Claire Lawson

There’s a recovery axiom: you can look at the darkness, but don’t stare. Be sure to look up from your phone now and again these days. Play with your cat. Read a disconnected book. Staring at the abyss is what made Musk go crazy. Don’t stare.

24.01.2025 19:55 — 👍 55    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

The Commission Conversations Podcast · The Oracy Education Commission · Commission Conversations are short dialogues, discussions, and debates compiled by the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England. They are desig...

Hello, new BlueSky followers. In April, I was proud to be asked to chair the Oracy Education Commission.
You can read our final report ('We Need to Talk') here: tinyurl.com/yr9pp9af
And there are dozens of podcast conversations exploring #oracy in its many forms: open.spotify.com/show/5UwEJKk...

19.11.2024 20:11 — 👍 123    🔁 47    💬 2    📌 6

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.

16.11.2024 09:05 — 👍 23519    🔁 3209    💬 861    📌 598

In the 'Theory of Change' paper, Prof Coe sets out why we designed the Great Teaching Toolkit as we have, what choices we made and the evidence that underpins them.

Download your copy 👇
https://buff.ly/3C16w5n

30.10.2024 07:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Late October when
The veil grows thin, mist roll in,
Ghost worlds wait outside

#haiku #poetry #photography #autumn

27.10.2024 10:19 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

The #DiverseEd TED Talk Playlist for Schools | Diverse Educators Deepening our thinking around DEIB starts with who and what we are watching and listening to.

Check out our #DiverseEd TED talk playlist - key viewing for sharing with colleagues:

www.diverseeducators.co.uk/the-diversee...

11.09.2024 10:26 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

We don’t have to suffer this system. To paraphrase Simon Sinek, we can replace public education’s status quo with a reality that is vastly more conducive to our deep-seated human need to feel safe, to contribute to something bigger than ourselves.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4l...

19.10.2023 12:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Red hands holding inky just-picked blackberries

"Late August, given heavy rain and sun
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen ... ''
The magnificent, poignant 'Blackberry-Picking' by Seamus Heaney, who died on 30 August 2013. (Via @PoetryFound) buff.ly/3yrRWfy

31.08.2024 11:24 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Fabulous! Thank you ❤️

02.09.2024 20:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0