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Drew Burrett

@drewburrett.bsky.social
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Fanatically indifferent, reliably subversive, agreeably contradictory (also dad, husband, physics teacher, cyclist, active travel advocate & amateur atheist)

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Evidence Based Education @evidencebased.education · 06/10/2026
We are building a classroom observation tool "Have you sat at the back of a colleague’s lesson and formed a judgement about how good it was? It feels valid. Experienced teachers surely know good teaching when they see it. The evidence says otherwise, and it is worth exploring..." buff.ly/f4DNn8K
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We are building a classroom observation tool - Evidence Based Education
We have an announcement that might raise an eyebrow. At Evidence Based Education, we’ve spoken about how unreliable classroom observation can be. Our Director of Research, Professor Rob Coe, wrote a…
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
👀⬇️A fab opportunity for teachers to connect, share & learn with like-minded educators🗣️💭 Don’t miss Pedagoo Queenie👑 in Ayr on 31/10🎃. Join @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @senoract.bsky.social @kennypieper.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @karen-faulds.bsky.social & others 🤩
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With Halloween coming up, it's time for the reminder to avoid buying/using fake spiderwebs. They can entangle and entrap birds. There's some good alternative ideas on this web page ... birdlife.org.au/news/bird-sa...
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Bird-safe Halloween decorations - BirdLife Australia
How to celebrate Halloween with bird-friendly decorations.
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Early start on a Saturday. Heading to Crieff to meet delegates at the SATPE Conference, tell them about the work of @uogcfte.bsky.social and show them how to access the resources and events on the cfte-online.gla.ac.uk website
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what all the #AI #techbros have been working towards all along...
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I haven't blogged in years, but prompted by an email @qualifications.gov.scot I've dusted off some old ideas... drewburrett.substack.com/p/revisiting... Please feel free to comment and share.
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Revisiting Assessment & Certification
(and tentatively returning to sharing my thoughts)
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Looking forward to speaking to delegates at today's #BGESciences event at @enuteachered.bsky.social about the work of the Centre for Teaching Excellence @uogcfte.bsky.social and the resources available on CfTE Online - cfte-online.gla.ac.uk
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Parents! Carers! This year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are on the science of TIME. If you can’t wait til then, I just so happen to have a book that you might like:
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About Time
Time is central to our experience as humans, and it’s important for children to know not just how to tell the time, but also how to make the most of it.About Time will help them learn how to tell the ...
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The programme for Pedagoo Queenie👑 is filling up but you’ve still time to get involved! Join me @paulinemurray08.bsky.social @senoract.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @kennypieper.bsky.social @karen-faulds.bsky.social & others in Ayr on 31/10/26. All the links you need ⬇️
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Garthwaynes: We're Not Worthy Praise
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looking forward to this. Have signed up to do a session on the work of @uogcfte.bsky.social, with a walkthrough of the content available through cfte-online.gla.ac.uk
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Posting photo collages from our last #PedagooQueenie👑 because we’re back in Ayr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿on 31/10. For more PQ shenanigans 👀📸⬇️ you can 🔗🗣️sign up to lead a parallel session forms.gle/62WLRjtn9aUS... 🔗🆓🎟️register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-qu... 🔗⤵️download & share flyer drive.google.com/file/d/1hgYH...
Canva slide entitled Previously at Pedagoo Queenie. Collages of photographs taken at Pedagoo Queenie on 13/09/24 and shared on social media. Text reads: Informal & friendly professional learning c with educators like you #ForTeachersByTeachers
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Drew Burrett @physicsdrew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@uogcfte.bsky.social are co-hosting this event with @tie.scot on LGBT Inclusive Education. It's a great CLPL opportunity for all educators, and will give those new to the work of the Centre a great example of the kinds of professional learning available. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/493601...
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I occasionally employ the "Can I just stop you..?" approach, then don't say anything else.
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Someone of whom I'm very fond often talks about the healing powers of crystals, auras and chakra. I haven't the patience for any of it and am happy to refute any such claims. Frustratingly they accept that I disagree, but insist it's a matter of belief. They must be using amethyst or rose quartz...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is just free labour for Sainsbury's, who totally coincidentally are the biggest donor to Andy Burnham. This is pointless because Sainsbury's isn't offering 10,000 jobs, it won't even hire 1000 of them. It's just nonsense and free labour.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
66? Really?🤔
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Or Shrinking?
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm compelled to ask... Have you seen Ted Lasso? The Bear?
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We had exactly the same experience. We also rewatched from the beginning. Unsurprisingly this makes it even more brilliant.
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Stuart Farmer @stuartphysics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In the 4th blog in the series I look at the purpose and detailed content of a curriculum strand on the properties of matter stuartphysics.co.uk/2026/08/20/s... @colinmcgill.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @mrdissent.bsky.social @andrewkbailey13.bsky.social @brucenextlevel.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on curriculum development and instructional design: Part 4 – Matter matters!
In this blog I would like to consider the purpose and content of a properties of matter strand in a science curriculum. It follows on from the previous blogs in the series where I set out some theo…
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Preparing for a workshop on teaching critical thinking in STEM in light of current, let's say pressures, and decided I should start my talk with a slides that lays out the values that form my premises:
Slide header: Premises/values: Cards on the table

Bullet points: 
* I care more about students’ learning than about the “accuracy” of grades or the prestige associated with a specific degree
* I want to work collaboratively with my students, rather than policing them
* I don’t want to spend any time reading, much less providing feedback on, something nobody wrote
* Science is a human, communal process; there is no knowing without knowers; and our work cannot be autocompleted
* Deep thinking and human connection are always more important than polish, speed, or “productivity”
* Research agendas should not be set by & for industry
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fantastic.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wow , just saw a 4 star review of the ADHD Myth ? Documentary in The Guardian - on so many levels it failed as a proper investigative documentary and yet…? It is hard not to despair at just how terrible our journalism is in this country - Relentless damaging mediocrity
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Copies still available from the club shop - ptfc.co.uk/product/150t...
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Partick Thistle: A People’s History | Partick Thistle FC
This book is about a group of people, most of whom have never met, but all of whom share a profound love. It’s the story of a community’s togetherness and pride,
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm not an avid football fan and have no club allegiances, but I was delighted to receive my copy of "Partick Thistle A People's History" today, written by my good friend @kennypieper.bsky.social. I'm a dozen pages in and already charmed by the excellent writing, fantastic photography and design. ♥️💛
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Stuart Farmer @stuartphysics.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I have posted the first in a series of blogs where I discuss curriculum making and instructional design in the context of Properties of Matter, see stuartphysics.co.uk. More to follow in the next few days. @colinmcgill.bsky.social @drewburrett.bsky.social @andrewkbailey13.bsky.social
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Stuart Physics
Education and Physics Stuff
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🔥 Chris Packham's petition calling for a televised emergency briefing by the government is on an incredible 93,000 signatures. Can we get it to 100k this weekend? Please sign and share!
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Just remember this message is aimed at your children not theirs.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Last time there was an #eclipse visible in Scotland it happened during the school day. I made a pinhole camera, with a webcam viewer, and logged the light level and temperature outside my lab window. It was all hooked up to my laptop, which I used to make this wee video. youtube.com/watch?v=vLBI...
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Eclipse timelapse 2015
YouTube video by Drew Burrett
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Just in case you're wondering why poor Nigel is being persecuted... Maybe you could let a voter in Clacton know, so they can feel extra special about electing him again.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Remember, do not look directly at the sun today. If I were you, I'd also give the express and mail a miss too.
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Parents! Carers! Anyone looking after children! If you want to view the solar eclipse later today but haven’t got proper, safe viewing glasses, you could make one of these:
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Three Ways to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer
Safely view a solar eclipse by making and using a pinhole solar eclipse viewer.
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Genuine question... What if I don't want them? I'm sick of tech firms adding AI to everything without my asking. This is artificially inflating the use of these platforms, further driving the expansion of the financial pyramid scheme the tech bros are pushing to further enrich themselves. No thanks
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Friends! If you know anyone in the UK who’s going to train as a science teacher after the summer, please tell them they can get a FREE kindle edition of my book, which is on many teacher training reading lists and comes highly recommended by some brilliant science teachers, writers and scientists
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Why Don’t Things Fall Up?
Why Don’t Things Fall Up? delivers what every adult and schoolchild deserves, but often doesn’t get: an authoritative and accessible account of the key ideas in science. The book is rooted in Alom’…
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Best Bond villain. Wrong answers only.
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Eufrazino Puxa-briga
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 26/07/2026
Great to see public libraries highlighted by the BBC as a low-cost way for families to make the most of the summer holidays. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Five ways to make the most of the summer holidays with kids
The best tips and tricks to have a fun - yet affordable - summer break with the family.
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ChatPhysics @chatphysics.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We are still here! This place wasnt a replacement for 'That Other Place' but we will still try to help out if you are an ECT or experienced teacher or just bored and needing a chat. Make social media 'social' again!
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Ricky Gervais: Always Nice To Chat
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I would rather do an icebreaker. 😬 And I would rather jump feet first into a wood chipper than do an ice breaker....
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Danny Nicholson @dannynic.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Professional development videos to help teachers consider ways to make practical work purposeful in primary science: www.bathspa.ac.uk/projects/pra... #edusky #cpd
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Practical work in primary school science
This Nuffield Foundation funded research seeks to clarify the role of practical work in primary school science.
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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie released the year you turned 18?
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Parents! Carers! Anyone running some sort of holiday play scheme! Here's a thread of some "arts & crafts" activities which are fun and easy and have a science / engineering theme:
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
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