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Almost 40, proud dad & husband. Primary teacher, Assistant Head, Literacy & Data Lead. Passionate about evidence, cog-psych, SEND, ACEs & making knowledge stick. Genetic mutt: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇵🇱 Europhile🇪🇺
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NEW BLOG: "...excluding large numbers of pupils is a deliberate policy of the Athena Trust and, let’s make no bones about it, this is damaging children: the poorest children and, disproportionately, those with special education needs (SEND)." johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/t...

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Understanding Memory and Learning 🧠 This eBook offers an introduction that every teacher can use as a starting point. What’s a memorable ‘aha moment’ you’ve witnessed when a student truly grasped a concept? Download this free eBook from our Great Teaching series! 👉 https://buff.ly/3X8UcYw

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Ich liebe dieses Team. Eine richtige Gemeinschaft mit Integrität und sozialem Bewusstsein. Und dazu ist der Schwarzwald mein absoluter Traum – war immer noch nie dort. Eines Tages werden wir hinfahren! 🌲

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I really enjoyed doing this podcast talking about my research on retrieval practice in schools. I outline some top tips but also my concerns. When it comes to retrieval practice, we need to remember it is ultimately an outcome of a highly controlled experiment, which has implications 🧵 #UKEd

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It's through Scotland's wastefulness (not England's defence) that we aren't further ahead... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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England are like rabbits in the headlights here. If Scotland takes the impetus, we could batter these and have a winning margin into double figures. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Friendly February - Day 12: Focus on being kind rather than being right actionforhappiness.org/friendly-feb... #FriendlyFebruary

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"Until education becomes the kind of profession that reveres evidence, we should not be surprised to find its experts dispensing unproven methods, endlessly flitting from one fad to another. The greatest victims of these fads are...." - Doug Carnine www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Am so glad the SOS has tackled this nonsense head on. Ridiculous and appropriating Trumpian language is profoundly irresponsible

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So Trump is currently trying to annex Greenland, Canada and now Gaza? And we're barely 20 days in. Okay.

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A recent @tesmagazine.bsky.social article made the case for early SEND screening. And I couldn't agree more with it. 🧵👇

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'The personal costs to those badly served by the status quo are immeasurable…' A universal Year 1 screening test for SEND, run by teachers, would enable better identification and support – and end the lottery of provision, argue these researchers

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🚨 Tonight police in the UK announce that money from the £2.8 million seized from Andrew and Tristan Tate's bank accounts for unpaid taxes will be used to support victims of violence against women and girls. https: www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/seized-tate-brothers-money-help-9914763

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1/ **SOAPBOX ALERT** Schools are at the heart of communities, uniquely placed to foster cohesion and provide multi-agency support. A decentralised, school-centred model can address child poverty, safeguarding, employment, domestic violence, and other modern challenges through holistic intervention.

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As someone from my neck of the woods, Bridget Phillipson has disappointed me in her recent comments. A ranty thread 👇🧵

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#EduSky I'm looking to learn from your experience & ideas! We're looking to start revamping our school library and I'd love to see photos of your #School #Libraries to share with our Reading Leadership Group to give them ideas 🙏🏻 #ReadingSchools @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

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