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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Sep 6

I will have to check that one out!

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Nils Wilcke @nilswilcke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Macron s'est assis sur deux études récentes déconseillant le déplacement de la tapisserie de Bayeux pour la prêter aux Britanniques, révèle Le Monde. "On fait confiance aux experts pour trouver des solutions, on en trouve dans plein d’autres domaines", balaye l'Elysée www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...

Prêt de la tapisserie de Bayeux : Emmanuel Macron, au nom de la raison d’Etat, a passé outre à deux études récentes déconseillant le déplacement de la broderie

Deux rapports publiés en 2021 et en 2022, dont « Le Monde » a pris connaissance, alertent quant aux risques générés par le transport de l’œuvre millénaire qui doit être exposée à Londres, en septembre...

www.lemonde.fr

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Aug 27

One prompt in the tourist office just says, say why you're there. Many wouldn't have a scooby with that one

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've looked at all the samples. The prompts are so broad e.g. ask a question about the menu. My big worry is that pupils will still struggle with ideas of what to say. I'm not as bothered about the shoe-horned "small talk" to fulfill criteria. No exam question is 100% realistic

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yes

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SCILT @scilt.bsky.social · Aug 27

European Day of Languages takes place next month! How are you celebrating in 2025? Visit the SCILT website for activities, games, downloadable resources and lots of ideas for primary, secondary and families: https://loom.ly/29VkIyk #coeEDL

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Aug 27

I know. But trying to write some sensible prompts in nigh on impossible

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm making some practice roleplays for my gcse kids, and it's doing my head in. It's a restaurant roleplay F and I can't ask them to ask where the toilets are because toilets isn't on the vocab list.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Jun 24

As it's in the news again - this is the post I wrote a few months ago on why the disability benefits bill has been going up.

Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

The definition of madness

Governments need to stop making the same incredibly expensive mistake over and over again

open.substack.com

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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yes! A new quote for my classroom.

Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Jun 19

“Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world.”

Rumi

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Jun 19

Nice!

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks. I'll check it out

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Jun 18

@joedale.bsky.social I was wondering what your thoughts are on the AI bots for practising conversation? I need to brush up my spanish and would like to do something in between real life tutor sessions

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Beth @bethlingual.bsky.social · Jun 18

New blog post! 💡

bethlingual.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-...

#MFLBluesky

How I embed phonics in my teaching

Phonics needs to be taught explicitly. This is particularly true when we have very little teaching time per fortnight, and especially for le...

bethlingual.blogspot.com

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Jun 18

And the amount of CEO pay and consultants... Funding? Not sure that has been solved. Government seems to just invent a % that has to be saved, whether it's realistic or not. And universities are in a mess. Hmm, so probably actually pessimistic at the minute

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Jun 18

Mixed. We've come a long way since I started teaching in 98 in terms of understanding how learning works BUT. I worry about the insane no. of exams that are deemed necessary at gcse. I haven't heard anything that suggests we're close to solving SEND issues. I don't think all trusts are good. 1 /2

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · May 20

What do you think needs to happen to ks4?

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · May 9

You can’t “try harder” your way out of chronic illness.

You can’t “healthy diet” your way out of chronic illness.

Disability is not your fault. It’s not a moral failing.

Absolutely we should do whatever we can to be healthy, but folks need to accept that disability can & will happen to everyone

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · May 8

Amen to that. I'm beyond sick of this

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Alex Bellars 🇵🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱 @alexbellars.bsky.social · May 3

Thread. 😬

Terence Eden @edent.tel · May 3

You receive a call on your phone.

The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · May 3

This remains imho the wrong strategy. Reform voters will always push for more. And Farage is justified when he keeps putting immigration at the centre of his campaign.
Labour needs to attack Farage where he is weak, instead of following his narratives.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · May 3

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.

Starmer Plots Harder Line on Migration to Counter Farage Threat

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · May 3

Sorted. You'll have it done by teatime.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · May 3

Since the election win Labour have

1. Appeased the far right

2. Delivered otherwise good policy ideas in a bad way e.g. WFA

3. Targeted the disabled with cuts instead of the richest with a wealth tax

The result? 808 Reform councillors

Labour need to change direction and be less cruel, fast

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We Teach MFL @weteachmfl.bsky.social · Apr 27

🚨 Just uploaded! New grammar packs for each unit of the first GCSE French module Tu as du temps à perdre ? 🇫🇷✨ Plus, find lesson PPTs & extra activities in our members' area. Go check them out! 📚🎉 #mflbluesky weteachmfl.co.uk

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Jo @joquatsch.bsky.social · Apr 26

I think I might show this to my y7 french class to prove they're not the only ones who have to struggle with silent letters m.youtube.com/watch?v=sOUq...

Silent Letter Day

YouTube video by Michael McIntyre

m.youtube.com

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