Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As 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. 111
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Nothing 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. 111
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersRichard Selfridge @richardselfridge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's been quite the week for those focusing on primary data. Here's an update from James Pembroke... 023
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A little bit of presentation polishing ready for our first ever slot at @researchEd on Saturday. And The Educakers can’t do their work without some rather large slices of cake and copious amounts of tea and coffee (all squeezed onto a very small table). 000
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersInsightHQ @insighthq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026👋 Hello from Databusting Surrey! Some great conversations are taking place here at Lingfield Primary School as @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social explore practical approaches to assessment and data. A big thanks to @theeducakers.bsky.social for inviting us! 132
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Tickets are still available for this brilliant @insighthq.bsky.social Databusting event that we're hosting on Friday 26th June. It'll be a great way to end the working week! 000
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersMary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social · 23/05/2026New post: High expectations, high support on the great work of Charlotte Bunyan and colleagues @theeducakers.bsky.social substack.com/@marymyatt/n...substack.comHigh expectations, high supportWell hello there, and welcome to update #192! 032
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/05/2026It'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. 053
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 09/05/2026We've got a rare and exciting opportunity to become a class teacher here at Lingfield! Please share this post far and wide for anyone who may be interested! Thanks in advance! 000
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Really 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.podcasts.apple.comInside 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 121
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026If 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...open.substack.comSATs Season: Finding the Good BitsA Slice of Everyday Primary Leadership 132
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersAlex 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...alexquigley.co.ukSHARE to support struggling readers & writersWhere 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 ... 094
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026And this is one of the many reasons I love teaching Year 6; they’re good fun! One of our Year 6’s made their teacher this today 😂 @mrboothy6.bsky.social @sarahfarrellks2.bsky.social @WhiteRose 000
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 25/03/2026s 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. 121
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Really helpful on-line network meeting yesterday with @walkthrus.bsky.social & hosted brilliantly by @LisaWorgan. We listened to a great case-story from a school in London & then went on to talk about our own implementation and use of the WalkThrus using the model of START to shape our discussion. 100
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Cake by name, cake by nature... Everyone is dressed up as a 'word' today and I just couldn't resist. #worldbookday #primaryteaching 000
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026One of our key SDP priorities this year is vocabulary development. We call it 'Words, Words, Words'. Using Primary Reading Simplified by @suchmo83.bsky.social as one of our key texts, we’ve developed our approach to explicitly teaching vocabulary across EYFS and KS1. 110
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Today it was great to see Year 6 using resources to explore what actually happens when finding the mean average. Physically redistributing amounts really helped the children to see that the mean is about equal sharing of the total — not just “add and divide” 100
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026We'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!eventbrite.co.ukDatabusting Surrey with The EducakersA practical one-day workshop for primary and MAT senior leaders on making assessment and data work in practice, without adding to workload. 134
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Absolutely agree Phil - a great read! @adamboxereducation.bsky.social @suchmo83.bsky.social @emmaturner75.bsky.social @teacherhead.bsky.social @pepsmccrea.bsky.social (amongst many other greats) have all inspired our T& L, SDP priorities, curriculum development, CPD or our own blogging. 120
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 12/02/2026We 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/eZnvC26alnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 121
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 23/01/2026We 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! 🎉 041
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The 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. 111
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersSimon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 07/12/2025So here they my favourite 40 picturebooks of 2025 (actually there are 42). Merry Christmas! #FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage 33617
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersMark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Finally, 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...substack.comEarly Work: Making the Morning CountA Slice of Everyday Primary Leadership 142
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026How do you use the first 20 minutes of the day? In our school, Early Work is purposeful: catch-up, retrieval, review, pre-teaching & checking in with children. Have a read of our latest blog below open.substack.com/pub/theeduca... All shares and retweets gratefully received.open.substack.comEarly Work: Making the Morning CountA Slice of Everyday Primary Leadership 155
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Baroness Estelle Morris kicked off the Surrey Education Partnership today. A really engaging speaker outlining some of the history of the education system and promoting the importance of school partnerships. “your experiences, if they don’t affect your practice they affect your approach” 000
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Tonight’s staff meeting was brilliantly led by Alex and Elliot who shared key takeaways from their Retrieval and Feedback training with @katejonesteach.bsky.social last term. 130
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 13/01/2026We're excited to be hosting two more training sessions with @earlyexcellence.bsky.social If you're interested in effective KS1 provision or writing outcomes in EYFS, then have a look at what's on offer. 010
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026We loved talking to you and we're really excited about what we can hopefully do together! 020
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersSchool Data Updates @jpembroke.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The 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 397
Reposted by Cass & Anna - The EducakersAR @psalisbury.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Right I've written a blog. At least I think I have as this may not work: philsalisbury.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/r... It's pretty dull.philsalisbury.wordpress.comRelationships with parentsEstablishing good relationships with parents is essential for many reasons, and children benefit more when there is a strong relationship and good communication between the two. Working with parent… 3308
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Whilst Cass and I love education, we also love cake, hence - The Educakers. It's Wednesday which means there's a staff meeting after school, and most importantly, 🍰Cake Club 🍰. 130
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Absolutely love this book. Read it a few years ago for our Year 6 book club and couldn’t put it down. Bought it for my friend’s son for Christmas this year too. It will be one of our Just Read texts too @marymyatt.bsky.social 030
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I’ve had such a lovely time in the run up to Christmas reading some of these stories every night with my daughter. There are some classics in there and some lovely new ones. The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland has been a real favourite. 120
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Feeling incredibly grateful for our supportive governors who truly have our backs and challenge us when it matters. 🎄 This morning they treated our staff to a beautiful Christmas spread to say thank you. 120
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I know everyone is tired and it’s the end of a long term, but I love this time of year 🎄 I started my morning watching our Pre-School class perform Christmas songs for their adults on the stage in our gym – and honestly, it’s my favourite performance of the whole school year. 100
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 12/12/2025A 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. 032
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025A 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. 031
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Why 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...open.substack.comVisualisers: The Classroom Tool I Can’t Teach WithoutA Slice of Everyday Primary Leadership 122
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 21/11/2025And 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. 232
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025You 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 111
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Thanks to @pepsmccrea.bsky.social for his introduction to this week's staff meeting where we were discussing our "Agreed Consistencies" for transitions. We will now codify this in a one-pager so the routines are captured for everyone. Check it out on here: 👇 youtu.be/L-1BqYCQj_o?...youtu.beAlignment: The Secret Sauce of Effective Schooling?YouTube video by Peps Mccrea 110
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Hey @mrzachg.bsky.social Here's what 1 of our teachers, said in his recent review of your book for a network of schools we are working with. Also referenced is the must have Rosenshine's Principles in Action from @teacherhead.bsky.social Thanks for sharing, Elliot! 000
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Thank you to @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @laurastam for the final kick of inspiration yesterday morning to get this blog about mini-whiteboards finally out of my head and into the world. Mini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter) open.substack.com/pub/theeduca...open.substack.comMini-Whiteboards: A Long-Overdue Rant (and Love Letter)A Slice of Primary Leadership 2106
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Why Reading Aloud Works, by @MaryMyatt open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...open.substack.comWhy Reading Aloud WorksWell hello there, and welcome to update #162! 100
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Thank you to the schools already signed up to join us for this event. We have a few more spaces available and would love to welcome you. #qualitycontinuousprovision #playmatters 000
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Happy 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. 111
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 23/10/2025This 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 141
Cass & Anna - The Educakers @theeducakers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025School 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. 111