Really enjoyed the @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social session yesterday launching @profjasjitsingh.bsky.social report on Sikhi education. Need to go back through it in more detail, but struck by the similarities with the Insight UK report into Hindu education from a couple of years ago #TeamRE

Starting to prepare for September. New team coming in, with it, an overhaul of KS3. Really enjoying the opportunity to think deeply about what to include and how to sequence both lessons and topics, but the empty spaces are slightly daunting #TeamRE

Come and teach RE in the amazing borough of Tower Hamlets! #teamre www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Sat down at half term and decided I needed to carve out time to post more, or write a blog about our current KS3 decisions as we rejig it Not yet found the time, and it feels like this half term has been longer than 7 teaching days

Another opportunity to join the team - mynewterm.com/jobs/139408/... Opportunity to teach all Key Stages, growing school in a growing town, collaborative department. Come visit before applying - just get in contact Any questions please ask #TeamRE #UkEd

I ordered a copy of this before Half Term - early into exploring it, but as a secondary specialist it is an interesting insight to thinking especially at EYFS and how that can be the foundation of all out teaching

Really excited for #PrimaryFocusWeek for #TeamRE - from a secondary perspective it is a really helpful insight and hopefully will influence discussions at department level

Going to share this for a final time, with the deadline of Thursday (noon). Any questions, please let me know, and please do share to anyone who might be interested. #TeamRE #UKed

Resharing this for the weekend crowd. We are looking for a teacher or RE/RPE for September, with a Key Stage responsibility TLR for suitable candidates. Chance to teach OCR GCSE RS and AQA Philosophy A-Level 8 miles West of Cambridge, growing community, message for more information #TeamRE #edujobs

Due to a member of our team going on to greater things, we have an opportunity open in Cambridgeshire with a TLR (Key Stage responsibility) for the right candidate - mynewterm.com/jobs/139408/... #TeamRE Opportunities to teach across the Key Stages - any questions drop me a message

Nearly a full day of Islam today - mixed between Y7 and Y11. Always fascinating to reflect when lessons align like this about the progression between topics and year groups #TeamRE Y7 - looking at the Significance of Muhammad, and Y11 Revising key terminology and how they link together

Wider school focus on assessment has got me thinking about how we improve the disciplinarity of our KS3 assessment, so that we are not just using disciplines as a way of encountering information, but getting students to think, and argue, from these perspectives #TeamRE

Really enjoyed listening to @suchmo83.bsky.social sharing his wisdom on reading today. Sparked so many thoughts as I review our KS3 curriculum

Back into work mode today, and starting to catch up on all the posts I saved over the past two weeks, to read properly when refreshed.

The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win. The winner will be selected 19th April.

Musing of the weekend, inspired by a ITT training session was to review, recast, and rework our KS3, to streamline the units that have become bloated, and change the structure to allow more interweaving of ideas through the stage to aid retention. Only half baked so far - daunting and exciting

Definitely hit that point of the winter where my body is struggling to fight the germs. It has been burbling along for a week or so, but today feels really tough

This week feels like I am trying to live out an answer to Mill's question of whether it is better to be a pig satisfied, or Socrates unsatisfied

The last two days have mainly consisted of sitting down to tackle my to do list, and then having more urgent matters appear across my desk that need sorting first. Odd mix of feeling positive about how productive I have been and how little has been taken off the to do list

Starting to think I need to dust off the blog (or reset the password) to formalise my thoughts about the curriculum review and NC discussion of #TeamRE - but know that I won't be able to blog regularly Just sometimes easier to do in long form that as a chain of posts

Great thread of responses to the common challenges raised when discussing making RE a NC subject It will mean a change in the balance of the landscape, but seems that the positives outweigh the negatives (especially if the status quo is the alternate)

Musing for #TeamRE If the outcome of the curriculum review meant that RE/R&W was no longer a legal requirement at KS4, but it resulted in stronger consistency from EYFS-KS3, and GCSE was optional; what would be the impact (positive or negative)?

Shocking insight into time today - October half term feels both so recent and yet so distant. But due to an odd interjection I discovered that Christmas is 5 weeks and 2 days away, but also it is 5 weeks to the end of term - simultaneously too close and too far

Parent's Evening tonight - always a positive when in the middle of the conversations, and when looking back on it but the lead up is always a hard one. In a busy week, with lots of other things going on and taking up time and brain space it feels like a step too far but I know I will enjoy it later

Looking forward to our department meeting this week. Going to be discussing the Oak curriculum plan, and @missdcox.bsky.social NC sketch to see where we need to focus our development

Feels like the last two weeks have been even busier than usual, but had some really uplifting days, chatting curriculum, hearing from visiting speakers, and fascinating discussions in lessons with a variety of students

Finally made it to this place having given up on the previous place. Is there an app like the old Tweet deck where you can have different feeds or hashtags showing to track specific things? Was a big loss when the old place started to change