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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Aug 8

Still here in Chester. Not ready for them to leave yet!

Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jul 12

I notice when running past canal fishermen that I never see phones. Or books though tbh. There must be some special kind of fishing zen.

Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · May 4

Ooh, I haven’t seen that before. Just perfect. ❤️

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · May 4

They’re here! Arrived late last night and now circling our heavy grey skies. Busy with nest-making industry.

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Apr 30

Will do!

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ooh, lucky, and the perfect skies for them. No sign yet in Chester. My annual jubilant WhatsApp message to my husband tells me that we’re still a week early for their arrival in the NW.

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Apr 28

Mission: accomplished!

What an experience. Thank you to all the supporters and sponsors, you really made it ❤️.

If you could spare a few £ in sponsorship for @ukyouth.bsky.social we’d both be hugely grateful 🙏

www.givengain.com/project/mela...

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Apr 25

#LondonMarathon finishing touches underway. Hot = hydration…

Start time 11:20
Bib number 73387
You can follow the gory details on the TCS London Marathon app

Any extra sponsorship pennies for @ukyouth.bsky.social would be hugely appreciated 🙏

www.givengain.com/project/mela...

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Mar 8

What a milestone and what a glorious day for it - a big parkrun round of applause for you! Love the cape!!

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 27

And old door handles as tool hooks. Genius!

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 27

Swoon, what a beauty ❤️

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 26

Yep, but it wasn’t long for this world anyway to be honest. Eowyn has just hastened its end. And made a big mess doing it!

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 26

No sign of ruby slippers sadly #Eowyn.

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 12

Update: after a wintry trot through the forest, I can confirm that snow runs are the best. Fingers be damned.

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 12

Snow-watch at the plot. The cold frame has succumbed and the pond ice is weight-bearing. But the greenhouse stands majestic and the plucky daffs are poking through.

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 11

Cold, slippery training runs this week, with many more miles on the horizon…

I’m running the London Marathon for UK Youth and any sponsorship you can spare would will help them extend their life-changing work 🙏⬇️
www.givengain.com/project/mela...

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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · Jan 11

Just a few weeks left to apply for our regional director roles, or as the founding managing director of a new HEI.

Career defining roles. A lovely team. A chance to have a big impact. The opportunity to work with brilliant leaders across your region and nationally.

Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · Dec 20

We’re looking for great people to join our team and help ensure that all children can enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.

You’ll get the chance to work with brilliant people in a region to improve the coherence of support families and kids receive.

Have a look!

www.reachfoundation.uk/join

Join us — The Reach Foundation

www.reachfoundation.uk

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Jan 9

schoolsweek.co.uk/what-schools...

Education must not adopt a 'startup mentality'

But the sector can move faster from idea to implementation with due care

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Dec 28

The latest allotment must-have: a bus stop greenhouse (not mine, sadly)

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Dec 16

On the beauty of school collaboration www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Reposted by Melanie Renowden

Gráinne Hallahan @heymrshallahan.bsky.social · Dec 2

The best bit of teaching - that “I made a difference” feeling. A third have it every day, and another third a few times a week.

How many jobs get to say that?

@teachertapp.bsky.social results onelink.to/teachertapp

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Nov 28

Interesting analysis, enjoyably readable & features another eg of seemingly eternal truth that HTs/SLT report over-rosily on what’s going on for their teachers compared to the teachers themselves. Same in our report on mentoring in schools.
For leaders: it’s probably worse than you think 😬

Teacher Tapp @teachertapp.bsky.social · Nov 22

📢 The Schools Surveys Behaviour Barometer report is now live!

Download the full report for data-backed strategies to improve behaviour—and try our Behaviour Barometer free trial to to see where your school stands.
👉 bit.ly/Behaviour_Barometer_Report

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Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Nov 21

We’ve got a great webinar lined up for anyone involved in teacher preparation or development, bringing together our recent research findings. You can sign up below - do come along, questions/feedback v welcome. #EduSky

events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f91975...

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

events.teams.microsoft.com

Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Nov 20

Nine month a year gwender-sufferer 🙋🏻‍♀️

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Nov 20

Word of the Day is ‘gwenders’, from old Cornish dialect: a disagreeable tingling in the extremities (or no sensation at all) due to extreme cold.

Melanie Renowden @melanierenowden.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thank you! But I should fess up that Pont y Bala has the major advantage of being a dead flat out-and-back on a totally smooth path. They seem to pretty much expect a PB from everyone!

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