
That's great, but you have to

1087
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:01,920
carry on to.
All I've got to carry on for the

1088
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,120
clip.
I can't edit that in right?

1089
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,120
Something terrible that happens
to me in school that I really

1090
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,000
bares my bugs.
Is that the right phrase?

1091
00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:09,360
That's good.
Keep asking me.

1092
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,480
Just keep That's fine.
I'll keep going.

1093
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,520
You you make it really tricky to
make clips here.

1094
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,080
But so something that genuinely
really annoys me is people that

1095
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,520
work literally in school who
know what you're doing as a

1096
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,440
teacher, by the way, they know
you're teaching a class emailing

1097
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,640
you during that time for
something that genuinely needs

1098
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,240
to be done that day or like
information ever so or it's

1099
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,160
maybe another teacher's out of
class wherever they e-mail you

1100
00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:32,080
or before before you go home.
Would you mind just telling this

1101
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:33,760
kid this thing?
And I'm like, mate, it's it's

1102
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,240
2:00 and I'm already teaching in
the afternoon.

1103
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:37,960
Of course I'm not going to see
this e-mail like.

1104
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,400
What do you think I'm doing
after this Mr class?

1105
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:41,880
And you're like, I just let them
go.

1106
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,760
Of course it.
Has happened so I can't actually

1107
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,960
believe how many times in my
career I've got the end of day

1108
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,560
and read an e-mail and thought
as if they've sent that to me

1109
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,080
mid teaching.
Like it's so clearly something I

1110
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,840
needed to know now.
He makes sure the asthma pump

1111
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,360
goes home with this kid.
Not really.

1112
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,680
Yeah, Not really.
Don't let this kid walk home

1113
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:58,800
today.
Just specifically today.

1114
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,800
Oh my God, Why is this not home?
That's never happened, to be

1115
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,240
fair.
But that would be that would be

1116
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:03,800
safeguarding.
Safeguarding.

1117
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,880
But the point being, in that
situation, what would always

1118
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,560
happen if you don't reply?
I've had this million times.

1119
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:10,880
They've come to you, they'll
come to you.

1120
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,520
Did you get my e-mail?
Yeah, sorry, I've got, I've got

1121
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,880
a picture of Roman Roan Shield
on the board and I'm teaching

1122
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:16,520
the different.
Yeah.

1123
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:17,720
No, I haven't seen your e-mail,
actually.

1124
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:19,920
And then they'll say to the kid,
can you tell this kid this?

1125
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,520
Yeah, go on then.
Yeah.

1126
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:26,880
Can you do it?
No, that's I think hopefully

1127
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,800
people from these tips, they're
not too stale because I, you

1128
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:31,880
know, last thing we want to do
is just say what everyone knows.

1129
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,240
We know the basics.
So we tried to really go into

1130
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:36,920
specifics there.
I'd love to know you can get in

1131
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,640
touch with us on our Instagram
or our TikTok at TC repeat

1132
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,480
podcast, what you thought.
And if you have any other tips

1133
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,600
as well, get in touch, let us
know because we can share them

1134
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,160
in the future.
Hayden September's here.

1135
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:49,840
Anything you want to sign up
with?

1136
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,800
Well, I will say that these tips
will be absolutely fantastic,

1137
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,480
but Dylan, I won't be applying
them because I quit teaching.

1138
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,720
So you guys have fun.
Good luck with these.

1139
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,200
If you want my top tip and say
just don't go back in September,

1140
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,120
that's what I'm doing.
And apparently it's the best

1141
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:04,120
tip.
God's sake.

1142
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,160
Just do it.
Every other influencer does

1143
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,320
online.
Just pretend you still.

1144
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:10,160
Think I can't, I can't do it.
These guys know what we're

1145
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,400
doing.
But hopefully from our decade

1146
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,040
plus three years experience,
whatever you've got, isn't it

1147
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,120
totalled 19?
I would love to be in your maths

1148
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,080
lessons if you're grouping all 1
digit numbers as the same it

1149
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,680
was.
It's irrelevant, it's just so

1150
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:23,120
well important when it's a 1
digit number.

1151
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,040
But obviously a decade up
decades until you say decade

1152
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:30,280
bracket S. 19 Answer Something
we care about 1919 at the end 19

1153
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:31,960
minutes.
But we have got that experience

1154
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,800
at the end of the day, I, you
know, it's, I don't.

1155
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,480
Backtrack now, mate, you're at
the pace here.

1156
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,520
No, this is.
They've just ploughed an hour

1157
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,560
into this.
I'm gonna see you later guys.

1158
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,600
I'm not following my.
Try not even bother.

1159
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,120
Try not even bother.
I won't even try and redeem

1160
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:44,840
myself.
Just say bye.

1161
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,280
I ask him to review the podcast
because now we've not got a real

1162
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:48,280
job.
Reviewing the podcast is really

1163
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:48,760
important.
Yeah.

1164
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:49,680
Can you review the podcast
please?

1165
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,160
We've not got real jobs.
This is really important.

1166
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:51,720
Yeah.
Chase, mate.

1167
00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:51,920
Bye.