Congratulations to @christinaastin.bsky.social for winning the Phillips Award for outstanding leadership for over 30 years in widening participation in physics, especially for women and girls, through innovative education, outreach and mentoring initiatives with national and international impact. 👏

This programme is available for anyone leading partnerships across schools in a Trust, with feeder schools, hub, cross-sector. All welcome! Thanks @jillberry102.bsky.social 😊

Interesting report and comparison between two great x-sector school #partnerships published this week: epi.org.uk/wp-content/u... There are many choices to be made when setting up an ISSP. Some of my thoughts below…

Excellent article about school #partnerships 👇

Science Teachers! If you're looking for a relatively cheap leaving present for your Y11s / Y13s, "The Works" sell 3 copies of "Why Don't Things Fall Up?" for £7.50 - that's £75 for 30, free P&P. Or buy a set for your classes next year. It's a great book - don't take my word for it, read the reviews

It was an absolute pleasure to spend the morning with #partnerships colleagues from across the GDST Trust yesterday and to share my thoughts on the 3 S’s of partnerships: Strategic Successful Sustainable Many thanks for inviting me. @nghs-gdst.bsky.social (any other #GDST schools here?)

An absolute pleasure to join school #partnership leads across GDST this morning to deliver a keynote at the start of their Trust-wide Partnerships Day. Thanks for inviting me!

Saved up some reading for today after a busy week…

Excellent day at the AGBIS conference yesterday & good to have so many #partnerships chats with colleagues there.

Early start for AGBIS conference, but this brought a smile as I walked to the station 🌷 @isc-schools.bsky.social

#KentPhysics25 - our doors are open!!! 7 hours of physics teacher CPD about to start. 🌟

"YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A PHYSICS TEACHER" Celebrating #IWD25 and #BritishScienceWeek with a new blog on EDI/DEI, girls & physics: www.astinconsulting.com/you-dont-loo... @womened.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @gsauk.bsky.social @kerryceo.bsky.social @physicsworld.bsky.social #EDI #physics

HIGHLY recommended!

Tomorrow’s #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing focuses on the IMPACT of school #partnerships. Free and open to all: www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar... Grab a coffee and join me at 8.00! ☕️

Breakfast Briefings - all welcome! Announcing the next 3 #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefings. FREE 30-minute informal online gatherings to discuss topics of interest to those leading partnerships in schools - whichever sector, location or age range. www.astinconsulting.com/courses-and-... 1/4

Some of the most stunning images coming from the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope, a post shared by popular demand. Do let us know in the comments 👇 what else you'd like to see in here, regardless of ESA space mission. 🔭 #astronomy #space

Happy half term everyone! Mine began with singing evensong in this beautiful building with my lovely lay clerk friends. So grateful to be able to do this. 🎶

Fantastic blog from Dan - not just mutual partnerships, but symmetric ones, based on identified needs and outcomes. Fully support this. #partnership @xdc020.bsky.social

Thank you to the Kent Charities CEO group who welcomed me today to share ideas on engaging with schools. Such a pleasure to meet you all and thanks to Caldecott Foundation for hosting (I don’t think any are on Bluesky yet…!) #charity #Kent

Interested in the #impact that cross-sector partnerships have on students and staff? Join the discussion at our next #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing online, Weds 5 March: www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar... @graemelawriembe.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @educatinghuman1.bsky.social

What kind of #partnerships questions do school leaders look to have answered? This is one collection from my course yesterday “Exploring Cross-Sector Partnerships”.

Excited to be at HMC HQ today to lead Exploring Partnerships course for school leaders. #partnerships so important for widening opportunities for young people.

Are you leading a school in a #MAT and would like to explore working more effectively with your other schools? ❓to spread expertise ❓for cost saving ❓to add diversity to teams ❓to address recruitment & retention ❓for staff development

8am tomorrow - join our #PartnerChat network meeting to see what support is out there for those leading school #partnerships. www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...

Learned loads from @atkinedu.bsky.social this afternoon on the uses and dangers of AI in teaching physics, including this statistic about how much energy a ChatGPT query takes (~10x more than a Google search). Many thanks Neil!

Join us on Weds morning where we’ll be discussing all the support available to those working to bring schools together in collaboration 👇 #PartnerChat

Thinking about the curriculum review…re-reading this excellent article on learning science by @jimalkhalili.bsky.social Instead of obsessing over learning facts, let’s teach children how to think | Jim Al-Khalili www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I loved our 1st session bringing maths & science leads together at Kent&Medway @ncetm.bsky.social hub: 1. Ready to welcome our participants 2. Skittles - as an exponential decay analogue 3. Takeaways: 3 things I learned, 2 things I’ll do differently, 1 question I have Thanks to co-leader Andrea.

Happy weekend everyone!

#PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing next Weds 📆 Weds 5 Feb ⏰ 8am 📍on Zoom Discussing support for those leading partnerships All welcome! www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...

Leading #partnerships between schools? Join our first Breakfast Briefing of 2025 on Wednesday week at 8am GMT: www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...

Always love visiting @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social - but wow! This scaffolding…?!

Headteachers - if another school or organisation wanted to get in touch about an opportunity/collaboration, would it be obvious from your website who they should contact?

10th anniversary blog: “what are you prepared to give up in order to have what you truly want?” - the question that changed my life! www.astinconsulting.com/what-are-you... What I’ve loved & learned about my move from teaching to consultancy - & some tips for others considering a similar move.

AI stalking my LinkedIn profile…!

I’m happy to share this box set of films about school #partnerships. Great to see these partnerships leads talk about the benefits to their children & staff in diver schools. I was series advisor & interviewer, & appeared in front of the camera for the intro! www.linkedin.com/posts/graeme...

Been giving away Kindle editions of "Why Don't Things Fall Up?" in hope it'll help spread word of mouth. (DM me if you want one) Wonderful to know TWO teachers have bought a set of HARDBACKS to give their students for their "science book clubs". What a wonderful way to promote literacy in science.

Today’s classroom and class…!

Thanks to @christinaastin.bsky.social for organising a great evening in London at GDST #NottingHill with a diverse group of speakers on #AI in #Education. Insight from @aqaeducation.bsky.social and #AI in assessment Looking forward to more discussion with @sAInaptic

Still buzzing after a fantastic evening chairing #AISecEd on Weds evening. Great to work with these fabulous women from sAInaptic! A really good event sharing expertise and good practice using AI in secondary teaching/leadership. #AI #schools

The stage is set… #AISecEd

For anyone interested in getting schools working better together for the benefit of children - I made a starter pack! Please let me know if you should be part of it go.bsky.app/J9r2RoW

AI IN EDUCATION Are you an early adopter? Sceptic? Not enough time to see how much time it could save you? A few extra tickets released for Wednesday’s AI in secondary education mini-conference in Ealing. Do join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uses-of-ai...

Today I was part of a project making films about school #partnerships. This is SO important! Watch out for the finished articles in Jan/Feb.

Looking forward to talking about partnerships between schools & FE & HE with @christinaastin.bsky.social next week. #Edusky Sign up below 👇👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...

Joining the commuters for an early start - heading to a studio in Wapping for a day of film-making about school partnerships. Exciting!

Hi! 👋 I’d love to meet anyone on here who works in school #partnerships, that is: 🤝 collaboration between schools (eg MATs, x-sector, x-phase) or 🤝 between schools & other organisations (eg HE, business, charities) Thanks!

Reminded of this on Friday after a very enjoyable day working with two fabulous middle leaders keen to develop their science departments. #alwayslearning #teaching #leadership

Curriculum review recommendations from the Institute of Physics: www.iop.org/about/news/b... #physics #education #curriculum