Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.

New book! Don’t know what I plan to lead, apart from my little crew of 5 year olds, but there you go!

A question for Primary Teachers. Is Religious and Moral Education/RS/RE/RMPS - (whatever you call it) the very last thing in your planning folder? I've taught in a lot of schools and its always at the back. Why is it the last thing we get to? #RME #EduSkyPrimary

A news story on Facebook about a child who has drowned after falling from a boat coming over to the UK, is littered with laughing emojis and heartless comments. How can anyone think that is appropriate. I'm just so depressed about the hatred and lack of empathy all around us right now.

Some thoughts on phonics programmes. #EduSkyPrimary

What would I do if I had any influence on education policy? Well first I would tell the DfE to calm down on the demands and the 'driving up' of everything because the people I meet on the ground are all telling me that meeting actual children's needs must come first. ⬇️ #EduSky

I’m getting ads about menopause supplements - that are targeted at husbands. If your wife takes this - then she’ll stop being …… and you’ll notice her becoming more like …… then they change the actress to a hot one who is no longer being unpleasant. What decade exactly are we living in????

I'm being observed teaching on Monday morning, so naturally I have spent my Saturday morning overthinking a very straightforward lessons that I have taught many times before! #EduSkyPrimary #EduSky

These are my party shoes. These are as high as I go. This is why I could never be a supermodel. There are other reasons why I could not be a supermodel but let’s not dwell on them.

Fun stuff at the discover table. #EduSkyPrimary #EYFS

Some thoughts on phonics programmes. #EduSkyPrimary

I love the sound of water.

Sometimes you just need to get out and take in our beautiful world.

One of my favourite school assembly songs was ‘Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.’ #PrayForPeace #InternationalDayofPeace

There seems to be a rise in buskers relying on backing tracks and amplifification. Just something I’ve noticed.

Got my coat on and everything.

Sometimes you just need to blow the cobwebs away.

Ant fash rally Glasgow. Looking good so far

We got this book 'Oh Dear, Look What I Got' by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury and the children are already reciting parts of it. It is a hit! This week we are learning about rhyme and this is a perfect hook for the lessons. Thank you @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

Weighing kitchen scales on balance scales. This is what happens when you make a weighing play provocation. #PlayIsTheWay

I love this Jellyfish, inspired by the Global Goals! #PlayIsTheWay

You can’t beat a big stash of Lego! #PlayIsTheWay

It’s a Lego battleship. We have none of this getting a Lego kit and following the instructions nonsense here.

Ever bought a second hand book online, and when you open it up it belongs to a library?

Betty Spaghetti selfie at the shop.

You know, I wouldn’t have thought of using a pan for rinsing paintbrushes but this did the job! Sturdy and harder to tip over than the paint pots. Taken from the house corner and repurposed by ingenious little learners.

There is always that one child who takes the colouring task to a new level.

It’s International Dot Day. Which I always celebrate. Because well, dots are fun!

We started our learning about the Global Goals today. Our little learners were very knowledgeable about things in the world that need fixing. They showed a lot of empathy towards other people and love for our planet which is wonderful. They also want to protect the mermaids from plastic pollution.

Quote of the week!

The Pig of Happiness got it right.

Here are some brilliant reads on refugee and migration themes—perfect for Primary RME and Health & Wellbeing lessons. Loads of links to the Global Goals and UNCRC too. #EduSky

Yey!

“The opposite of play is not work. It’s depression.” – Brian Sutton-Smith #PlayIsTheWay

Seeing saltires and wondering why? It's definitely not an innocent campaign. It might be clever from the organisers to create a campaign that evokes ambiguity, but take a look at those organisers. We need communities of welcome. Not this. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/saltire-rais...

Banksy is a legend. That is all.

You don’t really think about how gruesome Three Blind Mice is until you try to story map it!

Every year I put BBC Numbertime Episode 1 on and think - this is the year where they’ll not like this. It is so old. But still they are mesmerised.

‘I noticed the plant was broken down I fixed it with sticky tape’ Ok then.

Table set!

I said I didn’t need any more books. I said I wasn’t going to buy anymore more books. But then I did. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

It’s so interesting seeing what children do with a box of things to sort. We love these camels and elephants. #EduSkyPrimary

Some of us were hooked by the fabulous fishy art in storybooks and art displayed in our creative zone—so we grabbed our crayons, splashed some watercolours, and made our own underwater masterpieces! We are very pleased with them. #EduSkyPrimary

This looks well worthwhile. I’ve attached some reading on gender stereotyping here.

Tennessee Williams died in 1983, so he was alive at the same time as Venus and Serena - the other tennis-y Williams

What? There is free pool at this hotel. There’s a ball missing. But I’ll live with that. 🤣

So it seems we’ve made it to our 30 year wedding anniversary.