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These girls and everything they stand for - what a great message for young people 💙

This speaks loudly to me. I find it difficult to manage sudden changes.

'But in rushing to “save” them, we may actually be denying them the very thing that could help them learn: having enough time to think deeply about your question and successfully retrieving the answer.' The power of pause!

I feel for Italy ... I don't really. C'mon England!!!

*NEW* for 2026 onwards: updated and some brand new specimen AQA Lang P2s with accompanying PPT slide decks to support teaching. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...

I’m pretty sure every woman leader has had a cry at work. We are human. When our work matters, and we care about it, we feel it. #imwithrachel

You can all access - for free - a copy of our year 9 booklet for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ via dropbox.com/scl/fi/e6lw96k…

Our @ttradioofficial.bsky.social event has loads of #TeamRE speaking! Catch @re-mcgee.bsky.social @karensteele.bsky.social @educatormissm.bsky.social Celina Sullivan and more tobe anmounced!! Get your FREE ticket now www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...

Calling all Humanities teachers! Did you know @ttradioofficial.bsky.social has a free event coming up this September for all #Historyteacher, Geography and #teamre teachers? Great networking & CPD! Stick it in your calendar and grab your ticket here while stocks! www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-t...

This is 🔥 Definitely worth the buy

My first Substack post - 'Unlocking the Power of Joy in Education' Let me know what you think open.substack.com/pub/gauravdu...

I think this is spot on 👇 Collaboration between schools, MATs and wider institutions will benefit the entire education system. I'd love to hear your stories of successful collaboration

My latest blog researchschool.org.uk/stmatthews/n...

What happens when we feel we belong? At High Performance Learning global conference, @profkime.bsky.social explored how belonging, drawing from Bantu African-origin value systems, fuels learning. It’s not optional. It’s essential. What’s one way you help students feel they belong?

My daughter is taking great pleasure in telling me about the water cycle. I'm having to pretend I'm learning this for the first time, although everything she knows, I already know. Joys of parenting.

Feel free to repost. Shop for free in West Bromwich on 25th May.

And it has finally arrived!

I love teaching this unit on protest with our year 9 students. Their engagement and intellectual conversations bring me much joy.

800 sign-ups and going up by the minute! Still time to join my set of 6 hour-long webinars, exploring all things metacognition, modelling, questioning, feedback, revision and developing independence. And yes, it is completely FREE! Yes - FREE! And if you can't attend live, grab the recording!

6 HOURS OF FREE PD! I'm delighted to release further details of my 6 completely free to access webinars, running over June and July. Full details in the poster below! Recordings available too (same sign-up link) forms.gle/xP5SCjfCj7c7... Please share on SM, email and newsletters!

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

I've read this so many times, my copy is getting tatty. Only my bible is tattier. @samgibbs.bsky.social

This is a massively important article. It'll hopefully be the start of some important changes for SEND.

Great session on creating a culture of reading for pleasure from @lilystaff.bsky.social Especially loving the points about fostering a culture of pupils talking about what they read. #REdBrum

⏰ Time is running out to join us in Birmingham... 🎟️ Book now to avoid disappointment: 25th March: One-day Instructional Coaching Intensive 👉 bit.ly/41x6cFG 26th March: One-day Leading Professional Development Intensive 👉 bit.ly/4390vPp See you there 👋

As with in any approach, there is always more complexity. However, as far as interleaving is concerned, this is a great guide @carlhendrick.substack.com

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To reflect changes to AQA GCSE English Lang P2 for 2026 onwards, here’s a folder of 10 specimen papers. Help yourself and please re-post to reach a wider audience. Thanks 😊 #teamenglish www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...

TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky #StateMediaCensorship

Weekend reading - I think it’ll take me several weekends to read!

@suchmo83.bsky.social is knowledgeable speaker and got me thinking - as a secondary teacher - incredibly hard about our approach to teaching reading. If you can, you must sign up!

What a fascinating thread!

I'm making the most tentative of steps into podcasting. My podcasts will explore leadership and Episode 1 is all about charisma. Be gentle, it's my first one! open.substack.com/pub/bennieka... #EduSky

@amy117.bsky.social This is a useful revision video for AQA English Language, Paper 2, Q4 - thank you, Amy m.youtube.com/watch?v=kOo3...

How cool is this!

Covering up my skin head

@daisychristo.bsky.social I'm catching up on Daisy's blogs and such a hard agree on this!

📢 New Blog 📢 How do parents’ beliefs about study techniques impact their children’s learning? 🧠 Research shows the strategies parents value can shape kids' habits for years. Read the full thing here:

This is fantastic. Building a culture of volitional reading cannot be underestimated.

Thanks you @hugheshaili.bsky.social for this brilliant summary. It does continue to paint a worrying picture for the profession we so very much love. I'm hoping that this will, once again, open the dialogue around workload, but, more importantly, lead to action.

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Very helpful article from @greeborunner.bsky.social on using Modelling.

I really enjoyed reading this from fellow ELE at St Matthew’s Research School, Chris Catto. researchschool.org.uk/stmatthews/n...

Next week we have #AskAngela & #AskLouisa online Q&A opportunities for #HtFMeUs project schools. For #AngelaandRobertsjourney, join us Wed 27 Nov, 2pm. For #LouisaandNatalie, join us Thurs 28 Nov, 2pm. Details & zoom link for sessions via Basecamp. Find out more: www.htfmeus.co.uk

You've been doing Duolingo for X years and you still don't speak the language do you? Give up. Free yourself from the meaningless tilt at points and league tables.

Reading LOTF with Year 9 yesterday I tried to practise what I wrote here That meant considering ways to increase student thinking and participation during the reading Ideas here: curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/t...

Hard agree

I often hear educational leaders who say they 'accidentally stumbled into educational leadership.' I've always been intentional about my leadership journey and never heard a BAME leader accidentally stumbling into a leadership role. Are there any BAME leaders who have?