Hannah Pinkham
@hannahpinkham.bsky.social
Southerner in West Yorks, slowly modifying my vowels. Head of Curriculum & Assessment. Over-sharer. Under-ironer. Primary governor. Mum of twins + 1 🧒🏽🧒🏼🧒🏼. She/her.
Elated to add "Continental car parks" to my list of passions
I’m looking for a freelancer based in Spain or France to cover the wildfires and heat wave. If that’s you, my DMs are open and I’d love to talk through story ideas!
New support article: 👩🏫Unpaid parental leave for teachers. www.edapt.org.uk/support/know...
Unpaid parental leave for teachers
Considering unpaid parental leave? Discover how it allows teachers to focus on family and childcare during important moments.
edapt.org.uk
From 2021. When there's talk of homelessness needs, I am reminded of the philanthropy of Lou Macari, using pods in a factory building. If pods are good enough for glamping... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 5 Live - Stephen Nolan - The former footballer who set up a homeless shelter: 'I thought surely we can do better than this?'
Former footballer Lou Macari on setting up a homeless shelter and adapting to Covid-19.
bbc.co.uk
Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18 #moviesky #filmsky
Napoleon Dynamite Dance Slide
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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18
Musings on a progressive alliance, via… chicken www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Am I a chicken-shop lefty? Here's what a French fast food row taught me about politics | Coco Khan
Feathers are flying over the halal chicken chain Master Poulet opening a branch in gentrified Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine – it’s an issue of wealth and class we know only too well, says writer and podcaster ...
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I think part of it is that London doesn’t feel like a place you have a claim to or which has a claim to you. With people arriving from everywhere, it feels like a shared place that you can love without the need to defend.
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🚨 We're hiring! We currently have a vacancy for an Apprentice Ranger, through a scheme delivered by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust. Alongside practical training, you'll study for a Level 2 Countryside Worker qualification with Craven College. More 👇 https://ow.ly/ih2u50ZoR40
A really interesting paper. I think the ‘schools as anchor institutions’ model seems increasingly inevitable - not just based on the preferences of Govt but rather on where state/civic capacity actually lies.
Confederation of School Trusts@cstvoice.bsky.social · 3w agoCST has long advocated for the role of school trusts as civic partners. Our new discussion paper explores what that means in an age of devolution and place-based decision making, working at neighbourhood, local, and regional or system level: https://twp.ai/E5D7so
Calling all #MFLTeachers. I am looking for participants in my doctoral study about language teacher identity and career. If you teach MFL in a state school in England and would be willing to volunteer an hour to be interviewed, please get in touch.
Djed Spence was publicly shit on by his manager when he first signed for Spurs. He was loaned out twice and only got in the squad due to injuries. He was never supposed to make the England squad. His story is so, so good. Harry Kane teared up when Djed won his first cap. I love the dude.
That result means a Tottenham player will win the World Cup (again)
Very lucid post-match words from Mbappé. He's really come into his own.
Bad for France, bad for Arsenal but mostly bad for my #FPL team 😕
Our 2026-27 Cradle to Classroom programmes will continue to be fully funded for state school colleagues! Find out more and promote the programmes in your setting at www.mtpt.org.uk/cradle-to-classroom-fliers
Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...
Friday's TGT is the phenomenal Kelsey Pfendler - who rowed the mid Pacific, solo and unaided in the fastest time ever. Beating previous female record by 6 weeks and previous male record by a week. This girl can! And she wants to inspire others to hard things - Be the conduit. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink
![Friday 10th July
Last Friday 32-year-old Kelsey Pfendler from New York became the fastest person to row solo and unaided from California to Hawaii. She completed the 3900 km in just under 44 days. She had set out to be the fastest woman to complete the feat, and she smashed the previous female record of 86 days, but she also beat the previous male record of 52 days, by over a week!
As well as the physical endurance, Kelsey has had to cope with navigation, ocean currents, weather-forecasting, making fresh water, cooking and ensuring she didn’t get sunburned, all on around 4 hours of broken sleep a night.
Kelsey has won many admirers and followers on her journey as she has video-blogged her journey posting almost daily on Instagram and TikTok (@yourowkelsey) about her challenges including doing laundry and running out of coffee. But always finding the joy in her situation. As she neared the finish line she reflected what her achievement means saying:
“If any part of this made at least one person feel a little bit more powerful [...] I’m happy,” Think about trying to find your own big, hard, scary thing. You might not think that you are strong enough to finish it right now, but you’re definitely strong enough to start it, and you’ll find everything else along the way.”
Why do you think so many people have enjoyed following her story online?
What would scare you the most about being alone at sea for 44 days?
What’s your big, hard scary thing you think you can’t finish? Are you ready to start it anyway?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:her7oxalzsjfobsnswhvuvah/bafkreidxys2p36xdaezessakkuhbk4gov4cdgzwt6rqwby27cei3jazuzm)
🧱 The National Park is crisscrossed by around 5,000 miles (approximately 8,000 km) of drystone walls. Join us at Dales Countryside Museum on Tuesday 28 July as our Dales volunteers showcase the traditional craft of drystone walling. 📷 Wendy McDonnell 📍#Langstrothdale
New level of middle class parenting unlocked: one of our 3yos had a tantrum because I wouldn't let him sprinkle his own Maldon salt
Happy 70th Birthday to @dofe.org ! 🎉 Huge congratulations to everyone who’s completed their Bronze, Silver or Gold Award, and an even bigger congratulations to the teachers who willingly spend nights in tents and weekends on expeditions. Couldn’t be me! 😅
Happy National Meadows Day🌻 Today we celebrate the UK's rare, species-rich grasslands and the incredible wildlife they support. 📍Wensleydale | #yorkshiredales #nationalmeadowsday Wayne Hutchinson
Let’s go Vozinha! Coloured pencils on white a5 sketchbook #CapeVerde #CaboVerde #vozinha #draw #sketch #drawing #sketchbook #quicksketch
The introduction of the new national curriculum should be phased to allow for piloting and 'lessons learned' alongside a continuing professional development (CPD) strategy, a report has said https://schoolsweek.co.uk/phase-curriculum-reform-and-test-alignment-with-send-reforms-says-report/
Phase curriculum reform and test SEND alignment - report
Teaching Commission also calls for three extra inset days in 2027 and 2028 to help prepare school staff
schoolsweek.co.uk