Reminder to our lovely Politics teachers about our feedback webinars on the summer exams. Sign up by Friday, please! 🥰

For any lovely Politics teachers, Jess Hardy and I are going to try and run Exam Feedback for Edexcel 2025 webinars...and we'd love to have you along! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sarra-jenk...

Useful for A Level students considering a law degree (also useful for supercurriculars).

Y13 👀 useful for federalism, power of president, Constitution (incl. checks and balances). One to note for Paper 3 on Tuesday?!

Some interesting super-curricular opportunities for enthusiastic politicos today: 1. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's Autocracy Inc. is £1.99 on Kindle daily deal 2. @constitutionctr.bsky.social has an online town hall at 4pm UK time exploring executive authority constitutioncenter.org/calendar/exe...

A very warm welcome to our new Fellows! Five new Fellows will soon be joining @instcareer.bsky.social to contribute their expertise. Read more: www.nicec.org/articles/a-v...

For any Politics student, this is a fantastic opportunity...and it's online and free! With sessions on standards in public life, electoral systems, rule of law, reforming HoC, and Labour's constitutional agenda, there's loads to explore! @conunitucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution...

Little pre-marking treat to myself to see me through the exam marking season! ❤️ Clearly my next INSET outfit! @thesparkdotcompany.bsky.social

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

Good luck to everyone sitting Edexcel Paper 1 Politics today! You'll be absolutely fabulous!☺️ Don't forget: 1. PLAN. Seriously. 2. Use words from Q in your answer 3. TIMING 4. USE examples, don't name drop 5. Paired paragraphs; SUBSTANTIATED judgment 6. LOA in intro & throughout

Time to get out and vote if you can, Year 13! And of course, we always love to see your #dogsatpollingstations!

Delighted to see my piece in @hepi-news.bsky.social blog this morning, exploring the impact of HE financial issues for prospective students. Always grateful to HEPI and @josh-freeman.bsky.social for their support! www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/29/a...

Delighted and grateful to have had this response posted by @hepi-news.bsky.social. One Step Beyond raises important issues about student preparedness for HE, an area I am passionate about. www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/07/o...

Fantastic day at Uni of Leicester hearing from UCAS, Dr Dom Thompson, about psychology & psychiatry, medicine, student finance, supporting parents and carers, and more! Lovely and local too! ❤️

A brilliant morning so far at Uni of Leicester T&A day, including a SUPERB talk from Dr Dom Thompson. I was fortunate to hear her at UCAS Conf a few years ago and have shared her TED talk annually with Year 13 parents ever since. Inspirational! ❤️ www.ted.com/talks/domini...

The fabulous Jess Hardy and I are looking to run A Level Politics revision sessions for Paper 1, 2 and 3 this summer (as usual!). If you/your school is interested, could you fill out this (non-binding!) form so we can gauge interest? Thanks! ❤️ forms.gle/uFmkz8deg6t6...

Fabulous to have Alonzo from ASK Apprenticeships to speak to Year 12 this morning. It is SO important for students to understand ALL the post-18 routes so that they can make informed choices and decisions ❤️ @careerent.bsky.social

Fabulous lesson with the mighty 12A using Mentimeter to help us combine peer support with whole class feedback ❤️

Where can A Level Politics take you? Well the referee of the Carabao Cup Final studied Politics with us at LGS (Alas, longer ago than I care to admit!). Of course, correlation may not equal causation...but, hey, let's not let that get in the way! Do Politics!

Absolutely love this piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social This point 👇 is especially problematic when trying to offer advice and guidance to students on making the best post-18 choices for them.

International Women's Day tomorrow, so taking the opportunity to highlight some *brilliant* books! (Also on offer on Kindle) #IWD2025 #IWD25 Useful for feminism topic, but very good reads for everyone. Get reading! #AccelerateAction 1. @ccriadoperez.bsky.social - Invisible Women amzn.eu/d/6zpnW1b

Pleased to see this piece go live! Exploring future planning with younger secondary students, and nicely co-ordinated in time for @careersweek.bsky.social lsf.org/grammar/your...

Delighted to welcome Lord Norton to school today to speak to our Year 12 and 13 Politicos about the House of Lords ❤️

It's National Careers Week! 🥳 A great opportunity for students explore possible steps in their futures. It's not about 'choosing a career'...it's thinking about passions, interests, skills, and looking at all the places that could lead! #NCW2025 @careersweek.bsky.social

1 more sleep … #NCW2025

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Fabulous visit to Brussels today! Popped by the Belgian Federal Parliament, and saw a copy of the Maastrict Treaty in the Museum of the National Bank! 😎 #PoliticsOnHoliday

I can't be the only History (and Politics!) Teacher listening to the news this morning haunted by the continual use (and connotations) of the phrase "The Munich Conference"!!

It's National Apprenticeship Week! 🥳 Excited for students across the school to take part in activities throughout to develop their understanding of apprenticeship routes. We've even taken over the digital screens!

At #NCW2025 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 3rd - 8th March 2025. All resources available here: https://buff.ly/415SMjZ

SO excited to share with parents and students the bumper Life Beyond LGS newsletter in anticipation of #NationalApprenticeshipWeek next week 🥳 There are SO many amazing events and opportunities! #NAW2025

Doing live modelling of note-taking with Year 12 as they did their own noting for comparison...led to some brilliant and fascinating outcomes!

It's almost National Apprenticeships Week! This morning there is a Parliamentary debate on the value of apprenticeships, tabled by Labour MP Andrew Pakes Tune in here from 9.30am: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Y12 - useful example got lobbyists topic (democracy)

I love The Little Prince...and at the end of a long week, I am absolutely delighted to have had this arrive today. What a beautiful edition...I love it ❤️

Delighted to see this in print today! ❤️

In a break from the excitement and intrigue of Politics in the last 24 hours, I can't wait for the excitement and intrigue of my newly arrived book!! ❤️

Being stuck in a two-hour stand still on the M1 after visiting Parliament wasn't great...but this motorcyclist had a huge lit up duck on the back, which was brilliant!

Always love getting to spend the day in @ukparliament.parliament.uk and @supremecourt.uk ❤️

Follow @careersweek.bsky.social as #NCW2025 approaches… all the latest #news #downloads and FREE content #careers #jobs #training

Can't wait to visit @UKParliament with Year 12 tomorrow 🥳 Y12 - use this to find out what's going on tomorrow plus some useful information on Parliament!

Delighted to have a new poster for my classroom from UN Women! Free to download from www.unwomen.org/en/digital-l...

Absolutely delighted to be featured in this! A fantastic showcase of the excellent work done in so many schools and colleges to raise the profile of green careers 👏 @careersweek.bsky.social 🥰 nationalcareersweek.com/gcw-2024-case-

Always visit Parliaments when I can on holiday. Popped into a few this Christmas (🧵) but going to start with my favourite - St. Lucia. Why? Because when we popped in, the Parliamentary Clerk not only gave us a personal tour, but invited the Speaker to join us!

Absolutely delighted to see this published. It is such a challenge to provide good and meaningful advice when the entry requirements are so flexible. Thanks to my fabulous co-author Dr Rachael Pearson as always ❤️ www.timeshighereducation.com/counsellor/a...

The VERY best people own Parliamentary Christmas jumpers!! A fabulous day with our wonderful students who donned Christmas jumpers for the penultimate day of term ❤️

Full story - Two ministers are to be assigned to the assisted dying bill in a highly unusual move for a private member’s bill where the government is neutral, a sign it will intensely monitor the details of such a significant change. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Y12 - really useful for the devolution topic (Constitution), especially considering its success and whether its gone too far/not far enough essays

Nearly the end of term...so proud of the nearly 200 offers our fantastic students have managed to accrue since the first applications were sent on 20 Sept!

Watching "Inside the Commons" with Year 12 today. Had to explain to them what "the speaking clock" is, as none of them knew. I feel so old.