If you enjoy watching scenes where men run back towards a boat after a bad thing has happened, you’ll love The Odyssey
Peter Foster
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Teacher Development Lead for a MAT in Somerset Author of What do new teachers need to know? / The Long Game
Looking forward to the 2 and a half hour dance show this afternoon in which my daughters are dancing for about 10 minutes Is it bad to be thinking…
Initially read this as alligators and spent a very confusing moment trying to work out what that could mean… Eleven 'far-right agitators' banned from UK ahead of rally, government says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Eleven 'far-right agitators' banned from UK ahead of rally, PM says
Saturday's rally has been organised by anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.
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Most technological innovation, even the transformative stuff, has no good classroom use and the exceptions did not to be rushed, either.
Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸@rweingarten.bsky.social · 4mo agoNo matter how you feel about AI, its use is growing more widespread and it's important that educators understand how they could integrate it as a tool in their classrooms. Hear from three educators who have been experimenting with AI in this American Educator article ⬇️ aft.org/ae/spring202...
There’s a bit in a Batman film where a doctor talks Bruce Wayne through the physical toll being batman has had on his body Feel like I’m going through something similar after a weekend at Centre Parcs
Ofsted inspection as the nominee done Breaking my midweek no drinking rule with a beer
What’s your solution to terrible coffee at school? Coffee bags, aeropress, full on cafetiere, some kind of machine…?
Just finished The Book of Dust and I’m a bit… disappointed. Found things to enjoy about the series but for me it‘s detracted from not added to His Dark Materials Anyone read it and feel similar/different?
Claim to fame of 2026 - I went to school with one of this year’s traitors contestants!
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for the new teacher in your life, do consider What do new teachers need to know? Lots in there to support the development of new teachers Reviews here
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for the new teacher in your life, do consider What do new teachers need to know? Lots in there to support the development of new teachers Reviews here
Observed a teacher today and then gave feedback. All the way through thinking - this person looks familiar Only afterwards I realised I think I taught them. Doh!
I liked the new Frankenstein film (not sure why it changed so much) but at one point a character says, ‘You’re the monster, Victor’ …
a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards
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NEW POST Almost every school I know has a list of Teaching and Learning or curriculum "non-negotiables." But is that a good term to use in schools? Please share if you can 🙏🙏 substack.com/home/post/p-...
How can you improve behaviour if things haven’t started well? curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2024/09/09/f...
First Weeks #3 How can I improve behaviour when things haven’t started well?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Welcome to a short series of posts for new teachers, looking at some practical ways that new and training teachers can make their first weeks on the job a success.&nb…
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Been reading this for months and I’m enjoying it but *spoiler alert* you get 500 pages in and he tells you there are actually two more plots
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social just listened to Craig Barton. Feel we need some Expedition 33 chat. What’s your party/pictos/lumina set up etc? Just finished the main story last night Such a pretty game
Daughters are desperate for term to end so we can play schools in our kitchen
Sunday afternoon crumpet making which is quite a lot of faff and produces crumpets about as good as you can buy…
Routledge have a sale on. Both my books slightly cheaper than Amazon! www.routledge.com/The-Long-Gam...
The Long Game: Sustaining a Successful Career in Teaching
Why do some teachers stay in teaching? And why do others leave? Why do some enjoy it whilst others find it an unrelenting slog? Answers to these questions are elusive but vital for new teachers, schoo...
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Spent a lovely bit of time this afternoon registering ECTs for next year who were born well into the 2000s 🤯
