I thought the depiction of the school in Adolescence was a fairly good representation of a bad school. But I can’t get behind the idea that someone from the lower school, not safeguarding trained would show the police round and supervise interviews.

Today, did I walking into my partners online meeting holding the baby and shouting “I need a wee!”?

Yes. Yes I did. #matleave

This is what I collect my stuff to take to the charity shop. When it is full, off I pop. Everytime they complain that I want to keep the box and bag. Do I need to donate the containers each time? Is this the etiquette?

If I still had to do mock marking in December I think I would have left teaching by now.

My daughter, when asked to draw something Christmassy, drew rain. I can see why.

Today my 3 year old painted some stones and then this evening we dropped them by our neighbours houses, that had lights on them, as a thank you (thank you was written on it). It was mainly her idea. So lovely!

I have put my tree up today - way earlier than I normally would and I feel deeply uncomfortable about it.

I have been to a few open days as a parent now. And my goodness some of the Head’s presentations are bad in very basic ways. Such a red flag.

Every now and then I remember when I was sent by my school to a business to help them with a team building CSR day where they, after talking to a teacher for 20 mins, were going to reform teacher workload. The team with the best idea would win.

I've been so excited to tell you about this one and now I can! I've been secretly writing an In Action book based on the work of Graham Nuthall and look, it is has a cover and a release date! It's a long way off yet, but do have a check it out... www.johncattbookshop.com/products/nut...

I love ordering flowers from a florist. It is a such a positive experience compared to buying something online from a faceless company, that is generic and comes in a box. Business and recipient are both delighted with your order.

A much needed resource especially considering the popularity of psychology and the lack of routes into teaching psychology.

I am hating this Christmas creep because it is stealing from autumn. I Iove autumn!