Twinkl KS1 Facebook group

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Joined it recently, but might have to leave - so depressed at the level of incompetence! This weekend I've seen threads from a teacher of 30+ years who says that phonics is to blame for all her non-readers in Y2, a teacher who wants to know how to collect evidence in Y2 for explaining writers' use of figurative language (don't bother - you're reading the Y6 interim framework, love ) and a teacher who wants advice on dealing with 'figgity' children. And loads if threads asking to be spoonfed to plan EVERYTHING down to the last detail. Or threads that say 'do we have to teach such and such? Where can I find out? Thanks in advance.' READ THE BLOODY CURRICULUM!

And breathe.

I'm agreeing with lots of what's written here and roll my eyes at half the Twinkl posts, but I think it is a forum for teachers and teaching assistants and when parents (Bretonpuffin) come on to criticise it's just not cricket! Teaching gets enough stick as it is!

My much younger but not NQT colleague asked last week how teachers coped with ideas before pinterest and twinkl

Come on here? It is a parenting site, after all! Most of us are parents as well as teachers.

There was a post about transgender children last night that went quite nasty and was pulled quite quickly. Some of those twinklers aren't so sparkly after all

I didn't realise this was a forum for teachers, I thought it was a primary education board on a parenting site. The staffroom board is the one for teachers, surely. I like to be involved in my child's education and find this section of MN very interesting.

I'm not blindly criticising teachers or even my child's own, but the Twinkl page is public and I'm entitled to an opinion on this thread. I don't post anything over there.

As much as teachers get a lot of stick, I'm not sure they are above criticism either. Nor should they be.

And I don't think being a parent rather than a teacher is a barrier to making some of the more obvious points. I'm some circumstances it can actually be better.

No, I meant on the Twinkl facebook group, It's for teachers to offer ideas and support to each other I thought?

I haven't gone on the Twinkl site to criticise, I haven't posted anything on there at all.

I joined it out of curiosity after reading this thread. Not to criticise incompetence, but to see what kind of things year 1 teachers discuss and how it might relate to what my child is learning. Remember that as parents we get very little feedback from the school and all a 5yo will tell you that they've done that day is invariably "nothing"!

I'm sorry if that's "not cricket" but it's a public group on a public website...perhaps they shouldn't accept anybody who requests to join if they want to hide their incompetence from parents

Bean. It's not like posting pictures of children on forums has caused an issue before is it?

Have people learnt nothing from the Sparklebox debacle?

bretonpuffin, I am not a teacher, but I did also felt a bit uncomfortable to read that you joined teachers' group. I can imagine some teacher don't like that. I certainly wouldn't join.

Why on earth would it make you feel uncomfortable?

I don't know, it just feels wrong.

Have people learnt nothing from the Sparklebox debacle?

Problem is, that was quite a number of years ago now and even at the time there were teachers who were quite unaware that there was anything wrong with the site. Even after the site owner had been prosecuted and the site banned by several LAs.

Chances are that recently qualified teachers will know nothing at all about it.

Had a teacher on twinkl tall me.off last week about it - one little download won't harm anyone

That's true, maizie. And many teachers at the time who do know, may not have been aware of all the details beyond the site being run by a convicted paedophile.

You know your a real teacher when you can make a potato print look awesome. #glitter #xmascards #lovemyjob

#sittingonhands #wordsfailme

Trashing a room and faking a cctv event, very entertaining but as effective at this time of year as loading up the DVD player with Arthur Christmas. #borntoteach #lovemyjob #humbug

Good Heavens Miaow

This is a site which was set up and run by a convicted peadophile. I don't know if it is now asserted that he has nothing to do with it any more but surely any teacher worth their salt would not use it on the off chance that there is still a connection.

My grandson isn't at school yet but, when he does start, if he were to come home with Sparklebox resources I think I would have something to say to the school.

He is still a registered re d director and as such profits directly from the site.

I would be saying something, definitely.

Rogue re d there.