Rachel Lewin (scillyteacher)
@scillyteacher.bsky.social
Deputy Head in the Isles of Scilly. History educator - specialisms: migration, History Around Us, interdisciplinarity, 3-16 curriculum design. NPQH, MSc Learning & Teaching, HA SW Network, Virtually Teachers podcast, HA Experienced Teacher Programme. #UKEd
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Because of [waves hands at the state of the world] there's been a bit of discussion about how difficult it is to sink oil tankers.
As this account firmly approves of the empirical method, ie the boffin lingo for fucking around and finding out, let's look at an example.
Meet Torrey Canyon.
As this account firmly approves of the empirical method, ie the boffin lingo for fucking around and finding out, let's look at an example.
Meet Torrey Canyon.
June 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Because of [waves hands at the state of the world] there's been a bit of discussion about how difficult it is to sink oil tankers.
As this account firmly approves of the empirical method, ie the boffin lingo for fucking around and finding out, let's look at an example.
Meet Torrey Canyon.
As this account firmly approves of the empirical method, ie the boffin lingo for fucking around and finding out, let's look at an example.
Meet Torrey Canyon.
If you’d like to get a glimpse of life at Five Islands, check out Channel 5’s Summer in the Scilly Isles episode from last night: www.channel5.com/show/summer-...
May 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If you’d like to get a glimpse of life at Five Islands, check out Channel 5’s Summer in the Scilly Isles episode from last night: www.channel5.com/show/summer-...
This look brilliant! Too far for me from Scilly, but I hope other members of the HA Southwest Network will make it. @andrewshtbc.bsky.social
1. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of the @1972shp.bsky.social South-West History Forum! The inaugural event will be taking place on June 18 in Bristol, with a stellar lineup: Michael Riley, @paulalobo.bsky.social and @tomallenhistory.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This look brilliant! Too far for me from Scilly, but I hope other members of the HA Southwest Network will make it. @andrewshtbc.bsky.social
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1. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of the @1972shp.bsky.social South-West History Forum! The inaugural event will be taking place on June 18 in Bristol, with a stellar lineup: Michael Riley, @paulalobo.bsky.social and @tomallenhistory.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
1. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to announce the launch of the @1972shp.bsky.social South-West History Forum! The inaugural event will be taking place on June 18 in Bristol, with a stellar lineup: Michael Riley, @paulalobo.bsky.social and @tomallenhistory.bsky.social
This September, you could be embarking on an island adventure as MFL/French teacher here in the Isles of Scilly! Click below to complete an application form: 3 days left to apply. We would love to hear from you.
fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/teacher-of-m...
Friends and connections: please share…
fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/teacher-of-m...
Friends and connections: please share…
May 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This September, you could be embarking on an island adventure as MFL/French teacher here in the Isles of Scilly! Click below to complete an application form: 3 days left to apply. We would love to hear from you.
fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/teacher-of-m...
Friends and connections: please share…
fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/teacher-of-m...
Friends and connections: please share…
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*Modern Foreign Languages Teacher* in the Isles of Scilly. Join us this September at Five Islands Academy: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-.... We offer a truly beautiful school, community and environment to teach in. We’d love to hear from you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
*Modern Foreign Languages Teacher* in the Isles of Scilly. Join us this September at Five Islands Academy: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-.... We offer a truly beautiful school, community and environment to teach in. We’d love to hear from you.
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*Teacher of Music* in the Isles of Scilly! Are you dreaming of a life, creativity and career adventure? Join us at Five Islands Academy as Music Teacher: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-... Please get in touch to find out more.
May 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
*Teacher of Music* in the Isles of Scilly! Are you dreaming of a life, creativity and career adventure? Join us at Five Islands Academy as Music Teacher: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-... Please get in touch to find out more.
*Modern Foreign Languages Teacher* in the Isles of Scilly. Join us this September at Five Islands Academy: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-.... We offer a truly beautiful school, community and environment to teach in. We’d love to hear from you.
May 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
*Modern Foreign Languages Teacher* in the Isles of Scilly. Join us this September at Five Islands Academy: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-.... We offer a truly beautiful school, community and environment to teach in. We’d love to hear from you.
*Teacher of Music* in the Isles of Scilly! Are you dreaming of a life, creativity and career adventure? Join us at Five Islands Academy as Music Teacher: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-... Please get in touch to find out more.
May 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
*Teacher of Music* in the Isles of Scilly! Are you dreaming of a life, creativity and career adventure? Join us at Five Islands Academy as Music Teacher: fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/join-us/job-... Please get in touch to find out more.
Our little spooky eyes St Agnes horror film - ‘Look, Stranger’ - has been showing in Bristol and Paris this month! Filmed a couple of years ago with lots of giggles and perplexed holidaymakers passing by. Enjoy if you have an idle 4 minutes.
youtu.be/ByQMNf6dQsY
youtu.be/ByQMNf6dQsY
Look, Stranger
YouTube video by Tom Dyson
youtu.be
April 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our little spooky eyes St Agnes horror film - ‘Look, Stranger’ - has been showing in Bristol and Paris this month! Filmed a couple of years ago with lots of giggles and perplexed holidaymakers passing by. Enjoy if you have an idle 4 minutes.
youtu.be/ByQMNf6dQsY
youtu.be/ByQMNf6dQsY
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#OtD 26 Apr 1682 revolutionary Quaker abolitionist and little person, Benjamin Lay, was born in England. In 1718, he moved to Barbados as a merchant, but witnessing the horrific treatment of enslaved Africans he became a lifelong anti-slavery campaigner
April 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#OtD 26 Apr 1682 revolutionary Quaker abolitionist and little person, Benjamin Lay, was born in England. In 1718, he moved to Barbados as a merchant, but witnessing the horrific treatment of enslaved Africans he became a lifelong anti-slavery campaigner
We are recruiting for a short-term French teacher in the Isles of Scilly this June/July! What an adventure. Please get in touch. fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/french-teach...
We can offer a flat 2 mins from the sea, and a lovely, friendly school community to join for the half term.
We can offer a flat 2 mins from the sea, and a lovely, friendly school community to join for the half term.
April 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We are recruiting for a short-term French teacher in the Isles of Scilly this June/July! What an adventure. Please get in touch. fiveislands.scilly.sch.uk/french-teach...
We can offer a flat 2 mins from the sea, and a lovely, friendly school community to join for the half term.
We can offer a flat 2 mins from the sea, and a lovely, friendly school community to join for the half term.
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Gorgeous text, gorgeous pages. We're on the home stretch with the #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Expanding Worlds c.1600-c1870 proofs, so here's an Easter treat of a few pages. Every spread in this book is a thing of beauty. I can't wait for you all to see it.
April 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Gorgeous text, gorgeous pages. We're on the home stretch with the #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Expanding Worlds c.1600-c1870 proofs, so here's an Easter treat of a few pages. Every spread in this book is a thing of beauty. I can't wait for you all to see it.
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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Great to see FIA alumnus Jacob featuring in today’s Observer photography article on small boat fishing in Scilly and Cornwall - and to read the author’s positive reflections on the efforts local fishermen put into sustainability.
#FIAalumni #news
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#FIAalumni #news
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Fishing in Cornwall is like a metaphor for life’: photographer Jon Tonks on landscape, community and the perfect catch
Tonks spent 18 months documenting the fisherfolk of the south-west, learning about the community’s relationship with the sea, and how the future could be more sustainable for the fishers
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great to see FIA alumnus Jacob featuring in today’s Observer photography article on small boat fishing in Scilly and Cornwall - and to read the author’s positive reflections on the efforts local fishermen put into sustainability.
#FIAalumni #news
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#FIAalumni #news
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Moonlight on St Agnes
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Moonlight on St Agnes
What a beautiful image. And such powerful word choice: ‘the sheer diversity of young lives we serve’ - recognising the individuality of our children and our moral duty to each one of them.
"Every 2 years, we take a whole-school photo. As headteacher, I’m the last piece of the puzzle, standing at the back, looking out across the entire school. And in that moment, it really hits you – the sheer diversity of young lives we serve."
ASCL President @mannybotwe.bsky.social #ASCL2025
ASCL President @mannybotwe.bsky.social #ASCL2025
March 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What a beautiful image. And such powerful word choice: ‘the sheer diversity of young lives we serve’ - recognising the individuality of our children and our moral duty to each one of them.
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“And yet, the demand to empathise with the boys and men propagating this hatred must surely be exceeded by a justified anger on behalf of the girls and women who are the actual subjects of said hatred. If anything, it is obscene that we women are not more furious and more frightened.”
The Andrew Tate problem
His coarse misogyny is often described as appealing to working-class boys and young men. Is this really the issue?
www.newstatesman.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“And yet, the demand to empathise with the boys and men propagating this hatred must surely be exceeded by a justified anger on behalf of the girls and women who are the actual subjects of said hatred. If anything, it is obscene that we women are not more furious and more frightened.”
Congratulations to all at Penrice! This is a huge achievement in our Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly setting - and the pride with which your students present the report is inspiring.
Our students are Outstanding at Penrice Academy! 🤩
This is how we want to share our Ofsted report, with students at the heart of what we do. They share the report. It’s about them!
“Pupils are a credit to themselves, their
school and their families”
Take a look! ⬇️
youtu.be/PjXTZo6Zh2s?...
This is how we want to share our Ofsted report, with students at the heart of what we do. They share the report. It’s about them!
“Pupils are a credit to themselves, their
school and their families”
Take a look! ⬇️
youtu.be/PjXTZo6Zh2s?...
Penrice Academy - Ofsted Student Video 2025
YouTube video by Penrice Academy
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Congratulations to all at Penrice! This is a huge achievement in our Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly setting - and the pride with which your students present the report is inspiring.
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I cling onto the fact that though none of us can save everything, we can all save something, some tiny little speck of something good, and these, collectively, perhaps will make waves in ways we can’t begin to fathom xx
March 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I cling onto the fact that though none of us can save everything, we can all save something, some tiny little speck of something good, and these, collectively, perhaps will make waves in ways we can’t begin to fathom xx
If you are feeling, ‘What on earth can I do?’, here is one small thing which won’t feel small to a family supported by Hospice Ukraine.
If you are reeling from Trump & Vance's disgusting performance towards Zelensky last night, might you consider donating to www.hospiceukraine.com, the tiny charity I set up with Henry Marsh to support local Ukrainian palliative care teams?
We delivered this Land Rover to a rural hospice in Dec...
We delivered this Land Rover to a rural hospice in Dec...
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you are feeling, ‘What on earth can I do?’, here is one small thing which won’t feel small to a family supported by Hospice Ukraine.
It was great to welcome our first full cohort to Session 1 of the (now over-subscribed) @histassoc.bsky.social Experienced Teacher Programme tonight. Educators from a wide range of contexts, with 348 years worth of teaching expertise to share over the next five sessions.
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It was great to welcome our first full cohort to Session 1 of the (now over-subscribed) @histassoc.bsky.social Experienced Teacher Programme tonight. Educators from a wide range of contexts, with 348 years worth of teaching expertise to share over the next five sessions.
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On the anniversary of the Russian attack on Ukraine we have made out Historian 'Ukraine edition' open access - learn about culture and history as well as politics of conflict. www.history.org.uk/publications...
The Historian 163: Ukraine
www.history.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On the anniversary of the Russian attack on Ukraine we have made out Historian 'Ukraine edition' open access - learn about culture and history as well as politics of conflict. www.history.org.uk/publications...
Such a useful discussion in the thread and comments (the MFL input particularly) about students following the text during teacher read-alouds.
Forgive the quote-post, but this idea comes up often enough that it makes sense for me to write a stand-alone thread on here that addresses this (probably) inaccurate extrapolation of cognitive load theory.
So here's a thread on why asking pupils to follow as a teacher reads probably is fine.
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So here's a thread on why asking pupils to follow as a teacher reads probably is fine.
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So... a lot of highly successful schools use Reading while Listening (RwL) - the teacher reads aloud while the students follow along, often using a ruler. But this is a clear example of the Split Attention effect - so who is right? readingforlearning.org/2025/02/01/r...
February 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Such a useful discussion in the thread and comments (the MFL input particularly) about students following the text during teacher read-alouds.