Recruitment is open for six new EEF-funded school projects 🎉 Covering reading, mental health, science, maths, adventure learning, and teacher recruitment & retention. 75% of state-funded schools have taken part in an EEF project — explore what’s right for your school 👇 tinyurl.com/7abr9ey2

Recruitment opens TODAY - looking for 20 schools to join funded Rich Retrieval EEF pilot of primary science CPD in Bath or North Somerset. Register interest to find out more: forms.office.com/e/s8XPtRxc7L Queries to [email protected] #PrimaryScience #retrieval #primary #education

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz (Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

An amazing opportunity from the Project Earth initiative for students to pitch ideas to investors, advisors, celebrities & their peers Giving agency & voice to young people for their future 🙂 For a chance to pitch - submit project ideas before 2 April https://loom.ly/Z71D0u4

Come see the TAPS website refresh - quick links to tailored resources for each UK nation and NEW zipfiles of plans & egs for each year group. #PrimaryScience #Teaching #Assessment pstt.org.uk/unique-resou...

Out now - new open-access issue of the Journal of Emergent Science, featuring: - BEST diagnostic stimuli - Children's ideas about microbes - Inquiry-based science - 'Scientist like me' for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - Critical thinking with 'what if' scenarios www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo...

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🫨 Did you know 95% of the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords went to private school? Over half went to Eton alone. 52% of all Lords were privately educated. There's a long way to go before the 829 member Upper House is representative of the wider population.

“Making the link between scientific literacy and oracy clearer, will raise the profile of oracy-rich primary science and help to demonstrate how dialogue can support the development and application of scientific thinking.“ New @royalsociety.org report by @prisciearle.bsky.social and colleagues 👇

New report out - opportunities for oracy and scientific literacy in primary science #science #primary #oracy #PrimaryScience #ScientificLiteracy royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Bristol South was one of the lowest ranking constituencies for social mobility across England in our Opportunity Index. We spoke to Bristol Achieve, a charity helping young people in the area, to get a better understanding of the challenges they face ⤵️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

NEW south-west group added thanks to a host school in Bristol for Focus4TAPS primary science 3-day CPD. 15 regions part-subsidised for 25-26. Looking to add new gp in Manchester. Available to all year groups & no pupil data collection - all welcome. Register interest: forms.office.com/e/EVK1XeYNfH

Twilight events for discussion of Nuffield Foundation funded Practical Work in Primary Science project for next term: - Scotland at SSERC, Dunfermline - Tues 9th Sep - Northern Ireland at Stranmillis University, Belfast - Thurs 9th Oct Link for sharing and sign up: forms.office.com/e/p1xeNzj84j

Have you spotted any butterflies yet this year? 🦋 Here are nine species that can be found across the UK in June! Let us know in the comments which ones you've seen 👇

If you're applying for teaching jobs at the moment, I cannot overemphasise the value of giving specific examples in your supporting letter. Everyone can *say* they do things, but there's so much power in an example of something you've actually done.

The weather was perfect to release our butterflies that emerged over the weekend. The children enjoyed observing them in their pavilion before we set them free in the garden. We used information books to find out more about butterflies and learnt new vocabulary such as proboscis and camouflage.

An excellent article (as always) from @prisciearle.bsky.social in this month's @teachprimarymag.bsky.social magazine on #assessment in #PrimaryScience - with sage advice and top tips for making it manageable and relevant in the classroom cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-...

May's Topical Science Update is now available to download for FREE! This month delves into the deadly world of mosquitoes and explores some of the cutting edge research going on to uncover their lives. Download it here bit.ly/TSU2505Mos

Latest Journal of Emergent Science includes a 'collective article' on mixed-age classes, with teachers sharing practice from a range of schools. What would you like the next collective article to focus on? What primary science practice would you like to share? www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo...

Made a bar graph of long jumps and generally had a good day today.

The children observed the caterpillars this week. They observed their behaviour and watched them grow. They estimated how big they would grow over night! “The caterpillars are climbing” “Mine made a letter C” “The look spiky” “I see their poo” “Is caterpillar boy or girl?” “It will be a butterfly”

Recruitment now open for Focus4TAPS primary science 3-day CPD, in range of areas (plus others if interest). Part-subsidised for 2025-26 only so £450 per school for 2 teachers. Available to all year groups and no pupil data collection - all welcome. Register interest: forms.office.com/e/EVK1XeYNfH

Similes like this are so helpful; it seems really obvious when you say it out loud but there is a genuine perspective shift when you're emphatic that the point of your teaching is not to create 15 essays, but 15 students who can write an essay.

My 'Professorial lecture', a talk for education colleagues, friends, family and anyone else who is interested will be at The Egg theatre in the centre of Bath on Wed 23rd April. I'll be sharing egs of primary school science and impact on practice. All welcome! www.ticketsource.co.uk/lectures-and...?

NEW Nuffield primary science practical work guidance report and 5 minute summary video now available on the project page: www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/pra...

Last chance to sign up for tomorrow's webinar: Launch of new guidance for practical work in primary science: 4 – 5pm Wed 2nd April 2025 Sign up: forms.office.com/e/ucAs45cUVq

Booking is now open for new report launch: Purposeful practical work in primary science. Join us to find out about the Nuffield Foundation funded research findings and new guidance for primary schools across the UK. Online launch: 4 – 5pm Wed 2nd April 2025 Sign up: forms.office.com/e/ucAs45cUVq

Booking is now open for new report launch: Purposeful practical work in primary science. Join us to find out about the Nuffield Foundation funded research findings and new guidance for primary schools across the UK. Online launch: 4 – 5pm Wed 2nd April 2025 Sign up: forms.office.com/e/ucAs45cUVq

A new blog from me on SEND and pupil progress meetings and what we should be doing for that distinct group of pupils within our class who have special educational needs and disabilities. wp.me/p5yVVV-p6

I was really excited when @drgarethbates.bsky.social proposed this as an article for @associationscied.bsky.social 11-19 SciEd journal SSR. Well worth a read!

For any locals who fancy a bit of a primary science at The Egg in Bath on 23rd April (6pm talk followed by drinks): www.ticketsource.co.uk/lectures-and...

From the archive: Hinge Questions in Primary Science www.sciencefix.co.uk/2024/03/hing... #edusky

"Everybody - wake up! It's the #BigGardenBirdwatch!" Will you be taking part today? 👀🌳

Local School Nature Grants are back! 🥳 We're offering: - Two hours of outdoor learning training for your staff; - £500 worth of outdoor equipment; - A climate curriculum pack worth £150; - A climate audit of your site; and more! Don't miss out! Apply before 4 April 👇 ltl.org.uk/projects/loc...

A new blog from me. It's a delicate subject and I'm not one hundred percent sure I got the tone right. What do you think? What did I miss? How do we get the balance right on this one? mrefinch.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/showing-up/

🧵 1/ For those who missed it, this recent image from Webb's NIRCam features a part of the Leo P dwarf galaxy (the blue stars at lower right) along with countless other galaxies in the background. Reference➡️ esawebb.org/images/LeoP/ A team's research, done 🔭 🧪 #extragalactic #Webb #JWST

Hubble image of Jupiter’s auroras. Just like the northern lights on Earth, these auroras are formed when high-energy particles, directed by Jupiter’s magnetic field, collide with the atmosphere around the poles. #astrophysics #space #physics

I gave this talk on Artisan Teaching and AI over 4 months ago at #researchED in London. It doesn't feel too out-of-date, despite how fast the world of technology is moving at the moment! rebeccaallen.co.uk/2025/01/07/g...

The way to narrow the poverty related attainment gap, is to help people out of poverty. That is all.

NEW BLOG: We need to talk about inclusion. @headteacherchat.bsky.social @moderncassie.bsky.social @teachertapp.bsky.social @jillberry102.bsky.social @tomrees.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social southgloshead.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/w... Pls shr

Enjoying this year’s RI CHRISTMAS LECTURES? Bring the conversation into your classroom with a Food Choice Debate Kit! The new Debate Kit facilitates a 50-minute, student-led discussion that’ll explore the factors that influence our choices about what we eat. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3ZIjtdI

We have more food choices now than ever, but industrialisation separates us from food production. Do we really have free choice over what we eat? Our Debate Kit asks this question to complement @ri-science.bsky.social CHRISTMAS LECTURES. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3ZIjtdI

Blast from the X past. A load of links to videos to enrich the teaching of #prisci biology docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Do get in touch if you'd like to share your project/perspective in one of the next issues - author instructions in the editorial and on p47 of this issue.

The latest open access issue of the Journal of Emergent Science is now out, including articles on Early Years parental engagement, botanical folk tales, argumentation and primary/secondary transition. www.ase.org.uk/resources/jo...

Alt text? Don’t worry, Santa’s elves have your back! Writing great alt text is simpler than you think. Got questions? Ask our alt text elves!

Primary school teacher, Tim Holford and I discuss primary science enquiry and assessment in his latest podcast. Spotify: lnkd.in/g_2X2_AB YouTube: lnkd.in/gEwgMbp4 #PrimaryScience #STEMeducation #ScienceEnquiry

Have just made a couple of updates to my Reading for Pleasure Padlet. Ideas for staff meetings, teaching resources, links to a map of children's bookshops, suggested picturebooks to use in assemblies, templates for surveys, and lots more. I hope it's useful. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

@annrmac.bsky.social Hi 👋🏼👋🏼 Here's the Scottish educators starter pack I told you about. go.bsky.app/U92yyzH

#EduSEND is now being used as otherwise we might all have to change our careers to make the feed relevant. Sorry for the faffing but hope it helps find what you need to find...