Christina Astin FCCT FInstP
@christinaastin.bsky.social
Education: partnerships, leadership, coaching, outreach, science, access for all. And singing.
www.astinconsulting.com
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For anyone interested in getting schools working better together for the benefit of children - I made a starter pack! Please let me know if you should be part of it go.bsky.app/J9r2RoW
Reposted by Christina Astin FCCT FInstP
Congratulations to @christinaastin.bsky.social for winning the Phillips Award for outstanding leadership for over 30 years in widening participation in physics, especially for women and girls, through innovative education, outreach and mentoring initiatives with national and international impact. 👏
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Congratulations to @christinaastin.bsky.social for winning the Phillips Award for outstanding leadership for over 30 years in widening participation in physics, especially for women and girls, through innovative education, outreach and mentoring initiatives with national and international impact. 👏
This programme is available for anyone leading partnerships across schools in a Trust, with feeder schools, hub, cross-sector. All welcome!
Thanks @jillberry102.bsky.social 😊
Thanks @jillberry102.bsky.social 😊
Training for those involved in organising/leading school partnerships, from the brilliant @christinaastin.bsky.social. See here for further information: www.astinconsulting.com/product/lead...
Leading Partnerships programme 2025-26 | Astin Consulting
www.astinconsulting.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This programme is available for anyone leading partnerships across schools in a Trust, with feeder schools, hub, cross-sector. All welcome!
Thanks @jillberry102.bsky.social 😊
Thanks @jillberry102.bsky.social 😊
Interesting report and comparison between two great x-sector school #partnerships published this week: epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
There are many choices to be made when setting up an ISSP. Some of my thoughts below…
There are many choices to be made when setting up an ISSP. Some of my thoughts below…
epi.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Interesting report and comparison between two great x-sector school #partnerships published this week: epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
There are many choices to be made when setting up an ISSP. Some of my thoughts below…
There are many choices to be made when setting up an ISSP. Some of my thoughts below…
Excellent article about school #partnerships 👇
Collaboration between #schools to share expertise, resources & more feels like a no-brainer – but how might we actually go about making this effective & sustainable in practice & in the long term. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – advises: buff.ly/cTkbuVi #education #edusky
Building local partnerships between schools: Four guiding principles - SecEd
An article describing how we can build effective local partnerships between schools and make them sustainable long-term
buff.ly
April 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Excellent article about school #partnerships 👇
Reposted by Christina Astin FCCT FInstP
Science Teachers! If you're looking for a relatively cheap leaving present for your Y11s / Y13s, "The Works" sell 3 copies of "Why Don't Things Fall Up?" for £7.50 - that's £75 for 30, free P&P. Or buy a set for your classes next year. It's a great book - don't take my word for it, read the reviews
Why Don't Things Fall Up? By Alom Shaha | The Works
Buy Why Don't Things Fall Up? from The Works. We offer a huge range of savings on Why Don't Things Fall Up?.
www.theworks.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Science Teachers! If you're looking for a relatively cheap leaving present for your Y11s / Y13s, "The Works" sell 3 copies of "Why Don't Things Fall Up?" for £7.50 - that's £75 for 30, free P&P. Or buy a set for your classes next year. It's a great book - don't take my word for it, read the reviews
It was an absolute pleasure to spend the morning with #partnerships colleagues from across the GDST Trust yesterday and to share my thoughts on the 3 S’s of partnerships:
Strategic
Successful
Sustainable
Many thanks for inviting me.
@nghs-gdst.bsky.social (any other #GDST schools here?)
Strategic
Successful
Sustainable
Many thanks for inviting me.
@nghs-gdst.bsky.social (any other #GDST schools here?)
March 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It was an absolute pleasure to spend the morning with #partnerships colleagues from across the GDST Trust yesterday and to share my thoughts on the 3 S’s of partnerships:
Strategic
Successful
Sustainable
Many thanks for inviting me.
@nghs-gdst.bsky.social (any other #GDST schools here?)
Strategic
Successful
Sustainable
Many thanks for inviting me.
@nghs-gdst.bsky.social (any other #GDST schools here?)
An absolute pleasure to join school #partnership leads across GDST this morning to deliver a keynote at the start of their Trust-wide Partnerships Day.
Thanks for inviting me!
Thanks for inviting me!
March 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An absolute pleasure to join school #partnership leads across GDST this morning to deliver a keynote at the start of their Trust-wide Partnerships Day.
Thanks for inviting me!
Thanks for inviting me!
Saved up some reading for today after a busy week…
March 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Saved up some reading for today after a busy week…
Excellent day at the AGBIS conference yesterday & good to have so many #partnerships chats with colleagues there.
March 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Excellent day at the AGBIS conference yesterday & good to have so many #partnerships chats with colleagues there.
Early start for AGBIS conference, but this brought a smile as I walked to the station 🌷
@isc-schools.bsky.social
@isc-schools.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Early start for AGBIS conference, but this brought a smile as I walked to the station 🌷
@isc-schools.bsky.social
@isc-schools.bsky.social
#KentPhysics25 - our doors are open!!!
7 hours of physics teacher CPD about to start. 🌟
7 hours of physics teacher CPD about to start. 🌟
March 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#KentPhysics25 - our doors are open!!!
7 hours of physics teacher CPD about to start. 🌟
7 hours of physics teacher CPD about to start. 🌟
"YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A PHYSICS TEACHER"
Celebrating #IWD25 and #BritishScienceWeek with a new blog on EDI/DEI, girls & physics:
www.astinconsulting.com/you-dont-loo...
@womened.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @gsauk.bsky.social @kerryceo.bsky.social @physicsworld.bsky.social #EDI #physics
Celebrating #IWD25 and #BritishScienceWeek with a new blog on EDI/DEI, girls & physics:
www.astinconsulting.com/you-dont-loo...
@womened.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @gsauk.bsky.social @kerryceo.bsky.social @physicsworld.bsky.social #EDI #physics
“You don’t look like a physics teacher” | Astin Consulting
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March 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A PHYSICS TEACHER"
Celebrating #IWD25 and #BritishScienceWeek with a new blog on EDI/DEI, girls & physics:
www.astinconsulting.com/you-dont-loo...
@womened.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @gsauk.bsky.social @kerryceo.bsky.social @physicsworld.bsky.social #EDI #physics
Celebrating #IWD25 and #BritishScienceWeek with a new blog on EDI/DEI, girls & physics:
www.astinconsulting.com/you-dont-loo...
@womened.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @gsauk.bsky.social @kerryceo.bsky.social @physicsworld.bsky.social #EDI #physics
HIGHLY recommended!
Secondary Science teachers! If you’re doing any kind of literacy work in your classes and want to encourage your students to do some reading beyond textbooks and revision guides, try this - it explains school science as a coherent story about how we know what we know about the universe
alomshaha.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
HIGHLY recommended!
Tomorrow’s #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing focuses on the IMPACT of school #partnerships. Free and open to all:
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
Grab a coffee and join me at 8.00! ☕️
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
Grab a coffee and join me at 8.00! ☕️
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Tomorrow’s #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing focuses on the IMPACT of school #partnerships. Free and open to all:
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
Grab a coffee and join me at 8.00! ☕️
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
Grab a coffee and join me at 8.00! ☕️
Breakfast Briefings - all welcome!
Announcing the next 3 #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefings. FREE 30-minute informal online gatherings to discuss topics of interest to those leading partnerships in schools - whichever sector, location or age range.
www.astinconsulting.com/courses-and-...
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Announcing the next 3 #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefings. FREE 30-minute informal online gatherings to discuss topics of interest to those leading partnerships in schools - whichever sector, location or age range.
www.astinconsulting.com/courses-and-...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Breakfast Briefings - all welcome!
Announcing the next 3 #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefings. FREE 30-minute informal online gatherings to discuss topics of interest to those leading partnerships in schools - whichever sector, location or age range.
www.astinconsulting.com/courses-and-...
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Announcing the next 3 #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefings. FREE 30-minute informal online gatherings to discuss topics of interest to those leading partnerships in schools - whichever sector, location or age range.
www.astinconsulting.com/courses-and-...
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Reposted by Christina Astin FCCT FInstP
Some of the most stunning images coming from the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope, a post shared by popular demand. Do let us know in the comments 👇 what else you'd like to see in here, regardless of ESA space mission.
🔭 #astronomy #space
🔭 #astronomy #space
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some of the most stunning images coming from the NASA/ESA/CSA James #Webb Space Telescope, a post shared by popular demand. Do let us know in the comments 👇 what else you'd like to see in here, regardless of ESA space mission.
🔭 #astronomy #space
🔭 #astronomy #space
Happy half term everyone! Mine began with singing evensong in this beautiful building with my lovely lay clerk friends. So grateful to be able to do this. 🎶
February 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Happy half term everyone! Mine began with singing evensong in this beautiful building with my lovely lay clerk friends. So grateful to be able to do this. 🎶
Fantastic blog from Dan - not just mutual partnerships, but symmetric ones, based on identified needs and outcomes. Fully support this. #partnership @xdc020.bsky.social
In the latest ISC blog, Dan Clarke, coordinator of the Cheltenham Education Partnership, suggests ways in which cross-sector partnerships can be enhanced to ensure mutual benefits for all involved www.isc.co.uk/media-enquir...
February 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fantastic blog from Dan - not just mutual partnerships, but symmetric ones, based on identified needs and outcomes. Fully support this. #partnership @xdc020.bsky.social
Interested in the #impact that cross-sector partnerships have on students and staff?
Join the discussion at our next #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing online, Weds 5 March:
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
@graemelawriembe.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @educatinghuman1.bsky.social
Join the discussion at our next #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing online, Weds 5 March:
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
@graemelawriembe.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @educatinghuman1.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Interested in the #impact that cross-sector partnerships have on students and staff?
Join the discussion at our next #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing online, Weds 5 March:
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
@graemelawriembe.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @educatinghuman1.bsky.social
Join the discussion at our next #PartnerChat Breakfast Briefing online, Weds 5 March:
www.astinconsulting.com/events/5-mar...
@graemelawriembe.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @educatinghuman1.bsky.social
What kind of #partnerships questions do school leaders look to have answered? This is one collection from my course yesterday “Exploring Cross-Sector Partnerships”.
February 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
What kind of #partnerships questions do school leaders look to have answered? This is one collection from my course yesterday “Exploring Cross-Sector Partnerships”.
Excited to be at HMC HQ today to lead Exploring Partnerships course for school leaders. #partnerships so important for widening opportunities for young people.
February 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Excited to be at HMC HQ today to lead Exploring Partnerships course for school leaders. #partnerships so important for widening opportunities for young people.
Are you leading a school in a #MAT and would like to explore working more effectively with your other schools?
❓to spread expertise
❓for cost saving
❓to add diversity to teams
❓to address recruitment & retention
❓for staff development
❓to spread expertise
❓for cost saving
❓to add diversity to teams
❓to address recruitment & retention
❓for staff development
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Are you leading a school in a #MAT and would like to explore working more effectively with your other schools?
❓to spread expertise
❓for cost saving
❓to add diversity to teams
❓to address recruitment & retention
❓for staff development
❓to spread expertise
❓for cost saving
❓to add diversity to teams
❓to address recruitment & retention
❓for staff development
8am tomorrow - join our #PartnerChat network meeting to see what support is out there for those leading school #partnerships.
www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...
www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...
February 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
8am tomorrow - join our #PartnerChat network meeting to see what support is out there for those leading school #partnerships.
www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...
www.astinconsulting.com/events/partn...
Learned loads from @atkinedu.bsky.social this afternoon on the uses and dangers of AI in teaching physics, including this statistic about how much energy a ChatGPT query takes (~10x more than a Google search). Many thanks Neil!
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Learned loads from @atkinedu.bsky.social this afternoon on the uses and dangers of AI in teaching physics, including this statistic about how much energy a ChatGPT query takes (~10x more than a Google search). Many thanks Neil!