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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 18h

The proof is in the pudding… and the pudding says we make a real difference for trusts! 🍮

See what our partners have to say about working with us: www.independentthinking.co.uk/mats/

Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven't, you should! Dr Andrew Curran - paediatric neurologist, neurobiologist, and master of the brain in education. Helping teachers see the child behind the behaviour. Get him into your school!

Discover our inspiring CPD & INSET speakers here: www.independentthinking.co.uk/speakers/

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Independent Thinking Press @itpressuk.bsky.social · 2d

Over the past few years, we've shared a Thunk a week on our social media during term time—thanks to a collaboration with @crownhousepub.bsky.social and Thunks creator @itlworldwide.bsky.social.

(For the uninitiated: #Thunks are philosophical questions designed to make your brain hurt!)

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 3d

Dave McPartlin - a head teacher and leader of authenticity who dares to dream, inspires schools, and transforms communities. Get him into your classrooms!

There’s always another way - discover our inspiring CPD & INSET speakers here: www.independentthinking.co.uk/speakers/

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 3d

Stronger together: we partner with trusts to unlock the full potential of every school.

Find out more here: www.independentthinking.co.uk/mats/

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 5d

I don't like talking about my job. So I lie to people for the inevitable "so what do you do?" question during small talk. My imaginary job is more interesting than my real job, to the point that I'm thinking of quitting my real job and trying my hand at my imaginary one.

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Educators for Peace @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social · 5d

We are here to fill this void. On Monday more than 65 educators joined our online webinar on tackling the far right with anti-racist education. We are following this up with another very soon on building courageous classrooms. All educators welcome. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-...

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Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 5d

"She's the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Archbishop of Canterbury, but she's Mrs Mullally to you."

Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 5d

Have you seen this man? Mark Finnis - transforming school cultures, improving behaviour, and building stronger relationships through Restorative Practice. Get him into your school!

There’s always another way - discover our inspiring CPD & INSET speakers here: www.independentthinking.co.uk/speakers

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 6d

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 7d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

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I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 6d

Headaches for MATs? 😅 We can’t promise a cup of tea will fix it… but working with us comes close!

See how we helped Bath & Wells MAT sort theirs: www.independentthinking.co.uk/mats/

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 7d

“They laughed when I said I’d become an INSET speaker… they’re not laughing now”

The importance of laughter when choosing a keynote speaker

New on the blog

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Laughter and the Keynote | Independent Thinking

Choosing an inspirational keynote speaker for your education conference or INSET day? Make sure they can make the audience laugh as well as learn. Here's why.

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Independent Thinking Press @itpressuk.bsky.social · 7d

All royalties donated to UK cancer charities, get your copy at: buff.ly/iY5jc6N

@blood-lines.bsky.social and @itlworldwide.bsky.social

Blood Lines: Living and dying with cancer – a lyrical journey – Independent Thinking Press

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 7d

Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.

Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.

➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 7d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s what Bath & Wells MAT had to say about our biggest collaboration with over 1,000 educators this year, working with them!

Learn more: www.independentthinking.co.uk/mats/ – and see how we can support your schools.

Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 9d

"It’s the ‘thing with feathers’, according to the poet Emily Dickinson."

Read an exclusive extract from the new edition of Ian Gilbert's seminal text Essential Motivation the Classroom

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Hope and Motivation | Independent Thinking

In this extract from the new edition of Essential Motivation in the Classroom, author Ian Gilbert explores how hope improves motivation, agency and well-being

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 10d

Have you seen this man? If you haven’t, you should — Martin Illingworth is shaking up classrooms and helping teachers prepare students for the real world. Get him into your school!

There’s always another way - discover our inspiring CPD & INSET speakers here: www.independentthinking.co.uk/speakers

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Mahaut H. @mahauth.bsky.social · 10d

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Marghost 👻 @mitildide.bsky.social · 11d

On ne peut pas comprendre Sarkozy, et donc on ne peut pas comprendre la droite contemporaine, sans comprendre le fait que pour eux, "légal/illégal" ne s'applique pas à des faits, mais à des gens. Il y a des coupables même s'ils n'ont rien fait, et des innocents quoiqu'ils fassent.

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Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social · 12d

In which I ask where the idea came from that young people’s reading skills and enjoyment will be improved by stuffing a compulsory reading test into Year 8 … www.linkedin.com/posts/geoff-...

Year 8 state school pupils in England could face mandatory reading tests | Geoff Barton

Baffled Barton of Suffolk: Where on earth did the idea come from that we need a new Year 8 reading text? We know from PISA tests that our primary pupils do pretty well in reading. PISA 2022 reported...

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 12d

Have you seen this man? Meet Mark Creasy - the Independent Thinking legend helping schools work smarter, achieve more, and focus on what really matters.

There’s always another way - discover our inspiring CPD & INSET speakers here: www.independentthinking.co.uk/speakers/

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 15d

Like Gavin and Stacey and American democracy, all good things come to an end.

Here are all 142 of the Thursday Thunks we and @crownhousepub.bsky.social posted over the last few years though.

Fill yer boots!

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All the Thursday Thunks | Independent Thinking

How do you get students thinking for themselves? How do you get them to think creatively, critically and philosophically? These 142 Thursday Thunks will help.

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 15d

Like Gavin and Stacey and American democracy, all good things come to an end.

Here are all 142 of the Thursday Thunks we and @crownhousepub.bsky.social posted over the last few years though.

Fill yer boots!

www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/al...

All the Thursday Thunks | Independent Thinking

How do you get students thinking for themselves? How do you get them to think creatively, critically and philosophically? These 142 Thursday Thunks will help.

www.independentthinking.co.uk

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 15d

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

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