This is one of the most powerful videos you’ll ever see on the impact of trauma on the brain. Please watch and share it - everyone needs to see this. vimeo.com/112360818

Wow, the UK's leading citizen journalism network is just about to hit 50k followers on Bluesky, can we do this today? Please share and lets make this happen!

With the #curriculum review’s call for evidence closing today, @johngroberts.bsky.social and @jasminenorden.bsky.social round up the changes that the schools sector is pushing for, including: 🔹 Scrapping primary assessments 🔹 Spreading GCSE exams over 2 years 🔹 Streamlining the curriculum

As snow and ice is coming, here’s a list of my ten favourite gritter names… 10. David Plowie 9. Nicole Saltslinger 8. Creedence Clear-Road Survival 7. Spreddie Mercury 6. I Want to Break Freeze 5. We Will Rock(salt) You 4. Super Spreader 3. Thaw and Order 2. Gritter Thunberg 1. Snow-be-gone Kenobi

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”

If it's helpful to schools and teachers, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. They're all books I've used and loved. #edusky padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

“The sheer number of people still facing hunger and hardship across the UK is heartbreaking. This cannot go on.” 💬 More than 277,000 people visited a food bank in the Trussell community for the first time between April and September this year. ⬇️ www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Poor by Katriona O Sullivan is a must-read for everyone who works in Education. Well, actually, everyone full stop. I cannot recommend it enough. Would like to buy every daily mail reader a copy!

I finished audiobook of Poor by Katrina O’Sullivan on my way home. Sobbed through the entire last chapter. I have lots to process and I want to get a physical copy to pick out some of the lines that really hit home. This should be an essential read for every policy maker, teacher, authority figure

A troll’s only purpose in life is to troll you. Your anger is like oxygen to them. When you take that away from them, they shrivel up and die. What’s up, Bluesky! 👋

Just completely fucking pinned down. Glorious.

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Please spare a thought for James Dyson, the Brexit-voting billionaire who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax then moved his business to Singapore. He's the real victim here.

This is a Very Important Starter Pack of Biscuit Connoisseurs. For now, I’ve included people I personally know to have acceptable taste in biscuits. But if you’d like to be added to the list, just reply to this with your top three biscuits, in order, and I shall carefully consider your application

#Inequality It's fairly safe to say that many of the world's problems can be traced back to one major issue: inequality.

The number of women waiting for gynaecology care in England has more than doubled in the last 5 years. That’s more than 760,000 people waiting right now. We must encourage the Government to fix this urgently. www.itv.com/watch/news/d...

Today we have heard the shocking news 36% of UK children are now living in poverty. Every politician should be laser focused on ending it for good. I’m joining forces with @bigissue.bsky.social in calling for a POVERTY ZERO LAW - a statutory duty for every gov’t to set POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

NEW: “i hope we create a world where lgbtq+ people don’t have to ‘edit’ ourselves out of fear” this is the reality of being queer on public transport: choosing between pride and safety powerful piece from @lgbthero.org.uk for @bigissue.bsky.social 👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/quee...

THE BELL JAR HARD ❌ It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York EASY ✅ That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs

Can we get this save our NHS starter pack followed by all? Please share like mad! We MUST save our NHS 💙 go.bsky.app/QSu8Fdi

Please read this book. It will crack the code. All the pieces will fall into place. It’s truly a very different take. I’ve been studying this way of looking at our human journey for almost 20 years. It is a game changer.

Any judgement of teaching should come with a "Hold my coffee" clause. "That lesson was clearly a Strong lesson. Now hold my coffee while I show you how it's done". If they can't, the judgement doesn't stand.

One of the more confusing US UK relationships

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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

This is awful & heartbreaking. Schoolchildren from struggling families have pretended to eat out of empty lunchboxes to save their embarrassment at having no food. Ending child poverty must be a priority for the Government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've been listening to this on repeat for hours. Use good headphones or speakers. It's musically brilliant. Ye Gods, I wish I had such talent. @nessevely.bsky.social This is how you do it. @augustalees.bsky.social You will appreciate this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZxC...

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

The shameless normalisation of far-right discourse | Sociologist Dr Russell Jackson asks ‘how should we respond to the recent riots and the return of the far-right as a political force?’ @docrussjackson.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

👋 Leader of EYFS/ KS1 Phonics/ English/ Pastoral 👁 Seeking social justice, climate action, and a fully funded NHS. 🧠 Thinks we should rejoin the EU. There is a SEND crisis in schools. Guinea pigs = happiness. 🤔 Believes votes should be made with the most vulnerable in mind.

I cannot BELIEVE the energy going into getting out of Twitter

If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers. RT and reply to this post and add each other. No fun speaking to yourself.