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@mscharteach.bsky.social
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Teaching, education, wellbeing, feminism On a #PSHE journey. Network Lead @ WomenEd Thailand, previously 🇭🇺🇨🇿 Humanities specialist - KS3 all, KS4 history, global perspectives Duke of Edinburgh International Award Living in Shanghai

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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
@thestorygraph.com this is really annoying. Please hide the reviews until I've finished reading! I don't want to be influenced by others opinions before I've started 🤦‍♀️
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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“59% of history lessons at key stage 3 did not mention women at all” and “when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught […] than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park”
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Free online leadership webinar coming up by #WomenEd Australia! @womenedaus.bsky.social Tuesday 29th July at 8am... womened.com/events/women...
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#WomenEd Australia: Applying for Leadership Webinar
10% Braver: Planning and Applying for Leadership Thinking about your next step in school leadership? Whether you’re eyeing a Deputy role or preparing to
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Sign up for a free #WomenEd Thailand September 2025 new school year start! Make new connections and share your expertise! Across THREE locations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai & Phuket Saturday 6th September from 2pm (see link for exact times and locations) womened.com/events/women...
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WomenEd Thailand - Welcome to the new school year!
On the 6th September #WomenEd Thailand will welcome the new school year in THREE locations! Bangkok, Chiang Mai & Phuket Exact locations will be upda
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Meaningful May - Day 23: Recall three things you’ve done that you are proud of actionforhappiness.org/meaningful-may #MeaningfulMay
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Carmel Bones @carmelbones.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Calling all #historyteachers excited to 🚀 this new for 2026 GCSE AQA Historic Environment! can’t wait to welcome 🙏 you to the first performance! 🎭 please retweet & spread the word! 🤗 scholarship @tracyborman.bsky.social 🙌🏻🥳
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Had a great evening at the @21cl.bsky.social #TeachMeet! Was great to see what other educators are doing and learn about new tools for teachers. I even got to give #WomenEd a plug and promote our upcoming Bangkok event. Join us 10th May!
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Cheese and wine! Glad I came to this #TeachMeet 😋🤩 looking forward to the presentations! @21cl.bsky.social
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The brilliant @missdcox.bsky.social was a wise friend to so many people. She was also a great blogger. Remembering her today, I thought I would re-share one of her thought provoking and useful blogs. missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/the-golden-threads-substantive-concepts-in-re/
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The Golden Threads: Substantive concepts in RE
If I teach a topic on Hinduism in one term and another on Christianity the next, what connects them? They probably will both include ‘beliefs’ maybe some ‘practices’ and maybe some textual sources.…
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Life is happier when we get outside and move more. Join us for Active April and give your wellbeing an active boost ☀️🤸‍♀️⚽️🚴‍♂️🌿 actionforhappiness.org/active-april #ActiveApril
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WomenEd Scotland @womenedscotland.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
#womenedwednesday @womenedscotland.bsky.social @womened.bsky.social
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Delighted that Kiran is sharing this important and powerful project with our wider community. To find out more, sign up or contact Kiran.
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Heading to our 10th birthday in May, we’re reflecting on how our next 10 years could develop. We want to involve every one in our global community to share ideas & ways forward so please read our newsletter - link below. Please complete form by April 10th. Much appreciated 🙋🏽‍♀️🤰🏻🧕🏼🙆🏻‍♀️ lnkd.in/e2usyJdK
5 women seen as a tight knit of beautiful trees- sisterhood
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Have you even been to the seaside if you haven't got a feet in sea pic?! #Teacher5ADay #EduSky
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Reports are due Sunday. Have I done them? No Will I? Unlikely It's festival time!! First one of 2025 🎉😍🎶💃 #Teacher5ADay #TeacherLife
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
5 years ago 😱 it was Day 2 of school closures and a full lockdown was imminent. It's weird to think back to that period, how stressful it was trying to get online and prepare resources for online learning. I spent an awful lot of time in the park behind my house, was lucky #Teacher5ADay #Reflection
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Here we go! A bit of #teacher5aday #wellbeing on a Monday! Will I be exhausted tomorrow? Probably. Worth it? Definitely!! 🥳💃🪩
Kylie Minogue Tension Tour venue filling up with people
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Day 25 and we want that song or songs that started your love of music, when did you know that music was something you were going to love? That wow moment #FebMusicChallenge25
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
What’s one thing you did this week that you’re proud of? Image: headspace.com
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Hugh Richards @hughrichards.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I’m telling more stories than ever in my classroom. My webinar with @counsellc.bsky.social l on how I go about this is here: youtu.be/_rsR3I8BwPI?...
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Using stories in the history classroom
YouTube video by Hachette Learning
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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Please share with any aspiring HoDs you know? Open to all schools, and online in a twilight session. Thank you!
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today we are celebrating spoken word, those talkie bits in songs that can add so much #FebMusicChallenge25
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National Careers Week @careersweek.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Empower. Engage. Inspire. #NCW2025 3rd - 8th March 2025. buff.ly/3WSovCy
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Friendly February - Day 19: Share something you find inspiring, helpful or amusing actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
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Emily @chandlergeog.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
**New Blog Post ** Why is vocabulary important for Geography learning? It’s been a while since my last post but I’m back writing about my two favourite topics, literacy and Geography chandlergeog.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/t... #EduBlogUK #Geogchat #geographyteacher
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The Importance of Vocabulary Learning in the Geography Classroom
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com Literacy skills, are essential for enabling students to develop their geographical understanding and being able to communicate this, both in writing and verbal…
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Char @mscharteach.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Rain! 🌧️ Not what I expected today. It is the dry season here in Thailand. Last year the first rain was apparently 20th March so it's a month early 🤔
View from balcony of a tennis court and sports field, heavy rain and thick rain clouds.
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Brand new #WomenEd global online event to celebrate #IWD25. Join us to discuss how women’s voices and rights can be safeguarded www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womened-ri...
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a logo for international women 's day with pink and blue letters
Alt: a logo for international women 's day with pink and blue letters
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Time to celebrate the musicals for #FebMusicChallenge25 which will you choose?
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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
There is a lot to learn about work/life balance from the Danes in the article below. A culture that doesn’t encourage long working hours; a proper, social, lunch time; collaborative leadership; time for health; evening and weekend calls and emails as the exception; trust in the workplace; 1/
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 16/02/2025
The science of reading isn’t just about decoding—and it isn’t just for early grades, either! Here are research-backed practices to enhance older students’ learning. 📙 🙌 #literacy #EnglishTeacher #ITeachEnglish
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Here’s What the Science of Reading Looks Like in My High School Classroom
Teachers can design lessons around these five components to deepen student understanding of and engagement with reading material.
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End Sexism In Schools @endsexisminschools.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Delighted to welcome @historylauren.bsky.social as a Historian Supporter for the End Sexism In Schools campaign. Lauren stands with ESIS in calling for 50% of all topics, themes and units in the history curriculum in schools to focus on the roles of women in past societies and cultures.
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Good morning all, I do hope you have some nice things planned for your Sunday. Today our #FebMusicChallenge25 are hauntingly beautiful songs. I am really looking forward to these.
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Jenny Mitchell @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This great competition from the wonderful @massolit.bsky.social might be of interest to students/teachers you know...? @englishassociation.bsky.social
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Shane Leaning @shaneleaning.com · 12/02/2025
Last year I had the pleasure of chatting to Laura Wilkes about the myriad of self-limiting beliefs that hold me back. And they hold so many leaders back too. How about you?
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Tackling Self-Limiting Beliefs in Leadership with Shane Leaning
Organisational Coach Shane Leaning takes on common self-limiting beliefs that often deter educators from pursuing leadership roles.In this episode, Shane tal...
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Day 15 and half way through the challenge and many of us half way through the school year – time goes too quickly. So in honour of 'Livin' on a Prayer' and half way there etc can we have your favourite rock songs #FebMusicChallenge25
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Day 14 #ValentinesDay please give us songs that remind you of someone or something that you love or have loved #FebMusicChallenge25
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Brand new #WomenEd online event celebrating #InternationalWomensDayon March 8th. For all women and girls 🙋🏽‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🧕🏼🤰🏻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womened-ri...
Women say yes to Equality
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Day 13 I think we will have quite a few great songs today for our #FebMusicChallenge25 Songs with two word titles. Have a good day all, I am off to the Winchester Science Museum with my class today.
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Lisa Hannay @aphannay.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
www.womenleadinged.org/resources/wl... We need to keep using our voices and keep disrupting! @womened.bsky.social
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2025 WLE Insight Survey — Women Leading Ed
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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Women’s voices are being silenced everywhere. Being empowered to speak is one dimension, now our voices need to be loud enough to be heard. 📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣 What do you want to say? #WomenEd 💜💜
Women have a voice. People need to listen.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 13/02/2025
We tend to measure academic success by the big wins: Passing a test with flying colors, for example, or earning top grades in a demanding course. But it’s the small wins that motivate students to keep going amid the inevitable academic struggles, new research shows. 🧵1/6
1-Minute Read. The Research Is In. Research Reveals the Power of Small Wins. By Youki Terada & Stephen Merrill. Illustration of a student with a backpack climbing up a ladder into a bright yellow sun, with rays radiating from it and clouds behind them.
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Day 12 and we draw our inspiration from an idea by @brianmosespoet.bsky.social lets hear your songs about those peaceful, tranquil havens, those little hideaways that no one else knows #FebMusicChallenge25
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Friendly February - Day 12: Focus on being kind rather than being right actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Day 11 and it is #SaferInternetDay for our #FebMusicChallenge25 theme today so want songs linked to all things tech, the future, robots, AI anything techy.
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End Sexism In Schools @endsexisminschools.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
It’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Last year the wonderful Stemettes released a White Paper that demonstrates the invisibility of women scientists in the school curriculum. It’s time to end sexism in STEM and end sexism in schools. #WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM
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Graham Andre @grahamandre.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Day 10 #FebMusicChallenge25 Monday is not my favourite day, made worse by the fact I am feeling ill, so sorry for the late post today, im hoping to bed fine tomorrow. Still let’s forget all that and give us your tunes that make you feel wild and free.
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Friendly February - Day 9: Thank someone and tell them how they made a difference for you actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary
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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Great reminder of LGBTQ+ people who were involved in WW2 - for history teachers perhaps? www.messynessychic.com/2023/06/02/w...
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When Will Queer Bravery Become Part of the World War II Narrative?
When Willem Arondeus said, "Let it be known, homosexuals aren’t cowards’’, on the eve of his execution in 1943, he was speaking for himself and countless others who gave and risked their lives to end ...
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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Life is happier when we make time to connect with the people around us 🤗 Join us for #FriendlyFebruary and find ways to give your relationships a warm-hearted boost actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb...
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