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@livteachcreate.bsky.social
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Support for Learning Principal Teacher 👩🏻‍🏫 Primary qualified working in secondary 🏫 Passionate about inclusion and literacy 🫶📖 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Olivia @livteachcreate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Snapshot of the 8 pages of notes I took yesterday while listening to @katejonesteach.bsky.social and @brucenextlevel.bsky.social speak in Edinburgh 📝 Got lots of ideas for new things to try in class next week to improve my instruction and feedback 💡
Hand-drawn sketchnotes titled "Jones & Robertson" on dotted paper. It features notes on memory, noting that "long term memory is phenomenal" while "working memory is limited". Key phrases include "Attention: gateway to learning", "Need to know vs. Nice to know", and a graphic comparing "storage strength" to "retrieval strength".A continuation of sketchnotes featuring sections on "Working Memory Capacity", noting that 1 in 10 learners have difficulties. It includes diagrams on breaking chunked tasks down further, a section on "Dual Coding" emphasizing clear picture links, and tips for fill-in-the-blank exercises.Sketchnotes focused on questioning techniques in the classroom. Bold heading reads "Ask more questions more often" with a note about aiming for "one question every minute of teacher talk". Sub-sections cover the effectiveness of assessment, promoting elaboration, and follow-up prompts like "How do you know?" and "Why do you think that?”Sketchnotes exploring a "reimagined chilli challenge" and task design. It features a green arrow diagram showing choices of where to begin, alongside a drawing of pick 'n' mix sweets. The central message is highlighted in pink and black script: "Follow the learning, not the lesson plan".
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Olivia @livteachcreate.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Loving Clockwork Classrooms @carmelbones.bsky.social! Only 30% into the book and already highlighted several points to go back to! I can affirm that MEOWs do work to motivate learners 🐈
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
📢 Educators, get involved! Connect with like-minded folk, share practice & ideas at #PedagooGhlaschu on 16/05/26. Hosted by @senoract.bsky.social - always epic! Want to share? Sign up to lead a session forms.gle/tW86XZiypr6P... Want to come along? Snag your 🆓🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pedagoo-gh...
Promotional flyer for Pedagoo Ghlaschu on Saturday 16 May at Sgoil Ghlaschu Ghàidhlig/Glasgow Gaelic School, 147 Berkeley Street, Glasgow G3 7HP. Two QR codes to scan. Top right QR code links to free tickets to attend. Bottom left QR code links to online form to volunteer to lead a workshop on the day.
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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 06/03/2026
Reading comprehension is not a skill. It’s an outcome of what you know. Strategies plateau. Knowledge compounds. lnkd.in/e-P9uNE2
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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
There are now hundreds of inspirational examples of practice on the @openuni-rfp.bsky.social website. I've just spent a few minutes reading through a fantastic one about the importance of graphic novels from my former colleague @richardruddick.bsky.social. So many ideas! ourfp.org/eop/graphic-...
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Graphic novels get them reading - Reading for Pleasure
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I've written a new blog for @bloomsburyed.bsky.social ahead of the publication of my latest book on adaptive teaching. Hope you find it useful! #EduSky www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
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The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching︱Author Sue Cowley talks Adaptive Mindsets
One of the most important aspects in successful teaching is actually about our attitude and our mindset as educators.
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Elle McNicoll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Me: My publisher have asked me to write an eBook for World Book Day, as there is usually little to no Scottish/ND rep. You guys: and we will make it a bestseller!! (Very grateful and full of love. Thank you)
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Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Quantitative evidence of the impact of teacher-student relationships on achievement is thin on the ground, so this paper on the positive benefits of "looping" (teaching the same class for more than one year) by matthewakraft.bsky.social and colleagues is important: bit.ly/4bBiBvD
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Second Time's the Charm? How Sustained Relationships from Repeat Student-Teacher Matches Build Academic and Behavioral Skills
We examine the dynamic nature of student-teacher match quality by studying the effect of having a teacher for more than one year. Using data from Tennessee and panel methods, we find that having a rep...
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WomenEd Scotland @womenedscotland.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Excellent day today at #PedagooPerth Great to meet some new people at our in-person @womenedscotland.bsky.social event 💜 Our next meeting is online on Saturday 15th March at 10am - can’t wait for you to join us
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
3️⃣ in person events scheduled #ByTeachersForTeachers 🔜Sat 22 Feb for #PedagooPerth at Bertha Park High School hosted by @ccouser.bsky.social @ciaracreative.bsky.social & Kevin Johnston ⬇️Fab workshops for you to choose from 🆓Sign up to attend bit.ly/PedagooPerth
Promotional flyer for three upcoming Pedagoo events. From top to bottom text reads: Pedagoo. A sharing space for educators. Come along to one of our events. Expect thought provoking workshops, engaging discussions, and the opportunity to meet like-minded educators. By teachers, for teachers. For tickets head to https://bit.ly/PedagooPerth. To join the mailing list for other events email pedagoomail@gmail.com. All events 10am-1pm. Pedagoo Perth on 22 Feb at Bertha Park High School in Perth. Pedagoo Ghlaschu on 10 May at Glasgow Gaelic School. Pedagoo Grampian on 31 May at Robert Gordon’s CollegeListing of workshops for Pedagoo Perth: curious about Curipod. Rolling, beeping and playing: Robotics for all educators. The art of meeting. Challenging assumptions: memory stories from a Ghana-Scotland school partnership. WomenEdScotland. How is artificial intelligence going to shape our future classrooms? Languages in colour. Using Japanese abacus in primary. Clean up your mess, what goes wrong in presentations and what to do about it. Glow +Adobe Express. I love it when a plan comes together. An inspector called.
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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
My latest article for @neunion.bsky.social Educate magazine is about non-fiction. It's often overlooked when talking about reading in the classroom and it shouldn't be. An exciting non-fiction text can engage readers just as well as any other. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
3️⃣weeks from now and #PedagooPerth will be all over! 🎯If you are a curious educator in any sector, then you won’t want to miss this chance to connect with & learn from educators like you! 🔗🆓 bit.ly/PedagooPerth 👀 ⬇️Full workshop listing
Promotional flyer for Pedagoo Perth event on Saturday 22 February at Bertha Park High school, Perth PH1 0AU. Between 10am and 1pm. Two QR codes. One to sign up to lead a workshop. One to register for a free ticket.Listing of all the workshops offered at Pedagoo Perth. Curious about curipod. Rolling, beeping & playing - robotics for all educators. The art of meeting. Challenging assumptions: memory stories from a Ghana-Scotland school partnership. WomenEdScotland. How is artificial intelligence going to shape our future classrooms? Languages in colour. Using Japanese abacus in Primary. Clean up your Mess, what goes wrong in presentations and what to do about it. Glow + Adobe Express. I love it when’s plan comes together. An inspector called.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday. Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it. >>
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LynneJ0nes @lynnej0nes.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
#Pedagoo is a sharing space for educators with 35K+ followers across multiple social media platforms ❓Pedagoo? Because pedagogy is messy! 3️⃣in-person events in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ByTeachersForTeachers in Spring 2025 🗣️☕️🧁Expect engaging discussions & interesting practice with like-minded folk 🆓🎟️Get involved #IYKYK
Promotional flyer. Text reads: Pedagoo. A sharing space for educators. Come along to one of our events. Expect thought-provoking workshops, engaging discussions, and the opportunity to meet with like-minded educators. By teachers, for teachers. February 22 Pedagoo Perth at Bertha Park High School, Perth. May 10 Pedagoo Ghlaschu at Glasgow Gaelic School. May 31 at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen. For tickets head to https://bit.ly/PedagooPerth. To join mailing list for other events email pedagoomail@gmail.com
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Olivia @livteachcreate.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Just signed up! Looking forward to it 😀 #Pedagoo
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Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The 3Rs - Reading, writing, and research to be interested in #52 is live. It features a review of the excellent 'Neurotribes', research on mind-wandering and reading, resources for leading reading, and more. alexquigley.co.uk/the-3rs-read...
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
'Is comprehension better with digital text?' from Prof Tim Shanahan. This is a question I get a lot - a nice summary of the evidence here: www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/is-comp...
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John Roberts @johngroberts.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Only one in ten primary teachers & leaders said their training prepared them to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of pupils. A @tesmagazine.bsky.social investigation into how well prepared the sector feels as the govt strives for a more inclusive system. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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How teacher training could make or break the DfE inclusion plan
The government wants more pupils with SEND to be supported in mainstream schools, but most teachers say their training did not equip them to meet these children's needs
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Georgina Durrant @georginadurrant.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system “The result is that young people, and their families, don’t get the help they need and lose vital weeks, months and years of education and development as a result.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system
Local government ombudsman report into SEND in England offers damning assessment
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Henry Hepburn @henryhepburn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
'How schools can crack project-based and interdisciplinary learning' - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports tes.com/magazine/ana... @tesmagazine.bsky.social
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How schools can crack project-based learning
Plans for all senior students to undertake a project were recently rejected by the Scottish government, but it name-checked several organisations that had impressed with their interdisciplinary work. ...
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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Looking for amazing teachers who bring innovation and lots of creativity to their practice for my new list. Please tag folk you know who fit the bill 😀💡 @MsAHinkley.Bsky.social @mr-minchin.bsky.social already on my list 😊 #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary
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Olivia @livteachcreate.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We marked #WorldChildrensDay by learning about the #UNCRC Super proud of my learners for how much thought they put into selecting the rights most relevant to them 💎9️⃣ Interestingly, everyone picked article 12 - the right to be listened to and taken seriously #EduSky #ListenToTheFuture
Picture cards representing nine articles from the UNCRC arranged on a desk in a diamond nine pattern to show the order of importance to the learner who selected themWall display in a classroom with a human rights banner and learner’s work displayed below showing the nine articles from the UNCRC that each learner felt was most relevant or important to them
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WomenEd Scotland @womenedscotland.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Our next network meeting is on Sat 7th December. More details and sign up to follow.
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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
New #StarterPack! 📢 Calling all Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 educators. Here's a wee space for us all. If you're an early years practitioner, school teacher, lecturer or are all about Scottish education, let me know and I'll add you to the list 📃 Pls share x go.bsky.app/U92yyzH
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Lee Ann Jung @leeannjung.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
⏳ If half the class requires tier 2 support, the school doesn't need more tier 2 #intervention strategies or programs. There's a need for more universal design. #LeadInclusion #MTSS #UDLchat #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #EduSky
School hallway with red lockers. Text reads "there's a need for more universal design."
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Lee Ann Jung @leeannjung.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
👥 Students who have #IEPs are not "special education students." They are simply students. They belong to every educator they have. Receiving a service shouldn't impose an identity. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #UDLchat #SpecialEducation #InclusiveEd #MTSS #ATchat #EdChat #EduSky
White lines notebook paper with text that reads "students who have IEP's are not "special education students." They are simply students."
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
"if you’re forced to teach to the test, then the context you have to set (even in an inclusive-values school) will be one that a number of pupils will struggle with"
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The causes of the SEND crisis - and 9 steps to fix it
Government policy in two core areas has resulted in the current crisis in SEND. To now ensure every young person is supported, we need to do these nine things, argues Warren Carratt
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