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oldmanteacher1.bsky.social
Old man trying to be as best a teacher I can be. Hailing from sunny Leicestershire, I'm interested in most things educational. Thinking about what a Democratic education system could look like. #UKEd. #UKTeaching #PrimaryTeaching
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Loving the wide ranging curriculum projects I'm leading at the moment. One of my favourite elements of my work.

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Does it matter to you that there's basically no point you asking for a letter of application for jobs now? It may always have been a bit pointless but you might as well cut that out of application process right now.

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I'm running this webinar about adaptive teaching on 18th June. Pay what you can to attend. Hope you can join me. Please repost. Thank you! 🙏🏻 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

If you are with the one you love, you should never be afraid to hold their hands, hug or kiss them in public. Ever. If you are offended by that, you are the one with a problem. 🏳️‍🌈

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An opinion. Schools are more than just academia. Primary schools significantly moreso. Just having an education system that focuses only on academic achievement contributes to a decline in society.

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You spend 5 minutes trying to challenge bigotry on X, and all of a sudden your thread is full of the ... 'people' ... and your in a doomscroll. Thank the gods for here.

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Useful analysis of the #year6 #SATs papers by Sophie Bartlett below. Also liked this one blog.edshed.com/2025-ks2-rea...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

One week left to apply for the fully-funded 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in my @soneatlab.bsky.social, Dept. of #Psychology, @universityofessex.bsky.social (#Colchester, #UK). Deadline: 01.06.2025 Start: 01.10.2025 vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... #fNIRS #attachment

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I think something helpful to understand about bluesky is that it's good to repost stuff because people operate on a wide range of different time zones here. There isn't an algorithm sharing stuff for us (although feeds operate in a similar way).

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

You get the exposure on the other place, but my gods, the sheer amount of sewerage you have to deal with.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

I have too many questions about education and learning. I might have to quit teaching!

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

We have a vacancy for September in our lovely school near the sea. Details on our academy trust website: www.schoolsworks.org/vacancies/

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Enjoying the jousting over on the 'other place', but this is my reasoned calm as opposed to the exhilirating, but breath-stealing, chaos.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

🌟 Due to a host reschedule, I now have in-person, full day availability for Tuesday 10th June. Available for any of the areas below. 🌟

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Been in schools for 14 years now - this is my 7th year as a teacher. Another 'production' done - this time an outdoors Easter Service, complete with dwarf donkeys. Always worry we won't get there, never surprised when we do.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Give the US back to Greenland.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Schools and Trusts should not be designing curricula. Adapting, yes. Designing, no.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

It was all going well until I aat down to eat.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Books

submitted 84 days ago • 538 comments

We are seeking a Trust Executive Assistant to support our CEO and central exec team. Please share! gmetrust.org/careers/gmet...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

The Huh Curriculum Leaders course is now available on @MyattandCo In eight session course we walk through the principles and practice of developing the curriculum across our schools. We're publishing them on a weekly basis: /1

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

From the perspective of someone who helps to run a preschool, the reason fees are going up is the gap between the funded entitlement and our costs. The minimum wage is going up by 6.7% and most of our costs are staffing. We're a charity so we don't make a profit. Still hard to make it sustainable.

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

sometimes a picture tells a thousand words

submitted 104 days ago • 8 comments

Why does England not have a standard, base level curriculum which gives citizens enough knowledge to operate as a member of our society?

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