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Katie's fundraiser for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity Help katie walton raise money to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

In memory of Phil Kirk, the wonderful Katie is running the Hampton Palace half marathon to raise money for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

Please share/donate if you can 💙

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Flier for event at Malvern Book Cooperative on 13th November 7pm. Tickets from the shop or enquiries@malvernbook.coop

Looking forward to this #ChangeEverything event in Malvern this month!

@wiltonsquare.bsky.social

If that's a little far from home, you can get the e-book right at this moment from @hivestores.bsky.social for the bargain price of £6.39 😼
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Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children

Once again… testing is not teaching.

Testing children does not teach them to read and it doesn’t encourage schools to teach children to read. It encourages schools to teach to the test.

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Government, councils and police: all scared to act as far right run riot Violent mobs try to intimidate with their flags, while we wonder what those in charge are doing about it

Violent mobs are intimidating communities across the region – waving flags, harassing women, and beating a man almost unconscious. Police, councils and government all look the other way. When did fear become policy?

@peterthurlow.bsky.social

Bloody hell.

How is this still possible?

#WIP 2 #RivelinValley #river #oils on #paper examples for #painting #water for #Chatsworth #Workshop

Throughout #November watch out for #specialoffers I start with this favourite. #Staithes ‘Storm Approaching’ #oils on block canvas 30x20” £650 including p&p in UK DM if you are interested. Thank you

On a bright snowy day, a diesel locomotive rushes through the countryside. In the foreground, a fox with its prey dashes away from the tracks.

The modern world in old Ladybird books. The diesel.

“It is sad to think that the last steam locomotive to be built in Britain left the workshops in March, 1960”
Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)

Out of interest Estelle Morris resigned in 2002 when numeracy and literacy targets weren't met. #Justsaying 😉

Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children

Teachers are resisting our schools being forced become even more intensive #ExamFactories.

Well done teachers.

Labour wedded to Victorian ideas of education and seeking to push schools even further into competition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK and while in the care of the authorities are still missing, according to data obtained by the Guardian. Many of the missing children arrived in small boats or hidden in the backs of lorries and are thought to have been taken by traffickers. Kent is often the place where they arrive. Continue reading...

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care

Do we really expect five-year-olds to sit at desks? I want a school that understands play is learning | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett In England, young children go from glitter clay and building dens to classrooms a Victorian would recognise – and that system is failing many of them, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

As a counter-argument: "Do we really expect five-year-olds to sit at desks? I want a school that understands play is learning"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching - Webinar with Sue Cowley Sue Cowley shares ideas about adaptive teaching and offers a range of practical strategies for creating an inclusive classroom

I'm running a webinar on adaptive teaching next Wednesday. Lots of practical advice about inclusive approaches to teaching. Pay what you can to attend. Very grateful for shares. Thank you! #EduSky
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L.S. Lowry was born on this day 1887 at 8 Barrett Street, Old Trafford.

What life will be like for Andrew as a commoner Former Duke of York will only have his dogs, household staff and the whistling of the wind to keep him company

The Andrew, formerly known as Prince, will only have his dogs, horses, domestic staff, the local gulf club, and the vast Sandringham estate to keep him company.

Pray for him.

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Reform councillor doesn't attend meetings and then resigns after 6 months

Triggers ward by-election which cost Doncaster Council taxpayers £28,252 to run

This man’s constituents are being left behind.

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Sheffield Utd and Chelsea goalkeeper, William (“Fatty”) Foulke. At 24 stone, he was the heaviest footballer to play in a British league team. 📷 Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon

Another great piece of investigative journalism by the Tribune. Are they the only journalists who still know how to do this? Most just rephrase the latest press release. ✌️🙄

Sam Bright | Substack Unmasking the populist elite. Click to read Sam Bright, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

I’m SO close to hitting 5,000 Substack subscribers!

My page is dedicated to investigating and exposing populist elites - their funding, their illiterate ideas, and their international networks.

Needless to say I write a lot about Farage and Reform.

If this sounds of interest, please sign up 🙏🏻

Wow congratulations! 👏 🏃

Red squirrel perches in classic squirrel fashion on an old, moss covered log surrounded by autumn leaves

Happy 1st of November.
Here’s a biscuit tin, designed in 1958 by CF Tunnicliffe

Dum dum dum dum….

I think something that's happened with the narrative around behaviour is that there's a lot of focus on 'managing' young people who find classroom environments challenging rather than thinking about how to adapt classroom environments ahead of time. The system would benefit from more flexibility. 🤷‍♀️

Max Verstappen issues clear response to Lewis Hamilton ‘double standards’ penalty Lewis Hamilton was left far from impressed with his Mexican Grand Prix 10-second penalty, having gone to battle with Max Verstappen.

Max Verstappen on Lewis Hamilton "double standards" penalty claim:

“It’s been done to me too, so why shouldn’t I be allowed to do the same? It’s the same for everyone.”

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Women's rights activists Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst (Manchester Libraries).

Fellow Tottenham Hotspur fans, forgive us but we’ve made these 💙

It seemed a good idea at the time. Apologies to all concerned. Oh and you can buy them below if you’d like to make a poor life choice x

Shared appreciated! #COYS

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End of the 4th week of rehearsals for #EbenezerScrooge in #AChristmasCarol at #LeedsPlayhouse with these magnificent people… all of them bringing their brilliant performance skills to the party and teaching this old dog some new tricks. 🙌
Every day’s a school day… and long may it last. 🙏🏻