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Yes! No one learns anything. The ones who believe they're Lionel Messi continue to think that, as do the ones who think they are rubbish.

We have to understand the link between the SEND Review and the curriculum review. A developmentally appropriate Primary curriculum built from EYFS up is essential to help us meet needs - we can’t be all things to all people - but doing curriculum properly now will support inclusion.

Enjoy! One more week for us!!

They also sound surprised every time someone does a trick... As if they weren't expecting that to happen. I wish I had someone commentating on my lessons like this.

Enjoy! One more week for us...

I love the commentary at the Winter Olympics... One of the commentators at the snowboarding has just said, "Watching that trick if you're a judge is akin to watching The Shining when you're home alone." What does that even mean?!

Completely agree. I couldn't have taken it. Not this week, haha.

It would have genuinely upset me!

This was a very interesting read. I teach KS2 and find it very similar. I think 'banning' a certain type of feedback outright can often lead to less effective feedback because teachers get bogged down in following the policy, not responding to the needs of the child in front of them.

Mam telling me to dial 1471 every time we got back home, to see who the last caller was while we were out.

I'm 33 and I still feel like this. I feel like the games are in the moment and people taking pictures stops me from being properly care free.

Every student, every lesson When we allow the loudest voices to dominate classroom conversation, we neglect to show respect and dignity to all our students, forgetting that every voice needs to be heard.

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On questioning, respect, and hearing the voice of every child.

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I'd be really interested to hear people's thoughts on this:

I honestly don't know why we need LLMs. You're right, the beauty about computers is that they're not human.

Question:

If learning isn't about transferring things (words, experiences etc)into long term memory, what is it?

We had a big push last year on ensuring that our retrieval isn't simply a pub quiz. Sometimes we found we were getting into a positive feedback loop, where children got all the retrieval correct in lessons, but we were shocked later on when they didn't apply it to any other contexts.

But what's dangerous is that it's so convincing. It's essentially like talking to a friend who doesn't really know an answer but believes they do.

I think it is all to do with memory, as you say. But I also think that we've had such a push on sequencing knowledge in primary schools that we sometimes forget other things that need to be explored within the memory too - trying and failing; expressing yourself creatively; judging and taking risks.

Rookie error: today I wrote 2/7 x 3 as an example in maths. Oh, the hilarity.

I've mentioned this quietly, but - since the summer my hobby has been making this ambitious murder mystery podcast. A story. Narrated by me, with a mouthwatering cast. Partly interactive. Trailer is coming tomorrow but if you like the sound of this, please follow @murderbastard.bsky.social.

Bolton Council advertises on their own website. There's a science teacher positions on there at the moment!

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Will we look back at this in a few decades and think, "Ah, THAT'S when we started to be enslaved by the robots that we'd built?"

'Tea' and 'mam' just indicate that you're Northern, surely?

Recently, BlueSky seems to be getting far too much like Xitter; people posting confused, angry replies without properly reading a post, and/or a linked-to article. Please everyone, let’s try not to do this - or we will just end up with yet another social media hellscape.

They're dangerous at this time of year because there's a Greggs every 100 yards up here!

Yes! This is what I want for all of the children in school. We need children to grow into adults who are motivated to learn, especially in an age of misinformation and AI.

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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YouTube video by Eleanor Morton We Have AI Now

Literal perfection. ;) www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...

#Insultoftheweek

Discussing a member of staff who is leaving at the end of term –

Me: “How do you feel about that?”
Pupil: “Annoyed.”
Me: “Oh dear, why’s that?”
Pupil: “Because it’s not you.”

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