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Madeleine F-B
@mxfb.bsky.social
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Secondary Vice Principal T&L in London; teacher of English; TF 2011; MTPT trustee; mum of 2; GSOH 🍎🎓 #UKTeaching
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100 years ago, my great grandfather Mark met Sarah when he stopped over in Paris briefly on his way to emigrate from Poland to Palestine. While there, he received word that the ferry was cancelled due to a strike. He stayed longer, fell in love with Sarah, and married her, December 1925.
A photo of my great grandparents Sarah and Mark who settled in Paris in 1925.
December 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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What a beautiful story

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Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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If anybody is going to be alone on Christmas Day and would like a quick call/zoom then I would be happy to do this - DM me if you want. I can talk about food, sport, tv or the weather. But most importantly I can talk/listen. 💕 If not me, I’m sure I can find somebody for you.
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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“Leadership isn’t about what you’ve got to do, it’s about what you get to do”
Love this from @calmleadership.bsky.social
@naht.org.uk
Spotify – Web Player
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December 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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This description of an ‘experimental’ school from the Silver Chair is very interesting!

“These people had the idea that boys and girls should be allowed to do what they liked. And unfortunately what ten or fifteen of the biggest boys and girls liked best was bullying the others.”
🍎🎓
#UKEd #EduSky
7 of 139 ChAPTER 1 Behind the Gym twas a dull autumn day and Jill Pole was crying behind the gym. She was crying because they had been bullying her. This is not going to be a school story, so I shall say as little as possible about Jill's school, which is not a pleasant subject. It was "Co-educational", a school for both boys and girls, what used to be called a "mixed" school; some said it was not nearly so mixed as the minds of the people who ran it. These people had the idea that boys and girls should be allowed to do what they liked. And unfortunately what ten or fifteen of the biggest boys and girls liked best was bullying the others. All sorts of things, horrid things, went on which at an ordinary school would have been found out and stopped in half a term; but at this school they weren't. Or even if they were, the people who did them were not expelled or punished. The Head said they were interesting psychological cases and sent for them and talked to them for hours. And if you knew the right sort of things to say to the Head, the main result was that you became rather a favourite than otherwise. That was why Jill Pole was crying on that dull autumn day on the damp little path which runs between the back of the gym and the shrubbery.
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Oh.
News story from BBC: “I've just spoken to an eyewitness, Barry, who was attending the Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach. He told me he was at the event with his kids when the sound of gunshots ran out. He said two men were on a bridge and they started shooting at the crowd. There were bodies on the ground, he said”
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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How wonderful to have an episode with @dylanwiliam.bsky.social on #TheyBehaveForMe podcast with
@amymayforrester.bsky.social and
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social who did the whole interview with a tiny baby in a carrier.

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What is formative assessment, and why should anybody care? With professor Dylan Wiliam
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December 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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A little bit of theatrics for y10 ‘intro to Macbeth’ tomorrow, set to ‘O Fortuna’from Carmina Burana
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December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Three things I really liked about this blog.

1) The way @adamboxereducation.bsky.social frames hearing from every child as an ethical duty rather than because it will lead to good outcomes (although it will do that too).

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Every student, every lesson
When we allow the loudest voices to dominate classroom conversation, we neglect to show respect and dignity to all our students, forgetting that every voice needs to be heard.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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My six year old has loved these books, which have cleverly progressed with her on her reading journey over year 1 and year 2 so far.
She was very excited to progress to ‘Accelerated Reader’ and get to take this final instalment home!
#BookSky
#PrimaryRocks
#UKEd
#Literacy
📚 🎓🍎
Return to Exis from the Alien Adventures series
December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Amazing
Turner Prize 2025: Nnena Kalu earns 'historic' win
Kalu wins for her sculptures and drawings, becoming the first learning disabled artist to scoop the award.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Go Emma Sheppard @mtptproject.bsky.social on mother teachers and Jacinda Arden on mother PMs 💕
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#WomansHour
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Woman's Hour - Jacinda Ardern, Women leaving teaching, Abuse in sport - BBC Sounds
The former New Zealand PM on life, leadership and giving birth while in office.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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At the start of the year my year 9s were by far my worst class. On every level.

They were rude, late; they’d scream and shout and not have a clue what was going on.

It couldn’t continue. So I started selecting a few books at the end of each lesson to ‘mark’. 1/n
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Most people have just left social media for work purposes

There are lots of variables

I find there are still a lot of people on Twitter, but engagement is hard work across platforms
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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That’s got to be an accolade worth sharing! They Behave For Me got my top spot.
They behave for me podcast
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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This was a quite lovely listen 🎧

#CynthiaErivo
#Wicked
#SimplyMore
#BookSky

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Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much, From the Star of Wicked
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December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
mxfb.bsky.social
Whenever I’ve tried to use AI to analyse or summarise data, it gives me results that couldn’t possibly be true.
danielbundred.bsky.social Daniel Bundred 🦡 @danielbundred.bsky.social · 29d
I've used an MIS with AI. A student lost their timetable and asked me to print a new one. I put the request to the MIS. It generated a timetable of 25 lessons in which 11 of the lessons were correct; 14 slots were inaccurate, mostly correct classes at the wrong time; two classrooms didn't exist.
schoolsweek.bsky.social Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 29d
School leaders are still facing problems with the government’s AI-generated attendance reports, despite them being re-issued after errors – as a government leader cautions 'no model is perfect'
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November 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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"It makes me sad when I have experiences that are different now because the larger me deserved that same attention and love,"

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Weight loss drugs expose women to society's harsh judgements on their bodies
Women who have quickly lost weight say strangers are now more likely to smile at them or strike up a conversation.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
mxfb.bsky.social
this is so beautiful <3 <3 <3
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Alumni Cynthia Erivo Visits La Retraite
We were thrilled to welcome Cynthia Erivo, one of our talented alumni, back to La Retraite to perform the new Wicked Movie song 'For Good' with our choir. Her visit was a truly inspiring experience fo...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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First cold day of the year
Playing football outside at night I could see my breath 💨
Booked summer holiday!
😎
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Fantastic write up of an Ofsted new framework pilot
🍎🎓
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Our Ofsted Pilot Experience
What was it like?
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November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Just used a lime bike for first time. Exhilarating! 🍋‍🟩 🚲
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I’ve got one of these: “The child who, after difficulty and struggle and poor behaviour, gets back on track.” He is a blessing. In fact I was telling my husband and friend about him just today, how he always helps me with the books and is a model student in class 🙏🏼
#UKEd
#Transformations
#Blessings
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Having taken a look at the Curriculum and Assessment Review, I’m feeling more reassured than I was with the titbits leaked in advance to the press. I haven’t read every bit of it yet, but here are a few things I’m pleased about and a few things that worry me (definitely not comprehensive)…
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM