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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Did you know there are nine levels of qualification? And that a grade 3,2, or 1 at GCSE is a Level 1 qualification? The Secretary of State apparently didn't. 🔗 mbdsciencepolitics.substack.com/p/its-a-pass...

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

There are videos circulating of protestors repeatedly harassing and attempting to intimidate a foreign-born professor, because of where he's from and because he did his military service there. Can someone better versed in these things please explain why this isn't racism?

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Today was the first time the community came together since the Yom Kippur terrorist attack in Manchester. I wrote about it. mbdsciencepolitics.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I resent that the self-righteous dismissal of Jewish lives by people who believe they are Good and Right and has made me feel such anger in my heart. Nothing "stopped in its tracks". Everything outside the Jewish community carried on as normal, with vigils and speeches just another item in the diary

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Today was the first time the community came together since the Yom Kippur terrorist attack in Manchester. I wrote about it. mbdsciencepolitics.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I tracked the temperature in my classroom and the science office over the day. Highest temperature was 28.4°C. Blue denotes a lesson.

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CogSciSci @cogscisci.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

What is the difference between prerequisite knowledge and checks for understanding @mbdscience.bsky.social has the key definitions

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I hate eating breakfast, but I can't go through to lunch without something, so I'm trying to find a healthy mid-morning snack to tide me over. Today, I made omelette muffins. We shall see if they do the trick.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

At the beginning of the year, when asked which football team I support, I told my students I support a regional National League team, and now the boys give me weekly updates on how they're playing.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Two Jews can't even be shot dead outside a Jewish museum after attending a Jewish event without Woo EduTwitter retweeting posts implying it was a set-up by the Israeli government.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We will never be able to teach students 'grit' while we're prevented from asking them to do anything evenly mildly unpleasant. Until I can set homework with a high pass mark, and a detention for failing to meet it, without getting pushback from parents, there will be no grit.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I see Fazackerley has written her regular Observer column dumping on schools.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

AI for planning is the equivalent of thinking it's ok for children to talk as long as they "get the work done."

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

One of my concerns about the use of e.g. ChatGPT in teaching is how easy it is. It's the looking up the answer of teaching. Why think hard about the best way to explain something, why find an experienced colleague and ask their advice when you can just type your question into a box and get an answer

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Jo Castelino @drcastelino.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

This is beautiful! Homework instructions that are supportive, encouraging and bursting with high, manageable expectations!

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

I'm trying to get my students into good habits with their Carousel homework - to not race through the flashcards - so I'm trying the following instructions, and so far the students seem to be engaging with the flashcards much better and doing less cramming!

Task description 1. Go to this link: Homework. Your log in is your name. 2. Spend at least 15 minutes going through the flashcards. For each question, either write down the answer, or speak it aloud (whispering is fine!) 3. No earlier than the following day, repeat step 2. 4. No earlier than the following day, complete the quiz.. If you score below 80%, immediately revisit the flash cards. Repeat the quiz the following day. For example: Thursday - 15 minutes flashcards Sunday - 15 minutes flashcards Tuesday - quiz. 80%+, homework done. <80%, 15 minutes flashcards Wednesday - quiz

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

I'm not saying airports lie or that some people don't know how to queue, but I arrived at the airport and within 10 minutes I was through security and in a departure lounge. And that included getting swabbed.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

The three biggest myths in education: The system requires a third of students to be sacrificed to the GCSE gods. Knowledge is stickier when you work it out yourself. Discipline is bad for children.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Now, I understand why a maraschino cherry is placed inside the pineapple ring...

The image shows a beautifully baked pineapple upside-down cake. The cake has a rich caramelized glaze with pineapple rings arranged in a circular pattern, with one pineapple ring in the center and smaller slices radiating outward. The golden-brown cake beneath complements the shiny, juicy pineapple topping. Alas, the cake showing through the inner pineapple ring looks like an anus.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

"She states that “only 14.9 per cent of teachers were identified as being from an ethnic minority background" [implying this needs rectifying]" Only 18% of people in England and Wales belong to an ethnic minority* background. 3.1% is not a worrying disparity. www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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How racist are British schools?

Kalwant Bhopal presents school as a terrible place to be an ethnic minority in her book Race and Education. The evidence suggests otherwise.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

One of the parents at results day asked me which child was mine and I'm just going to go cry about the fact I apparently look old enough to have a 16 year old child.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

I taught GCSE science to every one of our students entered for combined science*, so I have never been so invested in a cohort's results and boy have they done themselves proud 🥹🥹🥹

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Good morning, Autumn. Didn't expect to see you so soon.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Why do I own an entire duffle bag of textbooks, and why did I decide to clear them out of my office in one go?

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

I'm getting a little bit excited about going back to work.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

"Bluesky is so much kinder than twitter" ah, yes, that must be why people with the Hamas red triangle in their username are trying to follow me.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

I like that my doctor is so concerned as to whether I cook my food before eating it.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Canva's pre-made lessons are giving peak 2010 Tes resources.

The image contains a preview of an educational lesson titled "Acids, Bases, and the pH Scale" for Year 7, Year 8, and Year 9 Science students, created by Canva Creative Studio. The lesson includes three resources:

1. A video titled "Acids, Bases, and the pH Scale Video."
2. A poster titled "Neutralisation Reaction Poster."
3. A worksheet titled "Acids Reacting With Metals Worksheet."

The lesson objective states that students will explore acids, bases, and the pH scale, create a poster on neutralization reactions, and complete a worksheet on how acids react with metals and the resulting products. The lesson encourages understanding through practical application.

The overall design is colorful and visually engaging with a mix of pastel colors and geometric patterns.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I, apparently, have a remarkably utilitarian view of education. There is little point in my kids loving science, being able to make good relationships, enjoying their time in school if they don't walk away at the end of it with something they can use, something that opens the doors they want opening

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I knew that breaking performance reminded me of something

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I'm never sure about 'collaborative planning'; not every teacher is brilliant at planning and a team should be deployed according to their strengths, not just availability.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

My new school has keys to get into the labs so I bought a badge reel so I don't have to bend down but when it arrived it was boring, so I decided to add sparkles and a monogram to it.

A hand with lavender nail polish holds a holographic badge reel featuring the initials "CAL." The background shows various green plants and blurred indoor scenery.

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

What on earth was I dreaming about at 4am????

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Claudia Lewis @mbdscience.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

Hear me out, but I think the most effective thing schools could do is have very clear consequences that are consistently enforced. Move away from the increasingly popular idea that an apology is a sufficient consequence.

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