Luke Jones

Meaningful mentor development Mentors can be powerful agents of learning, but their mere presence does not guarantee the progress of an Associate Teacher. To be effective, mentors must be prepared for and supported in their rol...

Great to publish this with the Mentor Development Team www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

British.

We need to talk: a reciprocal approach to literacy and physical education This study explores how the reciprocal teaching style can support literacy development in secondary Physical Education (PE), particularly for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Se...

An important article from @drpeluke.bsky.social - please take a look and repost for others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We need to talk: a reciprocal approach to literacy and physical education This study explores how the reciprocal teaching style can support literacy development in secondary Physical Education (PE), particularly for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Se...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great to see this published today!

Pupils to benefit from more specialist teachers in classrooms Aspiring teachers can get up to £31,000 tax free through bursaries and scholarships, as the government boosts efforts to attract more great teachers.

The Labour manifesto promised 6500 more teachers across schools in England.

The latest data shows the progress towards that has so far been 2300 additional teachers.

To help further, a new package of funding is announced today with a focus on areas traditionally ignored such as FE and...

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Time spent on social media peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline since. And this is not just the unwinding of a bump in screen time during pandemic lockdowns – what’s going on?

Read the full story here: on.ft.com/3IzaxBL

Evening Mashup

‘Everyone’s watching.’ Examining the reluctance shown by some children to participate in primary physical education and sports day This study, based on the views of 29 primary children (aged 10–11 years) and five school practitioners, explores why some children are reluctant to engage with physical education and sports day. Dr...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great to get this published - about Meaningful PE in primary schools

2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

'ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”...ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.'
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How school became more sedentary - and why it matters In recent years, PE has been squeezed out of school timetables, while breaktimes have grown shorter. What effect is this reduction in physical activity having on students’ health and learning? David R...

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Sir David Attenborough’s new film calls for ban on destructive fishing methods The problem of over-fishing is highlighted in Sir David Attenborough's new documentary - which has galvanised calls to ban destructive fishing methods

Sir David Attenborough’s new film calls for ban on destructive fishing methods

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Ban Bottom Trawling Now Oceana UK's Daisy Brickhill dives into the devastating issue of bottom trawling, and why we must ban it in our marine havens.

🪸 From shredded coral to dead sharks and starfish, bottom trawling leaves nothing but devastation.

But there’s hope. Where it's been banned, life has flooded back: angel sharks, electric rays, sunfish, kelp forests.

Read Finisterre’s latest blog for more 🔽
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Teacher supply: why 5 subjects face gloomier forecasts Why are drama, history, RE, PE and Classics having trainee recruitment targets hiked up when overall teacher supply is improving? Tes speaks to experts to find out

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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"Why do you 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 talk about Pakistani grooming gangs? There are 𝙩𝙚𝙣 times as many white grooming gang suspects?"

@maitlis.bsky.social asks ex-Reform MP @rupertlowe.bsky.social why he won't denounce all perpetrators of grooming gangs equally.

Speaking of Magna Carta

Professional Learning in Physical Education Professional learning in physical education is typically experienced as a coaching course where the predetermined content is delivered to teachers in short, one-off sessions. This approach can have...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great to finally get this published

Professional Learning in Physical Education Professional learning in physical education is typically experienced as a coaching course where the predetermined content is delivered to teachers in short, one-off sessions. This approach can have...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great to finally get this published

Ciao!

My Giro starts here.

Yours can start with our first NSF Morning Show*

*sort of

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This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

YouTube video by Love Hope Strength Foundation Mike Peters Tribute - Brandon Flowers

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How about we start celebrating higher education as a nation? How about we start shouting, loudly, of the social good of higher education? How about we talk of the nurses, the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, educated at universities? How about we celebrate the artists, the writers, 1/

Coming soon: Labour responds to the failure of its Nigel Farage tribute act by trying even harder to be a Nigel Farage tribute act whilst closing its eyes to the evidence of where that path led the Tories.

Gair y dydd. Word of the day.

Tristwch = sadness; sorrow; grief

worth every second

Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies Just as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profit

Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies
Just as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profit.
#EduSky
www.scientificamerican.com/article/goog...

The sky cracked, oceans rose, and the world quietly burned. Most ran, some begged, a few prayed -
but me?
I poured a large one and watched.
Why would I run when the world was already ending?
Not every ending needs a survivor.
Some just need a witness.