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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A super day down in Dartford today with Cygnus Academies Trust. All schools, all staff, all thinking deeply about how learning happens with younger learners across the primary phase. Thank you for having me!

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Mike Hobbiss @mikehobbiss.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Loved joining @emmaturner75.bsky.social and @teacherhead.bsky.social for a chat on @mindthegappodcast.bsky.social this week. Out soon. I've got a new addition to my profile bio out of it...!

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Walked my Y5 son to school yesterday. A new EYFS little boy started shouting my son's name excitedly, & proudly telling his dad, "There's my big friend!" Turns out Y5s are helping the new EYFS in the hall at lunchtime. Another example of a small thing for a big sense of belonging.

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Shane Leaning @shaneleaning.com · 09/09/2025

New episode with @emmaturner75.bsky.social explores why primary-secondary transition shouldn't feel like 'running into a wall.' Her 'brackish water' metaphor completely reframes how we think about preparing children for change. Listen here: pod.fo/e/32719c #EducationLeaders #PrimaryEducation

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

SDP 2: Influenced by the work of @emmaturner75.bsky.social , her analogies and 'The Curriculum is a Knife and Fork'. We'll be looking at the basic skills and the desirables of our curriculum offer with a focus on writing this year.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

In the second portion of our morning, we shared @emmaturner75.bsky.social 's Are We Looking in the Wrong Direction? wp.me/pdbms8-3L with staff. Lots of conversations about what we can do more of or differently to make a difference for our children.

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Are we looking in the wrong direction?

The wrong deficit – are we looking in the wrong direction? In education we are often driven by deficit narratives; we look for what isn’t going well and then address these with precision, resources…

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

"It is an intensely lazy dichotomy to assume that play or playfulness, joy & delight are the enemies of effective instruction; they are not adversaries to be pitched in explosive battle; they are comrades in arms in a well deployed pedagogical arsenal." @emmaturner75.bsky.social 1/2

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Apologies to anyone who’s tried to contact me & hasn’t had a response. I’ve had a very nasty accident & won’t be on SM for a while. I’ll catch up with everything & everyone in time but for the next month or so it’ll be v quiet. Thank you to all who’ve already sent best wishes.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A key phrase from the writing framework that I fear may get lost is around the fact that although it recommends that children should sit in the correct position for specific writing practice, it goes on to say that this does NOT mean they need to sit at tables for the rest of the day.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The finest edu post you’ll see today. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

In the most exhausting half term of the year, when everyone is crawling through each day, the universe then says, ‘Here, have a massive heatwave too.’ Classrooms full of overheated children & melting teachers, some rooms like actual greenhouses & with zero ventilation. What fun.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

There are no children deficit in screen time in this country but plenty who don’t have rich opportunities for play, which is critical for healthy human development. Being part of this national steering group is a highlight of my work within primary.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Loving the wide ranging curriculum projects I'm leading at the moment. One of my favourite elements of my work.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Absolutely loved recording this podcast episode; not least for the worst edu-pun I’ve ever made 😂 Bronwyn was amazing - so much sense, detail and energy around what works in T&L and PD open.spotify.com/episode/2VF3...

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The Errors Tour: Codification and Adaptation with Bronwyn Ryrie Jones, Mind the Gap, Ep.99 (S5,E15)

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The Errors Tour: Codification and Adaptation with Bronwyn Ryrie Jones, Mind the Gap, Ep.99 (S5,E15)

Mind the Gap: Making Education Work Across the Globe · Episode

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🌟 I'll be in London and in the SW15 area on Tuesday 6th January🌟 I currently have a free slot in the afternoon for that date so do get in touch if you're interested in booking this date for curriculum, CogSci, T&L or subject leadership work.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I'll be speaking for the very 1st time at Wellington this year. I'll be over in Great School building on the Friday with lots of the Walkthrus & In Action team. I'll be talking about some of my very favourite things - age, stage & the importance of these in the primary curriculum. Do come & say hi.

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Emma Turner FCCT @emmaturner75.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

100% Amen to this. The research on its own is not enough.

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Jen @j-scot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I hadn’t realised how far my teaching has gone towards tech first, teacher second. Why? I don’t know. Time poor? Juggling too many subjects? Stress? Lack of physical resources for 33 pupils e.g clocks? Thanks for this reminder. Follow up discussion here open.spotify.com/episode/0SUF...

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Have we forgotten the power of analogue teaching?: The Sunday Late Show with Christopher Vowles

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report: [1/11]

Chart shows the effects of Sure Start on academic achievements by age, SEN support by age, probability of hospitalisation by age and criminal behaviour up to age 16.

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Flexible working research - contact Hannah Duncan at @canterburyccuni.bsky.social. Thanks #DiverseEd for sharing this:

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Culham St Gabriel's @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

RE provides a change of pace and a change of space. It is "uniquely human", and an initiation into a very particular form of human knowledge. Religion has always been at the heart of civilisation, says @emmaturner75.bsky.social

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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Cameron Paterson @cpaterso.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"Modelling is a dying art. Modelling needs to be our number one strategy for making meaning within our curriculum."

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Wise words from @emmaturner75.bsky.social that we completely agree with. That's why all of our classes are equipped with visualisers and all of our teachers have their own 'teacher exercise books' where they model their work and thinking to the class.

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Mr Lee Bates @mrbates.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

If you want to boost your enjoyment of teaching - do this.

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Julia S @juliareflects.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I think in our eagerness to stop providing students with models we forgot the importance of modelling. Two very different things.

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Chris Chivers @chrischivers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I thought these sentences summed up the whole... Before digital resources were king of the classroom, modelling was literally front and centre. Teachers had to draw, annotate, explain, unpack and reveal in real time exactly how a text or process or diagram or idea worked. 👍

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Pip @pipmx.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

“Teachers are not simply content explaining automatons, they are bridge builders between the known and the unknown, the misunderstood and the deeply connected. Modelling is the bridge that takes children across this cognitive chasm.” Well said!

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FionaJMoss @fionajmoss.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Can’t wait for this. Brilliant blogs, research &resource spotlights, resources, short tcr films&our in ‘in conversation’ on Wed 21 May with great guests @emmaturner75.bsky.social @saimasaleh.bsky.social Ruth Flanagan, Liz Manning & John Semmens. P/ship @natre-update.bsky.social link below. #TeamRE

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Paul Cline @paulclinepsy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Excellent blog from Emma

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Look out for the IOE project exploring the impact of outdoor play on children's wellbeing 🛝🌳 #UCLMentalHealth

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MrsVeriTea @mrsveritea.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

A poignant piece by @emmaturner75.bsky.social that goes applies in life & not just teaching. “… modelling is… the bridge between excellently designed curriculum resources & what subsequently goes on in our pupils’ heads [it’s]… actually the teacher modelling that makes things “click” for students.

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Greg Sampson @grandgraffiti.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

"The madness of children being introduced to the parts of a flowering plant via an AI produced image of a plant rather than a real one will never cease to make me shake my head in despair ..."

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Jacqueline @jac-wac.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This is brilliant, and reassures me in a time of the shiny and new.

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