Gwenelope
@gwenelope.bsky.social
Ex-secondary school & FE English teacher. Now self-employed tutor, dog-walker and pet sitter. 🐾
Newly employed cat-servant to Errol the Kitten.
Middle-aged curmudgeon.
Newly employed cat-servant to Errol the Kitten.
Middle-aged curmudgeon.
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Price rises for exam entries have significantly outstripped inflation, Tes analysis shows, prompting sector leaders to call for the government to consider ‘action against profiteering’
Revealed: Exam boards’ inflation-busting fee increases
Price rises for GCSE and A-level exam entries have been branded ‘completely unacceptable’ by sector leaders
www.tes.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Price rises for exam entries have significantly outstripped inflation, Tes analysis shows, prompting sector leaders to call for the government to consider ‘action against profiteering’
Code is actually: BTG35 😬
So, this still feels quite surreal - our book is A REAL BOOK
Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
June 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Code is actually: BTG35 😬
So, this still feels quite surreal - our book is A REAL BOOK
Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
June 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So, this still feels quite surreal - our book is A REAL BOOK
Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
Use discount code: BGT35 at Bloomsbury’s site for a 35% discount pre-publication on 19th June
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Desperate parent alert! Our 4yo left his beloved teddy Moley (Florence the Mole from Any Creatures Wildlife) at Premier Inn Doncaster Lakeside on May 31. Likely scooped up with laundry 🧺💔 Discontinued + irreplaceable. Please RT + help us bring him home! 🙏#bringmoleyhome
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Desperate parent alert! Our 4yo left his beloved teddy Moley (Florence the Mole from Any Creatures Wildlife) at Premier Inn Doncaster Lakeside on May 31. Likely scooped up with laundry 🧺💔 Discontinued + irreplaceable. Please RT + help us bring him home! 🙏#bringmoleyhome
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youtu.be/x--N03NO130?... Only Monsters Play God…
Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
youtu.be/x--N03NO130?... Only Monsters Play God…
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When half term starts with a delivery from your publisher! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Thanks to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social for the advance copy. ❤️ @gwenelope.bsky.social @litliverbird.bsky.social
Thanks to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social for the advance copy. ❤️ @gwenelope.bsky.social @litliverbird.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When half term starts with a delivery from your publisher! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Thanks to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social for the advance copy. ❤️ @gwenelope.bsky.social @litliverbird.bsky.social
Thanks to @bloomsburyed.bsky.social for the advance copy. ❤️ @gwenelope.bsky.social @litliverbird.bsky.social
Brief sighting of Errol kitten today. He’s out all day and most of the night too at the minute. I miss him…
April 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Brief sighting of Errol kitten today. He’s out all day and most of the night too at the minute. I miss him…
Anyone I know on here familiar with Air Tags and specifically the ‘reset function’? I’m thinking of getting some for Errol kitten but need to know more about the re-set whatsit. Eg could it drive Errol nuts (it beeps?).
April 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Anyone I know on here familiar with Air Tags and specifically the ‘reset function’? I’m thinking of getting some for Errol kitten but need to know more about the re-set whatsit. Eg could it drive Errol nuts (it beeps?).
Errol Muppetised by @oldandrewuk.bsky.social & Chat GPT….you’re welcome 😊👍
April 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Errol Muppetised by @oldandrewuk.bsky.social & Chat GPT….you’re welcome 😊👍
My god he will end up killing people….lots of people….
"You don’t know what’s in the vaccine anymore."
RFK tells family of child measles victim 'you don’t know what’s in the vaccine': report
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to shed his public image as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist now that he heads up the Department of Health and Human Services. But in private, he continues to make t...
www.rawstory.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My god he will end up killing people….lots of people….
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Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting.
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
Head Cases: Exploring Complex Headteacher Challenges - SSAT
Why join the Head Cases programme? SSAT’s innovative Head Cases programme offers a ‘signature pedagogy’ (Shulman, 2005) to help you develop wisdom of
www.ssatuk.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Cohort 2 of Head Cases is open for delegates who are aspiring or serving headteachers from any setting.
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
We will be using case studies and methods across five sessions to think deeply about complex challenges facing HTs, from complaints to HR, finance to exclusions.
www.ssatuk.co.uk/cpd/leadersh...
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
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The news about Dawn Cox is so desperately sad. There are few people I’ve met in teaching so kind, willing to share ideas and time, and devoted to making education better for everyone. She came to our school recently to help our RE department and it was just the best day. Rest in peace, friend
April 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The news about Dawn Cox is so desperately sad. There are few people I’ve met in teaching so kind, willing to share ideas and time, and devoted to making education better for everyone. She came to our school recently to help our RE department and it was just the best day. Rest in peace, friend
Doing a little bit of Woody care this week. Here he is with vibrating tail as he was about to get a treat ball, and then with his treat ball. (My birthday present to him):
April 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Doing a little bit of Woody care this week. Here he is with vibrating tail as he was about to get a treat ball, and then with his treat ball. (My birthday present to him):
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Remember, we lose two hours tonight when the clocks go forward.
One for British summertime, the other changing the oven clock.
Pictured: Colin, our House Dalek, attempting to reset the kitchen clock shortly before exterminating it in frustration.
One for British summertime, the other changing the oven clock.
Pictured: Colin, our House Dalek, attempting to reset the kitchen clock shortly before exterminating it in frustration.
March 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Remember, we lose two hours tonight when the clocks go forward.
One for British summertime, the other changing the oven clock.
Pictured: Colin, our House Dalek, attempting to reset the kitchen clock shortly before exterminating it in frustration.
One for British summertime, the other changing the oven clock.
Pictured: Colin, our House Dalek, attempting to reset the kitchen clock shortly before exterminating it in frustration.
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I had a prostate examination. It wasn’t pleasant but it was quick and minor.
The consultant talked about how many people my age haven’t had one and should. So I said I’d casually mention it in case it encourages others to.
So I am. And also I’m posting it on Bluesky. Consider contacting your GP.
The consultant talked about how many people my age haven’t had one and should. So I said I’d casually mention it in case it encourages others to.
So I am. And also I’m posting it on Bluesky. Consider contacting your GP.
March 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I had a prostate examination. It wasn’t pleasant but it was quick and minor.
The consultant talked about how many people my age haven’t had one and should. So I said I’d casually mention it in case it encourages others to.
So I am. And also I’m posting it on Bluesky. Consider contacting your GP.
The consultant talked about how many people my age haven’t had one and should. So I said I’d casually mention it in case it encourages others to.
So I am. And also I’m posting it on Bluesky. Consider contacting your GP.
Errol kitten has had his first big adventure. He went out 5am Weds and didn’t come back at all that day … or evening.
Still AWOL yesterday so put a post on the local forum in the morning. JUST before I was about to start online tutoring at 4.30pm - I get sent a picture of Errol stuck
Still AWOL yesterday so put a post on the local forum in the morning. JUST before I was about to start online tutoring at 4.30pm - I get sent a picture of Errol stuck
March 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Errol kitten has had his first big adventure. He went out 5am Weds and didn’t come back at all that day … or evening.
Still AWOL yesterday so put a post on the local forum in the morning. JUST before I was about to start online tutoring at 4.30pm - I get sent a picture of Errol stuck
Still AWOL yesterday so put a post on the local forum in the morning. JUST before I was about to start online tutoring at 4.30pm - I get sent a picture of Errol stuck
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To preserve democracy our Founders set up 3 separate branches of government – the Executive, the Legislature & the Judiciary.
Two are already corrupted. The last pillar standing is the Judiciary - the rule of Law. Trump is now intent on rendering it powerless so that he will have unfettered power
Two are already corrupted. The last pillar standing is the Judiciary - the rule of Law. Trump is now intent on rendering it powerless so that he will have unfettered power
March 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
To preserve democracy our Founders set up 3 separate branches of government – the Executive, the Legislature & the Judiciary.
Two are already corrupted. The last pillar standing is the Judiciary - the rule of Law. Trump is now intent on rendering it powerless so that he will have unfettered power
Two are already corrupted. The last pillar standing is the Judiciary - the rule of Law. Trump is now intent on rendering it powerless so that he will have unfettered power
If you need something fun and fluffy to watch #TheResidence on Netflix is great fun.
A murder in The Whitehouse and a brilliant, eccentric female detective must solve it.
A murder in The Whitehouse and a brilliant, eccentric female detective must solve it.
March 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you need something fun and fluffy to watch #TheResidence on Netflix is great fun.
A murder in The Whitehouse and a brilliant, eccentric female detective must solve it.
A murder in The Whitehouse and a brilliant, eccentric female detective must solve it.
NEW: The Guardian reports 'Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence' www.theguardian.com/educatio...
Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence
Large-scale analysis of UK police and education records reveals link between expulsion and violence within year
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Better than Trump, tho’?
Any day now the octopus army will ride their battle sharks right into our cities and take over.
Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back
Researchers spot orange Maori octopus clinging to back of large shark off coast of New Zealand in December 2023
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Better than Trump, tho’?
This is all kinds of crazy:
Britain and Germany issuing travel warnings to the US is the kind of thing Americans might not be aware of, but it’s poison to tourism and international economic activity. The perception of the US as dangerous due to gun violence is widespread; now the government is chaining up British tourists.
March 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is all kinds of crazy:
Errol kitten has been out for about 15 hours today. Ate a bit, ‘bathed’ and is now wirelessly re-charging:
March 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Errol kitten has been out for about 15 hours today. Ate a bit, ‘bathed’ and is now wirelessly re-charging:
