Every time I come across this photo it completely stops me in my tracks. Crude oil supertanker Esso Hibernia under construction at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, during 1970. The scale and spectacle of this thing is incomprehensible. (📸 Harriet Berney)

As you'd expect, sensible stuff from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social - We focus on attention, participation and long term learning through research-informed practice .... but it all counts for nought if behaviour is not sorted.

I am blogging again!!! Like many others, I've moved over to Substack for a bit of a refresh. First entry is on school improvement - where to start, and what things matter. I'm weirdly a bit nervous about it it's been so long 😭😭 open.substack.com/pub/adamboxe...

Did you know that Biro was a man? (What else is a man?). Monday's TGT introduces your students to Hungarian László Bíró who was born in 1899 and invented the ballpoint pen in 1938. He fled the Nazis during the war and sold his patent to Marcel Bic(h) in 1945. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Republican state rep calls for Democratic congresswoman's execution.

Not surprised by the research discussed here by @carlhendrick.substack.com. I find meaningful speech incredibly distracting that I don’t find with other noise. (Living in countries where I often don’t understand conversations has made me much more aware of this). substack.com/@carlhendric...

Digging around in our dusty physics store, I managed to find enough stuff to demonstrate Faraday & Lenz's laws ... #ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

Friday's TGT marks the 200th Anniversary of the first passenger railway journey. It marked the end of "local" trade and opened up the world for passengers and freight. Get your tutees to reflect on travel in 1825 and what it might look like in the future. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Tuesday is the 179 years since Galle's discovered Neptune. A great story. Uranus was has been discovered 83 years earlier, but Mathematicians noticed it didn't obey Newton's laws. They postulated an 8th planet & its location, Galle found it right where it was predicted. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

And this aspect takes up so much time & effort (in certain contexts). Where intrinsic motivation is lacking, maintaining attention is vital but extremely difficult.

I went on a far-right rally because: "I think it's from grassroots level of teachers saying you have to use the right pronouns for certain genders." Speaking to people in the way in which they would like to be addressed is common decency - and by the way, it affects you how? Not news.

Just a cosy little human interest feature chatting to people who went to support a far right racist criminal thug What on earth is the BBC up to?

Quite proud of myself getting this one fairly quickly. Minute Cryptic - 19 September, 2025 "David selflessly took off armour, pulled back slingshot, eviscerated y" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 2 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Should have happened ages ago ....

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Just finished reading this, written with engaging enthusiasm and admirable clarity by @alomshaha.bsky.social. I took 3 sciences and maths at A level, so was familiar with much of the content, but it made me realise how much I'd forgotten and how much more has been discovered in the 30 years since.

Given the context and the crowd, despite Musk’s weasel words, this was a call for violence against the British state, from a foreign national who controls a major propaganda engine, and has engineered it to monetise hate

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law. These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.

Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!

Indeed we do.

When you think it can't get any worse. Shocking.

This should be called “fetish”.

Although we use FIFA (and I advocated for its use versus "nothing") I don't think there is any ideal solution. Just pick one and repeat it to death.

Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award, "It's not lost on me why I might have won this award" "Aside from presenting Match of the Day.." "Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"

This is an interesting critique of SLANT & STAR as advocated by Lemov in TLAC ... open.substack.com/pub/philbead...

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

Minute Cryptic - 10 September, 2025 "Playing piano after American season of pipe organs?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Tuesday's TGT celebrates Radio 4's In Our Time and Melvyn Bragg who is stepping down as host after 27 years and over 1000 episodes of pure geeking out with a range of academic experts. Literally my dream job. Someone put my name forward to be his replacement, ta. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

This will mean little to most of you but I've just seen an email from a teacher trainer recommending "Why Don't Things Fall Up?" to the new cohort of trainee science teachers and he has said to the students "There is no excuse not to read this fantastic book." My work is done.

@alomshaha.bsky.social and Lisa Jardine-Wright @isaacphysics.org on BBC World at One www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#TFW you’re walking through central #London…and bump into a giant photo of yourself on a banner hanging outside the @rigb.org! 😂 #ChristmasLectures

I solved Will Southers's Minute Cryptic member clue! Ablaze robots amount to nothing (4) Hints: 0, Letters revealed: 0 www.minutecryptic.com/custom/9f228...

Wednesday's TGT is a stunning urban fox picture that won The British Wildlife Photography Awards top prize this year. Ask your students whether the right photo won and what's stopping them from doing the same? bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Are you a TA/HLTA in the West Country? Did inset/first days back go badly? Looking for a change and to come and work in a lovely inclusive school in Bath? 3 days left to apply for this HLTA (Literacy/EAL) position 👇 Please RT / pass on to anyone who might be interested.

See the link in the 3rd post to add your name to the open letter ...

Even if you’ve no kids in yet, use tomorrow’s TGT to show some colleagues what it’s all about. Reminder that this year there will be a choice of text-rich and text-light slides.

Tuesday's TGT remembers Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 Commander who died this summer at the age of 97. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink Reminder this year there's a choice of text-rich and low-text slides to use with your class.

I’ll try not to disappoint

This has been a massive help to me over the years ... #SciTeachUK #ITeachPhysics

And tomorrow is the day! :-)

Not many kids back in school tomorrow, but TGT is back anyway just in case. We begin by remembering the incredible talent of Tom Lehrer who did this summer at the age of 97. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons. thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice

JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.” { ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social }

Well played.

Change the narrative. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...

Amen to all of this

Caring shaped my life. It should shape our politics too.

I would never have found this without the share - thanks, such a brilliant listen (especially for those of us who are Minute Cryptic and Lee & Herring fans) :-)