Shehlha Zafir FCCT
@rainbowfcct.bsky.social
Curriculum Director for English at Meridian Trust.
BAMEed East Midlands [email protected]
"... when you know better, do better."
A 21st century curriculum needs revolution not evolution.
BAMEed East Midlands [email protected]
"... when you know better, do better."
A 21st century curriculum needs revolution not evolution.
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The Bridport Prize is offering two fully funded writer residencies in Dorset for writers from The Midlands and/or The North West of the UK who are working class and/or 60+
From Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period.
Details in link.
Please share :)
From Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period.
Details in link.
Please share :)
New! Fully funded writer residencies Working class and/or 60+ - Bridport Prize
bridportprize.org.uk
February 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Bridport Prize is offering two fully funded writer residencies in Dorset for writers from The Midlands and/or The North West of the UK who are working class and/or 60+
From Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period.
Details in link.
Please share :)
From Sunday 22 to Friday 27 June 2025. Writers must be available for the whole period.
Details in link.
Please share :)
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New Year gift of a whole day CPD by me, for FREE to a school with above average PP, SEND, EAL AND is coastal or rural! Ideally not part of a large MAT.
PLEASE DM your figures. Primary/Secondary!
Please repost?
PLEASE DM your figures. Primary/Secondary!
Please repost?
January 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New Year gift of a whole day CPD by me, for FREE to a school with above average PP, SEND, EAL AND is coastal or rural! Ideally not part of a large MAT.
PLEASE DM your figures. Primary/Secondary!
Please repost?
PLEASE DM your figures. Primary/Secondary!
Please repost?
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New post:
Why do we privilege writing over speaking, listening and reading?
open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
Why do we privilege writing over speaking, listening and reading?
open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
Why the rush for written outcomes?
Well hello there, and welcome to update #105!
open.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:55 AM
New post:
Why do we privilege writing over speaking, listening and reading?
open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
Why do we privilege writing over speaking, listening and reading?
open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
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Today's Diverse Educators blog is by Claire Shooter and Monia Sahar Zahid
Addressing the impact of global conflicts
www.diverseeducators.co.uk/addressing-t...
#DiverseEd
Addressing the impact of global conflicts
www.diverseeducators.co.uk/addressing-t...
#DiverseEd
Addressing the impact of global conflicts | Diverse Educators
Schools must always be safe spaces for students, especially in times of global unrest.
www.diverseeducators.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Today's Diverse Educators blog is by Claire Shooter and Monia Sahar Zahid
Addressing the impact of global conflicts
www.diverseeducators.co.uk/addressing-t...
#DiverseEd
Addressing the impact of global conflicts
www.diverseeducators.co.uk/addressing-t...
#DiverseEd
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To all school administrators: What policies are you implementing to address the rising exclusion rates of Black Caribbean students, especially Black girls, in UK schools? These are futures on the line. Equity and inclusion must be a priority.
#Edusky #AntiRacism
#Edusky #AntiRacism
December 9, 2024 at 12:14 PM
To all school administrators: What policies are you implementing to address the rising exclusion rates of Black Caribbean students, especially Black girls, in UK schools? These are futures on the line. Equity and inclusion must be a priority.
#Edusky #AntiRacism
#Edusky #AntiRacism
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1/3 A reminder that schools as employees are expected to consider menopause symptoms as disability when considering their employees working conditions.
It's a strange and complicated case, but a reminder that menopause in schools matters.
#EduSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's a strange and complicated case, but a reminder that menopause in schools matters.
#EduSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teacher awarded £60,000 after forced move worsened menopause
Allison Shearer was unfairly dismissed after being told to move to a school with high levels of violence.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 6:17 AM
1/3 A reminder that schools as employees are expected to consider menopause symptoms as disability when considering their employees working conditions.
It's a strange and complicated case, but a reminder that menopause in schools matters.
#EduSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's a strange and complicated case, but a reminder that menopause in schools matters.
#EduSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Reform GCSE English as a priority ... [including] re-balancing the focus on both written and spoken English with explicit teaching of, and recognition for, spoken language knowledge and skills': Pearson's submission to the ongoing Curriculum & Assessment Review: www.pearson.com/content/dam/...
December 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
'Reform GCSE English as a priority ... [including] re-balancing the focus on both written and spoken English with explicit teaching of, and recognition for, spoken language knowledge and skills': Pearson's submission to the ongoing Curriculum & Assessment Review: www.pearson.com/content/dam/...
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This blog is the heart of WomenEd & our global networks. It’s for our 9th birthday last year and explains what we mean by #10percentBraver. We are gearing up to our 10th birthday. #WomenEd
@vivienneporritt.bsky.social
Kiran Satti
How will you be more brave? 🙋🏽♀️🙆🏻♀️🧕🏼🤰🏻
womened.com/blog/you-wer...
@vivienneporritt.bsky.social
Kiran Satti
How will you be more brave? 🙋🏽♀️🙆🏻♀️🧕🏼🤰🏻
womened.com/blog/you-wer...
You were 10%Braver - Congratulations!
You were 10%Braver - Congratulations!
womened.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:38 PM
This blog is the heart of WomenEd & our global networks. It’s for our 9th birthday last year and explains what we mean by #10percentBraver. We are gearing up to our 10th birthday. #WomenEd
@vivienneporritt.bsky.social
Kiran Satti
How will you be more brave? 🙋🏽♀️🙆🏻♀️🧕🏼🤰🏻
womened.com/blog/you-wer...
@vivienneporritt.bsky.social
Kiran Satti
How will you be more brave? 🙋🏽♀️🙆🏻♀️🧕🏼🤰🏻
womened.com/blog/you-wer...
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I LOVE THIS. South Asian woman wins the Turner Prize by putting a doily on a car. Homage to South Asian nans everywhere. My childhood feels seen. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Jasleen Kaur, 38, wins the Turner prize 2024
The competition’s youngest contestant scoops the award for animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I LOVE THIS. South Asian woman wins the Turner Prize by putting a doily on a car. Homage to South Asian nans everywhere. My childhood feels seen. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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I've been so excited to tell you about this one and now I can! I've been secretly writing an In Action book based on the work of Graham Nuthall and look, it is has a cover and a release date! It's a long way off yet, but do have a check it out... www.johncattbookshop.com/products/nut...
December 4, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I've been so excited to tell you about this one and now I can! I've been secretly writing an In Action book based on the work of Graham Nuthall and look, it is has a cover and a release date! It's a long way off yet, but do have a check it out... www.johncattbookshop.com/products/nut...
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We’re hiring at @collegeofteaching.bsky.social!You'll be at the forefront of recruiting, retaining and engaging members of the sector’s professional body.
Apply, or share with anyone who you think might be interested. Deadline 6th Dec but early apps encouraged. jobs.workable.com/en/view/g727...
Apply, or share with anyone who you think might be interested. Deadline 6th Dec but early apps encouraged. jobs.workable.com/en/view/g727...
Partnerships Manager | Chartered College of Teaching | Jobs By Workable
Join our team as a Partnerships Manager, helping us to support teachers, champion great teaching and raise the status of the profession by helping us continue to grow our membership and retain existin...
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November 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
We’re hiring at @collegeofteaching.bsky.social!You'll be at the forefront of recruiting, retaining and engaging members of the sector’s professional body.
Apply, or share with anyone who you think might be interested. Deadline 6th Dec but early apps encouraged. jobs.workable.com/en/view/g727...
Apply, or share with anyone who you think might be interested. Deadline 6th Dec but early apps encouraged. jobs.workable.com/en/view/g727...
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Hello, new BlueSky followers. In April, I was proud to be asked to chair the Oracy Education Commission.
You can read our final report ('We Need to Talk') here: tinyurl.com/yr9pp9af
And there are dozens of podcast conversations exploring #oracy in its many forms: open.spotify.com/show/5UwEJKk...
You can read our final report ('We Need to Talk') here: tinyurl.com/yr9pp9af
And there are dozens of podcast conversations exploring #oracy in its many forms: open.spotify.com/show/5UwEJKk...
The Commission Conversations
Podcast · The Oracy Education Commission · Commission Conversations are short dialogues, discussions, and debates compiled by the Commission on the Future of Oracy Education in England. They are desig...
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Hello, new BlueSky followers. In April, I was proud to be asked to chair the Oracy Education Commission.
You can read our final report ('We Need to Talk') here: tinyurl.com/yr9pp9af
And there are dozens of podcast conversations exploring #oracy in its many forms: open.spotify.com/show/5UwEJKk...
You can read our final report ('We Need to Talk') here: tinyurl.com/yr9pp9af
And there are dozens of podcast conversations exploring #oracy in its many forms: open.spotify.com/show/5UwEJKk...
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Hey friends! I have started a beautifully imperfect starter pack for folks interested in folks who write on, research & are in other ways interested in equity matters! Please tag folks or tag yourself below so I can build on this & generate a lovely haven of the equity minded!
go.bsky.app/66KJj4m
go.bsky.app/66KJj4m
November 18, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Hey friends! I have started a beautifully imperfect starter pack for folks interested in folks who write on, research & are in other ways interested in equity matters! Please tag folks or tag yourself below so I can build on this & generate a lovely haven of the equity minded!
go.bsky.app/66KJj4m
go.bsky.app/66KJj4m
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Encourage your children to start a banned book club 📕 💙 ❤️
November 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Encourage your children to start a banned book club 📕 💙 ❤️
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7. I don't know if I have an answer, or a point. These are thoughts and feelings. TLDR: I don't think it should be the job of the marginalised to educate their oppressors.
Fin.
Fin.
November 12, 2024 at 10:05 AM
7. I don't know if I have an answer, or a point. These are thoughts and feelings. TLDR: I don't think it should be the job of the marginalised to educate their oppressors.
Fin.
Fin.
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New blog by me provoked by some intense argument about knowledge in education on X this weekend. Spoiler alert: it’s never gone AWOL for many of us & we care deeply about what it looks like in our discipline. www.barbarableiman.com/post/my-take...
My take on the knowledge debate on X (early Nov 2024)
Here are a few thoughts on the knowledge debates on X this week, sparked by Heather Fearn’s comments that ten years ago ‘knowledge was an unacceptable word’ and accusing people questioning this assert...
www.barbarableiman.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:44 PM
New blog by me provoked by some intense argument about knowledge in education on X this weekend. Spoiler alert: it’s never gone AWOL for many of us & we care deeply about what it looks like in our discipline. www.barbarableiman.com/post/my-take...
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Happy Diwali to anyone celebrating today! May the light guide you always xx
a happy diwali card with three lit candles
ALT: a happy diwali card with three lit candles
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Happy Diwali to anyone celebrating today! May the light guide you always xx
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I wrote this partly in response to a tendency of some SLT to read classrooms in generic ways, & so not to notice when generic pedagogies weigh so heavily on a subject that its curriculum can't breathe. 6 yrs on, it's still an issue #CurriculumandAssessmentReview my.chartered.college/impact_artic...
Taking curriculum seriously
Curriculum is all about power. Decisions about what knowledge to teach are an exercise of power and therefore a weighty ethical responsibility. What we choose to teach confers or denies power. To say ...
my.chartered.college
October 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
I wrote this partly in response to a tendency of some SLT to read classrooms in generic ways, & so not to notice when generic pedagogies weigh so heavily on a subject that its curriculum can't breathe. 6 yrs on, it's still an issue #CurriculumandAssessmentReview my.chartered.college/impact_artic...
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Pleased to say that the Easy Read version of the Curriculum and Assessment Review's Call for Evidence now available: consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
Curriculum and Assessment Review
- Department for Education
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
October 23, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Pleased to say that the Easy Read version of the Curriculum and Assessment Review's Call for Evidence now available: consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
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Just spent a brilliant evening at the Lit in Colour event. So many amazing performances - and exposure to writing by global majority playwrights. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/l...
Bloomsbury launches its (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List to support inclusive drama in schools
Bloomsbury today released its (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List aiming to introduce new plays that will support schools to create more representative and inclusive drama experiences within the Engl...
www.bloomsbury.com
October 23, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Just spent a brilliant evening at the Lit in Colour event. So many amazing performances - and exposure to writing by global majority playwrights. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/l...
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Collaboration - Challenge Labs. Exciting & workable ! New educational model - come along and hear how it works from those involved / talking case studies ⬇️⬇️
Collaboration | Challenge Labs – a new educational model (25 Oct.13:00 – 14:00) Free online! The Challenge Lab initiative, an integrated, one-community model for interdisciplinary co-research with students, from diverse subjects. Talking case-studies.Join us! englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...
Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | Challenge Labs - a new educational model (25 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00) | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
englishassociation.ac.uk
October 18, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Collaboration - Challenge Labs. Exciting & workable ! New educational model - come along and hear how it works from those involved / talking case studies ⬇️⬇️
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I have my own copies now! It is still exciting to hold a physical book in your hand that you’ve had a part in creating.
October 19, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I have my own copies now! It is still exciting to hold a physical book in your hand that you’ve had a part in creating.