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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪

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Irish, mum of three girls and wife of @rpuffendell.bsky.social 2🐶 4🐱 Programme Lead & Network Facilitator - Whole Education. Strategic leadership of reading. Former 2iC and KS3 Lead for English. Alumnus of Queen's University, Belfast Views my own.

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Jul 2

A small but mighty team and steadfast in the belief that we can make education #BetterForEveryone

If you would like to join our ever-growing network then get in touch.

@wholeeducation.bsky.social
✉️ [email protected]

#IfNotUsWho
#Education
#WholeEducator
#Education

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hywel Roberts delivered a wonderful dinner speech, I caught up with some fantastic colleagues and @rpuffendell.bsky.social joined me at the conference as a speaker, sharing the fantastic work he and his team do at Ashton Park School.

@wholeeducation.bsky.social
#WholeEducation
#BetterForEveryone

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our @wholeeducation.bsky.social #SummerConference was awesome. Two days packed full of incredible inputs, with over 1000 delegates and in a fabulous location.

Great to hear from Ron Berger.

#IfNotUsWho
#BetterForEveryone
#WholeEducation
#Education

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Find out more about how you can ensure a @wholeeducation.bsky.social for your students by contacting us on: [email protected]

#IfNotUsWho
#BetterForEveryone
#WholeEducation
#Education

Artwork credit: Mims and Family

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happy birthday, you legend!

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Apr 22

Many thanks, Tom! ❤️

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thank you so very much to everyone who has donated to Bo's fundraiser for @breastcancernow.bsky.social - thanks to your donations, she has smashed her target, as well as her 10k! ♥️

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Apr 9

Our daughter is running 10k of the Cornish coastline today to raise money for @breastcancernow.bsky.social. If you can, you can help her meet her target by donating here: www.justgiving.com/page/bouffen...

@rpuffendell.bsky.social

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Apr 3

Look at who I get to appear with! 👀No pressure then! You can secure your place at the Reading Solutions International Reading Conference here: bit.ly/4278Xgc to hear from @jonnybid.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @timrasinski.bsky.social and more! 😲🤯

#Reading

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 30

Thinking of those who, for whatever reason, find Mother's Day hard. 🤍

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 30

Happy Eid to all those who celebrate!

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

I saw a beautiful barn owl.
He was staring at me, eyes pleading.
Frozen.
Completely motionless, wings splayed and on the ground.
He'd been caught mid-flight.
I couldn't shake that sight. 😭

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

Looking forward to catching up in a few weeks! 💚

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thank you to @martingalway.bsky.social for hosting such a wonderful event.

As @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social declared so proudly at the opening of the conference, 'Creativity is bubbling under the cracks of the pavement in Bradford'.

My visit to the City of Culture was brief but wonderful. 🌟

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

I won the Mrs Wordsmith raffle, which was a large gift box or resources to support vocabulary and story writing through games and scaffolding. It's beautiful and will be winging its way to a lovely group of students next week.

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

@amdassu.bsky.social urged us to support children in writing stories they can see themselves in: their family structure, culture, ethnicity, relationships, politics...

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

Matt Goodfellow urged us to make space in our day for rebellious writing! With no rules, poetry offers children the freedom from rules that stifle their ability to see themselves as writers and allow themselves to be expressive and have fun.

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

But what if it could be?

Wilko Wilkes shared his work with us in helping all children, particularly young, disadvantaged boys that they are writers and RAP is one of the most liberating forms of poetry. His performance of the A-Z of Depression was fantastic.

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

I got to hear from the most amazing people, who gathered alongside delegates to raise voices and raise literacy! Maddy Barnes asked are we teaching reading the way we want to (and need to) or the way we have to (to the test). Jeffrey Boakye reminded us 'the world is not bespoke to our needs'...

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 28

I attended the @literacy-trust.bsky.social #PriCon25 yesterday, and this converted NY school bus was the most delightful place to hang out. Serving children in Bradford, this story bus delivers intrigue, mystery, adventure, thrills, comedy...a reading space that excites and delights! 💛

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 25

With us, you are welcomed into a community that recognises there are no quick fixes or 🪄 for dealing with the complexities schools are navigating. Navigation through challenge and complexity is only made easier by those who share the way.

✉️ : [email protected].
#IfNotUsWho #Education

Whole Education @wholeeducation.bsky.social · Mar 25

Join a vibrant network of schools, trusts and organisations who are committed to providing a rigorous whole education for all young people. Find out more about #WholeEducation membership ⬇️

Whole Education Membership — Whole Education

We have over 13 years’ experience helping schools and trusts to deliver a high-quality whole education. WE network membership provides structure, support and inspiration to help you develop…

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 17

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hoping you have had a fab Paddy's weekend and that the day is full of craic and good fortune! 💚🤍🧡

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 6

Happy World Book Day!

#WorldBookDay

Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Mar 1

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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪 @amandauffendell.bsky.social · Feb 28