Carrie
@carrieprimary.bsky.social
P6 teacher trying to do the best I can. Outdoors, nurture and reading for pleasure. Mum of 2 through adoption. Can also be found in the water, on a rock, up a hill or with a book.
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Hate leads to death and destruction.
Whether caused by Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, homophobia or transphobia or extreme political positions.
Praying for those who are grieving and injured tonight as a result of an extreme act of hatred against the Jewish community at Bondi beach
Whether caused by Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, homophobia or transphobia or extreme political positions.
Praying for those who are grieving and injured tonight as a result of an extreme act of hatred against the Jewish community at Bondi beach
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hate leads to death and destruction.
Whether caused by Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, homophobia or transphobia or extreme political positions.
Praying for those who are grieving and injured tonight as a result of an extreme act of hatred against the Jewish community at Bondi beach
Whether caused by Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, homophobia or transphobia or extreme political positions.
Praying for those who are grieving and injured tonight as a result of an extreme act of hatred against the Jewish community at Bondi beach
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My latest project 'Paper Plate Robin' is perfect for Christmas, but also an idea you could use all year round. The making video, photos, and instructions are the latest post on the 'news' link on the website www.darrellwakelam.com
(Intellectual property of D. Wakelam)
#edusky #UKEd #UKTeaching
(Intellectual property of D. Wakelam)
#edusky #UKEd #UKTeaching
December 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My latest project 'Paper Plate Robin' is perfect for Christmas, but also an idea you could use all year round. The making video, photos, and instructions are the latest post on the 'news' link on the website www.darrellwakelam.com
(Intellectual property of D. Wakelam)
#edusky #UKEd #UKTeaching
(Intellectual property of D. Wakelam)
#edusky #UKEd #UKTeaching
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This week #IAmReading #MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social, and it's the season for strange hotels, mysterious guests, suspicious staff, dead bodies and kidnap… Page-turning fun from a queen of middle-grade murder!
👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk
👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk
Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock
I Am Reading: Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock
alastairc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This week #IAmReading #MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social, and it's the season for strange hotels, mysterious guests, suspicious staff, dead bodies and kidnap… Page-turning fun from a queen of middle-grade murder!
👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk
👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk
Goodness me, this stuff is amazing.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Goodness me, this stuff is amazing.
Porty Books work to get books to people who possibly wouldn’t get one otherwise. You can donate money on their website if you can’t get to the shop.
If you’ve been in the shop over the past week or so, you’ll have noticed that our annual Gift Giving Tree is up! 🎄
You can donate & find out about our Christmas Book Drive with partner charities Home-Start Edinburgh, Streetreads, & Ecole du Bon Berger here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/book-drive
You can donate & find out about our Christmas Book Drive with partner charities Home-Start Edinburgh, Streetreads, & Ecole du Bon Berger here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/book-drive
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Porty Books work to get books to people who possibly wouldn’t get one otherwise. You can donate money on their website if you can’t get to the shop.
Up to Murrayfield today to watch the U16 girls in the Shield final. They played brilliantly. Youngest now very inspired.
December 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Up to Murrayfield today to watch the U16 girls in the Shield final. They played brilliantly. Youngest now very inspired.
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Shop closes Wednesday 17th December!
Christmas Fayre season is over, and it’s time to get rid of leftover stock… discounts on all signed and personalised books, from Doctor Who to graphic novels. www.etsy.com/shop/StarsIn...
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Shop closes Wednesday 17th December!
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Here are almost 40 of my favourite #MiddleGrade reads for 2025.
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here are almost 40 of my favourite #MiddleGrade reads for 2025.
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
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Over the past couple of years, I've enjoyed putting together RfP book packs for @pandorabooks.bsky.social. A lot of thought and care went into the selections, and I think they make excellent 'starter packs'. They've recently been updated and are available here: www.pandorabooks.co.uk/jon-biddle-r...
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Over the past couple of years, I've enjoyed putting together RfP book packs for @pandorabooks.bsky.social. A lot of thought and care went into the selections, and I think they make excellent 'starter packs'. They've recently been updated and are available here: www.pandorabooks.co.uk/jon-biddle-r...
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Put the tree up. It’s a bit bonkers now but every bauble has a story.
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Put the tree up. It’s a bit bonkers now but every bauble has a story.
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13th December 2025 08.38
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
13th December 2025 08.38
Oh why do we have to wrap the stuff?! Spent 2 hours kneeling on a wooden floor. Every time I stood up, I had to go ‘oof’.
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Oh why do we have to wrap the stuff?! Spent 2 hours kneeling on a wooden floor. Every time I stood up, I had to go ‘oof’.
Nipped out with the dog after school and glad I did.
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Nipped out with the dog after school and glad I did.
Not a bad end to the week. Can’t complain too much when the sky puts on a show like that. Week 7 done!
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Not a bad end to the week. Can’t complain too much when the sky puts on a show like that. Week 7 done!
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BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
The moment the earliest known human-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
The moment the earliest known human-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
The moment the earliest known human-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
The moment the earliest known human-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
The moment the earliest known human-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
The second last week is the hardest. Someone at school described it as ‘just unnecessary’!
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The second last week is the hardest. Someone at school described it as ‘just unnecessary’!
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WOW!
Just found out that #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons was in the Bookseller’s Top 20 Best selling Kids books last week 🤯
Huge thanks to everyone who is part of team growing dragons!
@piccadillypress @templarbooks @bonnierbooks
Just found out that #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons was in the Bookseller’s Top 20 Best selling Kids books last week 🤯
Huge thanks to everyone who is part of team growing dragons!
@piccadillypress @templarbooks @bonnierbooks
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
WOW!
Just found out that #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons was in the Bookseller’s Top 20 Best selling Kids books last week 🤯
Huge thanks to everyone who is part of team growing dragons!
@piccadillypress @templarbooks @bonnierbooks
Just found out that #TheBoyWhoGrewDragons was in the Bookseller’s Top 20 Best selling Kids books last week 🤯
Huge thanks to everyone who is part of team growing dragons!
@piccadillypress @templarbooks @bonnierbooks
Working at 2 schools means 2 of everything at this time of year. It’s lovely but I’m quite tired.
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Working at 2 schools means 2 of everything at this time of year. It’s lovely but I’m quite tired.
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'Snow Bound' by Kerry Phippen, contemporary Scottish artist #womensart #ArtAdvent
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
'Snow Bound' by Kerry Phippen, contemporary Scottish artist #womensart #ArtAdvent
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A really good read from Dr Maude Champagne for parents and carers who no longer live with children who have challenging and aggressive behaviour
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home: A Journey Few Speak About
www.maudechampagne.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A really good read from Dr Maude Champagne for parents and carers who no longer live with children who have challenging and aggressive behaviour
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
Well, Storm Bran didn’t stop the wee school Christmas concert. When you see 11 children filling a big space with their voices, it’s quite lovely.
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Well, Storm Bran didn’t stop the wee school Christmas concert. When you see 11 children filling a big space with their voices, it’s quite lovely.
Good to see that I very much wasn’t alone in this!
I had a biscuit from the ‘Christmas’ cupboard. Probably a bit early but needs must.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Good to see that I very much wasn’t alone in this!
I had a biscuit from the ‘Christmas’ cupboard. Probably a bit early but needs must.
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I had a biscuit from the ‘Christmas’ cupboard. Probably a bit early but needs must.
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If you have teaching students, or ECTS & perhaps new mentors (or no brain space to think about setting targets), I made a bank of example targets linking to the teachers standards that might be useful. Obviously part 2 would only be used for concerns.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Student Target Setting
TS1: Set High Expectations That Inspire, Motivate and Challenge Pupils TS2: Promote Good Progress and Outcomes by Pupils Teach and rehearse a clear start-of-lesson routine so pupils begin learning pro...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you have teaching students, or ECTS & perhaps new mentors (or no brain space to think about setting targets), I made a bank of example targets linking to the teachers standards that might be useful. Obviously part 2 would only be used for concerns.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...