Formative assessment might be the greatest and best thing you can do in the classroom. It’s not done for a grade. It’s to see how effective your teaching was. It’s to see where students are at in their learning. It’s to see where to go next. —Steven Anderson, Educator
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30.08.2025 11:25 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
100 books to read before you are five. An ideal selection of picture books for children aged 3-5 in nursery and EYFS. #ukedchat schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...
31.08.2025 06:42 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Year 1 have been doing some wonderful land art based on the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Walter Mason and Bill Dan. @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #thurlstone_art #andygoldsworthy #billdan #waltermason
21.05.2025 16:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Super writing from George R today. Congratulations on getting an H⭐️! Well done! @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #thurlstone_English
15.05.2025 15:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We really enjoyed estimating and then measuring the area of different rectilinear shapes on the playground today! 😀 #Thurlstone_maths @thurlstoneps.bsky.social
12.03.2025 14:49 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Just look at the Brian Wildsmith inspired art work our children across school have produced! #Thurlstone_art
31.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Free to download PDF reading list for Year 4 – perfect for promoting #ReadingForPleasure or holiday reading challenges. Includes titles by Swapna Haddow, SF Said, Michael Rosen & more.
📥 Download here: buff.ly/DoB3dzd
THANK YOU for helping us raise £265.52 via ASDA & Parentkind’s “Cashpot for Schools” initiative 🙏🏼
🎉 We were sent the money today! 🥳
It really is true that every pound makes a difference - to us, to the school, and most importantly, to the kids 💙🧡 @
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We have been sorting animals in science today.🐴🐔🐰🦏🐖🐍🦉 @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #thurlstone_science #kapow
10.03.2025 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Where do fruits and vegetables grow? @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #kapow #thurlstone_science
10.03.2025 14:17 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Partitionng numbers systematically @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #ncetm #thurlstone_maths
10.03.2025 14:18 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our competition entries for the Penistone Book Trail competition. @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #thurlstone_art #Penistoneartsweek
10.03.2025 15:41 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0What a great time the children had! #Thurlstone_reading
09.03.2025 15:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Creating an equitable classroom for students with special needs requires intentionality, collaboration, and a commitment to fostering each student’s growth and independence,” teacher and Edutopia community facilitator @techysewell.com says.
#InclusiveEd #EduSky
Free reading resources to download 📚👍🏼
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/free-reading-resources-to-download/
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Free reading resources to download, share, send home to parents, use in the classroom and use on school websites - including book list PDFs, reading records, re...
In our DT lesson today, we practised making linkages in preparation for making our ‘Moving Monsters’.
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We have been doing some blind taste testing to decide on our preferences regarding bolognaise sauce! Soon it will be time to create our own recipe! @thurlstoneps.bsky.social #Thurlstone_DT
05.03.2025 13:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Ooops! A day late. 😬😊
02.03.2025 17:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hi From Outer Space by Fiona Katauskas 📚👍🏼
https://buff.ly/3WXLXhS
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Hi From Outer Space is a welcome addition to any KS2 and KS3 bookshelf. Katauskas swaps political cartooning for comical illustrations in this book, with short...
Parents & carers! You might want to keep KS1 kids’ schedules free after school on April 1st for our next event - top secret until tickets go on sale but a change from a Disco 🤐
KS2 kids? It’s April 3rd for them, also straight from school.
Children who don’t appreciate Disco vibes might enjoy this…
So proud of our amazing library! #thurlstone_reading
09.02.2025 14:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hello Bluesky! Great to be here 🙌🏼
05.02.2025 21:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Super Science today looking at how water drains through different types of soil. #Thurlstone-Science
07.02.2025 16:09 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Jacob has worked SO hard on his handwriting! Just look at that! #thurlstone-handwriting 🎉❤️
06.02.2025 11:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
In art, the Wise Owls created their own printing plates from a polystyrene tile, then used paint rollers to cover their tile and print their design. They turned out fabulously. 💛
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Jacob has worked SO hard on his handwriting! Just look at that! #thurlstone-handwriting 🎉❤️
06.02.2025 11:28 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0…pupils, families and/or the local community, whilst offering support to families & teachers where we can, financial or otherwise 💙🧡
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Our Mission, for anyone who doesn’t know:
Raise the funds that @thurlstoneps.bsky.social needs to continue providing pupils with an enriched primary school education by delivering fundraising events and initiatives that offer great experiences for…
‘The very first children’s books in English were instruction manuals for good behaviour. One of the earliest, “The Babees Book”, from around 1475, is a list of instructions: “Your nose, your teeth, your nails, from picking keep.”’
Katherine Rundell: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
