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Sonia
@son1bun
Head/Director St Matthew’s CE Research School, NPQEL, EEFTrustee, ClassicsforAllTrustee, UKLACouncil, FD SecondaryTrustChair, Oracy Commissioner, Christian🙏🏾
Nechells, Birmingham
researchschool.org.uk/stmatthews
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    Sonia
    @son1bun
    Jan 29, 2022
    Huge thanks to all the contributors: my fantastic SLT @traceya75 @hydeh_rose and @dlmartin85 @StMattResearch and case studies from:@JanineAshman @KateJones_teach @XpatEducator @ChorltonTeach and of course the amazing @RonBergerEL and the boss @teacherhead 🙏🏾
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    Tom Sherrington
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    Jan 28, 2022
    Just reading final proofs of @son1bun's In Action book on @RonBergerEL's An Ethic of Excellence.. it's absolutely brilliant. Out on Feb 25th... 🔥🔥👏👏 amazon.co.uk/Bergers-Ethic-…
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    @son1bun
    Jan 13, 2022
    Indeed! 🤔
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    @son1bun
    Dec 18, 2020
    Secondary School staff...I’m so sorry! I’m angry and frustrated for you and I stand in absolutely solidarity with you all! 🙏🏾 We have been let down! Hear me good today @educationgovuk, we will not forget how you treated us in 2020! ☹️
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    Sonia
    @son1bun
    Jul 13, 2020
    Guilty as charged! 🥰😳📚😳🥰
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    @son1bun
    Apr 11, 2019
    I’m going to be a Head Teacher from September! Oh goodness!😳🤗😳@Paulett78960645 @traceya75 @StMatthewsCofE
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    @son1bun
    Apr 16, 2021
    My precious, funny, wonderful Dad passed away! It was expected/not expected. His 10 children and his wife of 58 years stood around him as he went on his final journey! It was peaceful, beautiful and painful. We are heartbroken! @traceya75
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    @son1bun
    Jul 17, 2020
    First year of Headship done, dusted and packed away! Phew...that was the year that certainly was! 😳😴🙏🏾 @StMatthewsCofE @traceya75 @dlmartin85 👍🏽
    GIF
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    @son1bun
    Sep 26, 2020
    ‘Children are often so much more intelligent than their reading ages allow. So we MUST make time to read aloud to them in our adult voice’ They can then experience more than they can read themselves. @CressidaCowell is sowing some beautiful RfP seeds on @BBCRadio4 @OpenUni_RfP
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    Sonia
    @son1bun
    Aug 31, 2020
    My first year of Headship ended up being one of the strangest, worrying and absolutely best years ever. Throughout, my SLT, teachers parents/children have been amazing. I found this today and I cannot wait for tomorrow! Best wishes for a wonderful start everyone! 🙏🏾
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    @son1bun
    Feb 21, 2022
    My book has come back from the printers! Yeah!!!!! 🥳 @hydeh_rose @traceya75 @teacherhead @RonBergerEL @StMattResearch @JohnCattEd
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    @son1bun
    Jan 2, 2021
    New Heads...starting on Monday...hold your nerve...you’ve got this! 🙏🏾 We are all in this together and I salute you! Not quite 💯 about my own school plans yet but here if you need to talk! 👏🏽🙏🏾👏🏽
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    Sonia
    @son1bun
    May 15, 2021
    Yesterday was the hardest day of my life. We ‘celebrated’ our wonderful, precious Dad and laid him to rest. His was truly a life well lived! Thank you for all the kind words and thoughts. It was needed and fully appreciated! 💔🙏🏾💔@traceya75
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    Sonia
    @son1bun
    Jul 9, 2021
    My Deputy - who I drive home from work - has tested positive! 😢 We are now off until the last week of term…the final busy week of term! 😳 I’m a little bit fed up! Get well soon @traceya75 🙏🏾
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    Sonia
    @son1bun
    May 9, 2022
    I did my first SATs bag up today, as the Head! I smashed it…NOT! 👀😳👀