Tim Roach
@timroach.bsky.social
Primary teacher VP/DHT and Twitter refugee
Oldham, Greater Manchester
👍 📚, vinyl, films, Neil Young, Stephen King, #GTFC & good TV.
🤬 correcting splices, capital letters & full stops.
All views are my own.
Oldham, Greater Manchester
👍 📚, vinyl, films, Neil Young, Stephen King, #GTFC & good TV.
🤬 correcting splices, capital letters & full stops.
All views are my own.
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Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
Boris’s children | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“My memory is now contaminated.” It was one of the more accurate statements we heard from Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning, though this is never a high bar. He was speaking, again…
thecritic.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
What Daisy says here about the possible Y8 reading test also works for the current Y6 reading test. Personally, the least that could happen is that they’d relax the 60-minute time limit.
#sats
#sats
The government are said to be planning a new Year 8 reading test.
Do we need it?
Some thoughts here.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/does-engla...
Do we need it?
Some thoughts here.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/does-engla...
Does England need a new Year 8 reading test?
And if so, what can we learn from America?
substack.nomoremarking.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What Daisy says here about the possible Y8 reading test also works for the current Y6 reading test. Personally, the least that could happen is that they’d relax the 60-minute time limit.
#sats
#sats
This was the year I moved to Manchester. We bumped into Liam in the Queen of Hearts pub in Fallowfield and had a drink with him. Amazing times.
Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis outside the Peveril of the Peak pub, Manchester, 1994, photo by Kevin Cummins (Getty Images).
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This was the year I moved to Manchester. We bumped into Liam in the Queen of Hearts pub in Fallowfield and had a drink with him. Amazing times.
Farage lying and doing our country down, again. As if Year 3 teachers are doing this. The last two lines are pure projection.
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Farage lying and doing our country down, again. As if Year 3 teachers are doing this. The last two lines are pure projection.
“Nobody goes into teaching for life to be easy […] You genuinely get the chance 99 times out of a 100 to go home at the end of the day having done something positive for somebody, and there aren’t that many professions where you get that opportunity.”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘So aware of their emotions’: Pupils are standout stars in new series about Yorkshire academy
Educating Yorkshire Part 2 shows inspirational teachers negotiating challenges in young people’s lives
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Nobody goes into teaching for life to be easy […] You genuinely get the chance 99 times out of a 100 to go home at the end of the day having done something positive for somebody, and there aren’t that many professions where you get that opportunity.”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
While we all have a laugh about the dugout photos of Amorim, listen to Grimsby’s head coach David Artell exuding calm and leadership. #GTFC #leadership
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David Artell FULL post match interview after Grimsby knock Man United out of Carabao Cup
YouTube video by Sky Sports Football
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August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
While we all have a laugh about the dugout photos of Amorim, listen to Grimsby’s head coach David Artell exuding calm and leadership. #GTFC #leadership
youtu.be/zTcYpVjk_XI?...
youtu.be/zTcYpVjk_XI?...
It goes a little bit Ron Manager, but as a Town fan, I think he's allowed to this morning.
“This was a reminder of why we keep showing up”
Lovely piece by Grimsby Town co-owner, Jason Stockwood, for @theguardian.com on that game last night.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Lovely piece by Grimsby Town co-owner, Jason Stockwood, for @theguardian.com on that game last night.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Pandemonium and pure joy: how my club Grimsby beat impossible odds to stun United
Heart, organisation and bravery found a way on a night that will be talked about in pubs and playgrounds for decades
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It goes a little bit Ron Manager, but as a Town fan, I think he's allowed to this morning.
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The magnitude of Grimsby Town's win over MUFC, in numbers.
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The magnitude of Grimsby Town's win over MUFC, in numbers.
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
(Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)
Grimsby’s unbeaten opening to this season continues ….
August 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Grimsby’s unbeaten opening to this season continues ….
Spotted on the way up to Accrington: a back-to-front Union Flag hung from a motorway bridge. I guess that’s patriotism in this day and age.
August 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Spotted on the way up to Accrington: a back-to-front Union Flag hung from a motorway bridge. I guess that’s patriotism in this day and age.
Top result on Google search for Jimmy Savile 🤔
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Top result on Google search for Jimmy Savile 🤔
Reading Seth Rogen’s Yearbook and there’s this page where he describes managing to avoid befriending two toxic individuals.
July 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Reading Seth Rogen’s Yearbook and there’s this page where he describes managing to avoid befriending two toxic individuals.
We’re halfway through June, which means there’s only two weeks left of KS2 writing moderators (me included) going into schools and reading humdrum retellings of that animated short film Alma,searching in vain for any dialogue at all, let alone some that conveys character or advances the action.
June 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We’re halfway through June, which means there’s only two weeks left of KS2 writing moderators (me included) going into schools and reading humdrum retellings of that animated short film Alma,searching in vain for any dialogue at all, let alone some that conveys character or advances the action.
Not a bad spot for a school trip. 🔭
June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not a bad spot for a school trip. 🔭
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Manchester Museum named European Museum of the Year
Manchester Museum named European Museum of the Year
Museum director says 138-year-old institution has worked to ‘build empathy for other people and the natural world’
It contains Egyptian mummies and is the only place outside Panama where tiny variable harlequin toads can be found. And now, the 138-year-old Manchester Museum has been named European Museum of the Year.
The institution won one of the most prestigious museum prizes in the world with judges praising its approach to addressing its complex past and its extensive work with communities. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Manchester Museum named European Museum of the Year
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🚨 Full analysis of all the 2025 SATs papers 👇🏼
Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀
MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths
GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS
READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs
Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀
MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths
GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS
READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs
homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a grassy field .
ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a grassy field .
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨 Full analysis of all the 2025 SATs papers 👇🏼
Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀
MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths
GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS
READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs
Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀
MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths
GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS
READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs
“The gap between public and private sector pay has grown over the past decade. Dismayingly, the former is now lower in real terms than in 2010, with experienced teachers facing some of the steepest drops.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on teachers’ pay: ministers must fund an increase | Editorial
Editorial: Schools are tough workplaces, and the government should endorse the case for higher pay
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“The gap between public and private sector pay has grown over the past decade. Dismayingly, the former is now lower in real terms than in 2010, with experienced teachers facing some of the steepest drops.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In today’s paper: my column is on the campaign against exclusions and what I think it gets right (but more importantly, what I think it gets wrong):
If only it were as simple as no more excluded children
It’s never just about the one pupil who is made to leave school
www.ft.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In today’s paper: my column is on the campaign against exclusions and what I think it gets right (but more importantly, what I think it gets wrong):
This. That’s all they need to do to make SATs work for everyone.
The main way to improve the reading sat would be to take the time element out of it. They can either read and understand it or they can’t. What’s an hour got to do with anything? Let them do it till they’re finished if you want to know if they can read.
March 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This. That’s all they need to do to make SATs work for everyone.
Dear DfE, please can every local authority have an @mrsmithnorwich.bsky.social to coordinate primary writing CPD and moderation. Thanks. #TDaPEManchester
March 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Dear DfE, please can every local authority have an @mrsmithnorwich.bsky.social to coordinate primary writing CPD and moderation. Thanks. #TDaPEManchester
It’s great to be back in a room full of teachers on a Saturday morning, especially when @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social is talking retrieval practice at #TDaPEManchester
March 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It’s great to be back in a room full of teachers on a Saturday morning, especially when @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social is talking retrieval practice at #TDaPEManchester