Ginny Bootman has started a podcast! With co-host Dr Sarah Moseley, this is where inclusive education meets real-world practice: buff.ly/mhwhvE2
📙 Ginny’s book, which offers SENDCOs 113 tips for building relationships, saving time and changing lives, is available at: buff.ly/1YaBzUS
It's Outdoor Classroom Day! 🌿
Today, classrooms around the world are taking learning outside. If you're joining in, download this free resource by @creativestar.bsky.social for an activity on finding calm in nature: buff.ly/f2f2TqM
Find more activities like this in #DirtyTeaching: buff.ly/Em34F0e
Teachers, prepare for Remembrance Day with this free assembly plan from Teachwire: 'What can the world learn from the poppy fields of Flanders?' ⬇
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📚 Extract from @willryan3.bsky.social's book, ‘Twenty-First Century School Assembly and Classroom Activities’: buff.ly/YcwSXMI
Planning ahead for Outdoor Classroom Day? 🌳
Teaching outdoors doesn't have to be complicated. This free resource from @creativestar.bsky.social offers a ready-to-go activity that helps children connect with nature & find calm: buff.ly/f2f2TqM
Find more like this in #DirtyTeaching: buff.ly/Em34F0e
Don’t miss @itimbrell.bsky.social's virtual book launch with Belonging Effect (formerly Diverse Ed)! This event is an opportunity for teachers, school leaders & governors to gain insights from the book about how best to approach #LGBTQ+ belonging in the classroom.
📆 Nov 17 at 4pm
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New edition alert! 🧠 Andrew Curran's The Little Book of Big Stuff About the Brain is back, now with bonus content on educational psychology by Alice Moore.
Get this accessible, light-hearted guide to how our brains really work from Independent Thinking Press: buff.ly/pckndmS
If you’ve enjoyed any titles from Independent Thinking Press, we would greatly appreciate your feedback!
Please take a moment to leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads to help others discover these great books.
Another fantastic review of #BecauseofYouThisisMe by @jazampawfarr.bsky.social! Thanks Chris 😊
This unmissable book is a celebration of the everyday heroes in our schools and a reminder that small actions have profound impact. Order your copy from Independent Thinking Press at: buff.ly/l1o6uQo
The new edition includes a fresh chapter on educational psychology by Alice Moore, which is perfect if you're a teacher, parent, or just fascinated by how our brains actually work: buff.ly/pckndmS
ICYMI: The revised edition of The Little Book of Big Stuff About the Brain by Andrew Curran published this summer!
Ben and Steve also dive into her brilliant new book, #BecauseofYouThisisMe. Pick up a copy here: buff.ly/l1o6uQo
📻 If you're looking for an inspiring listen, check out this Edufuturists episode with Jaz Ampaw-Farr, where she discusses the transformative power of teachers and the importance of human connection in education: buff.ly/MXgCU8M
@jazampawfarr.bsky.social
📖 And if you’d like to learn more about why being ‘human first, professional second’ is so crucial in the classroom, discover Jaz’s book #BecauseofYouThisisMe: buff.ly/l1o6uQo
In her exclusive interview with Natalie Hood (@heard-edublog.bsky.social) for Twinkl’s QE Insights, @jazampawfarr.bsky.social explores the importance of leading with empathy & developing a relational approach to behaviour in schools. 💙
Read part 1 of this inspiring 2-part series at: buff.ly/lb6mqxa
Have you ordered your copy of #BecauseofYouThisisMe by @jazampawfarr.bsky.social yet? Check out these amazing comments from Natalie Hood's review! 👇
Keep an eye out for Natalie's interview with Jaz, coming to Twinkl's 'Quality Education Insights' soon!
📚 Order your copy at: buff.ly/G03QXZq
Her #poetry collection #BloodLines explores her experience of illness with honesty and grace. You can order a copy here: buff.ly/g29Mv0w
#AML #Cancer #Poetrysky @blood-lines.bsky.social @itlworldwide.bsky.social
Wonderful news – Juliet Robertson's poetry reading from her Scotland Outdoors interview was chosen as James Crawford's Pick of the Week! buff.ly/R0GcBp9
Her full interview with Rachel Stewart on BBC Sounds covers her career in outdoor education, poetry & living with terminal cancer: buff.ly/LdZ5eMK
Join the movement. Be Bothered. 💻
Visit the new #Botheredness website now: buff.ly/W6pnUS9
@hywelroberts.bsky.social #EducationMatters #TeachingWithHeart #Edusky
'When times feel tough, please remember you could be saving a child's life... just by being you' – from @jazampawfarr.bsky.social's letter to #EverydayHeroes in schools in the latest issue of @teachprimarymag.bsky.social (p.17): buff.ly/ZB5Nd8v
📚 #BecauseofYouThisisMe is out now: buff.ly/G03QXZq
But Ian has something new in store for this academic year. In the meantime, you can explore all 140 Thunks here: buff.ly/5fcfCZD
Over the past few years, we've shared a Thunk a week on our social media during term time—thanks to a collaboration with @crownhousepub.bsky.social and Thunks creator @itlworldwide.bsky.social.
(For the uninitiated: #Thunks are philosophical questions designed to make your brain hurt!)
Teaching isn’t just a job - it’s a human art. Botheredness is a movement for educators who care deeply, reflect often and teach with heart.
Explore the new site 👉 buff.ly/W6pnUS9
@hywelroberts.bsky.social #Education #TeacherLife #EmotionalIntelligence #Botheredness
Thank you Radio Scotland Out-of-Doors programme for creating a podcast from our blether about outdoor learning, impact of the outdoors on ourselves and much more. Listen at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #outdoor #learning #education #cancer #geese #poetry #blether #leukaemia
Blood Lines is a fundraising book. If you want to see which charities I've chosen look here: julietrobertson.substack.com/p/where-are-... #cancer #cancerpoetry #cancerstories #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology #BloodLines
Excited to be at the @nationaledshow.bsky.social with @itimbrell.bsky.social today! Come see us at stand 33 to chat all about building #inclusive schools 📚
All royalties donated to UK cancer charities, get your copy at: buff.ly/iY5jc6N
@blood-lines.bsky.social and @itlworldwide.bsky.social
The theme of this year’s #NationalPoetryDay is play – and in #BloodLines, Juliet Robertson shows us what it means to play and dance with feelings. Through poetry, she reminds us that even our darkest emotions can be met, moved with and accepted.
Don't miss Ginny Bootman on the Beat Teacher Burnout podcast! She shares her journey as a #SENCO + practical ways to protect wellbeing & keep children at the heart of everything: buff.ly/ltpZ4wt
📙 For more time-saving & burnout-busting advice for busy SENDCOs, discover Ginny's book: buff.ly/z3Xqfl9
Like Gavin and Stacey and American democracy, all good things come to an end.
Here are all 142 of the Thursday Thunks we and @crownhousepub.bsky.social posted over the last few years though.
Fill yer boots!
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Catch @itimbrell.bsky.social on the latest episode of The Queer Economy podcast, where he talks about moving from 20 years in teaching to founding More Than Flags and Rainbows 📻: buff.ly/aa8GDUy
📚 For more on creating truly inclusive schools, see Ian's new book: buff.ly/iUTgAVr
