Profile avatar
andrewmoffat.bsky.social
Teacher 30 yrs, AHT Primary; he/him; PD Lead for Excelsior MAT in Birmingham, LGBTQ+/ Diversity trainer; picture books! No Outsiders www.no-outsiders.com
180 posts 2,187 followers 3,300 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter

9.00 AM teaching in Birmingham, 3.30 PM delivering No Outsiders staff inset to 100 teachers from 6 schools in Christchurch, near Bournemouth! Fab to see #NoOutsiders embraced across the U.K.! #Belonging #Inclusion

Start of the day - teaching in y6 at my school in Birmingham (Reading lesson)… but where will I end up at 3.30??

#NoOutsiders

Another whole day of staff training, this time at a school in Horsham. Super discussions all day and great feedback #NoOutsiders #Belonging

The key to No Outsiders class discussions is the teacher not giving their opinion. We skilfully navigate debate using oracy skills to develop and articulate thinking skills in our pupils. Another full day of training today - have a great week, everyone #NoOutsiders

Xavier's eyes work differently; he has albinism and nystagmus. To join in, he walks each route first and remembers turns, jumps and where branches stick out. Schools can use this story to explore disability stereotypes and inclusion #NoOutsiders no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/02/bike...

Happy to post a roll of Equality Act posters, lanyards and a book to a newly registered school this morning. Have a great Saturday, everyone! #NoOutsiders #Belonging no-outsiders.com/shop-1

Had a fantastic day at a school in Sunderland today delivering a whole day of No Outsiders training to 40 staff. Such a warm enthusiastic welcome and super feedback. #NoOutsiders #Belonging

Super day at a school in Sunderland modelling a different No Outsiders lesson in every class followed by staff inset. Great discussions and follow up work from children #NoOutsiders #Belonging

Any schools on here doing #NoOutsiders there is a new project by researchers at the University of Winchester exploring the impact. Please take part in the survey here - thank you

Last day of half term- have a good one, everyone x

Always love visiting my old school and it was so lovely to have children ask me eagerly, “Are you doing an assembly this afternoon??” #NoOutsiders

Great day at a school in Manchester delivering different #NoOutsiders lessons to every class followed by staff inset. Super discussions with children all day about equality and #Belonging no-outsiders.com

I love visiting schools in my MAT to support PD when I’m not training. Beautiful work here in y4 using Julian is a mermaid “You be a mermaid, I’ll be a … footballer” children showing acceptance and non judgement #NoOutsiders #Belonging

“Be who you are - I don’t want you to lose your sparkle” lovely y4 work here using Julian is a mermaid and A No Outsiders lesson plan to teach equality, belonging, non-judgement #NoOutsiders

I was expecting snow this weekend so found this old assembly for ks1 and updated it to use this week… oh well it’s still a great assembly about being unique and no one following exactly the same path. Assembly plan here #NoOutsiders #Belonging ks1no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/02/snow...

Schools can use this interesting story to explore how we use language, think about borders and our responses to difference. How can language exclude and exclude? Assembly plan here #NoOutsiders #Belonging no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/02/lang...

I adore picturebooks and totally believe that the best ones are a truly untapped resource in our schools and that they are works of true literary merit. Absolutely agree with #MacBarnett. (He is really is one of the great picturebook creators) www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...

Very happy to be posting No Outsiders goodies to lovely schools this morning. Rolls of Equality Act posters, a bunch of lanyards, parent / carer booklets and No Outsiders pens! Have a great Saturday, everyone! #NoOutsiders no-outsiders.com/shop-1

Best response to the No Outsiders assembly at school this week about a man proposing to his boyfriend (while dressed as Disney characters) was from a y5 child:”Well there’s nowt wrong with that, is there!”. Brilliant! #NoOutsiders #Belonging no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/01/disn...

After two fab days out delivering training I’m happy to be back in my own class for the end of the week. Have a great day, everyone

A full and rewarding day in Knowsley speaking to Head Teachers first thing followed a day modelling lessons Reception to Y6 observed by staff from different schools, and then staff inset for everyone #NoOutsiders #Belonging

Any schools on here doing #NoOutsiders there is a new project by researchers at the University of Winchester exploring the impact. Please take part in the survey here - thank you

Wonderful to be back at the University of Birmingham today to deliver equality and diversity training to PGCE students #NoOutsiders #Belonging

Monday morning in class - have a great week everyone!

I adore this story about Julian picking up Riley at the end of a cross country race. "I'd rather not have won and helped my friend than leave him there." A great #NoOutsiders conversation with young children - free assembly plan here #Belonging ks1no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/01/race...

“Deo wanted to challenge the racist notion that people should ‘go back to where they came from’” I am adapting some of the ks2 assemblies for secondary pupils with more challenging language and debate. Assembly plan here #NoOutsiders #Belonging no-outsiders-secondary.blogspot.com/2025/01/run....

Deo Kato ran over 7000 miles to raise awareness of human migration and racism. Although he experienced many challenges along the way, his faith in humanity remained. Great assembly for ks2 #NoOutsiders #Belonging no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2025/01/run....

Fantastic to see teachers in Barcelona delivering training this morning using #NoOutsiders resources to teach language through an equality lens. So proud and excited to see this collaboration take off #belonging