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Amy Forrester
@amymayforrester.bsky.social
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Director of Behaviour| @tes Behaviour Columnist| English Teacher| ELE| MA T+L| EdSec Gove fan | author of The Complete Guide to Pastoral Leadership 💗
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Really interesting episode with Nick Gibb

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Did Nick Gibb get it right?
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September 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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New episode!

This week, @amymayforrester.bsky.social and I are joined by one of education's premier thinkers - @carlhendrick.substack.com. Carl has so many great insights on cognitive science and how it is best communicated.

Must listen, tune in and share!

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What three things from cognitive science should every teacher know? With Dr Carl Hendrick
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September 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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WE ARE BACK

Join me and @amymayforrester.bsky.social to welcome the new year with an interview with none other than Nick Gibb!

We ask him whether the Conservative reforms really worked and if the Tories neglected the wider child social care support network 👇👇

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Did Nick Gibb get it right?
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September 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Week 2 and the Edu league is taking shape.

We won’t talk about where I am. In my own league. Embarrassing myself 🙃
August 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.
August 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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LAST CALL FOR WEEK 1 🔔🔔🔔
August 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Someone’s sent me a DM on here but I can’t read it because the stupid add won’t verify my age. So, if it’s you, sorry!
August 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Get signed up this week before you miss week 1 ✅
August 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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When you bump into @nimishlad.bsky.social at Old Trafford.
August 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Another shout for this. Please repost so we get a good league going 🙌🏼
August 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I’ve set up the great Edu Twitter/Blueskye FPL league once again. Details below:

fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...

Code: j9zyto

Everyone welcome 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2025/26. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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There’s 45 of us currently - come and join and get involved
August 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Taking on a new pastoral role this September?

Wanting to move towards a pastoral role this year in your career development?

This little book might just help you out 👇🏻

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The Complete Guide to Pastoral Leadership: A compendium of essential knowledge, research and experience for all pastoral leaders in schools
This isn’t your average book about pastoral care – it is a no-nonsense exploration of the knowledge base that excellent pastoral practitioners, be they aspiring, new, or experienced, need to excel in ...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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I’ve set up the great Edu Twitter/Blueskye FPL league once again. Details below:

fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...

Code: j9zyto

Everyone welcome 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League
Official Fantasy Premier League 2025/26. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.
fantasy.premierleague.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Spot the doggo
August 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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If we are all having to verify our ages for apps like YouTube, Spotify and BlueSkye, what’s stopping this government making insta, tiktok, Snapchat etc properly age restricted? They’re doing just as much, if not more, damage to children than porn. Someone needs to act.
July 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Really good episode with excellent food for thought for any senior leader trying to embed consistency in T&L across a sch alongside maintaining subject rigour and validity.

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What is genericism, and why is it so important? With Christine Councsell
They Behave For Me · Episode
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July 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Celebrating the end of term by getting my new piercing jewellery installed 🙌🏼
July 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Big shout out in this for @sketchplanations.bsky.social
Cartoon which I reference as in this podcast with @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @amymayforrester.bsky.social Plan your teaching this way. Deliver SEN adaptations to all. Harmful to None, Beneficial for Many, Essential for Some.
Sketchplanations cartoon. Designing for disabilities makes things better for everyone. Picture shows A cut curb for a wheelchair user is also beneficial for those with… luggage trollies, heavy suitcases, pushchairs, bikes, skateboards, poor mobility etc.
July 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Mam: Amy why’s that man in a mask?

Me: you mean Papa?

Mam: Papa what?

Me: that’s Papa. He’s the leader of the satanic cult. He’s a demonic anti pope.

Mam: this is all because I bought you Kerrang when you were 10 isn’t it?

Me: worship.
July 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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I’m getting out of bed at 10pm on a Friday to go pick my mam up from a gig. This is payback for the teenage years isn’t it
June 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Not only did I book a piercing in stupid weather, I’m also off to a gig in the world’s hottest venue tonight. Pray for me.
June 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I managed to book a new piercing for the hottest vilest day of the year. What a bloodbath that was 😂
June 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Regular pod listeners will know @adamboxereducation.bsky.social told me sash windows were some kind of heat hero. Can confirm he was chatting nonsense. I’m dying over here.
June 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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C’mon #EduSky - give @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @amymayforrester.bsky.social some good questions!
adamboxereducation.bsky.social Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · Jun 20
We are going to do Question Time next week, and would dearly like to highlight questions from BlueSky. If you've got any, drop them here or email me at adam@carousel-learning.com!
adamboxereducation.bsky.social Adam Boxer @adamboxereducation.bsky.social · Jun 20
What have the unions ever done for us?

NEW EPISODE in which we are joined by the NASUWT's Neil Butler to discuss unions, politics, PISA, school funding, Wales and much more!

Tune in and share 🙏

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June 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM