Happy National Meadows Day🌻 Today we celebrate the UK's rare, species-rich grasslands and the incredible wildlife they support. 📍Wensleydale | #yorkshiredales #nationalmeadowsday Wayne Hutchinson

Let’s go Vozinha! Coloured pencils on white a5 sketchbook #CapeVerde  #CaboVerde  #vozinha #draw #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #quicksketch

The introduction of the new national curriculum should be phased to allow for piloting and 'lessons learned' alongside a continuing professional development (CPD) strategy, a report has said https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phase-curriculum-reform-and-test-alignment-with-send-reforms-says-report/

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The Strawberry Moon signals the midpoint of the year. Many of you will be counting down the days to the end of the academic year. How’s it been? Pleased with where you are or do you want to make changes next year? Listening Ear is always free so just get in touch. You never know what might happen!

🚨 We're hiring! We currently have vacancies for: 1️⃣ Youth Engagement Trainee 2️⃣ Technical Accountant 3️⃣ IT Support Officer 4️⃣ Natural Health Service Coordinator https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authority/vacancies/ 📸 Buckden, Wharfedale

Politics books for children and teens With titles by Michael Rosen, Alastair Campbell, Kamala Harris, Amanda Li, Tim Marshall, Malala Yousafzai, George Orwell, Axie Oh & more. With links to resources and activities. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/polit... #teachersofx

Triptych complete ✅

Tesco is extending its Kids Eat Free scheme to 7 days a week over the summer, where children get a free meal with an adult purchase, but honestly, this detail about how small the adult purchase can be broke my heart.

I've just added to the website the latest Puffin Clothbound Classics. These are classic novels abridged and aimed at kids aged 9-12. Have a browse! - Michael bertsbooks.co.uk/product-tag/...

Loughborough University Department of Mathematics Education are looking for KS3 Maths teachers to take part in a tech demo and teacher focus group about an Augmented Reality (AR) number line manipulative. You can register your interest at forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

@Naveen Rizvi and I visited Alpha School New York last month. I’ve heard Naveen describe herself as going through ‘an existential crisis’ after seeing it, more than once. Why? open.substack.com/pub/unstoppa...

New post out: "The gap that never closes" I've spent much of my career trying to reduce the rich/poor gap in education. Nothing's worked. Which has led me to the conclusion that we're thinking about inequality the wrong way... (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Delighted to have reached an age where my Saturday scrolling involves "best tea towels UK" 🤘🏻

😪 www.france24.com/en/culture/2...

We’re looking for a Youth Engagement Trainee to help inspire the next generation to connect with the outdoors. If you’re passionate about supporting young people, nature, and creating inclusive opportunities 👇 https://ow.ly/4MjF50Z7AhG #JobOpportunity #YorkshireDales #Traineesh

Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família is finally shedding the cranes that have clustered around its towers for well over a century. On 10 June, the centennial of Gaudí’s death, Pope Leo XIV is due to bless the Tower of Jesus Christ, completed in February, at a mass. buff.ly/wnCISEf

🎬 The French Institute is pleased to announce that Franco-British actor and director Kristin Scott Thomas will be the figurehead of the upcoming renovation of Ciné Lumière.

For colleagues who asked about the paperback: KS3: The Ambitious Years is now available earlier than expected. amzn.eu/d/0eywWJAr The book makes the case that KS3 isn’t the waiting room for GCSE, it’s the foundation. Thank you for all the support around this work.

Quote post with your 10 best fiction books, ordered or not. #booksky ⭐️ Grapes of Wrath ⭐️ Magic Faraway Tree ⭐️ His Dark Materials ⭐️ A Handmaid's Tail ⭐️ Harry Potter ⭐️ Germinal ⭐️ The Colour Purple ⭐️ Final del Juego (hope short stories count 🤞🏻) ⭐️ Never Let Me Go ⭐️ The Gruffalo

I've had worse picnic spots #Scotland #halfterm

May reading #booksky Highly recommend London Falling if you've not come across Mr Raden Keefe before 📚 #alwaysreading

Savoring this from Toni Morrison. “We really have to learn to love thinking again. Not fretting, not worrying, but thinking. Life really is thrilling. But many people are unaccustomed to enjoying the problematics of life…you can use your mind to learn, to change things and to think things through.”

If you are into Spanish cinema you should listen to the latest episode of Palomitas, with special guest @drpetewatson.bsky.social where he talks about Princesas by Fernando León de Aranoa, 2005. A film about sex work, race, migration, and labour. You can listen to it on: tinyurl.com/zc6vz9vv

Shot to nothing after a late resignation for promotion - but my amazing school are looking for a head of science if anyone in the South West is interested in a move and/or promotion. Deadline is, erm, tomorrow! RT appreciated... www.eteach.com/job/curricul...

Can confirm, this is a banger #alwaysreading #booksky

On remand but not in custody – study highlights benefits of innovative Manchester pilot www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...

Always worth voting...

Unlocked a new level of efficiency this evening. #giveblood but also #vote

Name your top 15 shows EVER, no overthinking No particular order... The West Wing Dinnerladies The Fast Show The Office (UK) Arrested Development The Sopranos Engrenages (Spiral) Le Bureau des Legendes (The Bureau) This is England Line of Duty Black Books The Wire The Thick of It ER Green Wing

A really thought-provoking and incredibly brave piece. Much resonated. Thank you @carlywaterman.bsky.social

But there's another argument. When KS3 is weak, the costs are not evenly distributed.The pupil who arrives in Year 7 from a home rich in books & conversation, has reserves to draw on when the curriculum is thin. The pupil who arrives without those reserves does not.

Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan (1914 – 1944) was a British agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive. She became the first female wireless operator to be sent from the UK into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during WW2. #CelebratingWomen

For the Spanish teachers #langchat #AuthRes

We're hiring! 🤝 We are looking for an experienced Community Engagement Officer to lead on the development and delivery of engagement activities for the Coast-to-Coast Nature Trail Project. More 👇 https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authority/vacancies/ #YorkshireDales #Jobs

🚨Attention SENDCOs🚨 I'm looking for a SEND specialist working in a UK school, to write an article in response to the recent white paper. Please send me your article ideas via EMAIL to [email protected] Thanks!

We're looking for a permanent, experienced teacher at Wolverham Primary School to take on the leadership responsibility of the foundation curriculum. We are a very inclusive school one form entry in Ellesmere Port. Please let me know if you'd like to chat about it and please RT!

How Yucatán Is Trying to Bridge the Gap Between Speaking and Writing Maya yucatanmagazine.com/bridging-the... #Mexico #indigenous #maya #language #langsky

We have two exciting roles for teachers at Reach Academy Feltham and Feltham College with a deadline of Monday 13th April. A Business and Enterprise teacher for our KS4 and KS5 and a Health and Social Care Teacher for Feltham College. Click here: reachschools.uk/vacancies

Anyone in Team #mflbluesky with a #Mandarin speaker contact for a heritage language exam? West Yorks based ideally

"I am telling you, being willing to understand how other women are suffering is what will set us free" 💪🏻 Excellent words from @naomialderman.bsky.social

Recently described myself as an "underthinker". Excellent, excellent.

During the speaking mocks, even my best Higher students struggled to keep the conversation going with follow-up questions. I have designed this 'lifeline' card for casual revision: No AI, no pretty pictures, just a list of useful adjectives and phrases. shorturl.at/xjHQU

Boost your CPD, deepen your understanding of the mark scheme and gain fresh insight for your teaching - all with flexible, paid work this summer. AQA is recruiting teachers to join them as examiners for summer 2026. 👉 Apply now #aqa #ad www.aqa.org.uk/join-us/becom...

When I teach about teaching listening I always emphasise how we need to stop making listening a test. All the text book material is testing, get the answer, move on. Next page. I hope my trainees have taken that on board.

Upcoming opportunities with the #MTPTproject: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/emma-shepp... 👩‍🏫 March Return to Work workshop - fully funded for state school colleagues (this Monday 23rd March) 👶 Summer Parental Leave group coaching programme - fully funded for state school colleagues (start in May / June)

🔍 The renewed Ofsted framework offers a range of challenges and opportunities, says @greeborunner.bsky.social – here are 4 ways senior leaders can help subject leads navigate inspections

#mflbluesky Does anyone have any #Tamil speaking contacts for heritage languages exams? West Yorks based

Aggressively pleasant but still #GrimUpNorth #TheLakes