Myfanwy Edwards
@myf1990.bsky.social
English teacher, PhD candidate working on young audiences/ Shakespeare and education; Editor Teaching Shakespeare Magazine (do DM!) and general secretary of the London Association for the Teaching of English
This is positive after a slowdown in the reflection of our children’s realities last Year. These reports are so vital and have driven change over time. Well done to all @theclpe.bsky.social
The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now, showing progress in ethnic representation in children’s books and urging publishers to keep inclusion as a standard practice. https://clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-reflecting-realities-survey-ethnic-representation-within-uk-childrens-literature-3
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is positive after a slowdown in the reflection of our children’s realities last Year. These reports are so vital and have driven change over time. Well done to all @theclpe.bsky.social
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Something not awful in today's news! 🥳
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Something not awful in today's news! 🥳
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Welcome to Willerby.
A midlands village where the uncanny is only as remarkable as the weather.
Fifty free short stories with art, music and other ephemere.
Come find us.
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
A midlands village where the uncanny is only as remarkable as the weather.
Fifty free short stories with art, music and other ephemere.
Come find us.
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Welcome to Willerby.
A midlands village where the uncanny is only as remarkable as the weather.
Fifty free short stories with art, music and other ephemere.
Come find us.
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
A midlands village where the uncanny is only as remarkable as the weather.
Fifty free short stories with art, music and other ephemere.
Come find us.
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
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With lots of CPD coming up this term, here's a taste of what teachers have had to say about some of our recent courses!
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With lots of CPD coming up this term, here's a taste of what teachers have had to say about some of our recent courses!
This feels similar to issues I have watching BBC news at the moment. great article
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This feels similar to issues I have watching BBC news at the moment. great article
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Weekend reading on #Shakespeare and teaching with some great articles to provoke thought and some great resources discussed too. #TeamEnglish
www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
www.britishshakespeare.ws
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Weekend reading on #Shakespeare and teaching with some great articles to provoke thought and some great resources discussed too. #TeamEnglish
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EMC CPD Webinar: Big Picture Writing
A webinar exploring how 'big picture writing' can pay dividends in terms of students' longer term achievements, growing independence and pleasure as writers.
Book by: 8am on 21st November
buff.ly/ifmJqjD
A webinar exploring how 'big picture writing' can pay dividends in terms of students' longer term achievements, growing independence and pleasure as writers.
Book by: 8am on 21st November
buff.ly/ifmJqjD
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
EMC CPD Webinar: Big Picture Writing
A webinar exploring how 'big picture writing' can pay dividends in terms of students' longer term achievements, growing independence and pleasure as writers.
Book by: 8am on 21st November
buff.ly/ifmJqjD
A webinar exploring how 'big picture writing' can pay dividends in terms of students' longer term achievements, growing independence and pleasure as writers.
Book by: 8am on 21st November
buff.ly/ifmJqjD
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www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
www.britishshakespeare.ws
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
www.britishshakespeare.ws
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.britishshakespeare.ws/wp-content/u... New edition of Teaching Shakespeare magazine- some great articles. Useful perhaps for teachers but also to share with students. @britgrad.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social #TeamEnglish #edusky
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That’s it. Through the ‘how’ a school can nurture community, belonging, accountability in class, when learning, not just in tutor groups and extra curricular.
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
That’s it. Through the ‘how’ a school can nurture community, belonging, accountability in class, when learning, not just in tutor groups and extra curricular.
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I do this all the time, no AI or even computer needed. It's called mind-mapping, or marginal comments, or Talmud, or Tumblr, or Post-its, or scholia, or Emily Dickinson's writing practice, or drafts, or revises, or amends, or "expand this," or highlighting, or developing an idea, or ...
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I do this all the time, no AI or even computer needed. It's called mind-mapping, or marginal comments, or Talmud, or Tumblr, or Post-its, or scholia, or Emily Dickinson's writing practice, or drafts, or revises, or amends, or "expand this," or highlighting, or developing an idea, or ...
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Join the online roundtable event exploring different approaches to decolonising assessment, and the possibilities and barriers of using diverse assessment methods in the context of British/Western/Euro-centric education.
Nov 14, 3:30pm-5pm
Register now ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
Nov 14, 3:30pm-5pm
Register now ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
Decolonising Assessment
Decolonising the Discipline is a collaborative initiative that aims to develop platforms for discipline-wide conversations.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Join the online roundtable event exploring different approaches to decolonising assessment, and the possibilities and barriers of using diverse assessment methods in the context of British/Western/Euro-centric education.
Nov 14, 3:30pm-5pm
Register now ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
Nov 14, 3:30pm-5pm
Register now ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
I love this because it recognises that our pedagogies and teaching practices are also important. If you teach a diverse range of books but have never thought about how your institution teachers those it makes pupils of all backgrounds feel, then you’ve not decolonised anything #edusky
Join the online roundtable event exploring different approaches to decolonising assessment, and the possibilities and barriers of using diverse assessment methods in the context of British/Western/Euro-centric education.
Nov 14, 3:30pm-5pm
Register now ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
Nov 14, 3:30pm-5pm
Register now ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisi...
Decolonising Assessment
Decolonising the Discipline is a collaborative initiative that aims to develop platforms for discipline-wide conversations.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I love this because it recognises that our pedagogies and teaching practices are also important. If you teach a diverse range of books but have never thought about how your institution teachers those it makes pupils of all backgrounds feel, then you’ve not decolonised anything #edusky
This is a good round up. Anyone who tries to say ‘teachers work so hard we can’t reform the system’ isn’t speaking for me. I’ve been working within but railing against the system for most of my career!
New: “Will the Francis curriculum and assessment review provide the radical look at the in-the-round impact of England’s school system on young people that is desperately needed?” Viewable (open access) here: educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/wil... +here: warwickmansell.substack.com/p/will-the-f...
Education Uncovered | Analysis| Will the Francis curriculum and assessment review provide the radical look at the in-the-round impact of England’s school system on young people that is desperately ne...
But I would love to be proven wrong on this.
educationuncovered.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is a good round up. Anyone who tries to say ‘teachers work so hard we can’t reform the system’ isn’t speaking for me. I’ve been working within but railing against the system for most of my career!
I have no reason to go to Boston, please can someone in the UK do this? How awesome
This Boston hotel is turning one of its rooms into an exact replica of the 'Goodnight Moon' room | TIme Out buff.ly/CAklGot
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have no reason to go to Boston, please can someone in the UK do this? How awesome
What a wild story.
1/5 In #Norse #mythology, Fafnir was a powerful dwarf who guarded his father's riches with his brothers. The gods killed one of his brothers while he was in the form of an otter.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3706... #FairytaleTuesday #illustrationart #art #homedecor #giftideas #Norsevember
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3706... #FairytaleTuesday #illustrationart #art #homedecor #giftideas #Norsevember
Fafnir Kills Fasolt - The Rhinegold and the Valkyries - Arthur Rackham by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Fafnir Kills Fasolt - The Rhinegold and the Valkyries - Arthur Rackham Please look in my shop for more art from Wagner's Ring Cycle by Arthur Rackham.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What a wild story.
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Tigist and the Wolf.
A Willerby Story.
Woodcutters, a blacksmith and a Big Bad Wolf.
willerby.substack.com/p/tigist-and...
A Willerby Story.
Woodcutters, a blacksmith and a Big Bad Wolf.
willerby.substack.com/p/tigist-and...
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Tigist and the Wolf.
A Willerby Story.
Woodcutters, a blacksmith and a Big Bad Wolf.
willerby.substack.com/p/tigist-and...
A Willerby Story.
Woodcutters, a blacksmith and a Big Bad Wolf.
willerby.substack.com/p/tigist-and...
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Don't forget to take advantage of our great-value Mixed Basket 200 Offer, which reduces the cost of every copy to just £5 when you purchase 200 or more of our key publications 👉 buff.ly/0xMa4hK
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Don't forget to take advantage of our great-value Mixed Basket 200 Offer, which reduces the cost of every copy to just £5 when you purchase 200 or more of our key publications 👉 buff.ly/0xMa4hK
Theories please?
I have a question about Nightmare Before Christmas. Are they creating the holidays just for their specific towns? Or are they tasked with spreading the holiday to the outside world? Or are they somehow like celebrating the holiday just in their town to keep the spirit of the holiday alive?
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Theories please?
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
archive.ph/CVaAG Scary in a number of ways. Things a very detailed article, read the whole thing and see the array of problems with this model of learning. #edusky #teamenglish
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
archive.ph/CVaAG Scary in a number of ways. Things a very detailed article, read the whole thing and see the array of problems with this model of learning. #edusky #teamenglish
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Register free and come hear me speak about Heathcliff, adaptation and anti-Roma racism
Our @cncsi.bsky.social C19 Gothic Afterlives programme!
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
🌴Sonja Lawrenson on Melmoth in Latin America
📖 @romgothsam.bsky.social Adapting Heathcliff
📻 Richard Hand haunted airwaves
🎮 @marijkevalk.bsky.social occult gaming
📺 @drdjohnston.bsky.social Gothic TV
Register ➡️ cn-csi.com/event/hallow...
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Register free and come hear me speak about Heathcliff, adaptation and anti-Roma racism
Favourite Halloween poems? #TeamEnglish
Some of my favourites/ ones I can think of this evening.
poetryarchive.org/poem/witch/
Some of my favourites/ ones I can think of this evening.
poetryarchive.org/poem/witch/
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Favourite Halloween poems? #TeamEnglish
Some of my favourites/ ones I can think of this evening.
poetryarchive.org/poem/witch/
Some of my favourites/ ones I can think of this evening.
poetryarchive.org/poem/witch/
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Back to school tomorrow after the Autumn holiday! This week we are learning about famous footballers!
We are looking for famous *footballers who are good role models.
I’m happy to take suggestions!
*soccer AKA real football
We are looking for famous *footballers who are good role models.
I’m happy to take suggestions!
*soccer AKA real football
mr. potato head kicks a soccer ball into a goal
ALT: mr. potato head kicks a soccer ball into a goal
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Back to school tomorrow after the Autumn holiday! This week we are learning about famous footballers!
We are looking for famous *footballers who are good role models.
I’m happy to take suggestions!
*soccer AKA real football
We are looking for famous *footballers who are good role models.
I’m happy to take suggestions!
*soccer AKA real football