PE teacher with a love of learning and any games with a ball…moonlights as @jonesthebat
Wales
Joined January 2013
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First Cohort complete on our Autumn ECB Foundation I schedule. Congrats All. Go well at your clubs. Thanks to our tutors @Jonesthebat and Mike Knight
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👏 Such an enthusiastic group to work with. Knowing that each new coach will have a positive impact on so many young cricketers across South Wales is very uplifting.
Well done and go well....
Last Cohort of the Summer Recovery Plan. New ECB Foundation I Coaches. Massive thanks to @valecricket for hosting us all summer. 70+ New Coaches in the SE Wales Network.
☺️ Not everyday you get to hold an Olympic silver medal! 🥈
#Paralympics
Just so proud of @jamesball_91 - he was a tenacious student and has become a fantastic role model to every student in @croesyschool
💪💪🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️
Richard Jones retweeted
Episode 3 is now out: Special Guest Mark O'Leary @sparkyoleary1
Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Spotify link: open.spotify.com/show/4feKcX…
Web-browser:
feeds.buzzsprout.com/982195?…
Tag and share away...
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I’ve teamed up @TeenageCancer and I’m selling cricket bat stickers to help a magnificent charity.
Show your support at the crease! 🏏
Follow the link >> ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/164061414…
An RT would be very much appreciated 🙏🏻
Blur nailed well-being in 1994
I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too
It gives me a sense of enormous well-being.
And then I'm happy for the rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it
#networkEDchat
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Definitely worth a listen...
I was on the radio today talking about smartphones, Stormzy, knowledge, discipline and Harry and Meghan! Listen from 1.12 in. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000d2…
Back in 2010, I said that we should embrace technology and allow mobile phones! Now, I'm brave enough to say, I couldn't be have been more wrong. Strong SLT to ban them... #pandorasbox
My last school banned phones. My current school banned phones. Any future school I’m the Principal of will be banning phones. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again: I’ve yet to hear a single convincing argument for allowing phones in school.
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Just dipped into this again. It's a great read. The Art of Captaincy: What Sport Teaches Us About Leadership by Mike Brearley amzn.to/2IAkFYJ
Only an hour in on @audibleuk but @matthewsyed ‘s latest book is right up there with his ground breaking Bounce and Black Box Thinking publications. 🤔 💭
#diversity
Link to amazon >> amzn.to/2OmOtvx
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Richard Jones retweeted
Hallelujah! Say goodbye to those pesky toe guards forever.....
Say hello to @sugru toe guards. So so easy - watch the video.....follow the link to get yours >>> amazon.co.uk/Sugru-Mouldable… – at Newport, Wales
Witnessing everything that is wrong with u10’s #grassroots football. ⚽️
A relentless manager of a streamed team against an unstreamed team.
20-1 (og) and counting and you’d swear it was the Champions League final. #ndjyfl 🤬 #newport @FAWales
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Hallelujah 😇
It can be done, you just need to hold the line!
If we see it, if we hear it, it’s confiscated for 6 weeks @GYCharter. It works pretty well. Families have learnt that we mean it. And no we don’t believe in reception taking phones in at the start of the day for safe keeping. That’d be over 700 phones morning & night!
It’s not Rocket Science 🤦🏻♂️:
Britain's strictest school's first GCSE results are four times better than national average' | via @telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08…
Almost brought a tear to my eye. 😢
We learnt Henley’s poem, Invictus, during registration and before the start of the day, I would ask the students who they were?
She got it and will go far! 💪
#gratitude
#resilience
#growthmindset
When I was Head of Year 9 in 2010, I heard a parent say, “Well Mr. Jones , it all started on this website called Facebook. She said my daughter was a sl*t” At that point, I suddenly realised what implications social media was going to have on my job in the pastoral system.
95% of the bullying & fights happening in or around schools have their origins in social media. Snap Chat, Instagram, WhatsApp. Want to prevent your child getting stabbed? TAKE AWAY THE SMARTPHONE!! mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
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Richard Jones retweeted
So when I hear people saying ‘ban exclusions’ or ‘stop removing children from classrooms’ I wonder if they realise their good intentions lead to the harrowing of countless children’s lives and education- and the well being of countless staff. Let’s make our classrooms safe
Latest research⁉️ it’s the exact observations that Thomas Arnold made when he was appointed Head of Rugby School in 1828 - hence the development of organised sport and the house systems in public schools
#fullcircle
Latest research- ‘The more time children spent doing organised sports, the less likely they were to exhibit behavioural problems.’ @CHILDSTUDY
thetimes.co.uk/article/a0c14…
Not surprised!
There is so much time spent on absolute 🐄 💩 and it’s all to do with accountability and not learning! Started seeing it in 2004 🤔 and it’s about to explode 💥
Fifth of teachers plan to leave profession within two years theguardian.com/education/20… – at Newport, Wales
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