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Jo Pickering

@jopickering.bsky.social

MFL Specialist, Trust Lead for MFL, all things T and L

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February 2026 Social Zoom (Special) - booking for Secondary teachers for Part 2 of the meeting) This form is for Language teachers to register for this free event hosted by ALL on Wednesday 25th February 2026 from 7.00 pm on Zoom. See Outline below. Access - You will need an Internet connectio...

@all4languages.bsky.social Special presentation invitation :
From 19h00 on Wednesday 25 February 2026 on Zoom
Members of the Social Zoom invite Secondary Language teachers to join Jennifer Wozniak-Rush and Silvia Bastow talking about their new book.

Booking: tinyurl.com/SocialSpecia...

22.02.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Super blog about multilingualism.

This message from Denise Amankwah should underpin all the work we do as educators.

'we cannot assume we already know what meaningful inclusion looks like from a young person’s perspective.

We need to ask them.'

24.02.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

Such an interesting read!

open.substack.com/pub/colingor...

24.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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26 GCSE Spanish topics for your Year 11s to practice!
One booklet. Exam ready. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ

Repost and Comment "YES!" below and I'll send you the free booklet right to your DMs, πŸ‘‡

#GCSESpanish #SpanishRevision #MFLTeacher #SpanishTeacher #Year11 #MFLTwitterati #SecondaryTeacher #spanishgcse

25.02.2026 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you add me too please #MFLBluesky

29.08.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vatican puts β€˜God’s architect’ Antoni GaudΓ­ on path to sainthood Pope Francis recognises the β€˜heroic virtues’ of the creator of Barcelona’s Sagrada FamΓ­lia basilica in first step of process

Spanish Alevel teachers πŸ‘€

#MFLBluesky

Vatican puts β€˜God’s architect’ Antoni GaudΓ­ on path to sainthood

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

15.04.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interested! Will be in touch!

29.08.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ #MFLBluesky: Trips abroad not happening for some classes this year? Not all students going on the trips that are happening? We can bring the world to all your students!
-> Schedule a 15-minute discovery call here: calendly.com/allabroadbus

04.04.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Au revoir to French: Spanish becomes most popular language GCSE More than 136,000 studied espaΓ±ol for this year’s exams, as holidays and La Liga football help increase its appeal

Au revoir to French: Spanish becomes most popular language GCSE

More than 136,000 studied espaΓ±ol for this year’s exams, as holidays and La Liga football help increase its appeal

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

23.08.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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After a summer of sun, travels and great gardening, I’m ready for the next term. Refreshed by a day at my favourite hidden cove in Cornwall.

29.08.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MY view after work this week was incredible

MY view after work this week was incredible

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Fave word is EichhΓΆrnchen For the way it sounds in my mouth. Best trip was my year abroad as part of my degree. Germany simply became my home and I left my heart there when I came back to UK.
My German teacher was legendary. Frank Hardhill I’m sure he did something incredible in a previous role.

21.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

German does yearning so well. ’Fernweh’, β€˜far-sickness’, is the longing for distant places, while β€˜Sehnsucht’ is a wistful desire for something intangible. #shoutoutforgerman

20.03.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 742    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 9

Very proud of my son who went to his first political party meeting with our local MP on Saturday. He loved it!

17.03.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My biggest fear when I listening on a lesson plan, is that I will see testing and assessment of listening. A forgotten and much ignored skill. Today I taught combien and quand listening skills lesson .

17.03.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Knowledge: The links between language and mental health Speach and language are the forgotten part of mental health interventions - and the one part schools can control

πŸ’¬ 'Over the many years I’ve worked in mental health, I can’t remember a single discussion about the one factor schools can affect: language'

17.03.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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At the weekend I was lucky enough to go to language learning conference. I was even luckier to go to a session on being anti-racist. I cannot stop thinking about it. Both sessions were so thought provoking, now to action!

17.03.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kayleigh Poacher - Hairdressing - BBC Sounds A protest is taking place today to raise awareness of the issues affecting hairdressers.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I don't know if you have to be logged in to BBC to listen. Here's BBC radio Norfolk on the Institut FranΓ§ais visit today. Francophonie on the Road. Go to 2 hours 40 minutes:

17.03.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@cristahazell.bsky.social great to see you and thank you so much for the prizes!

15.03.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great session @joedale.bsky.social thank you! I love Padlet-there should be a badge for this!

15.03.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@theniceman.bsky.social

15.03.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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@theniceman.bsky.social what a fab session! Brilliant!

15.03.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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@clareseccombe.bsky.social great session as always!

14.03.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@kedisimpson.bsky.social

14.03.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Has anyone ever seen the original of this document. We are trying to find the author and also an original copy. It used to be in a set. Does anyone have it? Or know where it comes from? #mfl

11.03.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@all-languages.org.uk

11.03.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve finally signed up as I miss my education colleagues! Hola and Bonjour, a bit of Guten Tag too! nice to see you all here!

11.03.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A day of resource writing, standardisation and marking. The sun is shining and I am using all sorts of AI tools to support our fabulous DRET MFL curriculum! #MFLtwitterati #MFL @joedale.bsky.social

11.03.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0