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Primary Teacher 🦕 #SDG obsessed. #EduSky MEd Early Years Pedagogue #MIEExpert #WakeletAmbassador #noveleffect, education, travelling elephants and general life posts. @ElliePrimary1 on that place ✝️🏳️‍🌈Aberdeen, Scotland https://primary1help.wordpress.com/

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · Nov 13

Glad you’re here.

Fewer books, more engagement - a small test of change in a play based classroom. #EduSky read.bookcreator.com/FH906VnSU8vp...

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 12h

Riot Women on BBC - you need to watch it. It’s so good.

I can relate on many levels.

Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 15h

Nice little boat trip on Loch Ness today.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 17h

Yes. I did most my research using scotlandspeople - because most of my ancestry is Scottish. But I input my tree onto Ancestry, and I did the DNA through them too. It’s quite addictive.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 17h

Updated ancestry DNA regions. I’m pretty Scottish right?

I’ve always assumed my Trapp family line that I got to a dead end with in Scotland in the 1700s might have migrated from somewhere around Germany. But the DNA does not suggest that. 🤔 Maybe it’s a Scottish name after all!

Central Scotland & Northern
Ireland 90%

Leinster, Ireland 3 %

Donegal, Ireland 1%

England
' North East England 4%

Nordic
Sweden 2%

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Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social · Jul 22

Can your students draw a map of the world from memory? David Smith’s MAPPING THE WORLD BY HEART has helped ages 10 & up tackle what might seem impossible for over 30 years. Available from FableVision Learning: www.fablevisionlearning.com/mappingthewo... @reynoldstlc.bsky.social

Mapping The World By Heart — FableVision Learning

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Ilene Winokur @ilenew.bsky.social · 1d

Blue Ellie was a cherished friend to the children in Kakuma.

Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 1d

This term in RME we are looking at themes of refugees and migration. Our class elephant Blue Ellie is an expert on this. Here she is visiting a refugee settlement in Kenya.

Toy blue elephant sitting with children in Kakuma who are playing with a toy they made themselves.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 1d

This term in RME we are looking at themes of refugees and migration. Our class elephant Blue Ellie is an expert on this. Here she is visiting a refugee settlement in Kenya.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure #inclusion sits well with sequenced curriculums delivered in a very specific way. I think there are questions about agency, voice and interests for young people in a totally adult led approach. We need to start from where the children are at, surely? Have the freedom to be flexible. ☺️

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 2d

2 minutes into Murder Before Evensong on Channel 5 and I’m already happy because there are dachshunds in it.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks. I’ll have a look at these ones.

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CaraSlats❤️❌👑 @caraslats.bsky.social · 2d

I read Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone by Alice Brière-Haquet to my kids' 2nd grade classes. Then we sang and danced to I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free. Great questions about musical expression of emotion throughout civil rights activism and rallies.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

Oh dear. JD Vance doesn’t like a temporary art exhibit in a cathedral in England.

Is this news?

JD Vance slams Canterbury Cathedral art installation

The US Vice President says it has made a

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 3d

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely.

Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

A documentary on Netflix about my favourite Spice girl. Yes!

a woman in a black dress is singing into a microphone with the words spice up your life above her

ALT: a woman in a black dress is singing into a microphone with the words spice up your life above her

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

Some suggested picture books for Black History Month. wakelet.com/wake/Ted8A6M... #EduSkyPrimary

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

I would say how not to be one is core to RME!

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

If that.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

I think it should encompass all of these things.

Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 3d

I asked my Primary 1 class to think of a better name for RME. They came up with... 'Thinky Things'.

I can't wait to see the Higher for 'Thinky Things' on someone's CV.

#EduSky

Scottish Teachers Association of RME @teachersofrme.bsky.social · Sep 14

Should Religious and Moral Education (RME) get a new name?
What do you think the subject's name should be to best represent what it teaches? We'd love to hear your suggestions! 👇

Learn more about the discussion in the full article: starme.co.uk/2025/09/10/n...

#SchoolCurriculum #RME #RMPS

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Scottish Teachers Association of RME @teachersofrme.bsky.social · 7d

Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty Bill is advancing in the Scottish Parliament. We've provided our insights to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice committee. Read our full response on our website.
www.starme.co.uk

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 4d

Downloaded the actual badge! #MIEExpert #TeamMIEScotland

Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert 2025-2026 was issued by Microsoft Elevate to Mary Jalland.

Earners of this badge are educators who have been selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Experts for 2025-2026. MIE Experts are globally recognized educators who use Microsoft tools to innova...

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 4d

Last day of term. I’ve gone out to see some comedy.

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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 4d

We’ve got a competition running in school right now for guess the amount of pieces of Lego in the jar. Some of my class’s guesses:

- 2 grillion and 1 thousand
- 200 million and 41.
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Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social · 4d

If I removed the Lego from the classroom, there would be protests. They just love a bit of Lego!

This is so good from 4/5 year olds.

#PlayIsTheWay #EduSkyPrimary

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