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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nothing flashy about this post — just a slice of everyday Primary leadership. Here at Lingfield, we have an FYI board in our staffroom. It acts as a small nudge towards best practice, as well as a place to gather staff feedback, ideas and suggestions.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As part of our partnership with Reach Foundation & rethinking parent events to make them more relational, we have changed our Meet the Teacher meetings this year. Info covering routines, expectations & a typical school day were shared beforehand, so we created more of a marketplace.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It's that time of year again when the writing moderation emails have dropped into Head's inboxes. I wrote this blog last year sharing my experience as a Year 6 teacher and previous moderator for Surrey so I thought I would share it again in case it helps anyone! You've got this! 💪Anna.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

s an English SLE, teaching reading and writing has always been an interest of mine. Popping into some Year 6 writing lessons over the past couple of weeks has been an absolute joy.

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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

💡NEW POST 💡 'SHARE to support struggling readers and writers' S – Scaffolding challenging tasks H – High expectations for every student A – Assessment-driven adaptations R – Responsive interventions E – Explicit teaching alexquigley.co.uk/share-to-sup...

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SHARE to support struggling readers & writers

Where do teachers start when it comes to supporting students who struggle with reading and writing? There is so much written and argued about reading and writing, that busy teachers can feel a little ...

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

If you’re deep in SATs prep and counting down the days, this might be worth a read. A reminder to find the good bits — something we probably all need on a Friday evening. Anna SATs Season: Finding the Good Bits open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...

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SATs Season: Finding the Good Bits

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Really enjoyed listening to this episode of Mind the Gap with @teacherhead.bsky.social @emmaturner75.bsky.social @mrcraigbarton. We loved it so much we've put it on our Monday Briefing for all of our staff to listen to. So much sense about MWB's and Do Nows. Anna.

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Inside Craig Barton’s 16-Book Teaching Project, Mind the Gap, Ep.117 (S6,E15)

Podcast Episode · Mind the Gap: Making Education Work Across the Globe · 6 March · 58min

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We were lucky enough to welcome a select, but wonderful, few HT's & DHT's to our school today as part of Linking Local Leaders run by Schools Alliance for Excellence. We kick started the session by watching @PepsMcrea's Alignment: The Secret Sauce of Effective Schooling? lnkd.in/eZnvC26a

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We're really excited to announce that @insighthq.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social will be running their 'Databusting Surrey with the Educakers' event with us in June. Have a look at the link below for more information. We'd love to meet so many of you in person!

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Databusting Surrey with The Educakers

A practical one-day workshop for primary and MAT senior leaders on making assessment and data work in practice, without adding to workload.

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School Data Updates @jpembroke.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The Databusters are getting the band back together and going on the road with a new one-day course: AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs @insighthq.bsky.social schools, get in touch if you’re interested

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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Finally, despite my interest being primarily in primary, I rarely do niche content from there. However, this is a great post from the @theeducakers.bsky.social on making the most out of "early work" or "morning work" - a staple of most UK primaries. Enjoy! substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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Early Work: Making the Morning Count

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Bread and Butter of our Maths Curriculum A brilliant twilight session tonight led by our KS1 and KS2 maths leaders, Hayley and Karina. Their deep knowledge of our school, our maths curriculum, @whiterosemaths and how children learn underpinned everything they shared with staff.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We are feeling over the moon after receiving this acknowledgement from Bridget Phillipson. What a credit to our team here at Lingfield and their on-going hard work. 🥳 Well done to you too @strickomaster.bsky.social and everyone at Duston School. Happy Friday everyone! 🎉

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🤪 presentation to board 🤪 more pupil progress meetings 🤪 3 back-to-back school discos 🤪refreshment prep for 3 back-to-back school discos 🤪 restore classroom following 40 member LA board meeting 🤪 lots of smiling, cup washing & table wiping! Another day, another slice of every day school leadership!

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A little bit of Christmas cheer for our staff room as we head into the craziness that is the end of Autumn Term. Sometimes it’s scrabble, sometimes a jigsaw puzzle and there’s rarely not food on the table. It’s the little things that bring the extra glimmers of joy when the job is hard and busy.

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

A really useful read & something we've been grappling with recently as the number of children with SEND increases in our school. We want to be able to accurately reflect & celebrate the achievements & progress of all of our children &, as @jpembroke.bsky.social says, labelled bands don't do this.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

You gotta love a GoPro day! 🤪 staff absence 🤪 parent emails 🤪 Y6 maths tutoring 🤪 pupil progress meetings 🤪 room set-up for a 40 member LA board meeting 🤪 school tour 🤪 meet and greet 🤪 usual corridor duties

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

And the love letter for mini whiteboards continues. A thread.... As described in the blog, we still needed to iron out our consistent routines for how to use and show mini-whiteboards in the classroom and this week, as a staff, we agreed that.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Why I Can’t Teach Without a Visualiser... this week I’m talking all things visualisers — the perfect partner to my previous mini whiteboards post. Like I said a fortnight ago, I genuinely couldn’t teach without either. open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...

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Visualisers: The Classroom Tool I Can’t Teach Without

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Some Halloween fun with friends today.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

📚 Just Read Mondays 📚 Every Monday, our whole-school assembly is a Just Read moment — sharing a beautiful picture book that connects to our learning concepts, key events, or our Personal Best values. This week's book was Once Upon an Atom by James Carr & William Santiago.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

School improvement isn’t always about big, shiny new initiatives. It’s often about the smaller steps—the quiet, deliberate tweaks that build momentum over time. In this evening’s staff meeting, we began by revisiting our Culture Deck—a shared foundation that guides how we work together.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This term in DT, Year 6 took on the challenge of designing, making and evaluating a security alarm system to help Lance and his friends protect themselves in the office at Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick. @mrboothy6.bsky.social

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 Over the past couple of weeks, my 5 year old & I have enjoyed our collection of Halloween books. Each year we add to the collection and this year’s gems 💎 were from @flaviazdrago.bsky.social and Rebecca Green. Such beautiful stories and illustrations.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

"Somewhere between the chaos and the calm, the rage and the laughter… there’s still so much wonder in working in a school." Love this. Fuel for the leadership soul as we head into another week. Thanks for putting it into words. oldprimaryhead.com/2025/10/17/t...

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The Weight, the Wonder, and the Why

The Weight We Carry After years in headship, I find myself asking questions I never expected. Not about pedagogy, vision, or curriculum but about myself. Do I still have the energy, the resilience,…

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A productive afternoon with my little one, I’d say! #cake

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

This is a great read @strickomaster . Especially love the part about hope being a strategy, not just a fluffy feeling. I think it really hits home for anyone working in schools right now.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🧠 Brilliant start to the day with @jpembroke.bsky.social 10 Things I’ve Learned About Data. @insighthq.bsky.social So much resonating. Schools = complex, “like a bowl of spaghetti” “Less is more” aligns with our do less better mindset. Let’s ask: Is the data we’re collecting improving outcomes?

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Fed and watered and ready for a great day @insighthq.bsky.social at the Gtech stadium. Brilliant line up. What a way to finish the week! @daisychristo.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @joshuaperry.bsky.social

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Following the great success of our first session on rethinking practice in KS1, we are launching another opportunity. If you fancy coming along to see learning in action and talk deeply about all things EYFS/KS1, you are most welcome. Please book following the link below.

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Each week we share a Monday briefing (thanks to @mrallington.bsky.social ) with staff, designed to keep our SDP priorities high profile, purposeful and connected to CPD. This week’s briefing linked directly to last week’s twilight so that the messages remain clear and connected.

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I would have forgotten I sent it and been surprised I received one when it eventually arrived 😂

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Ha! I’ve just posted practically the same thing. I think we can as we both want to… or your friend and I do 😉

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Can I put the heating on yet?

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Another lovely text which is both beautiful and quality when teaching about Darwin and Evolution. Pop it on your ‘to buy’ list for your curriculum offer. #edutwitter #lovereading

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Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s our first of 2 INSET days tomorrow. The tables are set, the pastries are being bought 🥐🥐 and the SDP messages are ready. We’ll be sharing some of our key messages & staff training on here. We’d love to hear what others are sharing with staff at the start of this academic year. #CPD #primary

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Sorry to be THAT person but I have one who doesn’t like it… it’s green 🙄

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Our little visitor at our lodge today. 🪿 could clearly smell the lunch.

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I wouldn’t like to speculate 😂

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Aha! I did navigate somewhere successfully earlier and navigation is not my strong point so you must be right!

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Started my holiday with a lunchtime margarita. Then spilt chilli on my jeans 😢

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Wowza. Bathroom of dreams!

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Pothos. So easy, trail nicely from shelf and easy to propagate. I have 2 in my office.

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

When your daughter’s tooth 🦷 falls out in the car🤢 on the way to your holiday and you thank your past self for having the foresight to pack a bit of change and the ‘tooth box’ just in case! 🙌 😮‍💨

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

What a rebel going the ‘wrong’ way!

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The many uses of a sieve 😂

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This a vital public service announcement 📣! I didn’t know this but luckily I always have some in the fridge in case of emergencies. 🥂🍾 phew 😮‍💨

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Mrs S. @mrssdeputy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Don’t think I’ve ever sieved flour! My sieve is currently used for scooping grass out of the paddling pool 😂

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