Blanching and storing my first batch of nettles for the year! 🌱 #GardenSky #gardening #foraging #cooking

It’s been a terrible week for writing. But an excellent week for getting assessments marked. And the greenhouse tidied. I’ll take the wins where I can. #WritingCommunity #GardenSky

Today was a Very Bad Teaching Day, so instead of moaning I’m going to share a picture of my dog with his current favourite toy. #dogs #EduSky

Librarians and teachers - my students want more manga in our school library. What recommendations do you have for secondary appropriate texts (11-16) and where can I get them for a reasonable (cheap) price? #BookSky #MangaSky #EduSky #manga #librarians #recommendations

#writer #authors #indieauthor #writingtips #aspiringauthor #indiebook

2 days to go! Join us on Thursday 5 March to celebrate reading for fun ✨ Looking for last- minute resources and celebration materials? Head to our website for everything you need. www.worldbookday.com

💡NEW POST 💡 ‘What teachers think about disciplinary literacy’ “Teachers who experience teaching a young child to read with a phonics programme and early handwriting practice feels a world away from reading dense science texts or writing history essays.” alexquigley.co.uk/what-teacher...

Earthseed, including The Book of the Living, was created by Octavia E. Butler

Today I learned that if you plant 6 Jerusalem Artichokes one year, you end up with 3,000 tubers the next year. Anyone got any recipes? 😂 #GardenSky #recipes #cooking #allotments

Rescue chicken Sarah (Connor) would like to announce that it finally feels like spring! 🌸 #rescuechickens #spring

Mozart teams up with Salieri to assassinate Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky in modern-day San Antonio: THE DECOMPOSER #W #WSPitWIPs #WSPit #Hu #HI #A #L

I don’t normally post about stuff I’m watching but this is delightful. Gentle comedy is such a win. #BBC #SmallProphets #comedy

SIX CRIMSON CRANES X THE CRUEL PRINCE X SHREK 🪿 A fractured 'The Six Swans' Retelling (but with geese!) 🇲🇲 Burmese Kayin Inspired MC 👹 Belu's galore! (Burmese Ogre) 👊 MC prefers fists over swords 😈 The faes are cruel, but so are humans (and MC's fist) 💐 A lot of flowers #WSPIT #W #YA #F

Cursed to move backward through time, Joric has fewer memories of Fion each time they meet. If she can’t find a way to change his past before their final encounter, she’ll become a stranger to a man driven only by his memories of the terrible act that cursed him. #WSPit #W #A #F #R

Desperate to outrun his isolation and a haunted past, Ætheren slips beyond the forbidden wall into West Ulli—and joins a mysterious night circus. Drawn into a world of hidden magic, intrigue, and secret agendas, he soon discovers the circus is not all that it appears to be. #WSPit WIPs #W #A #F

LOVE IS BLIND x YELLOWFACE INCOGNITO MODE: In 2016, reality TV love rat Pete found love across the aisle then ditched his bride on their honeymoon. After years in hiding, he's found love again but a stray online post shoves him back in the spotlight as America's biggest villain. #WSPit #A #W #UP

THE LIBRARIAN’S SECRET If the one you love has doomed your past, would you choose them for your future? 🕯️Demons, death, and dark academia 🕯️Time travel 🕯️Underdog rebels 🕯️LGBTQ+ lovers to enemies #WSPit #Q #YA #R #F #Dis

WHAT THE THORNS REMEMBER Remember what was lost, break what was bound, return what was stolen. 💫 An outcast raised by witches. 💫 A girl who sees visions of death. 💫 A priest who hungers for power. 💫 A farmer with who hears the secrets of the earth. #WSPit #Q #A #F #H #Dis #LGBT

THE EIGHTH RULE THE TRAITORS X THE HUNGER GAMES X PIRANESI The rules are alive. And they are watching… 🎭 12 powerful magicians; 1 saboteur 🎭 Lies, secrets, and betrayal 🎭 Ancient castles, magical trials, and dark academia 🎭 Are we lovers or enemies…? #WSPit #WIP #A #F #R #Dis

I am lucky enough to work for a wonderful Head. It reminds me of how important patience, acceptance, and inclusivity is towards staff as well as pupils. Teachers thrive when our needs are accommodated to where possible - which is only a positive thing for our pupils. #EduSky #educationUK

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm.

Happy Twin Peaks day to all who celebrate.

Today was a terrible writing day. It was a terrible writing day because I learned that rotten eggs can spontaneously combust. 🥚 All over the kitchen. 🤢 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Saturdays are for making fresh batches of kimchi while watching the rain. 🌧️

Make 45-minute meetings the norm in schools. Time is pedagogical capital. Shorter meetings sharpen focus, reduce overload, and give teachers more time for planning and student support. Use digital tools for pre-reading—keep meeting time for dialogue and decisions. #SchoolLeadership #EduSky

If you care at all about the state of education in the UK, please sign this petition. If this is passed, it will be catastrophic. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... #EduSky #education #teaching

This such a gorgeous idea.

As the #NationalYearofReading gets underway, one school is reshaping how students see reading – making it social, visible & meaningful. A powerful model for building whole‑school reading culture & #ReadingForPleasure. @mrs-tremble.bsy.social explains how: buff.ly/TW8me8r #literacy #edusky

Feels like an appropriate weekend to share the fact that I have two rescue chickens named after Anne and Emily Brontë (we lost Charlotte last year) They are both beautiful, defiant, feral little things, which I hope would make the Brontës proud. #rescuechickens #wutheringheights #WriteSky

I’m not saying that spring is better than Christmas but… #gardening #spring #growing

I’m such a Millenial, anything important gets written down by hand for me…

The first 33 secondary school reports from new #Ofsted inspections offer key insights: Shift toward Expected Standard. Rare Exceptional grades. Curriculum & Teaching most challenging. Inclusion emerging strongly. Useful analysis from @pkainsworth.bsky.social buff.ly/c5ucyHP #schools

SecEd Podcast: Our new episode offers practical ideas & #teaching techniques for engaging students in the work of William Shakespeare. How to introduce his plays – penetrating the vocabulary – how to make #Shakespeare enjoyable – what to avoid & much more: buff.ly/EgEDVOy #teachers #education

Currently reading: The Lamb by Lucy Rose.

Watched Hamnet. Will need 3-5 business days to recover. #hamnet #film

Burnout sucks. Any tips for getting out? Asking for a friend. #burnout #edusky #neurodiverse

BPPV strikes again so I’m being looked after. Not sure about this guy’s qualifications but he’s cute. #dogs

Practical Magic x The Honey Witch Two sisters develop the ability to sense love and are able to determine a person’s true love… for everyone except themselves ✨ With Big 5 Editor interest #QuestPit #Q #A #YA #F #R

TANGLED X PRINCESS BRIDE X STARDUST 💘 He fell first (literally), she fell harder ☀️Golden Retriever MMC meets 🌑Black Cat FMC 🐦‍🔥🐉 Mythological creatures ft. Chinese/Italian beasts 🗡️ Impossible quests ✨Intertwined curses & a trickster slug #questpit #NA #YA #F #AG

HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH Journals of a Familiar Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape. #questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT

THE LIBRARIAN’S SECRET #Questpit #YA #SFF #R #H #Q “Your paths are tightly bound (…) but there are few more miles to tread. You will break each other’s hearts before the end.” 🕯️Demons, death, and dark academia. 🕯️Time travel. 🕯️An underdog rebellion. 🕯️LGBTQ+ lovers to enemies.

WHAT THE THORNS REMEMBER #Questpit #W #A #DF #H Written as a gothic folklore alternative to seasonal cosy fiction. 💫 An outcast raised by witches. 💫 A girl who sees visions of death. 💫 A priest who hungers for power. 💫 A farmer with who hears the secrets of the earth.

So what is #Questpit?

This is why I moved to Ellipsus (please don’t reply to this and tell me they secretly use AI too…) and I absolutely love it.

Been teaching for nearly 13 years. Some days, you feel like you’re back to year 1. Today is one of those days. Always humbling. #edusky #teaching

🚨New Blog🚨 Closing the Disadvantage Gap We must not confuse disadvantage with inability. What interventions can we use to close the disadvantage gap & equip students with the rich knowledge they need to comprehend the curriculum & the world around them? literacyengine.co.uk/index.php/20...

It’s that point in the January Half Term where I accidentally fall asleep at 7pm and stay out cold until my alarm goes off the following morning. #teachertired #edusky #education

🌟 NEW POST 🌟 ‘6 strategies to support shared reading for students with SEND’ 1. Least to most prompts 2. Reading comprehension strategies 3. Using ‘wh’ words 4. Vocabulary examples/non-examples 5. Picture-plus 6. The CAR model alexquigley.co.uk/6-strategies...

I’m at the point in my life where my wild treat to myself is buying a quince and a medlar tree. I am beyond excited. #gardening #trees #nature