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Sue Cowley

@suecowley.bsky.social

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UK based writer / teacher / CPD provider / presenter. I help to run a preschool. I love gardening and my allotment. She/her. Author of 30+ books for teachers. Please contact me via my website for CPD/INSET bookings and writing queries. www.suecowley.co.uk

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm doing a couple of giveaways to celebrate the upcoming new school year! This first #giveaway is for my @bloomsburyed.bsky.social book on #behaviour. Like and repost to enter (UK only). Winner picked next Saturday. Please share! Thank you. #freebie

Sue Cowley's book Getting your Class to Behave

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 3h

Carrots and leeks from the #allotment. ☺️🌱

Big pile of small and medium carrots and some leeks on a silver draining board.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4h

this was why I did this - was checking my hunch that this place just works better for me so I could answer the question an editor posed with "no"

bsky.app/profile/jonn...

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4h

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 4h

Do you think Labour might notice that almost the exact same % they lost went to the Greens and Lib Dems here? 🤷‍♀️

Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 1d

❗ Reform GAIN from Labour

Yesterday's Lloyds and Corby Village (North Northamptonshire) council by-election result:

REF: 38.5% (+2.1)
LAB: 32.4% (-11.8)
GRN: 18.9% (+9.7)
LDEM: 5.8% (+1.5)
CON: 4.4% (-1.5)

+/- 2025

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack

"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

andrewteale.me.uk

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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 16h

Still making, still learning, still experimenting, still chasing.
www.darrellwakelam.com
#edusky #sculpture #artwork #recycle

A model of a T-Rex made entirely from recycled toilet roll tubes. Pictures show a simple head, made from one tube, and a complete 3D sculpture, something a little more complex, and made from many tubes.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 5h

There's a very weird kind of Stockholm syndrome created by Ofsted and I wish people wouldn't buy into it. I understand why they feel trapped into doing that though.

Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 5h

Yes I'm always a bit taken aback by boasting about data like progress 8 or Ofsted results because surely people understand the damage competition around accountability does.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 5h

It probably was but those flags in the windows are plain tacky and if they're going to do it for England they need to do it for all the countries of the UK as well which I've never seen them do.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 5h

When people on edutwitter started saying openly, 'if you don't like it go somewhere else'.

Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 5h

When you come at inclusion via the early years idea of creating an 'enabling environment' then what happens is that you adapt the setting to suit the children rather than trying to adapt the children to suit the setting.

'The child is not for the school; the school is for the child." #EduSky

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6h

Really worrying how much of this stuff we're seeing already *and then I see a schoolsweek article about schools wanting teachers to make their own 'deep fake' videos*. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

This video is AI.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13h

A rat ran across the table at Al Jazeera during a broadcast 🐀 😬

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6h

This IPSOS chart is why I think it's a big mistake for Farage to publicly turn on teachers. A politician said what? 😒

Most trusted professions chart with teachers highly trusted in 5th place with 85% and politicians obviously right at the bottom on 11%. Nurses are the most trusted.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6h

#EduSky

Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 6h

Sue, have you seen the research on emotional burden on ND children in schools? The research team (incl CYP) has identified & validated a list of ‘commonly upsetting experiences’ that contribute to poor MH - see page 10. Shows schools what to tweak?

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Emotional burden in school as a source of mental health problems associated with ADHD and/or autism: Development and validation of a new co‐produced self‐report measure

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you. That looks very interesting.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6h

I'm fascinating by this photo. Surely it can't be real and yet it appears that it is? Talk about tacky/flagshagger territory. Eww.

The Economist @economist.com · 6h

An election defeat is not the only way Sir Keir Starmer might exit office. He could decide he’s had enough and resign. Or he could be ousted by a coup within his own Labour Party. But this is what gamblers reckon

Who might be Britain’s next prime minister?

What the political betting market says

econ.st

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6h

It does really concern me that
education is not understanding the potential impact of the control + punitive approaches on well behaved/quiet children. It's why I became a school refuser as a child. It can breed anxiety. Sorry to hear about your daughter's situation.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

Let's face it the far right are madly cosplaying already. Why shouldn't the frogs and an entire multitude of inflatable animals also get in on the act? 🐸♥️

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm so glad she passed comfortably.

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Marco Koskinen @vankosky.bsky.social · 17h

This is the most hilarious shit. To imagine that millions of 'merican hicks take this seriously is beyond me.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 2d

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

The lack of cope in that tweet is hilarious. They should study this stuff for GCSE English imho.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 17h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

I'm not entirely sure how you solve the year group/developmental trajectory issue without upending the system though? Probably need to start with 'expected standards' but then you get into the 'soft bigotry of low expectations' thing.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

The amount of gold in the background at the White House is basically a metaphor for how lost the plot is for Trump. 😒

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

I came across @jeremyjenkins.net quite early on in joining #bluesky and I think it's really cool how he's nurtured his obvious love of making chocolates on here. Bravo!

Jenkins’ Emporium @jenkinsemporium.bsky.social · 5d

✨ Meet our Gold Speculoos chocolates ✨

A blonde chocolate shell, spiced speculoos blonde chocolate ganache, and a delicate white chocolate speculoos biscuit at the base.

Perfect for treating yourself, or gifting someone special! Available in our luxury pick & mix chocolate boxes! 🍫💛

Many shiny copper and light brown chocolates view from above. One is sliced in half, revealing a light brown ganache and a biscuit.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

This ⬇️ @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 16h

Teaching Reading is also about bringing kids to understand there is a value in being able to read. It’s about realising that funny stories, crazy poems and journeys of imagination and fantasy are contained in books. If all they experience is the chore of chanting at letters, that value is not there

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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 16h

A young Red-bellied Woodpecker has downey feathers that are just becoming to fill out and is working on the best way to get seeds out of that feeder. 🪶

A young and fuzzy red bellied woodpecker is on the side of a tree figuring out how to get seeds from a feeder in three pictures.

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 16h

I very stupidly grew this and then tried to cook it like sweetcorn rather than popping corn. It didn't taste good. I need to try again and pop it instead!

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