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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 17h

I think it’s a shame there isn’t also a critical look at what that has ended up actually meaning- often knowledge stripped back, artificially sequenced, restricted knowledge and also poorly received by several disciplines

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 17h

I wasn’t clear from reading this what the programme she’s proposing for all teachers is? Phonics works (except for over a third of disadvantaged pupils and up to 20% of total children) fine but the article doesn’t say what else we should be doing

Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 18h

This is a great thread/ list. I’d remind everyone to read around these too, especially as teachers, to ensure we’re engaging beyond author identity and into the content and inclusivity of the narratives and characters too.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/publications...

www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Fantast...

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

Just visited a lovely primary school: all play all the time in EY, mixed ability throughout except where additional support needed, family dining, academic outcomes were the last thing the head mentioned- he was proud but also ‘not an exam factory’, community serving. Wish more 2ndry was like that!

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

The best thing about remote learning was asking pupils to use chat like a MWB. A favourite line from a poem, a choice of answer, a snippet of their writing all simultaneously shared. (Very much an @engmediacentre.bsky.social onkine staple) I also like shared docs with kids annotating ‘together’

Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re returning to work after #maternityleave in #teaching then you might consider a workshop from @mtptproject.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mtpt-octob... one of the most supportive groups of women I’ve had the pleasure to virtually know

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

um hi @theguardian.com ‘National strikes over teacher pay and conditions in 2023 caused widespread disruption in schools and millions of days of lost learning for children.‘ are you doing reform PR now? uncritically just restating their point not actually saying the reasons for the strikes?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

And let’s also not forget that for many students the one arts subject they do study (eng lit) has often Been stripped of much opportunity to study it in a recognisable way to the discipline itself as memorisation of quotes and ideas dominate rather than discussion debate or interpretation

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 1d

New: Disadvantage gap for access to some subjects outside the EBacc core has grown dramatically in past 10 years, new data analysis shows
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/disadva...

Education Uncovered | News| Disadvantage gap for access to some subjects outside the EBacc core has grown dramatically in past 10 years, new data analysis shows

Children attending schools in poorer areas now much more likely than they were a decade ago not to be offered courses in design and technology, music, or performing arts.

educationuncovered.co.uk

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

Some people: ‘Everything has improved and outcomes are so amazing now that we really don’t need curriculum review or change’

The disadvantage gap:

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 1d

New: Disadvantage gap for access to some subjects outside the EBacc core has grown dramatically in past 10 years, new data analysis shows
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/disadva...

Education Uncovered | News| Disadvantage gap for access to some subjects outside the EBacc core has grown dramatically in past 10 years, new data analysis shows

Children attending schools in poorer areas now much more likely than they were a decade ago not to be offered courses in design and technology, music, or performing arts.

educationuncovered.co.uk

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 1d

The other trouble is that a lot of people have evidence of being the best within the pre-review system. So using them to then write the new curriculum/ as consultants surely totally negates the idea that you thought we needed something new? What’s the point

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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 1d

I want -actually demand- a curriculum written by consensus of subject experts, pedagogical experts, child dev experts, physical health experts- pedagogical experts etc…

I want experts why have PHDs, have lived/breathed education, schools and the system.

I think our children deserve this.

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 2d

I really do think it’s a shame if it becomes the same voices as, for example Oak. Whatever you think of Oak the people who did the new work on it had a totally different remit than what this curriculum review SHOULD be. This isn’t cover work the next 15 years of kids learning.

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 2d

Loads of great posts today from @englangblog.bsky.social in accents. Just boosting as the bSky algorithm can feel a bit lonely sometimes.

EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 2d

Really, really interesting piece 👇🏼
Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London's historical East Enders. The truth is a lot more complicated www.the-londoner.co.uk/is-the-cockn...

Is the Cockney extinct?

Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London's historical East Enders. The truth is a lot more complicated

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 4d

Includes Eng Lang material 👀

English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 4d

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19d

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 21d

Weird to phrase this as a TikTok trend though? It’s as old as reading!

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 21d

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 24d

on mat leave all the days do run into one another so I genuinely had to check this but… it’s Tuesday, right

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 24d

NEW - A punchy Keir Starmer at cabinet condemns the violence at Saturday's march "led by a convicted criminal" saying they had "sent a chill through the spines of people around the country, and particularly many ethnic minority Britons."

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25d

2 studies of the Rx Kids program are out today—one about the moms and one about the kids. Here's what happened when $1500 was given to ALL pregnant moms in Flint and also $500/mo for a year after birth:

Flint saved $6.2M in NICU expenses due to fewer premature births

Postpartum depression fell 14%

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

www.theguardian.com

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 26d

If you can 'reprogramme' AI, which clearly you can, then *no one should be using it as a trusted source of information*, especially not educators.

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 26d

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 26d

Andreea and Christian will be presenting at EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD (30.9.25)

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · Jul 28

Now available for preorder

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...

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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 26d

We have to differentiate between defending the right of all to disagree and being indifferent to the impact of what is being said - the message from yesterday is not simply free speech is safe but that we need to work harder to counter those who claim division offers anything for our future.

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Lucy Huber @clhubes.bsky.social · 26d

Ok here’s the thing. This is NOT a village. This is a nuclear family. By being like “we only need each other!” you’re not being cute, you’re enforcing the idea that women shouldn’t need any support outside of their own home, and if they do they’re failing. I hate this.

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Myfanwy Edwards @myf1990.bsky.social · 26d

This is so lovely and generous #TeamEnglish #Edusky

A. M. Dassu (Az) @amdassu.bsky.social · 26d

Hello teachers!

My book Wild Journey will be published on 6th November and to celebrate it I’m doing a free online school event with Seven Stories The National Centre for Children's Books

sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

Authors into Schools: A.M. Dassu - Seven Stories | The National Centre for Children's Books

sevenstories.org.uk

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