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Steve

@stephenh.bsky.social

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Been around the block, retired from education, sort of, not retired from life. Now got time for watercolour painting, riding my bike, and playing blues, though not all at the same time. Been glory hunting with Liverpool since Shankly’s days

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · Apr 15

Not posting anything except this today.
I will be with fellow survivors later today remembering the 97 who died, the hundreds injured and the many survivors who still suffer.
If you are affected by the events of 15/4/89 and need someone to talk to @hillsboroughsu1.bsky.social are there for you.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 8h

Shows where they are coming from doesn’t it. 🤷‍♂️

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 8h

My youngest learnt to read using his uncles’ old Beano and Dandy books. Hated the Biff and Chip books.

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 19h

Nick Gibb. A man who was so underwhelming, that Gavin Williamson was appointed to the post above him.
Williamson‘s tenure was marked by his total absence of leadership, when schools were coping with the pressures of delivering class and virtual lessons during the pandemic pandemic

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 19h

Will you be stocking Kevlar vests, buffs and combat kecks in extra extra large and upwards, as well?
Both sides dontcha know😉

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 19h

Is it too much to hope that the minister goes out into lots of schools and actually talks to teachers and seeks their professional opinions on where she can bring about change in the system for the better?

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 19h

If you are taught to use spreadsheets by populating cells with hours of inputting dummy data, you quickly lose any enthusiasm.
However, if you are shown how a spreadsheet can save you time and allow you to create good graphs and charts, you are more likely to want to use them.

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 19h

Teaching a new skill, be it reading to kids, or using spreadsheets to teachers, relies on getting the learner whho is investing time and energy on acquiring the skill to see that there is a decent return/reward on their investment. Teachers were reluctant to adopt IT, as it was seen as a chore

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 20h

I believe it is a quote attributed to Josef Goebbels🤔

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

Abolition of stamp duty would be worth £80,000 to the average person whose girlfriend buys him a £900,000 second home in Clacton

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 20h

Teaching Reading is also about bringing kids to understand there is a value in being able to read. It’s about realising that funny stories, crazy poems and journeys of imagination and fantasy are contained in books. If all they experience is the chore of chanting at letters, that value is not there

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 20h

I can understand a ref making errors in the heat of a game. What I don’t understand is VAR making bad or non-calls after supposedly looking at video footage that clearly shows what happened.

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 20h

Farage was a paid employee of Russia TV
That means he too took money from Putin’s regime to spread propaganda

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 1d

How many kids have been put off reading by the tedium of chanting “sounds” while pointing with a lolly ice stick

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 1d

If Brexit is so unpopular, why would the media have us believe that Farage is popular, when he lied and foisted this upon us along with others on the Tory far right

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 1d

Strava, once a fairly usable free version, in return for accessing your data, has increasingly paywalled features which make it increasingly hard to use your own data. Your data is the value in the company. They have it and want to charge you silly money to access it

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Explain it to me quickly: why are runners and riders freaking out about a feud between Strava and Garmin?

Strava, the Instagram for exercise, is suing Garmin for allegedly copying its features. Josh Taylor explains it to Miles Herbert

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 1d

He has no shame, only greed

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 1d

Honest Bob Jenrick is already preening himself for the leadership with his far right wolf whistles (like dog whistles only they are audiblel)