For hundreds of years, women in the South Korean island province of Jeju have made their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor. See Hyung S. Kim’s portraits of the sea women.

The Sea Women of South Korea

For hundreds of years, women in the South Korean island province of Jeju have made their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor.

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This is superb - very proud of The Brilliant Club and it’s enduring impact. This is a school that really gets it! 💪

The Brilliant Club@brilliantclub.bsky.social · 2y ago

“I think it would be a missing piece in our school if it wasn’t there.” Wembley High Technology College have just celebrated 1,000 students on The Scholars Programme! Head Teacher, Paul Bhatia reflects on the impact the programme has had on his school: youtu.be/0UVZ40J5YgI?... #EduSky #Education

Thanks, Michael! Being able to compile even more schools’ data to that of the 50+ in our trust will hopefully enable for better application of national distribution and give us a notion of potential grade boundaries.

May be a massive time saver?

Adam Lamb@senorcordero.bsky.social · 2y ago

I know how busy the summer term gets, so I wanted to let you know that we’re sharing our new Year 10 end-of-year assessments completely free this year. There’s no cost or commitment, and you'll save time! What’s included:

Schools are the fourth emergency service

Tim Marston@tmarstonht.bsky.social · 2y ago

Basics, not luxuries. That ‘thank you’ wasn’t needed but this will have been the most impactful piece of writing this child did today. How can we expect them to learn well with worries like this on their minds!

Following the appointment of Tom Wood to the post of Principal at Bedford Free School, we are looking for a Deputy Principal from September 2025. This is a brilliant school we want to take to even greater heights. Please share: mynewterm.com/jobs/138228/...

Deputy Principal - Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Closing date: 8:00am, Mon 31st Mar, 2025. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... @howardamos.bsky.social

‘Russia’s Cartier-Bresson’: how Dmitry Markov captured beauty amidst the brutality of Putin’s regime

The photographer, who has died aged 41, took the nation’s most vulnerable people as his subject, and his soulful images, shared on Instagram, earned him comparisons with the greats

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Actually such a good point (pun intended).

Tim Marston@tmarstonht.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just done a session with trainee teachers, all about routes into teaching. How to apply, how to prepare for interviews etc…. ‘Do not sign up with teaching agencies!!!!’ I would far rather pay a point higher up the scale than fork out a finders fee to a private company.

I would far rather give salary scale a point bump that put money into the private sector for a finders fee.

Tim Marston@tmarstonht.bsky.social · 2y ago

5 different emails from recruitment agencies today, offering me ECTs - PLEASE don’t come via agencies, just come and drop in - we welcome visitors. We aren’t the polished, slick school yet but we’re great to work for, full of heart and keen to get better. I won’t waste public money on finders fees!

ChatGPT to be embedded in Estonian education openai.com/index/estoni...

Estonia and OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to schools nationwide

Estonia and OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to schools nationwide. OpenAI will work with the Estonian Government to provide students and teachers in the secondary school system with access to ChatGPT Edu.

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6 strategies for effective learning from the Learning Scientists & Oliver Caviglioli 📚short explainer with references: www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/8/... 📸⬇️ downloadable posters: www.learningscientists.org/downloadable...

Dear Spanish teachers teaching El Laberinto Del Fauno at A Level. I had a few very productive lessons with Y13 last week describing all main characters and finding key words to enhance essay writing. Here are our findings, in case they are useful: #MFLBluesky

Hugely energising day with over 60 school and trust leaders from across the country. We’re thinking about how local clusters of schools can build great System coherence Educational coherence Relational coherence So that all children and families have a better journey from cradle to career.

Just came across this organisation that puts on theatre plays in modern languages for schools. www.onatti.co.uk Looks really interesting!

I was today years old when I found out there's a language with only 12 letters AEGIKOPRSTUV Rotokas is spoken by a few thousand people in Papua New Guinea. Here's what I presume is the retelling the story of Christ in Rotokas so you can hear what it sounds like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tq6...

Good News Rotokas People/Language Movie Trailer

YouTube video by World Language Movies

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Does anyone have recent experience of taking a non-EU, non-UK passport holder student (under 18) on a school trip to Spain? They have a visa for residency in the UK, but passport from Asian country. French consulate permits entry with letter from school proving enrolment. Same for Spain?

Enjoying @neilgilbride.bsky.social’s “Self-Efficacy Theory In Action” while the kids go to swimming lesson. Really appreciate how complex ideas are being broken down into easy-to-follow reasoning. Trying to apply the ideas to better understand kids who give up on studying languages.

The exceptional Jane Herron is stepping down from her role as Bedford Free School Principal at the end of this academic year. She will be a very hard act to follow. We are looking for someone to do so. mynewterm.com/jobs/138228/... Conversations & visits very welcome. Please repost.

Principal - Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Closing date: 10:00am, Thu 20th Feb, 2025. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

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Save MLANG at Cardiff University!

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If you are interested in learning about engagement in your #school or #MAT, speak to us today and join the project: www.tep.uk More on the story: www.tes.com/magazine/ana... #RCELI #education

The Engagement Platform

TEP exists to help schools improve pupil outcomes and build sustainable working cultures. We do this by enabling schools to easily interpret, compare and take action on robust staff engagement data.

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Well worth it

The Brilliant Club@brilliantclub.bsky.social · 2y ago

Keen to learn more about running The Scholars Programme at your school? Come along to our next webinar to find out more about the programme and how we can support your pupils! 📆 4th Feb 🕓 4-4:30pm Sign up here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

✈️ The Steplab team are off to the USA 🇺🇸 @mrzachg.bsky.social and the team will be delivering one-day Instructional Coaching Intensives in: 📍 North Carolina 🗽 New York 🗺️ Pennsylvania 🗓️ May 2025! 🤝 Open to all! 🎟️ Find out more and book your place: https://buff.ly/40DsrrZ

East100 is a leadership initiative that’s locally rooted and internationally informed. In a couple of months the first cohort will be traveling to New York to see some of the pioneering charter school leaders and see the schools in action. Want to learn more? Join our 30 min info webinar!

AI may change language learning like streaming changed the music market: we stopped buying CDs but still listen to recordings, and live music continues. Languages will enter a new phase. Accessible to more people via the cheaper new tech, but linguistic skill will remain valued. Pontification over.

This is really great to see. I have visited the school and seen @lilystaff.bsky.social and @louiseverett.bsky.social & Team in action and it’s no surprise their routines and curriculum translates into improved literacy. 1/2

Louis Everett@louiseverett.bsky.social · 2y ago

We’ve completed our first whole-school reading test since our Sept baseline. We’re so proud of our founding Year 7 pupils. 19% were 5 years below their reading age on entry, now 6%. Just 37% were working at or above their chronological reading age now 56%. Long way to go but pleased with…

our early progress. If you’d like to know more about our ambitious reading programme see @lilystaff.bsky.social blogposts here with video footage: reachschools.uk/reading-outs...

Reading outside of school - does it really matter? - Reach Schools

Find out how this west-London school is fostering a love of reading among its Year 7 students through diverse reading expectations, family engagement, and targeted interventions, addressing significan...

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A Chief Examiner for AQA, many years ago, described A-level ML as “general studies in another language”.

Chris Dennis, International Sports Commentator, speaking to us about how he uses his languages in his job @llc-rhul.bsky.social @michaelslav.bsky.social Reach Academy/LLC

I've been promoting the idea of A-level languages to lots of students recently. I'll be the first to say that it's not a course for everyone (perhaps obviously), but I think many students underestimate how interesting it is. It's a truly interdisciplinary course, with modules in 1/3

🚨🚨APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 🚨🚨 Over the last four years we’ve collaborated with leading trusts in the south west, Yorkshire, West Country & the east of England. The x100 programmes are for aspiring headteachers who want to take collective action. Find out more www.reachfoundation.uk/insights/joi...

Joining the x100 — The Reach Foundation

Do you aspire to lead a school within the next five years?  Do you want to lead a school in your community where all children thrive—especially those underserved by our current systems...

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