historytastic.bsky.social
Head of Research and Evaluation. Aerial enthusiast. Views my own. London, UK.
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I remember carrying textbooks to netball tournaments and completing homework on the coach! Not just maths, most subjects.
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Can't come soon enough for her 🤣
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Is that the last spellbreaker? My daughter says: 'I've read the second book five times now and the next one is taking forever!' I think she's a bit impatient...
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Though if it's helpful for story purposes I've reached the point where I am often genuinely confused about how old I am.
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I'm 2 years older than my sister but we have a quite different memory of children's programmes. But the constant was Neighbours.
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Grandparents 75, 3 sets of parents range 44-50, 6 children range 9-21.
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Oh thank the stars we can buy pants again 🤣
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Gah!
Me earlier: let me join that meeting
Computer: sudden blue screen with I appropriate winking emoji and abrupt restart.
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I have two children. I get my WhatsApp group confused and never know which door to collect them from. And there are letters. So many letters.
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Mine learnt to tell the time and then shouted 'it's 3 o'clock. Not morning time yet!'
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Because of accountability measures, schools don't allow students to take subjects a year early now (or rarely) because only those taken at the end of y11 'count'.
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Did you remember to take a before picture? I always forget and then have regret because the end picture, whilst pleasing, doesn't fully reflect the effort involved!
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I feel your pain though mine kicked in months ago!
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Kimmeridge. Lots of fun finding ammonites
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There is a link to the harvard website on the post that seems legit to me.
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My failure to buy multiples is why I then end up totally unable to shop for new things because nothing is right and so I'm wearing things that really ought to be binned (but nobody can tell online)
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Says something about who votes and who doesn't but still hopes for the right outcome...
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Unexpectedly found some blue that appeared at the back of my garden. Decided to leave it.
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Every time I think I'm winning it's just biding it's time until I'm distracted...
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There needs to be more 'in between' provision for the children who don't need a specialist school but for whom a large mainstream school is never going to be a manageable environment.
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That's amazing! Well done. I don't do well with flowers on the whole. In fact, I don't always do well with veggies either. Mostly I spend my time fighting the creeping grass and evil alkanet and brambles...
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And this is the basis of inclusion!
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An acceptable outcome following a silly mistake
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Really interesting. We never had to preselect even before the introduction of universal fsm in London.
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Is it? Our children are offered a choice based on a three week menu rotation. They get choice. Some children don't cope well with choice though or trying new things.
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The quayside was a right dive in the 80s and early 90s... but so much fun!
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They're going to need a lot more specialist provision then or some serious investment into support for mainstream schools...
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True but seems mostly to be taught as a 2 lesson whodunit rather than an exploration of religion-state relationships.
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Never understood the fascination. Same with Beckett.
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Put children's reviews on book covers. They are not at all interested in what some celebrity says.
(By the way my 9yo is obsessing over Loki at the moment)
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I struggle with coriander and spinach but otherwise am all on favour. We've been part veggie for a few years though slightly falling out of the habit currently so need to look for some good new recipes to try.
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Will it tell me how to get rid of blue alkanet? 🙏🏻
Actually I'd love an accessible book on gardening that supports me to improve my trial and (so far mostly) error approach...
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I mostly clean my children's glasses on a corner of my pyjamas (and yes I know they don't really have corners). Does the job.
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It could have been pope peanut. So much potential
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Pope Bonbon v.
Snigger.
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Only managed 3.5km at lunchtime. But better than nowt.
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56 days later
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'I'll tell you anyway'
This. All the time. 🤣
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I request book tokens for gifts and gave out books (scoured charity shops) and cake last party. Definitely the way.
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As it is star wars day tomorrow there will be watching. The debate between my two is Rogue One or Han Solo. Fortunately 1-3 have never been requested twice...
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And me
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Ausgezeichnet!
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I'm struggling with this one. Maybe a brachiosaurus.
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My y6 doesn't let me read to her often though sometimes sneaks in to listen when I'm reading to the y4 - who sometimes reads to us. We're a book loving family.