Started the weekend right, with #parkrun and my new barcode tshirt, a Christmas present.

#parkrun this morning, very slow, but with the people that matter.

Last run of 2025 - Vienna New Years Eve Race Exactly a year ago I made a vow to myself that 2025 I would try to be healthier and happier. I did it. Many real-life friends cheered me on along the way. But so did @mrlockyer.bsky.social and @anotherjules.bsky.social Thank you so much. It meant a lot.

Here are the books I read in 2025 📖📚📖📚📖 #booksky

Finished at 29.43, last #parkrun of the year. Achieved my sub30 goal and am so happy! Who would have thought it? Certainly not me.

More biscuits! More biscuits! 😋

Happy Christmas Eve! It's biscuit time 😋

#Parkrun this morning and the 6th PB in a row. A few seconds off every week. 30.03 today, so only 4 seconds off my sub30 target for 2025. 😊

Another #parkrun with a PB! 30.06 Just 7 seconds off my Sub30 goal for 2025 now. I hope I make it!

The way my Bluetooth speaker reacts when I move my phone too far away is exactly how I imagine it feels to separate from your Deamon in the Phillip Pulman books.

A holiday #parkrun yesterday and another pb. Inching myself second by second closer to sub 30. 🥳

Wohoooo! #parkrun PB for me this morning. 30.49 💪🏽 This time last year my parkrun time was 47.42 Proud of how far I have come.

Why do we ask for the name of your school on the app? 🤔 Our co-founder Laura, explains why 👇

Always loved reading, but never enough time or energy. Only read in school holidays in the last ten years. This year started audiobooks when exercising. (It is still reading!!!) Lost 100 pounds and read 56 books so far. Win win.

Please help me share these #giveaways that I'm doing. Thank you! 🙏🏻

Books I read in 2025 - here we go! #booksky

I have been on a running (and weightloss) journey over the last 8 months and got my second parkrun PB in two weeks today. On holiday, but still running. 🙂 28th December 47:42 Today 31:37 #parkrun #ParkrunVienna #ProgressNotPerfection

Just finished rewriting the overview for a weekly picturebook assembly which focuses on empathy, inclusion and diversity. It's still a work in progress but please feel free to use and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

Hey #Cornwall and #Wildswimming people. I'm getting close to the end of my #AlphabetOfSwims raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians - and I need your help. I still have to find locations for J N O U and Z. 'Z' for Zennor seems obvious, but can you think of somewhere for any of the others?

Shout out to that one teacher at every school that has 3 ‘spare’ laptop chargers when the one that you have only works if you bend the wire in a particular way. #edusky

Radders 2025 book thread…

Ultra marathon - in the bag! I’m delighted but also a little broken. Literally. One of my toenails just fell off! #endure24 is a brilliant, brilliant event. A must-do! #edurunners

TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF: Please could you fill in this form for my daughter's Food Tech GCSE work? I will pay you in cookies! Please RT for reach! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Puffins are social, so to attract them to Maine's rocky islands, National Audubon's Seabird Restoration Program put out decoys to attract real birds. This puffin is trying to fit in with his new friend by standing on one leg. Seabird peer-pressure can be intense. (📷: Robert F. Bukaty)

Bowled over at how this going, can’t really say thanks enough to people taking a punt on the book 🙌 Online Playful Outdoors CPD, 7pm, this Thursday - register below: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Would you like to see a tiny Ancient Greek warrior running across a paper plate? Of course you would. 😆😮 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

This is me this bank holiday weekend with my 75 year old mum, who has always been much fitter than me. Proud of how far I have come. And grateful to her for never putting pressure on me. #edurunners

Another 6k under my belt. I am not getting faster, but my stamina has massively improved. I feel better and healthier, and am getting fitter and slimmer. 🙌🏼 #edurunners

I ran 7k on a treadmill next to my teenage daughter today and we high-fived after every kilometer. Unrelated: There was no one else at the gym.

I slept for 15 hours straight after our residential. That is all.

Minor surgery on my back yesterday. I have been told not to exercise for two weeks. Two weeks! Only a few months ago I would have laughed, as I was doing virtually no exercise anyway. But now! The worst news ever! How things have changed.

Happy Easter Sunday, when the teenagers - who constantly tell you that they are too grown up and everything you ever suggest is too childish - ask for Easter eggs to be hidden.

A note for those considering #parkrun. Every week, I get beaten by people older, younger, heavier, lighter, with less running experience and more running experience. I promise you, nobody actually watches you and judges in the way you think they will.

I did it! Holiday #Parkrun Vienna ✔️ 35 minutes - much better than I had imagined, and I was so worried beforehand. Now to make this a weekly feature... #c25k

Today, after losing 4.5 stone, I mistook me for my sister in a holiday photo. 🎉

Visited a 'Friedensreich Hundertwasser' church for my daughter's art project. Loved the colourful architecture and gates for every religion and continent in the church grounds.

Been for a holiday run with my extremely sporty son. And when I say run, I mean jog. And when I say with him, I mean I left the house at the same time as him, and we were both in running gear.

My daughter bought a book this morning (despite having a Kindle she could use), and spent the day reading without coming up for air or food. I remember that time, and hope it will come again for me.

Summer Term Giveaway! Ok to celebrate my last term of teaching here’s a wee giveaway 😊 To win everything in the video: Like and share this post. Follow me. It’s that simple 😁 Closes 7pm Friday 25th April and I’ll draw it as soon as I get time after that 😉

What is an acceptable wake-up time for teenagers in the holiday when holidaying with grandparents? 🤷🏽‍♀️

My first real outdoor run this morning... and the sun was shining! I have been too cold to run outside all winter, and today already almost too hot. Where is the happy medium?

I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion

My teacher bestie is leaving. Not just our school, but education. She is one of the best, inspirational, creative teachers I know. A sad day for all the children she could have taught. Hopefully everything she is hoping for will materialise. This could have been prevented. Look after your staff!

I have now completed 14 'Beyond C25k' runs. If I was looking for an app with a training programme to get from 5k to 10k, what would you recommend? The three run options are great, but I need something new too. Any recommendations #edurunners? I am better with a structure, rather than 'just run'.

Teaching is HARD. It’s mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausting. But I also wouldn’t trade it for anything. 💜

Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show. Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy. #PhilosophyMatters ##philsky www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...

For the first time 'only' overweight and not obese in about 15 years. 💪🏼 #NeverGiveUp

Lots of much needed talk about boys currently so I was really pleased to find this assembly picture for No Outsiders this week. We can use this in schools to explore and challenge masculine stereotypes. Assembly plan here #NoOutsiders #Belonging no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/03/rugb...