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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michael Rosen Day is November 12 2026 Click on this link for details. Free live stream and loads of resources for teachers and children,. www.michaelrosen.co.uk/michaelrosen...
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Michael Rosen Day
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St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England Primary @st-thomascantilupe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank you again @hayfestival.bsky.social it was lovely to welcome the team and receive the wonderful selection of books in our assembly with Julie Finch CEO www.facebook.com/share/1Cz37h...
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fabulous to have such a strong friendship with the Hay Festival family @minilebowski.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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Paul Dix @pauldixbehaviour.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Did you know that Press Play INSET comes in two acts so you can use it across two twilight sessions? www.whentheadultschange.com/pressplayins
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Press Play INSET Whole school behaviour training
Three-hour behaviour INSET for all staff direct from Paul Dix. All you have to do is press play. Training includes: Regulating yourself, the power of positive noticing, dealing with disregulated and disruptive learners, mini-scripts and consistency.
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School Data Updates @jpembroke.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
*NEW POST* KS2 Attainment: who’s included and who isn’t? To coincide with the start of the Tables checking exercise, a look at which pupils are included/not included in measures and who can be discounted. www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/09/07/k...
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Key Stage 2 attainment: who's included and who isn't? - Insight Inform
Key stage 2 results were released back in July (over a week late!) and now, at the start of a new academic year, with a new IDSR on the horizon, teachers may be thinking about how performance measures...
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Exclusive: Stronger government support is needed on the misuse of pupil images, leaders have said, after a survey found more than two in five heads have had to manage the issue schoolsweek.co.uk/heads-ask-fo...
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Two in five heads deal with manipulated pupil images
Less than half say their image consent process addresses the threat of AI deepfake generation
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Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The EEF Guide to the Pupil Premium: 💡 Practical, step-by-step framework 🍎 Tiered approach: teaching, support and strategy 🔍 Reflection and monitoring tool 👩🏽‍🏫 Insights from school leaders 📘 Evidence you can trust Help make sure your funding makes a difference. buff.ly/x6pt5rc
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Recently updated on our site: Authors, illustrators and poets who visit schools in the UK & Ireland. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/au... #kidlit Browse our UK and Ireland directory of children’s authors, poets and illustrators for school visits, with trusted recommendations, virtual o...
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Authors, illustrators and poets who visit schools in the UK & Ireland
Discover children’s authors, poets and illustrators who offer school visits across the UK and Ireland, plus useful planning advice.
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Congratulations to Patrice Lawrence, just announced as the new Waterstones Children's Laureate. She pledges to ‘champion the power of books to make us feel like we belong and stories as a tool for bringing people together.’ #KidLitUK #BookSky @booktrust.org.uk booksforkeeps.co.uk/patrice-lawr...
A photograph of author Patrice Lawrence, just announced as the new Waterstones Children's Laureate.
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Revamped Ofsted inspections have left headteachers feeling 'overwhelmingly negative' about the visits with some vowing to quit the profession, an independent survey has found schoolsweek.co.uk/heads-overwhelmin…
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Heads 'overwhelmingly negative' about new Ofsted inspections
100 leaders share experience of revamped Ofsted inspections in new survey
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What a fantastic learning opportunity! @marymyatt.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @dhmat.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The plants speak to those who know how to listen.
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S Framework’ “It is not a rigid sequence to follow step by step, but a flexible repertoire. It is a helpful prompt for the teacher to consider which mode of discussion is most valuable at any given moment.” alexquigley.co.uk/improving-re...
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Improving reading with the R.E.A.D.S Framework
Reading in class should be one of the richest experiences a teacher can offer. In practice, it can also prove one of the most uncertain and difficult. Whether it is reading a story in year 2 or unpick...
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
💯 sense
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@kmorris3.bsky.social
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Super science in action. Well done 👏 @nasaspaceflight.com @esa.int @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @dhmat.bsky.social @stemlearning.bsky.social
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I absolutely love these, amazing work 👏 @dalmain-art.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @karlduke8.bsky.social
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Investigation: Almost one in 10 primary schools are set to receive less than £6,000 in annual funding to support pupils with SEND, with heads warning it’ll do little more than balance the books schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-the-unev…
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Revealed: The uneven split of £1.6 billion inclusion fund
Heads warn it'll do little more than balance the books in mainstream schools
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/pe... Peacock
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Peacock - Britain’s Favourite Butterfly
The Peacock is one of the 60 beautiful butterflies found across the UK. Will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly?
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St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England Primary @st-thomascantilupe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Reception have been busy planting flowers to brighten our lovely outside area! #EYFSstc
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Fabulous to see young horticulturalists sharing their knowledge with fellow plant enthusiasts & enjoying meeting genuine experts from the profession #lovestc @marymyatt.bsky.social @learndirt.bsky.social @dhmat.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social @suecowley.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Celebrate nature this May with our free Natural History Live webinars 🌿 In the lead-up to International Day for Biological Diversity, we’re bringing together a series of expert-led talks exploring the species, habitats and recording work that underpin biodiversity across the UK. 🪲 buff.ly/hEUHstv
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ofsted is more likely to downgrade schools with poorer intakes or more pupils with SEND for their achievement, attendance and behaviour, new union analysis suggests schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-more-...
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Ofsted 'more likely to downgrade inclusive schools' – NAHT
Analysis of more than 650 Ofsted reports renews concern around use of 'crude' national averages
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Planning '..it’s about thinking and asking: what has come before, what children need to have secured already, what is this lesson adding, and what is it preparing children to understand next? ...the hard thinking...the part we still need teachers to do. We should not subcontract this work out.' 💯 👍
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Paul Dix @pauldixbehaviour.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Behaviour Book Club, tonight at 8pm with Sam Stocken. Free, friendly and fabulous. Get a seat here www.whentheadultschange.com/event-detail...
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Behaviour Book Club with Sam Stocken | Paul Dix - When The Adults Change
Book Club is on the first Tuesday of every month at 8pm. We are currently reading "When the Adults Change" and exploring a new chapter each month. Book Club is free.
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Looking forward to reading this. So many words in the introduction already resonate.
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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
schoolsweek.co.uk/fury-as-ofst... There are heads around like this - presumably raised in Michael Wilshaw's image - who think that you can just demand and bully success from things by being "tough" or "unapologetic". The damage they cause goes unregistered in the all-powerful data.
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Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb
Oliver told the ASCL conference he would 'never acquiesce to the quiet curse of low expectations'
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Paul Dix @pauldixbehaviour.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A well rested but slightly underprepared teacher is always better than an immaculately prepared but exhausted one' . Free weekly Behaviour Tips, sign up here www.whentheadultschange.com/
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Ofsted’s use of the national average when grading schools on achievement could be 'extremely unfair' to those serving disadvantaged communities, leaders have warned schoolsweek.co.uk/does-ofsteds-appr…
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Does Ofsted's approach top achievement add up?
'How on earth can you use a national average against a population that’s clearly in no way average?'
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Great reflections, Sarah. 'Scaffolding, done well, gives all children access to the same ambitious content but varies the route they take to get there.' Emotional scaffolding first. '... same trajectory: contingency, fading, transfer of responsibility...but to emotional skills, not academic ones.'
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚨 FREE reading lists, resources & PDFs for EYFS-KS5 teachers! From posters & challenges to activities & games, these downloads encourage reading for pleasure. Due to hosting costs, they won't be online forever, so grab them now before they’re gone! 👉 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/fr...
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Free reading resources to download
Free reading resources to download including book list PDFs, reading records, reading challenges, posters, wallpapers & more.
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Bringing activism to life through art 👏
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Harriet Tubman: Force of Nature is one of the books already chosen for #NewIllustrationOfTheDay that is also in the 2026 Empathy Lab selection of books to make us kinder, which has just been announced. See the full selection on empathylab.uk/rfe/ @whatonearth.bsky.social @empathylabuk.bsky.social
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What a fabulous experience for the young musicians! Inspiring a love of classical music by watching highly skilled artists perform #artsmatter #lovestc @marymyatt.bsky.social @royalphilsoc.bsky.social @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social
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www.mrbeeteach.com 🐝 @mrbeeteach.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Equity means planning for our first 20%, not a 'bottom 20%.' Design lessons around pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged, and you reduce barriers for everyone. Get it right for those who need the most and learning improves for all. 🐝
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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
On cultivating belonging: “We need to do the work, the inner work, to reflect, to learn & to grow, in order to be able to do the outer work where we show up, stand up & speak out.” And @hannahwilson.bsky.social’s book can certainly support us as we do this. Thank you, Hannah.
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Paul Dix @pauldixbehaviour.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
New training packages. Dripfeed inclusive behaviour change www.whentheadultschange.com/training
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TRAINING | WhenTheAdultsChange
The home of relational practice based on the work of Paul Dix
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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thank you to all those primary teachers filling this in for us! If you are involved with KS2, we'd love to hear from you! Please share @ruthswailes.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Exclusive: The names of 29 more schools that will become lead schools for the government's attendance and behaviour hubs programme have been revealed schoolsweek.co.uk/attendance-a...
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Attendance and behaviour hubs: 29 more lead schools revealed
Schools Week obtains list of additional lead schools, with several more due to be announced this week
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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
*** NEW POST *** Is the curriculum turn turning back again? Is curriculum still a priority in education? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look. teachreal.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s...
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Should we still care about curriculum?
Should we still care about curriculum? This is a question I am hearing more and more over the last few months. And it concerns me. Prior to the Ofsted focus on curriculum very few conversations wer…
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Education Technology News @edtechnews.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Why Teachers Need Recovery, Not More Resilience #EdTech Teacher burnout has reached crisis levels, and proposed solutions often miss the mark. Another professional development session on self-care. Another webinar on stress management. Another reminder …
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Why Teachers Need Recovery, Not More Resilience - EdSurge News
Teacher burnout has reached crisis levels, and proposed solutions often miss the mark. Another professional development session on self-care. Another ...
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"THE BIG GREEN BOOKS 500 CLUB" I started this last July. Thanks to you, we've been able to send £500 of books to two schools. We're now close to the next £500 (thanks!). If you're a school and you could do with £500 of books, check this out. www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
The kids from Harlands High School, holding up the free books they got, courtesy of The Big Green Books 500 Club
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Bradford Research School @bradresearchsch.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to Improve Practice How leaders can provide meaningful opportunities for TAs to discuss their perspectives, ideas, and concerns. researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...
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Deployment and Dialogue: Engaging Teaching Assistants to Improve…
Engaging teaching assistants in the deployment of teaching assistants
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St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England Primary @st-thomascantilupe.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Asha @begley.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Love the vibrancy in these images. Great work! 👏
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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Theses strategies from the Bell Foundation are brilliant for supporting English language learners as well as those with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) #DevLangDis www.bell-foundation.org.uk/resources/gr... Thanks to @katestarrslcn.bsky.social for reminding me of these today also
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EAL Strategies and Great Ideas - The Bell Foundation
EAL Strategies and Great Ideas The Great Ideas pages are a collection of different strategies that any teacher could use in their classrooms to support learners who use EAL. Many of the teaching resou...
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Classics for children including titles by E.B. White, John Masefield, Somadeva, Roald Dahl, Michael Rosen, Jenny Nimmo, Benjamin Zephaniah, Vijaydan Detha, Rosemary Sutcliff, Jacqueline Woodson and Sane Guruji. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/class... #teachersofX #kidlit
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Classics for children
Classics for children with titles by E.B. White, John Masefield, Somadeva, Michael Rosen, Jenny Nimmo, Vijaydan Detha & Sane Guruji.
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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Completely missed this excellent blog by @claresealy.bsky.social when it came out. Amazing to me that many primary schools still do formal lesson observations when they are better alternatives. thirdspacelearning.com/blog/why-my-...
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Confessions of a Primary Head: End Formal Observations - Third Space Learning
Headteacher Clare Sealy explains why she ditched formal lesson observations in her primary school
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Mary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
New post Reading aloud as intellectual inclusion open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
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Reading aloud as intellectual inclusion
Well hello there, and welcome to update #167!
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