Sophie

Sophie

@merrillteaches.bsky.social

DHT | art | SLE | NPQSL | curriculum | teaching and learning | lover of yellow, trees and breathing in the calm | perpetual overthinker I reader

439 Followers 224 Following 195 Posts Joined Aug 2024
5 days ago
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Spent today looking like this #worldbookday

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6 days ago
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Props all ready for the hook of our whole achool book, Ocean Meets Sky #worldbookday

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1 week ago
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World Book Day, this year will focus on the stunning book Ocean Meets Sky by the Fan Brothers. Very excited to see how the children from Reception to year 6 get on with their different points of focus

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1 week ago

Spent today finishing off the plan for WBD. This year reception to year 6 will explore Ocean Meets Sky by the Fan Brothers. It’s such a beautiful book #primaryrocks #worldbookday

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2 weeks ago

Constantly exhausted but otherwise not too shabby thanks

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2 weeks ago

Hi Neil - nice to see you here. Hope you are keeping well

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2 weeks ago

Hi Alex! I know…Hope you are well

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2 weeks ago

Hi Sue. Hope you are well

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2 weeks ago

Yeah not too bad. Just exhausted 😂

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2 weeks ago

Hello lovely! How are you?

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2 weeks ago

Really missing the primary education connections I had on Twitter. I can’t post on Twitter now and never really got going here but looking to reconnect with people as it was always such a great and valuable support. And it changed my career. So hi everyone #primaryrocks

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2 weeks ago
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Getting ready for our brand new library today on Libraries for Primaries training. It’s all systems go and very excited @literacy-trust.bsky.social #librariesforprimaries #primaryrocks

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5 months ago

About today:
1. Taught in year 4
2. Carried out a trainee observation
3. Was a fairy princess and then turned into a frog in forest school with year 1
4. Went to a history network meeting.
5. SLT meeting
A day of variety you might say

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6 months ago
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Ep 57-60 and these great guests joined #PEV Podcast:
@merrillteaches
@MrB_Y3
@pastelteacher
@rcharlesworth
Great chats including art, reading, classroom environments, diversity and more! Don't miss them 🚨
podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/p...
open.spotify.com/show/48LK1L3...

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6 months ago
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Who doesn’t love a bit of new stationery for the start of a new year! Genuinely excited by having a new pencil case. It’s like I’m kid all over again 😂

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6 months ago
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The Cowal Peninsular is pretty beautiful

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7 months ago
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A lovely walk round Hartington and a cheeky ice cream

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7 months ago
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New Chapters Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com The funny thing about working in education is that in some ways we have two ideas of what constitutes a year. There is the calendar year and the academic year. I…

I don’t write very often anymore, don’t really feel like have much to say these days. But as an academic year closes and a new one is on the horizon I thought why not.

New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...

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7 months ago

Thank you so much Karl. I hope you are well

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7 months ago

Thank you so much lovely. Hope you are well

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7 months ago
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New Chapters Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com The funny thing about working in education is that in some ways we have two ideas of what constitutes a year. There is the calendar year and the academic year. I…

I don’t write very often anymore, don’t really feel like have much to say these days. But as an academic year closes and a new one is on the horizon I thought why not.

New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...

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7 months ago
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Mummy: yes baby
11yo: I don’t like superhero’s - they are a bit rubbish
Me: I’m not keen
11yo: Apart from Bananaman!
Me: absolutely!

Winning at parenting!

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7 months ago
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Dopamine dressing today. Wear things that bring you joy

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7 months ago

Anyone else really struggling to switch off?

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7 months ago
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How are you summer hols going Soph?
Me: well today I wrote a geography medium term plan on how canals were important in the development and prosperity of Ancoats…so…..

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7 months ago

Holiday mode is now on!

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8 months ago

A year ago I took a leap. I was interviewed to be an assistant head at another school in the trust, so working across two schools. I’m now permanently at my new school and will be deputy in September. And so much more has happened in between but I am still standing

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8 months ago

Can anyone recommend/ suggest/ know of any book fair companies other than the obvious? Love that they give us money for more books but I am a bit sick of the regular celebrity ‘authors’ and lack of quality, diversity and inclusion. Thanks #primaryrocks

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8 months ago

Reflection on today: knowing what to get right is one thing. But often the how is a whole other matter. And often that is a bigger and more improtant question as it’s the can mean success or failure. #primaryrocks

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9 months ago

I ran school for 3 days this week as the head was on residential…I am exhausted but school, children and staff are all still standing so I am taking that as a win! 😂

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