Beautiful sunrise over York Minster

Beautiful sunrise this morning in York.

An image of York from our hotel window

In our favourite place for our 8th wedding anniversary. ❤️

There's this guy called Trump...

"Orthographic Skeletons”: Can children start learning how a word is spelled before they've seen it in print? Why oral vocabulary predicts reading ability.

If you are interested in early reading / literacy, this is another must-read from @carlhendrick.substack.com. Really Interesting research which I think will strike a chord with many primary teachers.

open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

I know of many (including @bennewmark.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @primarythink.bsky.social @ka81.bsky.social) who are #SEND, #SEMH & #Inclusion advocates.
I genuinely believe the 4 principles of EYFS are essential throughout ALL education.
@suecowley.bsky.social
@ruthswailes.bsky.social

#EduSky Has anyone seen blog posts about "Experts at Hand" for the UK SEND reforms?

@rlrossi64.bsky.social @mrjlauder.bsky.social @primarythink.bsky.social @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social @professor-dave.bsky.social @alexjquigley.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @panspandasuk.bsky.social

4 years ago, I'd put out a new blog post and get a thousand reads over Friday and Saturday.

Now, on Bluesky and LinkedIn, I get 36 reads on a Friday night.

Publishing my book in a couple of weeks, with potential to change Edu discourse, and I fear the worst. No one will even know it exists.

The urgent need to tackle growing challenges in the SEND system - The Sutton Trust Unpacking our research on access to SEND support.

✍️ "Both families did the best they could for their children but differing resources and circumstances meant they had very different experiences of the SEND system."

More on the class inequalities in access to SEND support exposed by our research ⤵️

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My only caveat is that common routines and shared techniques still matter, particularly for coherence, workload and novice support.

The issue is not having them, but mistaking them for pedagogy itself, or using them to bypass judgement rather than sharpen it.

Some real food for thought!

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I agree that the trouble starts when leaders reduce teaching to technique selection plus compliance, rather than responsive interaction with pupils, content and context.

Especially where fidelity becomes a substitute for professional thought.

Teaching tricks, fidelity, and the illusion of “best bets” – Christian Moore Anderson Recently, a claim has emerged: if leaders are frustrated with teaching outcomes, the fault isn't the teacher, but the specific techniques (like turn and talk) t

New post!

● Teaching tricks, fidelity, and the illusion of "best bets"

#UKEd #EduSky

christianmooreanderson.com/teaching-tri...

It's just plain wrong to put educators in the position of needing to go to toxic platforms to see government communications with the sector. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @ofstednews.bsky.social

Graphic promoting Neurodiversity Celebration Week (March 16–20, 2026). The design features a rainbow border and the Neurodiversity Celebration Week logo at the top. In the centre is the Thriving Autistic logo — a gold infinity symbol above the words “Thriving Autistic” on a dark blue background. At the bottom is the website www.neurodiversityweek.com .

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week!
We embrace neurodiversity every day — through our free resources, neuro-affirming training, webinars & supportive community events.
Run by & for neurodivergent people, we are helping build spaces where we can all connect & belong.
👉 thrivingautistic.org

As part of our exam equity for neurodivergent students project, CRAE is now inviting UK-based centres with students taking Pearson GCSE examinations to take part in the next phase of this really important project.

If you work at a UK secondary school, could you help?
🧵 read on...
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Hi, I'm Christian, interested in applying enactive cognitive science to teaching and learning.

Callout reads #FFBWednesday: Connecting UK Educators and Education. A matrix shows excellent people involved in education, including worthy BlueSky contributors: 1. @simonebeach.bsky.social, a primary school headteacher 2. @bennewmark.bsky.social, a secondary school teacher 3. @hoylerosemary.bsky.social, a chair of governors 4. @5naureen.bsky.social, a school governor 5. @primaryteachermary.bsky.social, a primary school teacher 6. @nourishworkplce.bsky.social, a supporter for school wellbeing 7. @simonknight100.bsky.social, a special school headteacher 8. @danlyndon.bsky.social, a secondary history specialist / teacher 9. @schoolsweek.bsky.social, a widely respected education newspaper. Footer reads @9000Lives.org

Bringing #FFBWednesday to BlueSky.

For educators ready to build genuine connections:

💫 Like and repost
💫 Comment with your edu bio + #FFBWeds
💫 Follow everyone who participates

Creating the education community BlueSky deserves.

Thanks, Carrie.

Thank you, Sarah.

Thank you.

Thank you, Beckie.

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

"A grizzly horror...'

More than welcome, Cassie.

Really strong piece. You're very clear-eyed about the gap between aspiration and capacity.

I especially liked how you keep returning to the practical test: what actually changes for mainstream schools and families.

Inclusion can't work only on paper, it needs to work in the classroom. Why SEND reform lives or dies on adult attention.

I've rewritten my reactions to the White Paper and the implications for inclusion...

Support staff turnover hits record high, report warns Report recommends government action to help schools recruit staff

Three-quarters of school leaders are struggling to recruit teaching assistants, while support staff are leaving at the highest rate since records began, a report has warned

schoolsweek.co.uk/support-staff-turnover-h...

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If a pupil comes as Spiderman from a comic, or a striker from a season annual, that’s a win. The point is identity as a reader, not costume credibility. Celebrate the spark, build the habit, protect the joy.

If you’re into it, READ into it.

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Some children find their doorway through comics, graphic novels, annuals, match reports, joke books. Great. That’s not ‘lesser’ reading-that’s reading agency. World Book Day should widen the path, not narrow it.

If you’re into it, READ into it - that was the whole theme this year.

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I didn't think we still needed to discuss this.

World Book Day isn’t a purity test. Comics count. Annuals count. Football mags count. If a child is choosing words, stories, characters, facts-then they’re reading. Gatekeeping ‘real books’ is how you make reading feel arduous. Let them in.

Ivya Scott delivering a powerful speech as she tells her story of how WASPI have been treated.

300,000 women have died waiting for their compensation.

NEU stands with WASPI women. #TUCWomen2026 #SmashingTheStatusQuo