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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 30

This is Dawns partner Roy posting. Dawn was badly hurt in a car crash earlier today and is in hospital. Sorry to let you know this way roywd.bsky.social

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 30

Ringing The Bell Jocelyn GIF

ALT: Ringing The Bell Jocelyn GIF

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum?

New blog - Creating a revision curriculum

Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)

missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

An odd spike in my blog stats today (I only looked today because I wrote a new post) but it doesn't show who the referrer is....then I did my @teachertapp.bsky.social questions 🙂

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

#TeamRE

Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · Mar 29

This is just great

hyphenonline.com/2025/03/28/b...

Inside the BBC's first ever live Eid broadcast

The Eid al-Fitr service at Bradford Central Mosque is set to be streamed live as part of the BBC’s faith coverage

hyphenonline.com

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

😂

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

#TeamRE an activity would be to show this to students and then get them to consider what it would be for England and Wales. You could then use the census data to compare and discuss similarities/differences. How would it differ for Europe? the world? How has it changed 10/30/50/100 years?

Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · Mar 29

If American religion were 100 people

63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS

7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim

30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists

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Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · Mar 29

If American religion were 100 people

63 Christians:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline
5 Black Protestants
3 Other Christians
2 LDS

7 Other World Religions:
2 Jews
2 Other
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim

30 Unaffiliated:
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

#TeamRE Eid Mubarak!

Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · Mar 29

#EidMubarak

Saudi Arabia have just confirmed Eid-Ul-Fitr for tomorrow, Sunday.

Waiting for confirmation in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now.

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Mar 29

Every year, around a third of GCSE pupils in England miss out on passes in English and maths. We spoke to some of the school that are quietly turning things around for the 'forgotten third'...

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum?

New blog - Creating a revision curriculum

Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!)

missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 29

Spotted on FB. New podcast for RE teachers #TeamRE

The Missing Link
Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris

open.spotify.com/show/32YNu52...

The Missing Link

Podcast · Cerys de Vekey & Ian Harris · A podcast series aimed at RS teachers, offering short summaries from leading experts in RS. Each episode will introduce a different teaching strategy or idea, a...

open.spotify.com

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 28

#TeamRE some FREE audiobooks that you might be interested in

play.google.com/store/books/...

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 28

Classic.

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · Mar 28

Mutually planned to have a no strings attached one-night stand with someone I'd met online. During foreplay I sucked her toes, but her feet were so ticklish she kicked me in the face & broke my nose. Sat with me in A&E for the rest of the night. Been married to her 8 years now.

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RNS @rns.org · Mar 28

“Why are 80% of yoga practitioners in North America white women?” asks Paul Bramadat, a half Indo-Trinidadian sociologist, longtime Ashtanga yoga practicioner and author of the new book "Yogalands."

In 'Yogalands,' religion scholar discusses the role of politics, spirituality on the mat

(RNS) — In Paul Bramadat’s upcoming book, ‘Yogalands: In Search of Practice on the Mat and in the World,’ he shares how modern yoga as we know it intersects with spirituality, identity and power.

religionnews.com

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 28

#TeamRE

Will Gervais @willgervais.com · Mar 28

🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨

Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.

Now out at PNAS

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇

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#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution

Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief | PNAS

We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparat...

www.pnas.org

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Will Gervais @willgervais.com · Mar 28

🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨

Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.

Now out at PNAS

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇

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#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution

Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief | PNAS

We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparat...

www.pnas.org

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 28

😱oh my. You’ve got a right one there! Love the fire brigade’s photo story 😂

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 27

Shout out to school leaders and teachers that are dealing with significant issues at home. You’re amazing!

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Ruth Marx @mzmarxre.bsky.social · Mar 27

I love teaching with props and I love teaching about predestination and free will- especially in Muslim beliefs- new Oak Academy lessons up now online for GCSE RE #teamre take a look and please share/repost @missdcox.bsky.social @adamrobertson.bsky.social www.thenational.academy/teachers/pro...

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 27

@roywd.bsky.social

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 27

‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says ‘tide is turning’ in its negotiations to repatriate ancestral remains and important cultural items * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast After more than 170 years at a Scottish university, the remains of a young Aboriginal man killed on his traditional land have returned home. The skull of the unknown man was taken from Tasmania in the 1830s and had been held by the University of Aberdeen since the early 1850s. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 26

It's bonkers. People that either a) have forgotten their purpose or b) don't know what they're doing and don't want others to realise that

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 26

Surely he poached them?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 26

Man who stole 325 Creme Eggs banned from Cambridgeshire for three months

Deon De Groot, 26, was spotted stuffing eggs worth £220.50 into a duffle bag at a Tesco Express in Peterborough A man who stole 325 Cadbury Creme Eggs from a petrol station has been banned from Cambridgeshire for three months. Deon De Groot, 26, was spotted when he stuffed £220.50 worth of the eggs into a duffle bag at a Tesco Express in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, and left without paying on Saturday. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 26

If you are a senior leader and you won't let teachers see the whole school development plan (or at least a summary), there's something very wrong

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Dawn Cox @missdcox.bsky.social · Mar 26

Interesting that it is classified as PSHE by the BBC (?)

Sally Latham @sallylatham.bsky.social · Mar 26

Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.

Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...

Fantastic Philosophy: Primary philosophy teaching resources

In this illustrated series narrated by Sir Stephen Fry, a community of animals living in a fictional savannah try to navigate some tricky philosophical questions. Aimed at pupils studying at KS2 level...

www.bbc.co.uk

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