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A thread on the myths Vs facts of home ed #homeeducation #homeeduk #homeed #notinvisible #areyoulisteningnow

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Learning never stops. This is why the #ChildrensWellbeingBill is fundamentally flawed. How am I supposed to measure the learning that occurred naturally over the weekend. How do you measure conversations, play, life? #HomeEducation #HomeEd #AreYouListeningNow #ParentalRights #EduSky

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Not only is the #ChildrensWellbeingBill going to have a detrimental effect on home education, it's a huge data grab on all children managed by AI shared with whoever the state feel fit to share with. #AreYouListeningNow #DefendHomeEducation petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

#AreYouListening School is an opt in choice of education, I expect most parents don't realise this! #HomeEducators are simply not choosing mass education as it's not fit for purpose! #DefendHomeEducation #EducationFreedom #NoToStateControl #ChildrensWellbeingBill www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

#AreYouListening #ChildrensWellbeingBill #SuffocatingState #KidsVoicesMatter2 #HomeEducation #InternationalWomensDay #FightSchoolFines

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

fWIW I do think WFH is changing socialising (tho so is property prices/rents/commuting) but I am sick of it being framed as a civic duty to return to offices. What about creating community near home etc? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 27 days ago • 21 comments

If the UK government stopped its imbecilic obsession with immigration, we could benefit from the US tragedy with an influx of scientists, students, researchers etc for a progressive future

submitted 29 days ago • 7 comments

Seems to me the UK is really doing austerity dressed up as a progressive policy, whilst still letting the rich get richer and the poor, disabled and basically anyone who can't contribute towards the rich getting richer..... get ( checks notes) more austerity or death given current priorities

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Hilarious, absolutely HILARIOUS how we are told we can’t tax the richest in the UK as they’ll all leave… And we also block UN efforts to clamp down on tax avoidance by the rich internationally 😅😅😂😂😭😭😭 We are SUCH suckers bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...

submitted 32 days ago • 35 comments

The Scrutiny committee for the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill has invited numerous people to give oral evidence. It has already debated the sections relating to home education without talking to a single home educator or representative. Not what i would call democratic. #EducationOtherwise

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Children's Wellbeing and Schools BIll: Stephen Morgan refused amendments to restrict data supplied by parents to a reasonable amount. He states that home educating parents must report every single contact including on Saturdays and Sundays. Big Brother has arrived. #EducationOtherwise

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Wow! This is a very rare sighting in recent times... www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/cet-...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t panic. There’s a long way to go! #EducationOtherwise #HomeEducation

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

For anyone interested in why improving exam access for home educators is important and what any proposal needs to consider, this 30min primer covers all the key points: youtu.be/p2GDylewkww @munirawilson.bsky.social @neildotobrien.bsky.social #EduSky #homeedexams

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

We some some family games tonight as we often do. This time it was Blokus, one of my favourites 😁

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Thunderstorm Risk Today VALID FROM NOW-00:00 FRI Scattered thunderstorms affecting Wales and Southern England, along with gusty winds, some hail possible. A wind outlook will be issued later as severe winds are likely..

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Apparently it still needs saying that the UK's economy has continued to grow, even as CO2 emissions have fallen www.carbonbrief.org/...

submitted 45 days ago • 13 comments

I had no idea Britain owns these islands so far south. The world’s currently largest iceberg could crash into the islands making life harder for animals to feed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 45 days ago • 4 comments

Nice sunrise this morning. Still plenty of snow around too, but this will likely thaw today with with the noticeably warmer air that's moved in. #uksnow #StaffordshireSkies

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

It did feel a bit chilly this morning in north Staffordshire. I had to thaw the back door lock in order to be able to walk the dog! Pretty though.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Hate this Bill Children not in school are not ‘Ghost Children’! I really dislike that term!!! Children are being let down, not by their teachers (apparently) - unless of course they are?! Prevent children from falling through those cracks…. where? what cracks?

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

Not to be dramatic, but there really are days when I feel scared of the future. Like, to pick an example at random, today. What we are witnessing is an assault on the very concept of truth. The armed conflicts we see unfolding all over the world will be accompanied by turmoil &doubt in our heads.

submitted 61 days ago • 71 comments

Rain now running into the colder air as it extends N/NE..increasingly turning to snow Significant accumulations expected in places overnight into tomorrow, as per warnings...Amber snow and ice warnings just kicking in this evening #weatheraware www.metoffice.gov.uk

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Want to find out about the amazing types of datasets NASA collects before the Trump admin starts screwing around. Find out here www.earthdata.nasa.gov/topics

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

This made me chuckle a little. With the government's devolution plans my wife and I stand a good chance of losing our jobs and swiftly afterward, our family home! Many others will no doubt be worrying similarly.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes I see simplistic diagrams about teaching and learning and I wonder if people have forgotten how to interact intuitively with children. Brains are not computers. People are not brains on legs. Interactions should feel normal and natural not mechanised. 🤷‍♀️ #EduSky

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

A final kick from the ‘Children’s Wellbeing’ Bill - the much vaunted support has been downgraded to ‘information and advice’. Which all the LAs claim they do already. So no chance of services (like exams access or access arrangement assessment), or financial assistance (like a group subscription).

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

A great thread on hine education in the UK 🇬🇧 👇

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

I've said it before on Twitter but the Bee Bright series remains a really good resource for young children & their adults to learn about farming and food. Beautifully presented and narrated by Justin Fletcher. I definitely recommend for home ed 👍

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers’ Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on “free speech” Never allow them anywhere near power again bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...

submitted 82 days ago • 80 comments

“We are now faced with a situation where the money has to come from somewhere. The money that the water companies have paid out to their shareholders in dividends & the like that’s unfortunately gone, that’s sitting behind a door in the Cayman Islands”

submitted 82 days ago • 22 comments

Christmas is so stressful because a) I never know what to get anyone, and b) I don't really want anything, so I don't know what to tell people to get me.

submitted 85 days ago • 47 comments

Quite astonishing.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

14 years since the coldest December in living memory. Temperatures in the UK were an enormous 5.1°C below the 1991-2020 mean, with incredible satellite imagery showing much of the UK frozen solid. I was only 10 years old at the time, but I was astonished by the low temperatures! Truly arctic.

submitted 85 days ago • 7 comments

Does this include the mining and processing of the fuel, then the extensive storage and management of the waste products? Didn't think so.

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

SIMPLY HAVING A

submitted 85 days ago • 1116 comments