So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Whoever wins … we lose.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 7mo ago

Warner Bros has deemed that Paramount's new offer is superior. Netflix will be given 4 days to propose a new bid.

Skiing! Physics! Knitwear! This week we watch The Heroes Of Telemark, a film that truly has it all. champ.ly/EObrleIT

Last year, we ran a pioneering AI-enhanced dynamic assessment of writing. Year 6 students wrote a story, received feedback, and redrafted it. We're running the project again this year and improving the feedback. The deadline for signing up is 20 Feb. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/how-do-you...

If S Korea can do this, why can’t we stop lawnmowers and leafblowers during SATs in May? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.

Boris’s children | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“My memory is now contaminated.” It was one of the more accurate statements we heard from Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning, though this is never a high bar. He was speaking, again…

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What Daisy says here about the possible Y8 reading test also works for the current Y6 reading test. Personally, the least that could happen is that they’d relax the 60-minute time limit. #sats

Daisy Christodoulou@daisychristo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The government are said to be planning a new Year 8 reading test. Do we need it? Some thoughts here. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/does-engla...

This was the year I moved to Manchester. We bumped into Liam in the Queen of Hearts pub in Fallowfield and had a drink with him. Amazing times.

Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis outside the Peveril of the Peak pub, Manchester, 1994, photo by Kevin Cummins (Getty Images).

Farage lying and doing our country down, again. As if Year 3 teachers are doing this. The last two lines are pure projection.

“Nobody goes into teaching for life to be easy […] You genuinely get the chance 99 times out of a 100 to go home at the end of the day having done something positive for somebody, and there aren’t that many professions where you get that opportunity.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘So aware of their emotions’: Pupils are standout stars in new series about Yorkshire academy

Educating Yorkshire Part 2 shows inspirational teachers negotiating challenges in young people’s lives

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While we all have a laugh about the dugout photos of Amorim, listen to Grimsby’s head coach David Artell exuding calm and leadership. #GTFC #leadership youtu.be/zTcYpVjk_XI?...

David Artell FULL post match interview after Grimsby knock Man United out of Carabao Cup

YouTube video by Sky Sports Football

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It goes a little bit Ron Manager, but as a Town fan, I think he's allowed to this morning.

Sachin Nakrani@sachinnakrani.bsky.social · last yr.

“This was a reminder of why we keep showing up” Lovely piece by Grimsby Town co-owner, Jason Stockwood, for @theguardian.com on that game last night. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The magnitude of Grimsby Town's win over MUFC, in numbers. (Figures from @priceoffootball.bsky.social)

Grimsby’s unbeaten opening to this season continues ….

Here we go … #UTM

Spotted on the way up to Accrington: a back-to-front Union Flag hung from a motorway bridge. I guess that’s patriotism in this day and age.

“Who are they?”

Top result on Google search for Jimmy Savile 🤔

Reading Seth Rogen’s Yearbook and there’s this page where he describes managing to avoid befriending two toxic individuals.

Four stars on @letterboxd.social

We’re halfway through June, which means there’s only two weeks left of KS2 writing moderators (me included) going into schools and reading humdrum retellings of that animated short film Alma,searching in vain for any dialogue at all, let alone some that conveys character or advances the action.

Not a bad spot for a school trip. 🔭

Manchester Museum named European Museum of the Year

Manchester Museum named European Museum of the Year

Museum director says 138-year-old institution has worked to ‘build empathy for other people and the natural world’ It contains Egyptian mummies and is the only place outside Panama where tiny variable harlequin toads can be found. And now, the 138-year-old Manchester Museum has been named European Museum of the Year. The institution won one of the most prestigious museum prizes in the world with judges praising its approach to addressing its complex past and its extensive work with communities. Continue reading...

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🚨 Full analysis of all the 2025 SATs papers 👇🏼 Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀 MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs

homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a grassy field .

ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a grassy field .

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“The gap between public and private sector pay has grown over the past decade. Dismayingly, the former is now lower in real terms than in 2010, with experienced teachers facing some of the steepest drops.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on teachers’ pay: ministers must fund an increase | Editorial

Editorial: Schools are tough workplaces, and the government should endorse the case for higher pay

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In today’s paper: my column is on the campaign against exclusions and what I think it gets right (but more importantly, what I think it gets wrong):

If only it were as simple as no more excluded children

It’s never just about the one pupil who is made to leave school

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RIP Val Kilmer

This. That’s all they need to do to make SATs work for everyone.

Ashley Booth@mrboothy6.bsky.social · last yr.

The main way to improve the reading sat would be to take the time element out of it. They can either read and understand it or they can’t. What’s an hour got to do with anything? Let them do it till they’re finished if you want to know if they can read.

Dear DfE, please can every local authority have an @mrsmithnorwich.bsky.social to coordinate primary writing CPD and moderation. Thanks. #TDaPEManchester