🎉 GIVEAWAY WINNERS 🎉 Slightly delayed… but perfectly timed, four weeks since Learning to Lead Computing launched! Congrats to: 🟦 @eenalol.bsky.social 🟦 @neophitoua.bsky.social Thanks to all who entered! Missed out? Grab your copy here 👇 📘 bit.ly/L2LCo #LearningToLeadComputing

Carousel is excited to be a sponsor and delighted that @andrewpercivaled.bsky.social will be speaking about retrieval practice in primaries! #TDaPEManchester is fantastic CPD and all for an excellent cause, so be sure to get your ticket to Manchester if you haven't already!

An early start for me today! Looking forward to meeting Funmi Alder in real life and looking at humanities! If you are interested in the work I do with schools, feel free to get in touch. Always happy to chat! #education #teachingandlearning #developingpedagogy #curriculumdevelopment

I'm on my travels this week! And the sun is out too! It's also a chance to take my new travel cup out and about Stephanie! Northampton, Wokingham and Bolton this week, with some other online bits in between!

I'll be there! Looking forward to being part of a great event!

Looking forward to the next #TDaPE conference. This time it’s #TDaPEManchester and I’ll be there talking about the importance of getting teacher development right!

Delighted to be presenting my research at #TDaPEManchester next month! #EdChatIE

This looks like an excellent event. ⬇️

I have a new travel cup! It's also sunny! 🌞🌞🌞 That's all for now... Happy Friday everyone! If you are interested in the work I do with schools, feel free to get in touch. Always happy to chat! #education #leadershipdevelopment #teachingandlearning #developingpedagogy #curriculumdevelopment

This week I've been delivering ITAP week 3 for student teachers on Best Practice Network's ITT programme. It was all about scaffolding, and this group have been great. It's the third week I've had the pleasure of spending with them this year (albeit virtually), and they are so reflective.

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I've been plugging away at more speaking and listening resources today with Clive Davies! Aspects of talk, scaffolds for supporting children to articulate themselves and their amazing knowledge... its all in here! Available from Focus Education soon so watch out for it.

Unless you live in Saddleworth, you won't understand, but the #christmastractorrun is a spectacle that passes right outside our house every Christmas Eve! It's a marvel to be seen @saddleworth_independent #merrychristmaseve #merrychristmas www.instagram.com/reel/DD-ULJt...

@fiveguysofficial.bsky.social milkshake to break up the annual Chrimbo shopping trip to the Trafford Centre yesterday. Love a five guys milkshake - I ended up with two 🤣

I know it's a Sunday... And it's also the holidays... But I'm enjoying working on these graphics! It's all for a Speaking and Listening curriculum that @Clive_FocusEd is writing! If you want to know more, I'm free after Xmas 😜 #curriculumdevelopment #speakingandlistening

Whether you're feeling like the grinch or Mr/Mrs Clause, if you're finishing term today, well done for getting through the wonderful Christmas madness! Have a lovely Christmas and a well-deserved break! And yes, both images are me dressed up... who knows what I'll be dressing up as next Christmas🤣

Last night, the new elves (Jingle and Jangle) decided to play a new game. The card left out, a history question - my favourite! But it's got me thinking... what a great starter game to play with a class to see if they can remember simple chronology.

AI working it's magic on my LinkedIn profile. Reckon it just about sums me up! www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-n...

This picture is a throwback to last year, but today I reprised my role as Santa as part of my 3 part plan for dressing up this season! This Saturday, I'll be grinching it up again at my daughters' school's Christmas fair! I'm beginning to get a bit of a rep... which was completely unintended!

Exciting news! I delivered some training around vocabulary earlier in the term, but if you missed it, it's available on demand here: www.focus-education.co.uk/products/bri... #edusky

Lots of work on DT units of learning today! Year 1 complete. Year 2 is on its way! Just dropped the girls off at brownies. Now chilling with this little pup by the fire with a bit of Netflix. Happy Monday!

I've switched my attention this week back to the Learning Challenge Curriculum. Over the next few weeks, I'm looking at how we can develop the great resources for Art and DT even further. I'm half way through developing further resources for a DT unit focussing on designing and making logos in Y1.

@alicekeeler.com and #edusky has been doing a fantastic job of compiling edu accounts and starter packs to make the migration smooth tinyurl.com/edusky

Early start for me today! Off to Runcorn to work with two different schools on their curriculum 😁 If you are interested in the work I do with schools, feel free to get in touch. Always happy to chat! #education #leadershipdevelopment #teachingandlearning #developingpedagogy #curriculumdevelopment

Great to catch up with my ITAP group again today for Best Practice Network. This week's focus on questioning has started really well. Lots of research based study. Really looking forward to seeing their learning and a few presentations at the end of this week! #dusky #primaryedusky

The plan was good. The theme, my favourite so far. Birthday weekend is in full flow! If you were a 7 year old again, what would your birthday theme be? www.instagram.com/reel/DBVnTHg...

I've written a blog for the first time in ages! Always good to take stock! www.neweducationoutlook.co.uk/main-blog/on... #primarysky #edusky

Birthday party shop... completed it! 😜

Genuine question and looking for suggestions. I'm working on developing an AI feature for the Learning Challenge Curriculum and want it to be useful. If you could ask an AI chat bot anything about the wider curriculum, what would it be? Asking for a friend... she's called Elsie 😜

Great to spend today at Sacred Heart in Bolton, with student teachers as part of their core training at BPN. Today was all about inclusive practice and we had some great discussions (and some laughs along the way!) #Education #Edutalk #EdChat #EduSky #UKEd #primarysky #eduprimary #eduskyprimary

Just spent another great day consulting at a school in Rochdale. Today we've been looking at maths in the lower year groups and how we can develop children's use of mathematical vocabulary. Vocabulary and concepts have been a bit of a theme for me over the last couple of weeks!

A big day of history coming up next Thursday! I'll be talking about how you can develop history in KS1 and KS2 in the afternoon. Had a visit from a friend while I've been working on them too! This is Alba, and she often comes and keeps me company in my office!

About to deliver a staff training session on how to implement and use the Learning Challenge Curriculum. So many great resources to share, and there's so much more to come too!

📢BOOK GIVEAWAY📢 To celebrate my joining BlueSky, I'm going to give away a copy of my recently released, 5* rated, Mary Myatt approved book 'Teaching Hacks'. Covering writing, oracy, revision, learner identity, curriculum and more! Simple RT and follow to be entered. Drawn 23rd Sept!

Exciting news! #Letstalk is now on the Focus Education website to pre-order! Available for download by the end of September! Check it out here: www.focus-education.co.uk/products/let... If you want to find out more, drop me a message!

The 'Talk for Learning aspect of oracy...What should all teachers of every subject & all phases know? This from the Bullock Report (1975) should be posted up, in large format, on every Staffroom wall.

Sneaky Costa stop after our recording session!

Really enjoyed meeting student teachers this week in my role as a PT for Best Practice Network Full of enthusiasm and they are in two lovely schools in Manchester. Very excited to support them through their teacher training!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, but I've made it to Year 6!Really excited about how we've put #Letstalk together It's almost there now and I can't wait to share some of the free units you can get hold of when you sign up for a free account with the Learning Challenge Curriculum! Watch this space!

Do you know anyone who is new to subject leadership in a primary school? At the end of this month, I'm starting a new series of sessions aimed at teachers who are new to subject leadership. www.focus-education.co.uk/products/my-...

Golden threads in geography. Check this out if you are looking at developing links throughout your geography curriculum this year! www.focus-education.co.uk/products/gol...

It's a good start! Interested to see what the 'regional support teams' will look like! How would you want your school to be supported? #teachers #edusky #singlewordjudgementsaregone www.tes.com/magazine/new...