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Stuart Billington
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Secondary Teacher of Physics • Head of Science • Associate AP • SLE • NPQSL

Based in Cheshire, UK

Suggestions of how to get enough time in your day:
The Efficient Teacher, https://stubillington.uk
(including uses of #GoogleAppsScript)

#UKTeaching 🎓
A search of Bluesky has revealed a handful of messages about it, by no more. I hope part of the process includes asking if there was sufficient response from teachers and parents to make draw valid judgements or if it is all just from bodies who will have limited direct contact with the outcomes.
December 1, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I found out about the review two days after it closed. Over the last week I've asked and yet failed to find any colleague in my school who knew about it, let alone who responded. Most of us are parents as well as teachers and so tick two boxes.
December 1, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Not a surprise, but important to have it confirmed: the outcome of Ofqual's consultation is that students WILL receive equation sheets in GCSE Maths and Physics for the next 3 years, just like the last 3 years. 2025 ones to be published in Dec, but they'll be identical to the 2024 ones.

🎓 #UKEd
Decisions on changes to the assessment of mathematics, physics and combined science GCSEs in 2025, 2026 and 2027
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Due to retirement, we're advertising for a Science teacher for January in our beautiful 11-18 state school in Cheshire. Engaged enthusiastic students, collaborative professional staff, a well-resourced department and intelligent leadership. What's not to like? 😊

🎓 #UKEd #UKEdJobs

Please repost.
Teacher of Science, Macclesfield - Tes Jobs
The Fallibroome Academy, United Kingdom
www.tes.com
September 17, 2024 at 4:05 PM
It's really nice to see the influx happening. I'd given up with Twitter so it's nice to have a community come together here. 😊
August 31, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Before the whirlwind of next week sweeps us up, here's my website devoted to time-saving tips. There are a whole range of things; changing my planner to one that combines week-to-view with year-to-view at the same time has made a massive difference for me, but what could work most for you?

🎓 #UKEd
Home | The Efficient Teacher
Time-saving strategies for teachers: there can be enough hours in the day, you can have a healthy work-life balance!
Stubillington.uk
August 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Stuart Billington
Stealing the moon 🌕
📸 by Daniel Antoniol
August 27, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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August 25, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Here's an example of how easy a search-based list can be. This is for the "UKTeaching 🎓" list, which currently has 395 members but is now updating automatically every hour.
August 24, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Please repost if you think others would find it useful. 📣
August 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Enthusiastic amateur #javascript coder? Like #GoogleAppsScript? Want to know how the #BlueskyAPI works? Browse the script attached to the spreadsheet for snippets.

I'd love to know if you find bugs or make improvements or if you use it as a stepping stone to create something amazing! 😊
August 24, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Finding it harder than it should be to manage #Bluesky followers and lists? Here's my simple yet quite useful (??) alternative using just a #GoogleSheet!

See who you aren't yet following back.

Set search terms for list membership and then have the list membership update automatically, on a timer.
Bluesky (TEMPLATE)
docs.google.com
August 24, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Hi. This might be useful for #1?
stubillington.uk/get-organised
Get organised | The Efficient Teacher
Two tools to transform your time-efficiency.
stubillington.uk
August 24, 2024 at 8:28 AM
The UK Teaching 🎓 feed (bsky.app/profile/stub...) is for all things educational in the UK, showing the last 7 days of #uked, #ukteaching and #ukteachers posts.

There's a UK Teaching 🎓 list (bsky.app/profile/stub...), too. Add yourself to that and you can post to the feed using just 🎓.
August 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Stuart Billington
If you are line managing colleagues this year, here is my summary of the issues we face and what we can do about them...
#UKEd

www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/how-do-...
How do we get line management right?
I want to be a better line manager. Line management meetings are essential for supporting and developing leaders and I have been thinking about how I can get it right next year. However, the more I th...
www.researchtoclassroom.com
August 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Just deactivated my X/Twitter account. Not used it in months, but was holding on to it just in case. However, the vast influx of teachers this week now makes that unnecessary. 😊 #cleanbreak

🎓 #UKEd #EduSky
August 16, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Reposted by Stuart Billington
In honour of re-sharing old blogs - The Art of Questioning

Great teachers use questioning for two key purposes:

1) To promote thinking; and
2) To assess thinking.

Read the blog here👇

evidencebased.education/the-art-of-q...

#EduSky #UKEd #UKTeaching
The Art of Questioning
Questioning is an element of great teaching that offers pedagogical benefits, for both teachers and students.
hubs.la
August 15, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Hi. It's the post that is pinned to the top of the feed that explains what the feed is and how to use it. It's optional.
August 15, 2024 at 8:11 PM
A huge number of teachers have arrived here this week (hello!), all celebrating a jump from Twitter. I've been off Twitter for a while and so am not in touch...did something happen last week to cause everyone to move, or is it just the middle of the holiday? 😂

🎓 #UKEd #EduSky
August 14, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Stuart Billington
For new followers, the link to this document will be shared as a live document on Thursday and updated as the exam boards add info.

Free to all!
Getting ready for Thursday….
August 12, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Teachers...do you use #GoogleApps, and #GoogleClassroom in particular? Did you know you can automate a whole load of time-consuming tasks using #GoogleAppsScript?

Today's example: send out guardian invitations to a whole year group in minutes.
stubillington.uk/automate-gua...

🎓 #uked #EduSky
Automate guardian invitations | The Efficient Teacher
Use Google Apps Script to save hours by automating guardian invitations in Google Classroom instead of manually inviting them one at a time.
stubillington.uk
August 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Stuart Billington
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August 8, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Reposted by Stuart Billington
AQA GCSE Physics equations 👏👏👏👏
#ITeachPhysics
August 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Bsky lists...can be curated manually (Lists>Add new), BUT can also be created from search rules using Skyfeed.app (Lists>Create), which is so powerful! It searches profile descriptions, making it so important to cram these with relevant keywords and tags if you want to be found.
August 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM
In an Input > Tags block. You don't need the #. You can include multiple tags, just separate them with commas. If it isn't working as expected, look at where this block is in the list ...if it isn't at the very top, you'll be filtering the output of a previous block.
August 12, 2024 at 9:10 PM