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Jenny M

@abbyaug.bsky.social
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Retired primary school teacher. Interested in reading, walking, running, skiing, photography, history, gardening, knitting and education. Loving being a grandmother. Hope to return to EU one day.

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 7m
Connections Puzzle #1209 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 27m
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just seen someone posting (elsewhere) about 'developing teacher agency' while making their teachers use a set of specific steps in class based on a very narrow view of learning. The term 'checking for understanding' has become a proxy for compliance imho.
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 22h
I love a window seat when flying.
About to land in Corfu.Flying home - having taken off from Corfu. Sea and land.Crossing the Alps
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 22h
Missing my breakfasts on the terrace of last week in Corfu.
Table with tea and orange juice and sea in the background.
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1208 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wordle 1,930 4/6 Not bad after my stupid mistake in line 2. ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/09/2026
The Metropolitan Police isn’t only going after phone snatchers, but the criminal gangs that are fuelling smuggling networks. Thank you to our hardworking officers for their dedication in bringing these criminals to justice, backed by record funding from City Hall. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered by Met
Police say up to 40,000 phones were smuggled - the equivalent of around 40% of devices stolen in London.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK's Suella Braverman promises ‘consequences’ if pupils don’t sing Christian hymns. That would be policed. So what happens to atheists, agnostics, non-believers and other religious denominations. Will they be persecuted, imprisoned? Reform UK getting desperate and bizarre.
humanists.uk
Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hope not hate
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/09/2026
This former golf course has been turned into a nature reserve 💚 Sandilands is designed to help nature thrive. The reserve is expected to provide important habitat for birds and forms part of the internationally important East Coast Flyway, one of Europe's major migration routes.
Two long-legged avocets with white chests and black heads and beaks at the edge of water, with four tiny white fluffy chicks following in their wakeAn aerial view of a former golf course at the edge of the coast, with a strip of beige sand on one side, and many ponds, pathways, wetland and marshes within it under a cloudy skyA view of long thistley grass under a hazy blue sky surrounding a vast pondAn adult avocet with long legs, a white body, black head and beak leading three fluffy grey chicks behind it along the water's edge with a scrubby bank rising behind them
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By providing more spray-free rough grassland and native hedgerow habitats for their prey, we can help barn owls survive and thrive. The regular presence of these beautiful birds is usually a good indicator of a healthy environment 🌿 #wildlife #rewilding #biodiversity
Barn owl looking towards the camera
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1207 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wordle 1,929 6/6 Too many choices ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Beautiful views from the monastery at Paleokastritsa, Corfu.
Rocky coastline, sea and dark cloud.Looking down on a brjght blue sea.Blue sea and cliffs Little cove, turquoise water and cliffs.
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Back from a relaxing week in Corfu.
View from the hotel balcony -seaView looking down from the balcony. Sea and fir tree.Vuew of the beach at Paleokastritsa.  Turquoise sea.Corner of the beach early morning - Paleokastritsa
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Doubt these habits begin at 15. By Y6 can often see which chn don't have somewhere to go after school. Enrichment in primary isn't an extra - where pattern can still change. Schools can't compensate for society - even if asked to do so! But school is often only free, safe place left to belong...
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jenny Symien @symienjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hear hear!
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unbelievable
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I know who disgusts me.
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or your garden or community green space could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝
Bumblebee feeding on flower
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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1/4 Seventeen years in, I keep returning to reading aloud. It's easy to treat it as the gentle end to a busy day. I've come to think it's some of the most important teaching we do. Children can't love the sound of a book they've never heard.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you want other human beings to be treated in a way that you’d refuse to be treated, then I’m not interested in hearing about your religious beliefs. You’ve already told me what they are by wanting other human beings to be treated in a way that you’d refuse to be treated.
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Most of life happens via your phone now. There are so many shops/bars/cafes that do not take cash. Transport- all on the phone. Tickets for shows, cinema etc- all on your phone. Access to free books, magazines, other reading material- on your phone. And - keeping yourself safe (no phone boxes left)
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It needs joined up thinking - no good not having smart phones when they are necessary for everyday life. Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares
Despite guidance keeping mobile phones out of England’s schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an app
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Lorna the Sloven @duffycaramole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The best thing I've seen today is the renaming of Daniel Thomas as 'Captain Thugwash'.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every single person who knew AND suppressed proof that Trump raped children should be prosecuted as an accessory.
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1203 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 24/09/2026
Same garden. About five years apart. I’m here so often that I don’t really see the change happening. Then I look back at an old photograph. A lot can happen to a small piece of land when people keep turning up and caring for it.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
All patriots turned up, a coach load of incels and nonces
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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Evening light on a fell near Keswick in the Lake District.
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A patch of nettles can support over 40 insect species. They’re a vital source of food for the caterpillars of peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies - so please let a few nettles grow! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wil...
Patch of nettles
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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Through the hush one hears the tuneless drone of insects, lulling fears and hopes alike. A sense half understood, of something sweet that was and is no more, stirs in the heart. ‘Summer is gone,’ we say.” — Emily Shaw Forman (1827-1908).
Nine-photo collage of late-summer insects among colourful flowers. Six furry bumblebees feed on purple, pink and blue blooms, two red admiral butterflies rest on yellow and lilac flowers, and a white butterfly visits pink verbena. Soft green, gold and violet backgrounds give the photographs a warm, fading-summer feel.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/09/2026
More than a third of the Tube network is now step-free. The new entrance at King’s Cross St Pancras is another milestone in making London more accessible and ensuring more people can enjoy all our city has to offer.
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One of London’s busiest tube stations just opened a game-changing new entrance
95 London Underground stations now have step-free access.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/09/2026
Through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, children in more London boroughs will receive a free book every month from birth to age five. This initiative is keeping Dolly’s amazing legacy alive and helping more young Londoners arrive at school ready to learn.
bbc.co.uk
Dolly Parton free book scheme to expand in London
The late singer's Imagination Library posts children a free book every month until they turn five.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/09/2026
The British Deaf Association has awarded City Hall its Sign Language Charter. It's recognition of the progress we've made, and a reminder that there’s more to do to ensure Deaf Londoners remain at the heart of developing the policies and services that affect their lives.
bda.org.uk
British Deaf Association awards Sign Language Charter to Greater London Authority
The British Deaf Association has awarded its Sign Language Charter to the Greater London Authority (GLA), recognising the progress City Hall has made in improving access and inclusion for Deaf Londone...
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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This chimes with what we've found in our own analysis of graduate outcomes. Despite having the talent and aspiration, those from lower income backgrounds continue to face major barriers when entering the job market.
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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨 Access to the opportunities that lead to successful careers remains deeply unequal, a new report reveals. It shows that success is still shaped by access to professional networks, work experience, employer connections, and confidence ⤵️ le.ac.uk/news/2026/se...
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Nicki Lygo @drlygo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am on the receiving end of ‘ah, bless you’ every 5 minutes when I’m a patient. It’s a hard no from me. It’s either patronising or a sign that I’m not being heard!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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