Liz Allton
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Liz Allton
@lizsaddler.bsky.social
Director of Education Development at Finham Park MAT. D&T teacher.
T1D. Walsall FC.

The Midlands.
Holiday done…
#Kefalonia and #Ithaca for beaches, views, history, food and all the shades of blue
#Greece 🇬🇷
August 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Was it last year when there was a bit more ‘understanding’ by @teachertapp.bsky.social over the summer that you might not be able to keep up but not lose your streak?
660+ streak gone this year 😔
August 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
School’s out for the summer 🍻
#PintsOfBeauty
#VicarsRuin @churchendbeer
July 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I loved hearing from Ron Berger at @wholeeducation.bsky.social conference this morning. I feel like I have talked about the Ethic of Excellence and Austin’s butterfly with colleagues and children for a long time, but still so important…
#BetterForEveryone
June 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Great to watch #Pulp on the #Glastonbury coverage - they should have headlined and had a longer set though
They were Brilliant in Brum last week too!
June 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It was fab wasn’t it!
I was there with my daughter & just driven back to the Midlands
June 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Peloponnese is nice isn’t it? #Greece 🇬🇷
May 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A great day of CPD at @finhamparkmat.bsky.social with @marcrowland73.bsky.social working with our ‘Tackling disadvantage’ co-construction working group. Great input from Marc and so important to have time to reflect on what we do and what we can tweak and do better.
May 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another great day @steplab.bsky.social for the CCL course - launch day for Module 3

I recommend the course if you are leading CPD & Instructional Coaching using Steplab in a school or Trust. I wish I had done it sooner when we started with Steplab a few years ago!

Now back to my Easter holidays…
April 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
End of term.
Cheers ☀️🍻
April 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Finally got to hear @unleashingme.bsky.social speak in person at CST school improvement conference today
What a ‘good egg’!

Thanks @steverollett.bsky.social and all at CST for organising today - lots to think about and take back to @finhamparkmat.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Yesterday we had our first @finhamparkmat.bsky.social ‘oracy school share’ morning hosted by Pearl Hyde Primary and it was brilliant! Inspiring for our others schools to see how their journey with @voice21oracy.bsky.social has developed oracy across the school over the last 2 years
March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This week I had the chance to visit Oasis Academy South Bank for @steplab.bsky.social Hub visit
I have been using Steplab since 2021/22 so great to visit & lots to reflect on and share back with @finhamparkmat.bsky.social
Plus a new Steplab merch item for my collection #onceagraphicsteacheralwaysa
March 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s arrived 🙌
Looking forward to starting to read it this evening @SeanHarris_NE
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just had two great days at We Are In Beta’s Trust Education Leaders Conference hosted by Bright Futures Trust in Manchester. A very useful couple of days.
Even made it back to see the last of the sunshine at Church End Brewery ☀️
February 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A nice quiet half term at home…
spring cleaning, spare room sorting, rugby, lunches, naps and the oldest one back from Uni ❤️
#halfterm

Now to get back into work mode ready for the new half term starting tomorrow #backtoschool
February 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A brilliant ‘Festival of Poetry’ today @finhamparkmat.bsky.social
Thank you to Emma O’T for organising the event and our 4 poets for joining us and running fantastic workshops all day. The students from all 12 schools were superb 👏
#oracy #poetry @voice21oracy.bsky.social @poetrybyheart.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We are looking forward to a Festival of #Poetry on the 12th Feb @finhamparkmat.bsky.social
KS2/3 pupils from our 8 Primary & Secondary schools along with children from 4 other local schools will be working together with poets and sharing their @poetrybyheart.bsky.social poems #oracy
January 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A great day with @steplab.bsky.social in London today on their coaching leadership course #SteplabCCL
@FinhamParkMAT
January 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A brilliant @FinhamParkMAT conference today…
Here are just a few of the photos so far
- 3 main keynotes
- 40+ Workshops
- 24 co-construction groups
& lots of connecting/networking during the day #ConnectingLearning
Thanks for hosting @finhampark2.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Love having the #EFL on Sky Sports+ 🙌
Shame #WalsallFC haven’t made it to Bluesky yet though ⚽️
Good win over a good Notts County team
#Saddlers #SuperSaddlers
December 3, 2024 at 9:50 PM
A great couple of gigs in the last few days with @AlltonClara
@fontainesdublin in Notts and @TheSnuts in Brum 🎶
November 30, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I love putting this event together for my Trust… interesting looking at what colleagues are selecting for their workshop choices 🤩#ConnectingLearning #CPD
November 21, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Get Reverend & The Makers to Christmas No.1 & raise money for @samaritans.bsky.social charity
#Revsforchristmasnumber1 reverendandthemakers.lnk.to/lnphonecall
November 19, 2024 at 11:40 PM
We will remember them
#ArmisticeDay2024
#Remembrance
November 11, 2024 at 11:06 AM