Claire Stoneman

On blessings This week our local vicar visited school.

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This time on school leadership

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So lovely!

A lovely read, thought of specific people for every blessing here ❤️

Thanks @clairestoneman.bsky.social

Ah, great to hear. Thank you 🙏

I’ve got one of these: “The child who, after difficulty and struggle and poor behaviour, gets back on track.” He is a blessing. In fact I was telling my husband and friend about him just today, how he always helps me with the books and is a model student in class 🙏🏼
#UKEd
#Transformations
#Blessings

Lovely

Of course

Yes -- "all which we behold / Is full of blessings", as Wordsworth writes in "Tintern Abbey". Cultivating them is a matter of practice; seeing them is a matter of perspective.

Great post -- thank you

Exactly that - thank you 🙏

“Schools are brimming with blessings”

Yes to this! Deliberately making the effort to notice them, no matter how small, is where we find the joy 🥰

Thank you for sharing!

On blessings This week our local vicar visited school.

NEW POST

This time on school leadership

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three men walking in front of a train that says ' a ' on the side ALT: three men walking in front of a train that says ' a ' on the side

Gutted I forgot the Bee Gees

Xanadu!

1. Need You Tonight - INXS
2. Can’t Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
3. Chandelier - Sia
4. Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John (and John Travolta)
5. Especially for You - Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue
#FridayFive

Oh gosh. So, so good. Thanks for sharing, Chris

Ten things from my teaching in the 2000s TRIGGER WARNING: If you don’t want to be reminded of VAK, wordsearches, puppet shows, sugar paper covered walls, or anything else of the whizz, bang, pop of teaching in the 2000s, stop reading now and...

Those were both pretty heavy long reads so I finish with some light relief. @clairestoneman.bsky.social recalls some of the more nonsensical things she was encouraged to do at the outset of her teaching career!

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Ha - thank you! And there’s so much worse! 🤪

😂 NOT LONG OUR BAB

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That’s really kind of you to say! Thank you, David :) Super pleased your trainees are reading them

I *love* it!

OBVIOUSLY has to be:
1. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
2. Ghost Town - The Specials
3. Omen - The Prodigy
4. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
5. Monster - Lady Gaga
#FridayFive 👻

Thanks, Mr E! Really appreciate that. I remember you saying that before and I value very much that you take the time to consider my pov. I nearly stopped blogging earlier this year, so thank you for reading 🙏

I had lots of fun at #rEDCam25 on Saturday. What was super lovely (and unexpected!) was some delegates tell me how much they like my writing because I tackle thorny edu issues very respectfully, and support teacher voices. It meant a lot. Thank you 🙏

researchED Cambridge 2025 Get ready for researchED Cambridge, a mind-blowing in-person event where educators, researchers, and enthusiasts come together to explore.

THIS SATURDAY 🙌 Excited to debut a talk on the problem of luxury beliefs in education. Come along if you’d like to hear me get pretty cross about their potential impact on our kids #rEDCam25
Tix here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched...

Ten things from my teaching in the 2000s TRIGGER WARNING: If you don’t want to be reminded of VAK, wordsearches, puppet shows, sugar paper covered walls, or anything else of the whizz, bang, pop of teaching in the 2000s, stop reading now and...

Hey Bluesky! 👋

Here’s a re-hash of an old post as I prepare for #rEDCam25 on Saturday. There’s glitter, pipe cleaners and sugar paper aplenty :)

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It’s so cool! ☺️

No way?! Thanks so much for letting me know, Beth x