Reposted by Liz PlaneOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 23hThe most fun thing ever to randomly see 99155643077
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Went for a run in this afternoon's beautiful sunshine. I'm still fairly slow at the moment, but Strava tells me it was my fastest 5k of the year by 2 1/2 minutes. And at lunchtime we laughed with the kids for ages about finding their 4th cousin Luke. That's a decent Sunday I reckon. 020
Reposted by Liz PlaneLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 61103613052
Reposted by Liz PlaneNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing! 7549081008
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yes 100% It could be transformational for teachers to have more time for reflection. The days are so full that some days you barely have a minute to really think. 041
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My 9-year-old has been asking for this for weeks and I've finally remembered to order it today. He's also decided to set up Comic Club with some buddies, just sent them an invite! 000
Reposted by Liz PlaneGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 5440691218
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just had a snooze in the garden on this sunny afternoon. I know it shouldn’t be this warm in October, but I don’t mind enjoying the sunshine while it’s here. 120
Reposted by Liz PlaneMatthew Evans @head-teach.bsky.social · 03/10/2026matthewevanseducation.substack.com/p/a-sporting...matthewevanseducation.substack.comA Sporting ChanceIs Ofsted Inspecting Standards or School Effectiveness? 2129
Reposted by Liz PlaneMatthew Evans @head-teach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If Ofsted is judging school standards, context is irrelevant. If it is judging school effectiveness, context is everything. The problem comes when they do the former but it is interpreted as the latter. 0238
Reposted by Liz PlanePatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Well, this is a delight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 815669
Reposted by Liz PlaneRosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had no idea this was an option. 841382
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We have a hatch! Although the dining room is now a playroom. 010
Reposted by Liz PlaneNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61262352
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I like this. Really clearly explains how you could introduce in your classroom and has me thinking about how to adapt this technique for Early Years. Listening is one of the skills we’re really working hard on at the moment. 101
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 19/09/2026First full time week completed! Reception is so exhausting at this time of year, but already seeing so much progress as they learn the routines of school. And Friday afternoon gate duty, waving and chatting to children from past classes as they went home in the sunshine, was a joy and a privilege. 010
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Really enjoyed today’s Connections Puzzle #1196. Initially a bit cross, but purple made me smile. Well done puzzle setters! 🟩🟪🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 000
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I can see 3 of your books on BorrowBox, though as ebooks not audiobooks. I wonder if the selection varies by library? 110
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My library has both. I tend to use for audiobooks, and find the selection available is different on each. The first half of the series I’ve been listening to were only on Libby, but the latter books seem to only be on BorrowBox. 100
Reposted by Liz PlaneMary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A wee blog about the teaching of listening skills with a link to some tried and tested circle games. #EduSkyPrim primary1help.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/s...primary1help.wordpress.comStart With Listening: Setting Learners Up for SuccessTeaching listening skills has, for many, become a contentious topic. Only this morning I read an article saying that we shouldn’t use prompts like ‘eyes looking’ or ‘sitting still… 183
Reposted by Liz PlaneSimon Lee @simonleewx.com · 10/09/20268 years ago, I tweeted side-by-side maps from NASA GISS showing global temperatures in 1976 and 2018 – both hot summers in the UK. It subsequently went viral and was printed in the Daily Mail! The 2026 version is stark. Two locally extreme summers separated by 50 years of global climate change. 7560305
Reposted by Liz PlaneDarrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I loved how so many posts about Dolly Parton were about the good, kind things she’d done. So, I’ve grabbed a stack of kids’ books I bought for projects and I’m gonna drop them at my local Primary School. It’s not much, but it's something. 🙂 Sharing if anyone wants to do the same. 👍 #edusky #UKEd 514228
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m doing this puzzle adventure book with R and totally stumped by this puzzle. You have to go through alternating sun and storm gates to get through the maze and we cannot figure out a route. Any ideas? It’s driving me crazy! 000
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sad news. My eldest was born about a week too late to get books from Dolly’s Imagination Library, but what a legacy she leaves. 010
Reposted by Liz PlaneJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894311285
Reposted by Liz PlaneAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026What a beautiful letter about the way that “our intelligence is embodied, evolved and biological, and inseparable from our bodies” 14719
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It’s like using a car to do a marathon. The thinking is the point. 030
Reposted by Liz PlaneMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words. 567197943680
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026So interesting! Very happy to detect a bit of geosmin this morning! 110
Reposted by Liz PlaneEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Part of petrichor, the delish earthy smell released when rain hits parched ground, is geosmin,a compound from soil bacteria-human👃s can detect it in lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water. Seeking out water on dry plains was essential for our ancestors. Here’s a geosmin molecule: 722125484
Reposted by Liz PlaneTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I stayed at a castle in Wales a few days ago, all on my own. It was a bit amazing, to say the least. I wrote about it here: www.tom-cox.com/notes-on-a-c...tom-cox.comNotes On A CastleIt seems there’s always a planned chapter I end up leaving out of one of my books - sometimes because I go cold on an idea but more often because it simply ends up not feeling like the right fit for t... 512226
Reposted by Liz PlaneCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability. 653560955
Reposted by Liz PlaneDarrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Sometimes, I take the simple techniques I use every day with children and I push them as far as I can. It helps me to learn, using the same materials, but taking them to another level. This ship is made entirely from recycled cardboard tubes. 🙂 wwww.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #sculpture 820149
Reposted by Liz PlaneMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 08/08/2026The UK will experience a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday 12 August. The extent of the Sun's coverage and the timing of maximum obscuration will differ across the country. Never look directly at the sun; use a pinhole projector or certified eclipse glasses to view it. 14418270
Reposted by Liz PlaneMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The greatest trick the seagull ever pulled was convincing the pedants it doesn’t exist. 1621325
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Wasn't sure if I wanted to go for a run or not. Turned out to be an excellent idea. 010
Reposted by Liz PlaneLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Hercules: Wow, that’s a lot of dung! Looks like they haven’t been cleaned in decades. Hmmm… Oh, hang on. What if I…? OK, am I allowed to reroute nearby rivers to clean the stables? Alex: All the information is on the task. 0699
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We forgot to pack the iPads so the kids have an unplanned, involuntary digital detox. Wish us luck! 030
Reposted by Liz PlaneLiz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A dozen or so long tailed tits hopping about in our wild cherry trees this morning. A shooting star while sitting in the garden tonight now that it's finally cooled down. What a wonderful world this is. 011
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A dozen or so long tailed tits hopping about in our wild cherry trees this morning. A shooting star while sitting in the garden tonight now that it's finally cooled down. What a wonderful world this is. 011
Reposted by Liz PlaneEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A few more gorgeous collective nouns for you… A group of: 🐞-ladybirds is called a ‘loveliness’ 🪶-long tailed tits is called a ‘zephyr’ 🪶-wrens (many often squish together in nestboxes to roost at night) is called a ‘chime’ 📷: Suffolk wildlife trust 🦋-butterflies is called a ‘kaleidoscope’ 519746
Reposted by Liz PlaneLeedsBookClub aka Drneevil @leedsbookclub.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Meme: #SpéirGorm #Ireland 076
Liz Plane @lizplane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026It is so so damaging for children's communication and language development. We see this so much in early years. It's all the interactions and conversations that just get replaced by passively staring at screens. 010