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Lead Professional Mentor for Leicester SCITT - English Specialist - Mummy Bear - Slightly bonkers redhead

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One final day to order these babies for 30% off! @bloomsburyed.bsky.social

30.09.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This week, I’ve been exploring open evenings from a parents’ perspective.

Communicating and creating that β€˜your-child-will-flourish-here’ feeling really is an art that takes a whole team of people and a whole lot of love.

18.09.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are few finer ways to spend a warm early evening than lying on a camp blanket, reading a book, and enjoying a cuppa.

06.09.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back to work from 21st, and back to Blue Sky today.

Aiming this year to share ideas, celebrate progress, encourage adventures, and learn a whole load.

Happy new (academic) year, everyone!

29.08.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, yay! He’ll have a fab time, I’m sure!

04.07.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Macbeth gem I learned this week:

We compare β€˜thane’ to β€˜lord’, but it’s more than that. Thanes had a duty to provide military support and defence to their β€˜lord’ (often the king). So, (if Shakes knew this) Mac being a thane deepens his treachery even further. #englishteaching #shakespeare

03.06.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week’s surprising news: some readers aren’t concentrating as hard as we’d like. My Trust has an online reading programme which sets quizzes based on short texts. The pupils have a choice of text at the right level for them. The quiz pass rate is 8/10. We’ve analysed quiz…

Who knew - sometimes when pupils are reading in class, they aren't paying full attention! Evidence here: readingforlearning.org/2025/05/24/t...

24.05.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

For all the guides and scouts out there:

1: Campfire’s Burning
2: My dad is a lavatory cleaner
3: Cecil is a caterpillar
4: There are no bananas in the sky
5: Vespers #propercampfiresongs #professionalcampers

24.05.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When half term starts with a delivery from your publisher! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

Thanks to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social for the advance copy. ❀️ @gwenelope.bsky.social @litliverbird.bsky.social

23.05.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Starting half term with a rare hour of child-free time and a good hill. #happyhalfterm

23.05.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely day today in our adaptive teaching ITaP: one of our first cohort returned as a facilitator for our current cohort, and one of the women who trained me came to train our trainees.

09.04.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the barriers to reading aloud in class:

It's enjoyable

So we think it can't be work

But it IS work

Not everything has to be difficult

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06.04.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to avoid the testing traps and make assessment better Both national and classroom assessments can become meaningless with the wrong approaches or context, argues leading expert Therese Hopfenbeck

'We should be trying to avoid assessments that increase anxiety in children': Tes speaks to leading expert Therese Hopfenbeck about how to build better tests in schools

06.04.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The double-edged sword of SEND labels:

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30.03.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curriculum and Assessment Review: interim report An independent review of the curriculum and assessment system in England, with statistical analysis.

Since July the Curriculum and Assessment Review, led by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, has been engaged in understanding deeply the current state of what children learn and how this is assessed from KS1-KS5.

The interim report with initial findings and next steps can be read here:

shorturl.at/FFg7Z

18.03.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ultra-processed babies: are toddler snacks one of the great food scandals of our time? For time-poor parents, straws, sticks, pouches and powders can seem like a quick, convenient and even healthy option. But these oversweetened, mushy foods are creating a generation of choosy consumers...

If you want to feel mild terror this Sunday morning, I can thoroughly recommend this article. Fascinating, and something for us to really think about in schools too.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

16.03.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Motivation Theories in Education Haven't Changed in Decades (And Why It Matters for Schools) New paper suggests that our understanding of motivation has been stuck in the 1980s which is good for academics but not useful for teachers and parents.

Why Motivation Theories in Education Haven't Changed in Decades (And Why It Matters for Schools) carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-motiva...

16.03.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Tolstoy’s handwriting apparently couldn’t be read by anyone but his wife. 8 times she copied out War and Peace so it could be sent to published. 8!

09.03.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s never too late: Spotting and supporting SLCN at secondary school - SecEd Many secondary students have unidentified speech language communication needs. How do SENCOs and teachers support them?

The data suggests that nearly half of secondary students with #speech #language #communication needs are going unidentified. This article with @speechandlanguage.bsky.social asks what schools can do to spot & support these young people: buff.ly/4bd9NvY #SendTips #Teachers #Sponsored #Edusky

05.03.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do worked examples boost the spacing effect on lasting learning? Apparently not! 🀯
This study examined what the impact would be of the spacing effect and worked examples were combined and the results were... surprising.

05.03.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Animal sightings on my morning walk.

First 2 miles: 2 deer, 2 hares, 1 flock of geese; loads of birds.
Last mile: 6 humans; 5 black labs.

04.03.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🧡An important part of the primary experience is having a lovely time- adults ringfencing the unique state of childhood and ensuring that primary is a glorious place to be little. Playful and joyful are not the antonyms of high standards and aspiration.

16.02.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9
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Really interesting research study published about school mental health awareness interventions in secondary. Well worth reading assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67a0f0... #secondary #mentalhealth

15.02.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting half term with breakfast in bed, a good book, and then a 3-mile muddy walk/slip-and-slide venture. Perfect. πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

15.02.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When Teachers Teach Teachers | A Conversation with Dr. Ciara O'Donnell Education Leaders Β· Episode

Are you a teacher educator? Or fancy becoming one?

Either way, This conversation with Dr Ciara O’Donell is essential listening 🎧
open.spotify.com/episode/2RBv...

14.02.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When you hold off on your afternoon treat until you feel you’ve really, really earned it, and the universe rewards you with a factory-mishap bonus chocolate. πŸ™ŒπŸ»

14.02.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forget flower and cards etc, this is a real Valentine’s Day must. ❀️

14.02.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now half way through. I can feel the heart-wrench approach, and yet I almost yearn for it. What a stunning piece of literature.

13.02.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oooo, yes. You wear stripes, I’ll wear sequins, and we’ll go to the theatre!

13.02.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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