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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile Jenrick’s fuming, apparently he hasn’t seen one white chocolate bar since he’s been there.

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate

Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Pemberton @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social · 2d

Such a wonderful day ❤️

Kathryn Solly @roddi33.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday I celebrated my swansong with family & friends at my book
launch. Huge thanks to all those who attended who were aged 2.5 years to a few in the upper mature ranges. We had a lovely time being shown round Mary Hare Primary School for the Deaf who so generously hosted the launch.

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SIREN FILMS @sirenfilms.bsky.social · 3d

Our new film all about sustainability made with @laurahallain.bsky.social & @grovenursery.bsky.social can now be found in our EY Video Library- along with over 500 clips all about child development. www.sirenfilms.co.uk/pricing/
#sustainability #earlyyears #newfilm #EYvideolibrary

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 3d

Children's books to encourage critical and creative thinking skills with titles by Oliver Jeffers, Alice James, Alex Frith, Petr Horáček, Hannah Peck, John Condon, Leo Timmers, The School of Life & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/think... #kidlit #booktwitter #teachertwitter

Books to encourage critical and creative thinking skills

Children's books to encourage critical & creative thinking skills, with titles by Oliver Jeffers, Petr Horáček, Hannah Peck & more.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 4d

A visit to The World of James Herriot in Yorkshire: a unique blend of animal companions, mutually supportive communities, ancient monuments& green rolling countryside. Visitors can take a walk with the gentle spirit of the author& discover the real story behind ‘All Creatures Great and Small.’

All Creatures Great and Small: a Yorkshire phenomenon

The stories of Yorkshire-based vet ‘James Herriot’ are renowned. A Thirsk museum offers a fascinating insight into his life and times

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Kathryn Solly @roddi33.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday I celebrated my swansong with family & friends at my book
launch. Huge thanks to all those who attended who were aged 2.5 years to a few in the upper mature ranges. We had a lovely time being shown round Mary Hare Primary School for the Deaf who so generously hosted the launch.

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Muddy Faces @muddyfaces.co.uk · 5d

Forest School Principle 2
Forest School takes place in a woodland or natural wooded environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world.

Free flyer at checkout or download: muddyfaces.co.uk/outdoor-hub/...

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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 4d

A walk up Castle Crag:
www.andrewswalks.co.uk/castle-crag-...

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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 5d

When we were giants -we can be again #Uk #cablestreet www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/... #londonmuesum

A red plaque to commemorate In October 4th 1936, thousands of Londoners gathered to stop Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists marching through the East End.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 5d

❄️ A glacier-free Sierra Nevada is unprecedented

New evidence shows that glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada disappearance would be the first in recorded geological time.

🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪

Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene

The projected loss of glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada is likely unprecedented in at least the past 30,000 years.

doi.org

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 5d

The airport has been closed again after drones were spotted overhead
trib.al/kuCcu1O

Munich Airport closed by drones for the second straight day

Drone incidents across Europe have ramped up in recent weeks, leaving many on edge and pointing the finger at Russia

inews.co.uk

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Gillian Judson, PhD @perfinker.bsky.social · 10d

Join me for this FREE online learning session with 5 inspiring Indigenous Educators this Truth and Reconciliation Day. Tuesday, September 30 4 PM PST / 7 PM ET 🧡
outdoorlearning.com/event/indige...

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Noshi.A100 @noshi-a100.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning everyone. Wishing you all a kind week ahead. Have a great start to the week today and keep on being your amazing selves❤️
#teacher5oclockclub #EduSky

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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 10d

Morning all, foggy out there, drive safe.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10d

UK photographer Shirley Baker, Hulme, Manchester, 1965 #WomensArt #Monday

Photograph of a 1960s British street in which two small white girls in dresses play, one swings from a lampost on a homemade swing using rope while the other watches

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Froebel Trust @froebeltrust.bsky.social · 13d

Join Rachna Joshi, Early Years Educator and Writer at the Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging this November!

📅 Saturday 8 November
🕘 9.30am - 4pm
📍 John McIntyre Centre

Rachna will talk about identity, relationships and the wider world through a Froebelian frame.

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Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social · 11d

On art education: “Starmer’s ‘new, hopeful, modern story of Britain’ is still waiting to be written. And unless we rescue art from the margins of the curriculum, there may soon be no one left who knows how to sketch it out” … observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Children starved of art lose their creative spark – and t...

You can’t buy a crayon with the amount spent on arts education in some schools – leaving pupils without the skills for tomorrow’s jobs

observer.co.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12d

Next train services to return to public ownership revealed as government delivers railways reset

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Next train services to return to public ownership revealed as government delivers railways reset

West Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, Chiltern Railways and Great Western Railways set to integrate into Great British Railways.

www.gov.uk

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11d

Magpie Morning’ by contemporary UK #printmaker Annie Soudain #WomensAr

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11d

Suzie MacKenzie, contemporary printmaker who lives and works in the northern highlands of Scotland #WomensArt

Print featuring bare trees with crows flying above against a pinky blue morning sky

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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · 12d

💬 "In England today, access to high-quality early education depends far too often on a family’s circumstances rather than on a child’s needs."

More on why the childcare system needs to be reformed ⤵️

Access to early education is the first line of defence against inequality - The Sutton Trust

Discussing the importance of improving access to early education and childcare.

www.suttontrust.com

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 11d

That's not 'the soft bigotry of low expectations' it's just being realistic about the level of complexity going on for people working in education atm. Literally nobody wants more bloody tests or those complicated Ofsted score cards. 🤦‍♀️

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 11d

What would I do if I had any influence on education policy?

Well first I would tell the DfE to calm down on the demands and the 'driving up' of everything because the people I meet on the ground are all telling me that meeting actual children's needs must come first. ⬇️ #EduSky

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 12d

Lisa Benson (New Zealand Artist, born 1966)
"Lunar Light", 2019.
Linocut Print, 37.5 × 48.5 cm.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 12d

Obviously academies can opt out of the NC which could also be a factor in any decrease.

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