I recently got to write a review of the incredible new collection by Holly McNish. You can find it on my blog lenabellina.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/a... And then go and find the poems and see for yourself how amazing they are….
Lena Carter
@lenabellina.bsky.social
Educator. Wife. Mummy to 2 grown ups. Writer of poems. Singer. Dancer when no-one is watching. Living with ADHD.
I recently got to write a review of the incredible new collection by Holly McNish. You can find it on my blog lenabellina.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/a... And then go and find the poems and see for yourself how amazing they are….
Lena Carter@lenabellina.bsky.social · last yr.The start of a poem I wrote back in 2021 for Easter. At that point I was determined that I wouldn’t let other people’s opinions get to me as much as they had…. The subsequent years have seen me make limited progress…. But all progress is important. lenabellina.wordpress.com/2021/04/03/w...
The start of a poem I wrote back in 2021 for Easter. At that point I was determined that I wouldn’t let other people’s opinions get to me as much as they had…. The subsequent years have seen me make limited progress…. But all progress is important. lenabellina.wordpress.com/2021/04/03/w...
I have written this as a response to Adolescence. lenabellina.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/a... It is not really a poem. It is what I needed to write. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
And it is.
We’ve watched Adolescence. We’ve been telling you for 10 years. 20 years. 30 years. 100 years. We’ve birthed them and seen them get out the other side. And the ones who didn’t. We…
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Here’s a thing I was part of, taking to some of the most awesome people about what the 4 nations of the uk can learn from one another.
Dr James Mannion @rethinkingjames.bsky.social · last yr.*** NEW EPISODE OF REPOD IS AN ABSOLUTE BELTER *** The 4 nations of the UK: What can we learn from one another? Video, audio, show notes: www.rethinking-ed.org/the-4-nation... W/ Tony Gallagher, Graham Donaldson, Lena Carter, Lucy Kirkham & @realdavidc.bsky.social @crownhousepub.bsky.social 🙏
Read more about our new project to counter the effects of online hate in schools. “The pupils we worked with were worried about the "normalisation" and "minimisation" of online hate, where harmful content is reduced to jokes or trolling.” 💻 Teachers, access CPD at digitaldiscourse.scot
Navigating online spaces - Stride - online magazine for global citizenship in schools
Jordan Daly, Co-Founder and Director of Time for Inclusive Education (TIE), outlines a new education initiative supporting teachers and learners to identify disinformation and counter online extremism...
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