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Olivia Drennan

@oliviadrennaned.bsky.social
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Faculty Head in Glasgow, interested in all things pedagogy & curriculum along with politics, history and culture. Not looking for an echo chamber but sick of Elon and his bros.

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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I don’t give a mince about digital ID, carry loads already. However, if they call it ‘Brit Card’ in Scotland it is clearly doomed 😛
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Excellent BBC analysis of issues both with the attainment gap and its reporting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Has Scotland closed the attainment gap in schools?
John Swinney is expected to renew a commitment to improving the prospects of Scotland's poorest pupils.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
There's no credible evidence asylum seekers commit more crime, or are guilty of more sexual assaults. I am so sick of being force-fed lies by these mendacious thugs in their expensive suits. share.google/WCAREyAQN5TG...
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
While I follow lots of educators, I’m not yet seeing much sharing of practice on BlueSky the way I used to on Twitter (pre Musk). So, I’m going to do a wee weekly highlight of what’s been going on in my practice in the hope it encourages others to share.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Mohsen Mahdawi in the NYT: "If we cannot speak up against the killing of children and what human rights experts have called a genocide in Gaza, what can we speak out against?" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...
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Opinion | Mohsen Mahdawi: I Never Lost Hope in the Principles of Democracy (Gift Article)
Detained at his citizenship interview, the Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi speaks of his ordeal.
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Future of Headship @uofgheadship.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
📣 The School of Education is working with the sector to shape priorities for the new Centre for Teaching Excellence. We’re keen to talk with teachers across Scotland in focus groups that will inform our national survey. Find out more and sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/educ... Please share!
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lesley-wa24.bsky.social @lesley-wa24.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The Curriculum Improvement Cycle is a systematic review of the Scottish curriculum to ensure it remains up to date and relevant for children and young people. Watch this short introduction video outlining the aims and where you can get the latest information. www.linkedin.com/posts/educat...
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Education Scotland on LinkedIn: The Curriculum Improvement Cycle is a systematic review of the Scottish…
The Curriculum Improvement Cycle is a systematic review of the Scottish curriculum to ensure it remains up to date and relevant for children and young people…
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
70 years ago, my dad was one of many Glasgow weans who got taken on holiday to Plockton every summer by the council. This was their only holiday, and sparked a love of the outdoors that has lasted a lifetime. My New Year’s wish for education is that we can start giving opportunities like this again.
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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Today: a thread of ACTUAL Fair Botanists cos my novel did not come from nowhere. Hunners of amazing Scottish women were vital to botanical history. This is Jeanne Baret (1740-1807) 1st woman to circumnavigate the globe. Disguised as a man she collected 6000 plants. Total legend! /1
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Here is the latest Education Scotland paper on the CFE reform cycle. To be read by all working in Scottish education. The beginning of the end for CfE’s outcomes-based framework Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC): Towards an Evolved Technical Framework blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/pu...
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Ollie Bray @olliebray.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This a good and very measured piece from @emmaseith.bsky.social at the @tesmagazine.bsky.social on an Education Scotland Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) Discussion Paper that we released today titled, 'Evolving the Technical Framework' - www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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CfE: Education Scotland proposes alternative to 'experiences and outcomes'
The so-called 'Es and Os' used by teachers in Scotland to plan lessons are on their way out amid fears they have contributed to the ‘downgrading of knowledge’. So what will replace them?
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Always interesting to break down the headline figures. £29M for ASN is the equivalent of £112 per pupil with ASN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Even if that went directly to staffing (which I doubt), it would only fund an extra 0.5 teaching post in my 1200 pupil school. It’s a drop in the ocean of what’s needed.
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Guardian NUJ @gonuj.org · 04/12/2024
Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵 How can you support us? SHARE our posts WRITE to guardian.readers@theguardian.com JOIN US - there's cake!
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Absolutely. Wish we had a bookshop in Shawlands but, in the meantime, Waterstones is my #1 choice for Christmas pressies.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It’s clear today that lots of people need reminding that historically rent controls marked the beginning of a series of revolutionary changes which massively improved housing for most people in Scotland through state ownership and shrinking private renting into a small marginal sector.
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Rosshall Academy Social Subjects @rosshallsocial.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Well done to our S4 Mods pupils @RosshallAcademy for confidently discussing their thoughts on social media controls for teens with the BBC! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Do 'much, much more' on age verification, social media apps told - BBC News
The regulator finds a fifth of children are pretending to be adults, potentially exposing them to harm.
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Alison Mitchell @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Good conversation with #GTCS around “Political Insight” for Middle Leaders. Check out our Enhanced Political Awareness offer at @uofgheadship.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @mthomaseddev.bsky.social readymag.website/gtcscotland/...
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‘Growing – Middle leadership’ from ‘Teaching Scotland Issue 101’ by GTC Scotland
Meeting the needs of every learner
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Stunning sunrise over Rosshall Park this morning. Makes a good start to the work day!
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Great piece from @nuthmani.bsky.social on schools’ use of social media and migration to @bsky.app www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Social media in schools: the pros and cons in a changing landscape
With many schools reassessing their use of social media platforms, Nuzhat Uthmani weighs up the benefits and the potential challenges of having an online presence
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Everything that is coming out of EdScot just now on curriculum gives me real hope for the development of CfE. Highly recommend signing up so you see all the updates.
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
First time using a game of Pointless today to aid retrieval for S4 Mods. Great fun, and a good way to ensure all learners are included, learning from peers & having errors corrected through low stakes assessment. Highly recommend for revision 👍
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ALT: a man stands in front of a podium with a sign that says number of major trophies won by palace and millwall
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
So far this term, social subjects teachers have asked SQA 1) to investigate & redress the issues with H History 2024 2) to move the date of H Politics so it doesn’t clash with the Business exams and 3) to hold Understanding Standards events for all quals. No satisfactory response to any request..
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Ollie Bray @olliebray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Work has now begun on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. As part of our commitment to keeping you updated on the progress being made last week we published a discussion paper with findings from the pilot curriculum reviews work in 23/24. 👉ow.ly/zAtv50U6QMO
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Kwaku Adjei @mrkwakuadjei.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
And that’s us finally launched today with us reaching the news on Radio Clyde, Forth, Tay, West and Northsound. Please share below far and wide!
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Love seeing everyone’s book posts on Bluesky - here’s my current view. And also a recommendation for a novel which taught me a lot about this post truth age, as well as being a gripping read.
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Els Nicol 🕊️ @elsnicol.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
An old time favourite of mine, for giving hope when times feel dark 👇 #Tolkien
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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
How we stop the fascists, by Allan Crosbie, President of the EIS, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 largest teaching union. 👇🏽
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This is a brilliant paper by @EducationScot . It gives me real hope that we are moving in a positive direction for curricular reform in Scotland. Worth a detailed read by all educators 👍
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Olivia Drennan @oliviadrennaned.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Set up a new X account to see what would happen in my feed if I were to join without networks. It was horrifying. Far right tropes, amplification of disinformation about Southport & immigration. I think the sooner schools move over here the better - we have to avoid promoting X to our young people.
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