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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Has anyone else had lots of spam of home calls today - bit of a coincidence that our data has been breached and then an unusual amount of calls

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I love that bbc2 has some good tunes on for the old codgers!

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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

NEW EPISODE This week, we are joined by the OG and GOAT of education podcasting 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁CRAIG BARTON!! Craig knows so much about great teaching, it was a privilege to interview him: open.spotify.com/episode/7dzR...

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What are the quickest wins in improving teaching? With Craig Barton

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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Last year, we ran a pioneering AI-enhanced dynamic assessment of writing. Year 6 students wrote a story, received feedback, and redrafted it. We're running the project again this year and improving the feedback. The deadline for signing up is 20 Feb. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/how-do-you...

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The best bit about traitors is we now know we have no clue who it is - deft move and one I wanted! @traitors

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Mr T does Primary History @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

If you don't follow heritage schools on eventbrite, I really would... You then receive notifications about their brilliant webinars.

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Ross Young @writingrocks.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Teachers say children do not know what a sentence is. This worries everyone. Possibly too much. Worrying is a hobby. If children did not know what a sentence was, you would never get an answer. Or an argument. Or a complaint. You get all three daily. …

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@TeacherToolkit @teachertoolkit.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

🚀 NEW BLOG 'Pedagogy' Who? 🤔 🗣️ “Every teacher should understand the word they use daily. Pedagogy is not just practice—it’s a historical lens on power, knowledge, and how we shape the minds in front of us.

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'Pedagogy' Who?

Uncover the meaning of pedagogy and how historical contexts shape our current teaching practices and beliefs.

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

@missmc.bsky.social do you have information on primary non-contact time from different countries? And have you ever posed the question about more pay rises v more non-contact time??

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Yearly reminder, it’s Sunday! Turn your alarm off!

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

ICYMI: The government has released final new guidance on the use reasonable force in schools, but has not committed to creating national training standards despite 'strong calls' for it schoolsweek.co.uk/reasonable-f...

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DfE ’notes’ calls for reasonable force training standards

The DfE has issued new guidance on the use reasonable force in schools, but has not committed to creating national training standards despite 'strong calls'

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Dr James Mannion @rethinkingjames.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Coming soon... A *fascinating* conversation with Jon Hutchinson and Lisa O'Loughlin about the CAR - what changed, what didn’t – and why...

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Mary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I don’t think as much attention has been paid to implementing the curriculum as it has to the pedagogy to teach it. It’s a bit like going into a restaurant where all the effort has gone in to making it look amazing... open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...

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What criteria for implementing the curriculum?

Well hello there, and welcome to update #148!

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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @topsypage.bsky.social & @rethinkingjames.bsky.social from Oracy Cambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

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Implementing oracy: Four practical ideas for your classroom - Headteacher Update

The new oracy framework will help teachers to improve discussions in their classrooms – here are some practical ideas

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Who’d of thought…play and relationships have a great impact on children! More independent play yields happier, more socially competent children, according to an ever-expanding body of research. #play #relationships

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Evidence Based Education @evidencebased.education · 16/12/2025

💻 Webinar: Beyond Inclusion: Embedding Belonging in Everyday Classroom Practice Join Stuart Kime and guest speaker Dr Jamaal Matthews sharing insights from Jamaal's work on Belonging-Centered Instruction. 🗓️ 28th January 🕔 16:00 GMT Register here: buff.ly/hcctvev #EduSky #UKEd

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Possibly the best book - I’ve not even finished it yet. Recommended by our lovely school reading lead Annabel Saladino. #reading

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Mary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The Governors’ Gateway has launched! We’re delight to share a new learning platform built for the realities of school governance. It’s the brainchild of @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and we know it will be so helpful for governors. /1

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Mary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Reading aloud is a high-leverage practice that has the capacity to support complex thinking and to provide access to disciplinary knowledge. 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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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

@teachertoolkit.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social Looking to do a road trip to visit some schools - not too far from southwest but definitely out of county. Focusing on early writing and writing in general.

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

All snuggled up - spent the night writing Christmas cards for our team with her at my feet. Puuurfect. #schoolteam

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Writing about the importance of "honesty, integrity and humility. These three traits, when aligned to a compelling and worthy purpose, will allow you to lead calmly" @calmleadership.bsky.social : www.crownhouse.co.uk/calm-leaders... @crownhousepub.bsky.social

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Calm Leadership

Staying grounded, staying in control and staying the course

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Dr James Mannion @rethinkingjames.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

So I'm absolutely delighted to have teamed up with Hywel to create a new professional learning programme called 'Implementing Botheredness'. It combines Hywel’s work around the pedagogy of botheredness with the practical tools of implementation and improvement science.

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

@teachertoolkit.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social Looking to do a road trip to visit some schools - not too far from southwest but definitely out of county. Focusing on early writing and writing in general.

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James Handscombe @jameshandscombe.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This thread is a response to a "knowledge-rich" curriculum. This immediately runs into the difficulty of what the term means - I've never seen anybody advocate for "knowledge-poor". This question is discussed here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blo...

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EEF Blog: What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

‘Rosenshine on knowledge structures’ “Rosenshine emphasises the size of these structures, the strength of the connections between pieces of knowledge, along with the richness of the relationships...” alexquigley.co.uk/rosenshine-o...

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Rosenshine on Knowledge Structures

Barak Rosenshine is most famous for his principles of instruction, but what did he have to say about building knowledge? In his writing on ‘Advances in research on instruction’, he put forward the i...

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Brian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Poems about historical events(Part one) by top children's poets. Could be useful in the classroom - Great Fire of London, Mary Queen of Scots, Egyptians etc. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/04/hist... @julieannapinto.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social

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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel

HISTORICAL POEMS - Part One (All poems are featured here with the kind permission of the poets who created them. Thanks everyone.) Gre...

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Essence of Motivation The third edition of Ian Gilbert's classic text Essential Motivation in the Classroom published by Routledge is starting production now. Here's a taster... www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/th...

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The Essence of Motivation | Independent Thinking

How do you help students develop intrinsic motivation for learning? Here are seven keys from Ian Gilbert's classic text Essential Motivation in the Classroom

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

@marymyatt.bsky.social long time no see! Hope you are well. I’m looking to to visit a few schools who are doing amazing things with mental health/pshe/brain matters - can you help?? X will travel!

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We're adding the finishing touches to the programme for our biggest ever Big Day Out in June. It's going to be a stupendous day with something for everyone, whatever your background. Save the date - 19th June www.independentthinking.co.uk/events/the-b...

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The Biggest of Big Days Out | Independent Thinking

A Big Day Out is a unique education conference from Independent Thinking, showcasing some of the UK's leading educational speakers, authors and practitioners

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I am looking to connect with Senior mental health leads who are strong in their schools and have lots to share!

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Ashley Booth @mrboothy6.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful! mrboothy6.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/w...

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Whole Class Reading 2025

Hello – it’s been a few years since I wrote about the teaching of whole class reading, and I figured I would do it again, as it’s generally the thing I am asked about the most – plus in…

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

If it's helpful to schools and teachers, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. They're all books I've used and loved. #edusky padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

In 2006 we put together a quirky little video to help teachers understand the neuroscience behind behaviour and motivation in the classroom. A lot has changed in the world of education since then. But not in the brain. We've just put it up online for free youtu.be/xfkPrFPVzsU

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Three Chairs, a Table and a Lamp

YouTube video by ITLWorldwide

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Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A great blog - every child deserves to be able to enjoy their learning & be happy at school. The key is relationships to quote- “Worst of all they didn’t know him. They never knew his dreams, his passion. They didn’t see him. They saw a target and a grade, no one talked to him about his ambitions.”

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Those days in between Christmas and New year! Oh Camille x

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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Ofsted’s trial inspections of volunteer schools which will start from the first week of next term will be testing out new toolkits that are set to be part of the next inspection framework. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

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Ofsted trials will test new inspection toolkits

Watchdog’s school inspection trials are set to run for several weeks in volunteer schools but the findings will not be published

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

@michaelt1979.bsky.social don’t you usually and kindly remind people to turn off their work alarm??

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Gayle Fletcher @gaylefletcher.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Merry Christmas you filthy animals x

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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

Nearly 5,000 views in two weeks for this ~9 minute video introducing teachers to the most important things to know about reading. Thanks to everyone who has watched and/or shared it. youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?...

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The Reading Map - A Primer

YouTube video by Christopher Such

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