Matt Payne
@mattpayne22.bsky.social
Year 5 teacher. Voracious reader, science lead, coffee snob/addict, average bass player and vinyl collector. All views mine and mine alone! Oh and did I mention coffee?
We can now offer a tinted version of the walls as below. They cost an additional £1. Please specify at point of order.
July 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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"Children don't learn when they are emotionally distressed, if they are hungry, if they are tired. Why are we not thinking this way about our teachers? It's something that must change."
July 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Children don't learn when they are emotionally distressed, if they are hungry, if they are tired. Why are we not thinking this way about our teachers? It's something that must change."
We can now offer a tinted version of the walls as below. They cost an additional £1. Please specify at point of order.
July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We can now offer a tinted version of the walls as below. They cost an additional £1. Please specify at point of order.
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Hello #edusky @edusky.bsky.social It seems that the wipeable maths and handwriting walls have taken on a life of their own again. Please let me know if you’re interested as these are now in continual production. 1200 mm x 1700mm and can be cut down. Fully wipeable-comment and I can supply details.
May 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hello #edusky @edusky.bsky.social It seems that the wipeable maths and handwriting walls have taken on a life of their own again. Please let me know if you’re interested as these are now in continual production. 1200 mm x 1700mm and can be cut down. Fully wipeable-comment and I can supply details.
Hello #edusky @edusky.bsky.social It seems that the wipeable maths and handwriting walls have taken on a life of their own again. Please let me know if you’re interested as these are now in continual production. 1200 mm x 1700mm and can be cut down. Fully wipeable-comment and I can supply details.
May 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hello #edusky @edusky.bsky.social It seems that the wipeable maths and handwriting walls have taken on a life of their own again. Please let me know if you’re interested as these are now in continual production. 1200 mm x 1700mm and can be cut down. Fully wipeable-comment and I can supply details.
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Incredibly useful thread. Thank you @soozuk.bsky.social for sharing it.
Anyone with any interest in trans issues should read and take note.
I think an annotated blog of this with the receipts hyperlinked could be a really powerful tool.
Anyone with any interest in trans issues should read and take note.
I think an annotated blog of this with the receipts hyperlinked could be a really powerful tool.
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
April 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Incredibly useful thread. Thank you @soozuk.bsky.social for sharing it.
Anyone with any interest in trans issues should read and take note.
I think an annotated blog of this with the receipts hyperlinked could be a really powerful tool.
Anyone with any interest in trans issues should read and take note.
I think an annotated blog of this with the receipts hyperlinked could be a really powerful tool.
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I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion
April 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion
Putting this on here as I used to have it on my Twitter page!
#edubluesky if any teachers/ schools are interested in my wipeable working maths and handwriting walls then please let me know. 1200x1700mm fully wipeable. £18:95 ex vat
#edubluesky if any teachers/ schools are interested in my wipeable working maths and handwriting walls then please let me know. 1200x1700mm fully wipeable. £18:95 ex vat
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Putting this on here as I used to have it on my Twitter page!
#edubluesky if any teachers/ schools are interested in my wipeable working maths and handwriting walls then please let me know. 1200x1700mm fully wipeable. £18:95 ex vat
#edubluesky if any teachers/ schools are interested in my wipeable working maths and handwriting walls then please let me know. 1200x1700mm fully wipeable. £18:95 ex vat
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the amazing @davidsylvian.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the amazing @davidsylvian.bsky.social
An insanely good deal! This album sounds as good as it looks! Incredible soundtrack. @normanrecords.com superb work!
REDUCED / PRE-ORDER: 'Twin Peaks' by Angelo Badalamenti
Just £10.99 for this incredible looking remastered version of one of the greatest soundtracks of all-time.
180g 'damn fine coffee' vinyl housed in a die-cut sleeve with obi.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1608...
Just £10.99 for this incredible looking remastered version of one of the greatest soundtracks of all-time.
180g 'damn fine coffee' vinyl housed in a die-cut sleeve with obi.
www.normanrecords.com/records/1608...
February 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
An insanely good deal! This album sounds as good as it looks! Incredible soundtrack. @normanrecords.com superb work!
America-when are you going to wake up to what you’ve done? No one can defend this pair of individuals.
Jeez. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
www.ft.com/content/3f95...
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Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers
Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering
www.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
America-when are you going to wake up to what you’ve done? No one can defend this pair of individuals.
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It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
February 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win.
I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
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WIN! - A Dinked Edition Copy of 'End of the Middle' by Richard Dawson
We're going big for our first Bluesky competition!
Simply like and share this post, and give us a follow to be entered.
@dominorecordco.bsky.social
@dinkededition.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2061...
We're going big for our first Bluesky competition!
Simply like and share this post, and give us a follow to be entered.
@dominorecordco.bsky.social
@dinkededition.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2061...
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
WIN! - A Dinked Edition Copy of 'End of the Middle' by Richard Dawson
We're going big for our first Bluesky competition!
Simply like and share this post, and give us a follow to be entered.
@dominorecordco.bsky.social
@dinkededition.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2061...
We're going big for our first Bluesky competition!
Simply like and share this post, and give us a follow to be entered.
@dominorecordco.bsky.social
@dinkededition.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2061...
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This is a fantastic book-will be using it for our next Book Club. Time travel, music, history and mysteries. What’s not to love!
Hunt for the Golden Scarab will be in bookshops in less than 2 weeks, so I thought i'd introduce you to our heroes. Here's Sim, a piano playing 12yr old boy trained in martial arts, whose on the run with his mum! PREORDER SIGNED COPY HERE: www.waterstones.com/book/hunt-fo...
January 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is a fantastic book-will be using it for our next Book Club. Time travel, music, history and mysteries. What’s not to love!
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab will be in bookshops in less than 2 weeks, so I thought i'd introduce you to our heroes. Here's Sim, a piano playing 12yr old boy trained in martial arts, whose on the run with his mum! PREORDER SIGNED COPY HERE: www.waterstones.com/book/hunt-fo...
January 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Hunt for the Golden Scarab will be in bookshops in less than 2 weeks, so I thought i'd introduce you to our heroes. Here's Sim, a piano playing 12yr old boy trained in martial arts, whose on the run with his mum! PREORDER SIGNED COPY HERE: www.waterstones.com/book/hunt-fo...
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For a while I've dreamed of running a #BrewEd flavoured 'Festival within a festival' at one of the big summer music fests. Performances, talks, creative workshops. It looks like it might actually happen this year? Might you come along?
Let us know your thoughts.
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Let us know your thoughts.
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January 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For a while I've dreamed of running a #BrewEd flavoured 'Festival within a festival' at one of the big summer music fests. Performances, talks, creative workshops. It looks like it might actually happen this year? Might you come along?
Let us know your thoughts.
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Let us know your thoughts.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Just toooooo gorgeous for words ❤️
January 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just toooooo gorgeous for words ❤️
Happy New Toy Day!
January 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy New Toy Day!
December 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Amazing night watching The Wonderstuff for the 8021st time! Milo in amazing voice and incredible set! Merry F*****g Christmas! #HUPHUPHUP
December 14, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Amazing night watching The Wonderstuff for the 8021st time! Milo in amazing voice and incredible set! Merry F*****g Christmas! #HUPHUPHUP
@davidsylvian.bsky.social does this mean potential new music David?
December 11, 2024 at 8:56 PM
@davidsylvian.bsky.social does this mean potential new music David?
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I don't remember much about the stuff I had to learn at school. But I will NEVER EVER FORGET Mr Evans, the teacher who just read us stories – pure reading for pleasure, no assessment whatsoever. That's the stuff that changes lives! I'm so grateful to him & all the life-changing teachers out there!
December 6, 2024 at 8:38 PM
I don't remember much about the stuff I had to learn at school. But I will NEVER EVER FORGET Mr Evans, the teacher who just read us stories – pure reading for pleasure, no assessment whatsoever. That's the stuff that changes lives! I'm so grateful to him & all the life-changing teachers out there!
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'Died in the Wool' features six songs from Sylvian's 2009 album, 'Manafon', which have been reworked by modern classical composer Dai Fujikura. The album reinvents the 'Manafon' songs and adds new material, including two poems by Emily Dickinson set to music by sylvian/fennesz ….
December 3, 2024 at 3:22 PM
'Died in the Wool' features six songs from Sylvian's 2009 album, 'Manafon', which have been reworked by modern classical composer Dai Fujikura. The album reinvents the 'Manafon' songs and adds new material, including two poems by Emily Dickinson set to music by sylvian/fennesz ….