andyrichbell.bsky.social
@andyrichbell.bsky.social
Primary School Headteacher.
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.

www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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A wonderful flock of great new books for kids & teens incoming: #kidlituk #ukkidlit
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
The return of Charlie and Lola; the second lives of trees; the dangers of time travel; a YA Bluebeard retelling and more
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Get involved with #AntiBullyingWeek (10th-14th Nov) in your school with this collection of excellent resources for primary and secondary…
Anti-Bullying Week – Best ideas, activities & resources for 2025
Get involved with Anti-Bullying Week in your school with this collection of excellent resources for primary and secondary...
www.teachwire.net
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This poem from Whatever You Do, Just Don't is for anybody who's had to clear a house, who's found objects that must have had significance for someone no longer here to tell their story....
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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🚨 Reform the National Funding Formula 🚨

Previous changes to the NFF have had a disproportionately negative impact on schools in deprived areas.

We're calling for it to be reformed to rebalance funding back towards schools that need it the most.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I am coming to SHOREHAM

- a few tickets left here

www.chapter34.co.uk/event/an-eve...
An evening with Robin Ince – Chapter 34
www.chapter34.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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With the new academic year approaching, this picturebook assembly overview might be useful to people. The suggested books cover themes around empathy, inclusion and diversity, and are all texts I've used in the classroom. Any shares appreciated. Link here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
August 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Farewell & thanks for everything Captain James Lovell. Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot - arguably NASA’s boldest mission - Commander & survivor of the ill fated Apollo 13. I’ve met few people more inspiring or more generous with their legacy. God Speed, safe flight. #AdAstra #NASA
August 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.

Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Lucy and Richard with their art - bought a print from both of them - as you know by now the SOLD Shop in Shoreham by Sea is mighty

soldshop.org.uk
June 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Successive governments have been working out increasing ways of making protest into terrorism - as we’ve seen, planning peaceful protest can carry hefty sentences - now that is cancel culture
June 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🚨 The Government has just announced that free school meals eligibility will be expanded to cover all children living in households that receive Universal Credit.

This is a very positive move, marking a significant step towards taking hunger out of the classroom 👇🧵
June 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Breaking: All children from households eligible for universal credit will be offered free school meals in what the prime minister has hailed as a 'historic moment'

But schools will not receive additional pupil premium funding

schoolsweek.co.uk/free-school-...
Free school meals extended to all on universal credit
All children from households eligible for universal credit will be offered free school meals in what the prime minister has hailed as a 'historic moment'
schoolsweek.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Our new poetry and music album is out
Today is release day of the Normally Weird Associates album Weirdly Normal - @racheltaylorbeales.bsky.social and I have created an album of music and poetry and it is here

normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com/album/weirdl...
Weirdly Normal, by Robin Ince and Rachel Taylor-Beales
13 track album
normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Have just spent a couple of very enjoyable hours dipping into these for the umpteenth time. Every primary school teacher needs to read them, not just English leads! @suchmo83.bsky.social explains things with such clarity and purpose.
May 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
An evening with @robinince.bsky.social in Steyning…

Life affirming.
May 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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💬 "We’re no longer even making glacial progress towards closing the gap – we’re going backwards."

The gap in outcomes between pupils from richer and poorer backgrounds is unacceptable.

Concerted efforts is needed to level the playing field.
Ten ways to close the attainment gap - The Sutton Trust
School leaders' union, ASCL, detail a list of practical policies to close the attainment gap.
www.suttontrust.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This deserves another repost.
April 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Reading is a radical act. Every time a child picks up a book, new possibilities open up that were not there before. And it has the biggest positive impact of all factors on children's life chances! Every time you help a kid to read for pleasure, you will change their lives FOREVER. #literacy #books
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Have just made a couple of tweaks to my list of picturebooks that could be used in assemblies. They all link to key dates and events, and promote diversity, inclusion and empathy. Please feel free to download and adapt. The link can be found here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
March 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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💬 "The drag and lag of disadvantage holds all children back."

Former Education Recovery Commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, explains how helping disadvantaged children is key to helping all children succeed 📺 ⬇️

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March 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Quick repost about our bedtime library, its made a huge difference to how our youngest children see books and reading. There is a link to a list of fab books at the end. smithsmm.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/t...
The Bedtime Library
This is just a quick share of something that has really worked for us. We wanted to develop children’s love of story and build that breadth of language that children have. We found that a number of…
smithsmm.wordpress.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A few years back I started a small distribution list for people interested in Teaching and Learning updates. It's now over 2000 people so I've moved it somewhere more substantial - if you're interested please sign up here! Retweets appreciated 🙏🙏

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https://shorturl.at/EeN5h
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March 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM