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Peter Foster

@pnjfoster.bsky.social
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Teacher Development Lead for a MAT in Somerset Author of What do new teachers need to know? / The Long Game

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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not going to finish this before the end of the holiday. Great book but Shelley comes across as a real piece of work Hopefully he turns things around in later life…
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you enjoy watching scenes where men run back towards a boat after a bad thing has happened, you’ll love The Odyssey
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
That’s really not how phones work…
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Looking forward to the 2 and a half hour dance show this afternoon in which my daughters are dancing for about 10 minutes Is it bad to be thinking…
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Initially read this as alligators and spent a very confusing moment trying to work out what that could mean… Eleven 'far-right agitators' banned from UK ahead of rally, government says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Eleven 'far-right agitators' banned from UK ahead of rally, PM says
Saturday's rally has been organised by anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What is going on in the South West?!
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Thoughts on this quote?
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Thoughts on this quote?
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Most technological innovation, even the transformative stuff, has no good classroom use and the exceptions did not to be rushed, either.
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
There’s a bit in a Batman film where a doctor talks Bruce Wayne through the physical toll being batman has had on his body Feel like I’m going through something similar after a weekend at Centre Parcs
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ofsted inspection as the nominee done Breaking my midweek no drinking rule with a beer
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
What’s your solution to terrible coffee at school? Coffee bags, aeropress, full on cafetiere, some kind of machine…?
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Just finished The Book of Dust and I’m a bit… disappointed. Found things to enjoy about the series but for me it‘s detracted from not added to His Dark Materials Anyone read it and feel similar/different?
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Claim to fame of 2026 - I went to school with one of this year’s traitors contestants!
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for the new teacher in your life, do consider What do new teachers need to know? Lots in there to support the development of new teachers Reviews here
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for the new teacher in your life, do consider What do new teachers need to know? Lots in there to support the development of new teachers Reviews here
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Observed a teacher today and then gave feedback. All the way through thinking - this person looks familiar Only afterwards I realised I think I taught them. Doh!
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I liked the new Frankenstein film (not sure why it changed so much) but at one point a character says, ‘You’re the monster, Victor’ …
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a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards
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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
NEW POST Almost every school I know has a list of Teaching and Learning or curriculum "non-negotiables." But is that a good term to use in schools? Please share if you can 🙏🙏 substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
How can you improve behaviour if things haven’t started well? curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/f...
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First Weeks #3 How can I improve behaviour when things haven’t started well?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Welcome to a short series of posts for new teachers, looking at some practical ways that new and training teachers can make their first weeks on the job a success.&nb…
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Temperature really dropped over night...
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Urgh… school coffee is bad, isn’t it?!
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Mrs Ware @mrswaremaths.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Been reading this for months and I’m enjoying it but *spoiler alert* you get 500 pages in and he tells you there are actually two more plots
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social just listened to Craig Barton. Feel we need some Expedition 33 chat. What’s your party/pictos/lumina set up etc? Just finished the main story last night Such a pretty game
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Daughters are desperate for term to end so we can play schools in our kitchen
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Sunday afternoon crumpet making which is quite a lot of faff and produces crumpets about as good as you can buy…
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Routledge have a sale on. Both my books slightly cheaper than Amazon! www.routledge.com/The-Long-Gam...
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The Long Game: Sustaining a Successful Career in Teaching
Why do some teachers stay in teaching? And why do others leave? Why do some enjoy it whilst others find it an unrelenting slog? Answers to these questions are elusive but vital for new teachers, schoo...
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Spent a lovely bit of time this afternoon registering ECTs for next year who were born well into the 2000s 🤯
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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Enjoy the sunshine and enjoy this review from @pnjfoster.bsky.social
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Useful insights here on the benefits of CFU and how we might frame upcoming checks
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Excellent from Nimish on what it means to lead across schools
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
What’s great about this from @mrarobbins.bsky.social is that it isn’t telling you exactly how your CPD should look Instead, it gives you lots of principles, research and case studies from which you can design CPD that works in your school
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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Maybe it's just me, but this video plays completely to my teacher-nerd soul. I count 6 discrete strategies here. Here's one to get you thinking - listen to the pacing of his countdown, and think about the tempo in the two different countdowns, and why Jack decides they should be different.
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
*new* Can we manage workload more effectively? curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/c...
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Can we manage workload better?
Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com This is the second in a couple of posts sharing some excerpts from my book The Long Game which looks at how we can make teaching more sustainable. If you&…
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Debs Richmond @debsrichmond.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The intensity of teaching.... Lots of this resonates with me. Can we make it less intense?
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This is great We're incredibly fortunate to have people like Mike translating research into the clear implications for classroom practice
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Stephen is that rare thing - a journalist speaking with actual knowledge of the debates about curriculum Well worth a read
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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Want to keep up with today's @cogscisci.bsky.social conference #edusky? Follow #cogscisci for updates on scaffolding, behaviour, SEND, cognitive research, narratives and much more!
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Latest review of The Long Game
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Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Really cool initiative from CogSciSci to try and showcase some of the talks tomorrow - tune in! open.spotify.com/episode/7Dg4...
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CogSciSci Surrey 2025 - Speaker interviews: Episode 1
PodSciSci · Episode
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I’m either at the schools and academies show or having some kind of fever dream
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
First half marathon in Bristol on a very hot day
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Peter Foster @pnjfoster.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Watching the trainee teachers teach my daughters’ swimming lessons this morning, my main observation is that they fit less swimming into 30 minutes
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