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Ess-Kharn
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•Former primary school teacher now part of the corporate world •Still a teacher at ♡ • Still interested in all things education • 🖤😺🔢📚 • *Views my own*
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Interested in the 'How Teaching & Learning Happens' course? Join @carlhendrick.substack.com and I for these free webinars:
- 27/2 at 4pm GMT Retrieval
- 6/3 at 4pm GMT Scaffolding
- 13/3 at 4pm GMT Checking for Understanding
- 20/3 at 4pm GMT Questioning
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February 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Excellent poem by #MichaelRosen describing what may become of #Gaza
January 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The right hand and left hand are missing.

That's because neither knows what the other is doing.
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.
December 11, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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The lies of Sir Martyn Oliver, a thread in many parts, presented on the day after the second anniversary of the death of Ruth Perry I will use verifiable sources to show how, during yesterday’s accountability hearing, Sir Martyn lied in nearly every way imaginable..
January 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Call for participants Hoping you can help!
Chairs of Governing Boards/Headteacher/CEOs in English state school system. For doctoral study, focus ‘The relationship between the chair & the exec leader in the English school system’ UoL Ethics Ref: 17213
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lincoln/a-...
January 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Bit of a long shot but could anyone who works in Brum share what an M6 teacher's take home pay would be please? Thanks!
September 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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FREE online CPD for all educators
Challenging #Islamophobia in the Classroom
Join myself and @iamsharonmorgan.bsky.social and 8 incredible guest speakers
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August 26, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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I found & completed another draft blog.

I can’t remember why I wrote it, I think a child told me #Science was boring 😂

Read ‘The “Boredom” Myth’ below👇

bit.ly/4cB45D1

As always, questions & criticisms welcome 🙏

#EduSky #UKEd #primarysky #eduprimary #eduskyprimary #primaryedusky #primaryrocks
The “Boredom” Myth
Decadent young woman. After the dance, 1899 - Ramon Casas This blog ramble reflects on the importance of a disciplinary approach to subject learning and how it can begin to erode the myth of boredom i...
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August 22, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Have just finished rewriting the overview for a weekly picturebook assembly which focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion. It's still a work in progress but please feel free to use and adapt. All shares appreciated! The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
August 22, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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Excellent blog on reading a complex text (using a geography example) to exemplify a helpful disciplinary literacy approach by @jdurran.bsky.social

jamesdurran.blog/2024/08/19/d...
Disciplinary literacy: reading a challenging text in the classroom
This post unpacks a typical approach to reading a challenging text, in this case in a geography lesson. It also describes a number of practices associated with strong ‘adaptive teaching’. Reading chal...
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August 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Forgive me but I’m a tad excited to finally have a copy of my book in my hands!
Thank you to everyone who has supported me to get to this point!
August 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM
My feed looks very much like the good old days of EduTwitter and I like it A LOT! ✨️🥹
August 17, 2024 at 8:41 PM