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Sinéad

@shinpad1.bsky.social
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Headteacher. Parent. Dog owner. Sheffield. Interested in reading, teacher-learning and making our schools the best they can be for all our children.

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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
It was such a pleasure to be able to share my research (with exciting lack of impact!) with colleagues this afternoon. Thank you, Helen and Julia @jelliclecat.bsky.social for inviting me! There is a taste of what I have been thinking about here… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Exploring teachers teaching reading comprehension: knowledge, behaviours and attitudes
There are few measures of teacher professional knowledge of reading comprehension, therefore little is known about the levels of teacher professional knowledge, their motivation and attitudes to te...
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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
And so says anyone managing young people in state schools. Parenting is something you have to learn….from your own competent parents or from state help. Getting a good start is not a given.
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
This blog post is really very beautiful because the pragmatics are an expression of deep respect for the smaller humans we are responsible for but aren't better than.
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Clare Sealy @claresealy.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Just posted new blog on Bluesky and not (yet) on Twitter. Be interesting to see engagement. Will I fold and put it on Twitter too? Please help me avoid the temptation by reposting here! primarytimery.com/2024/08/25/o...
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JL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
I absolutely do have favourite mugs, but I find myself carefully ensuring I drink out of each mug I own in rotation so they don't find out which are the favourites, because I don't want to hurt their feelings. I am nearly 50 years old. I am aware mugs are not sentient. And yet.
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
Recording the #PrimaryFutures podcast has been a huge privilege and it's great to see the episodes coming out. You can hear my conversations with experts on diverse areas of primary education. People coming from really different standpoints from those familiar from twitter. Give it a listen!
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dave43law.bsky.social @dave43law.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Never knew this until today - RESPECT
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Susie Wilson @concordmoose.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
@shinpad1.bsky.social Irish readers taking a bow…
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
@aweatherall.bsky.social 👋
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Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
The next episode of the #PrimaryFutures podcast is out today. It features my conversation with Mat Tobin of Oxford Brookes University. We talk about books, teaching reading, developing young humans, authentic learning, and much more. It's a cracking listen. open.spotify.com/episode/61be...
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Readers with Mat Tobin
Episode · Primary Futures · Mat Tobin, Senior Lecturer in Primary English, discusses the importance of fostering a love for reading and writing in primary education. Mat shares insights from his exper...
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Sammy Wright @sammywright.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
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Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – testing times
A teacher’s view of a schools system in crisis – and how we can fix it
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 17/08/2024
Since a few of you have asked, here's another gift link for the next 300 hits, but if i do any more, @janinegibson.bsky.social might shout at me, or - worse - look over her glasses at me in a really disapproving manner on.ft.com/4cu0FC0
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How to break up with your X
[FREE TO READ] Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
bsky.app/profile/dani... is here! Follow for book recommendations, allotment pics and teaching experience @lisa7pettifer.bsky.social already knows all this.
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
This is good news. Is it connected to the fact that more students ARE disadvantaged now? Percentages of children who are DA in Sheffield are higher for overall population now - assume that’s relevant in this cohort of students? @alexjquigley.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
A niche-interest post! If your post A-level child is considering the Art Foundation Course at Chesterfield College, I would highly recommend. A stunning course with truly inspiring tutors. A hidden away gem that should be better known.
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Rachel Tomlinson @rachtomlinson.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
So, a quick intro to Barrowford School and a small part of what we are about! Zero Tolerance But Full Inclusion When I show prospective parents, carers and visitors around our school, I am always really clear with them that we have an unusual (for schools) approach to managing behaviour. 1/
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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
TES have arrived.
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
And then, one day, your kids are grown up enough for you to go on a holiday with friends all by yourself… maybe one’s 50th year on the planet isn’t so bad. #holidays #sunshine #HopeIComeBackAlive
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RR @rlrossi64.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
Really old anonymous guest blog here from Nancy Gedge’s blog, written at a time when far too many children were missing out on quality teaching in the classroom. notsoordinarydiary.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/t...
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The Tale of Max Tasen
Anonymous guest blog.  Needs no introduction. Max Tasen sat back and waited for his name to appear in lights.  Various names appeared in red, accompanied by a buzz, and hobbling men, sneezing women an...
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
I have discovered anchovies with rosé. There’s no going back. #holidays
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Sinéad @shinpad1.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
@jarlathobrien.bsky.social ‘It’s pronounced Jarlath’ 😆
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