New post! On removing students from lessons, and the pain and angst it brings. Please share if you can :) open.substack.com/pub/carousel...

The moon is looking pretty this morning.

I need a human sized version of this. Now I know these exist for cats, a blanket fort just isn't going to cut it anymore.

That sky! So beautiful! I wish I had half this talent. Alt text: sunrise photo over patchwork fields of the beautiful countryside that is the Somerset levels. The sky is a beautiful and dynamic combination of yellows, oranges, reds and purples giving the effect of really looking like it's on fire!

Fire in the sky this morning. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels.

Today I found an Ent

Telling students stuff is sensible. But if you’re *just* telling them, you’re not really teaching. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

In case you missed it: Yesterday's blog post. Education researchers publish obviously false claims about internal exclusion. Part 1 andrewold.substack.com/p/education-...

My list of cultural, ethical, legal, etc., articles was getting a bit long, and some of them overlapped, so I've put them in a database; it's easier to update and you can search by theme. It's a bit crude, but I'll refine it once I know how I want to use it! www.advanced-ict.info/theory/impac...

NEW POST We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching. open.substack.com/pub/adamboxe...

The points @msjasminemn.bsky.social makes in the body of the article are important. Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration. schoolsweek.co.uk/ive-given-my...

Do you teach more than one subject? Do you try to bring them together? We're doing equations/graphs of circles in Maths this week, so we're also doing a programming task to draw a circle in Python. It's easy with Maths, but I'd be interested to hear about ideas for other subjects. #TeamCompSci

NEW: Has gender balance in A-Level physics improved? This summer, 24% of those entering A-Level physics exams were female. Physics still has the second lowest percentage of female entrants of all A-Levels. - but that's the highest percentage for at least the last twenty years. vist.ly/4bft7

Just ran my first half marathon in 1:50: now I’m training for the full 26.2. Running, like writing, isn't about inspiration but discipline, structure, & carrying on when you’d rather stop. Couch to 5K Writing began with that idea: one step, one sentence at a time. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

What's the story Montessori? Wouldn't you like to know? #UkEd #Edusky

‘ V levels will be new Level 3 qualifications that offer a vocational pathway for students who want to explore different sectors before deciding where to specialise.’ educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/new-...

Wenn Lawson, one of the originators of the theory, writes about Monotropism for Frontiers in Psychiatry. "Uncovering how monotropism explains autism and Autistic experience takes the reader into the very heart of Autistic experience in ways not previously shown." www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Autism is not just about being "quirky," and those who claim otherwise should not be taken seriously as autism advocates, org representatives, by the media—or by anyone who wants to truly support autistic people. From @epballou.bsky.social via TPGA archives: thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/auti...

How can we improve auditory accessibility in buildings? Because "Thoughtful design can make schools, workplaces, and public spaces calmer, safer, and more welcoming. Not just for autistic people, but for everyone." From @craeioe.bsky.social: crae.ioe.ac.uk/ten-question... #autism #neurodiversity

New post. Has additional become the point? bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/h...

Teachers love a good brain scan, but neuroscience tells us far less about teaching than we like to think. New 2025 studies show neuromyths still thriving in classrooms worldwide. It’s time to stop mistaking neurofolklore for knowledge. 🧠👇 open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

Demonstrated use of stacks for recursive fibonacci - asked Copilot to create me a demo and so I thought I'd share for reuse! trinket.io/python3/e511... #TeamCompSci

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...

AUTISM and TYLENOL A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared. “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…” Full article:

Just spotted the new eps of @thedailytism.com and it's relatable stuff. Esp the Autistics who struggles get one word out on autism (all the time) and the funeral for a bowl. The wake for my fork (It bent 😱) is next week... youtu.be/SSrQpabAD_c?...

Hurrah! We can finally share the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic Please do let us know what you think and share if you find valuable! youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...

Hurrah! We can finally share the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social First short film is: Discovering You're Autistic Please do let us know what you think and share if you find valuable! youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...

The other animation is Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic. So much about Autistic experience is still missing from most professional accounts, which have been formulated from the outside. Many people talk about all these little epiphanies: 'I thought it was just me!' www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...

First up is Discovering You're Autistic, about the experience of realising you're autistic, and the things we've found most valuable for anyone starting out on that journay. Realising that there are many other people out there with similar experiences is so powerful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...

A very important read...

New post: Science students don't get experiment variables? Try causal diagrams instead. Link ↴ cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol... #SciTeachUK #iTeachBio

Good decisions here

The Stars of Avalon. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor last night. As usual I am rubbish at knowing exactly what I am capturing in the night sky but I really love being up there at night and we were the only ones up there too.

NEW #AUTISM RESEARCH (@gavrobstew.bsky.social + @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social): Nearly 90% of middle-aged and older #autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK; autistic adults are facing higher rates of mental and physical health conditions as they age www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-9...

I'm not an English teacher but this is a very interesting insight and I can see how it applies to science (and any other subject) too. A great read.

📢 New Post 📢 Reflecting on the 2023 paper, "Communication miscalibration: The price leaders pay for not sharing enough", read my thoughts here: Too Quiet at the Top? What Happens When School Leaders Don’t Say Enough: researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/24/t...

🎉New Blog Post 🎉 Creating a culture of curiosity in schools. Practical ideas to build a curious culture in schools. Reflected on this after going through my EdD work and came up with these ideas as I went. researchtoclassroom.com/so/98PZggWwE... #EduSky #EduBlogUK #teacher #academicsky

If you are new to teaching or just like to read useful tips to get ready for school, this is one of my favourites from @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social I read it every year and it helps my return-to-school anxiety as well. drwilkinsonscience.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/s...

God damn, what an update.... #nomanssky youtu.be/qHZLz1MW0aE

A new post with some of our collective thinking on where curriculum can go wrong

Love this sort of thing...

Planning inset days? Read this...

'Peaceful Dawn' Glastonbury Tor this morning before sunrise.

It’s amazing how no one ever points out the reason we can’t return asylum seekers to France (or the EU) is because of Brexit. The same folks who said we could take back control, are the same folks who didn’t mention this particular consequence of such actions. Funny that.

Personally, I think the percontation point would be particularly useful! And the irony mark too. Would a sarcasm flag for verbal communication be a step too far? www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art...

Woken up by tawny owls last night and I didn't mind. In the twenty years I've lived here, this is the first year I've heard them. After the huge decline in numbers round here since the 1970's, this is a welcome sound. www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...

Full moon through the archway of St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. Photograph taken this morning as the sun rose behind me.

📢 New blog post: Putting free game engines to the test! 👇 🎮 I've looked at #MakeCode Arcade, #Construct3, #GDevelop, #Struckd Studio and #Godot from a teaching perspective. . . 👉 www.interactiveclassroom.net?p=2027 #EdTech #teamCompSci