Gwenelope
@gwenelope.bsky.social
Ex-secondary school & FE English teacher. Now self-employed tutor, dog-walker and pet sitter. 🐾 Newly employed cat-servant to Errol the Kitten. Middle-aged curmudgeon.
Price rises for exam entries have significantly outstripped inflation, Tes analysis shows, prompting sector leaders to call for the government to consider ‘action against profiteering’
Revealed: Exam boards’ inflation-busting fee increases
Price rises for GCSE and A-level exam entries have been branded ‘completely unacceptable’ by sector leaders
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So, this still feels quite surreal - our book is A REAL BOOK Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
Desperate parent alert! Our 4yo left his beloved teddy Moley (Florence the Mole from Any Creatures Wildlife) at Premier Inn Doncaster Lakeside on May 31. Likely scooped up with laundry 🧺💔 Discontinued + irreplaceable. Please RT + help us bring him home! 🙏#bringmoleyhome
When half term starts with a delivery from your publisher! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Thanks to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social for the advance copy. ❤️ @gwenelope.bsky.social @litliverbird.bsky.social
Brief sighting of Errol kitten today. He’s out all day and most of the night too at the minute. I miss him…
Anyone I know on here familiar with Air Tags and specifically the ‘reset function’? I’m thinking of getting some for Errol kitten but need to know more about the re-set whatsit. Eg could it drive Errol nuts (it beeps?).
My god he will end up killing people….lots of people….
Raw Story@rawstory.com · last yr."You don’t know what’s in the vaccine anymore."
Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting. We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions. www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
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The news about Dawn Cox is so desperately sad. There are few people I’ve met in teaching so kind, willing to share ideas and time, and devoted to making education better for everyone. She came to our school recently to help our RE department and it was just the best day. Rest in peace, friend
Doing a little bit of Woody care this week. Here he is with vibrating tail as he was about to get a treat ball, and then with his treat ball. (My birthday present to him):
Remember, we lose two hours tonight when the clocks go forward. One for British summertime, the other changing the oven clock. Pictured: Colin, our House Dalek, attempting to reset the kitchen clock shortly before exterminating it in frustration.
I had a prostate examination. It wasn’t pleasant but it was quick and minor. The consultant talked about how many people my age haven’t had one and should. So I said I’d casually mention it in case it encourages others to. So I am. And also I’m posting it on Bluesky. Consider contacting your GP.
Errol kitten has had his first big adventure. He went out 5am Weds and didn’t come back at all that day … or evening. Still AWOL yesterday so put a post on the local forum in the morning. JUST before I was about to start online tutoring at 4.30pm - I get sent a picture of Errol stuck
To preserve democracy our Founders set up 3 separate branches of government – the Executive, the Legislature & the Judiciary. Two are already corrupted. The last pillar standing is the Judiciary - the rule of Law. Trump is now intent on rendering it powerless so that he will have unfettered power
If you need something fun and fluffy to watch #TheResidence on Netflix is great fun. A murder in The Whitehouse and a brilliant, eccentric female detective must solve it.
Errol kitten has been out for about 15 hours today. Ate a bit, ‘bathed’ and is now wirelessly re-charging:
My turn to ask for travel tips - we've booked a week in Oslo at Easter but it's 23 years since we've been and all our favourites have closed down. Hit me with your best cafes, restaurants, and unusual tourist sights!
This morning @oldandrewuk.bsky.social got a cheek rub from Errol kitten. He’s Errol’s hooman now (said in Papa Lazaru voice).
Errol kitten is in his ‘teenager’ phase (7 months) - he’s out ALL THE TIME, and is eating like a hungry piglet. Same as a hooman teenager, then??? 😊🤷♀️
