Jenny M
@abbyaug.bsky.social
Retired primary school teacher escaping from Twitter. Interested in reading, walking, running, photography, history, gardening, knitting and education. Loving being a grandmother. Hope to return to EU one day.
Reading for pleasure is so important. Seen in one of my favourite bookshops - Mr B's Emporium- Bath.
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reading for pleasure is so important. Seen in one of my favourite bookshops - Mr B's Emporium- Bath.
A lovely day in Bath at the Christmas market.
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A lovely day in Bath at the Christmas market.
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It's like turkeys voting for Christmas but, as with Brexit, we can't call them stupid.
I'm starting to find that incredibly difficult
I'm starting to find that incredibly difficult
The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's like turkeys voting for Christmas but, as with Brexit, we can't call them stupid.
I'm starting to find that incredibly difficult
I'm starting to find that incredibly difficult
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 4
‘Winter Village’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Winter Village’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 4
‘Winter Village’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Winter Village’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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December’s #FullMoon is the Cold Moon and Oak Moon. In this lunar month the #Yule All-Heal rite was kept: on its sixth day white-robed Druids cut mistletoe from the oak with a golden sickle. Given to each home, it was said to deepen prayers, stir dreams and seal a kiss of peace.
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Landscapes painted on the surfaces of cut logs by US artist Alison Moritsugu #WomensArt
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Landscapes painted on the surfaces of cut logs by US artist Alison Moritsugu #WomensArt
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Song Thrush with a Gobstopper! 😲😁
Taken at the weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
Lots of Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers in my shop here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
Taken at the weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
Lots of Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers in my shop here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Song Thrush with a Gobstopper! 😲😁
Taken at the weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
Lots of Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers in my shop here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
Taken at the weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 🐦
#birds 🪶
Lots of Christmas gift ideas for nature lovers in my shop here;
www.carlbovis.com/shop-3
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Peregrine in Winchester today #Birds #UKWildlife
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Peregrine in Winchester today #Birds #UKWildlife
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💧 Hardraw Force – England’s tallest single-drop waterfall
📍 Tucked behind the Green Dragon Inn, this 100-foot cascade has inspired poets, painters, and adventurers for centuries.
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #HardrawForce #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWonders #ThursdayThoughts
📍 Tucked behind the Green Dragon Inn, this 100-foot cascade has inspired poets, painters, and adventurers for centuries.
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #HardrawForce #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWonders #ThursdayThoughts
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
💧 Hardraw Force – England’s tallest single-drop waterfall
📍 Tucked behind the Green Dragon Inn, this 100-foot cascade has inspired poets, painters, and adventurers for centuries.
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #HardrawForce #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWonders #ThursdayThoughts
📍 Tucked behind the Green Dragon Inn, this 100-foot cascade has inspired poets, painters, and adventurers for centuries.
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #HardrawForce #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWonders #ThursdayThoughts
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Creating a truly inclusive transport network is an essential part of my Transport Strategy.
This new fault-reporting technology is an important step forward, giving customers who rely on step-free access up-to-date information so they can plan their journeys with confidence.
bit.ly/4iB4lXq
This new fault-reporting technology is an important step forward, giving customers who rely on step-free access up-to-date information so they can plan their journeys with confidence.
bit.ly/4iB4lXq
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Creating a truly inclusive transport network is an essential part of my Transport Strategy.
This new fault-reporting technology is an important step forward, giving customers who rely on step-free access up-to-date information so they can plan their journeys with confidence.
bit.ly/4iB4lXq
This new fault-reporting technology is an important step forward, giving customers who rely on step-free access up-to-date information so they can plan their journeys with confidence.
bit.ly/4iB4lXq
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Herdwick sheep at the foot of Buttermere
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Herdwick sheep at the foot of Buttermere
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In the Yorkshire Dales National Park, we have many names for barns 👇
Laithe
Cow'us (cow house)
Shippon
Byre
What do you call them?
📌 Hawes, Wensleydale
📷 Wendy McDonnell
#Yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
Laithe
Cow'us (cow house)
Shippon
Byre
What do you call them?
📌 Hawes, Wensleydale
📷 Wendy McDonnell
#Yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In the Yorkshire Dales National Park, we have many names for barns 👇
Laithe
Cow'us (cow house)
Shippon
Byre
What do you call them?
📌 Hawes, Wensleydale
📷 Wendy McDonnell
#Yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
Laithe
Cow'us (cow house)
Shippon
Byre
What do you call them?
📌 Hawes, Wensleydale
📷 Wendy McDonnell
#Yorkshiredales #ChristmasCalendar
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Advent #4
Sastrugi on Crinkle Crags
Sastrugi on Crinkle Crags
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Advent #4
Sastrugi on Crinkle Crags
Sastrugi on Crinkle Crags
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Fewer beds? We already have fewer beds per head than most developed nations
People aren't in hospital because they want to be. They're there because they need to be.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People aren't in hospital because they want to be. They're there because they need to be.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hospitals must get smaller to stop NHS ‘permacrisis’, thinktank urges
Re:State report says role hospitals play needs ‘fundamental reinvention’ to deliver better care for patients
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fewer beds? We already have fewer beds per head than most developed nations
People aren't in hospital because they want to be. They're there because they need to be.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
People aren't in hospital because they want to be. They're there because they need to be.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I've had lots of requests to rerun my adaptive teaching webinar, so I'm hosting another one on 20th January. See the link below for details. Lots of practical advice on strategies for an inclusive classroom. Pay what you can to attend. Please share. Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...
The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching - Webinar with Sue Cowley
Sue Cowley shares ideas about adaptive teaching and gives a range of practical strategies for creating an inclusive classroom
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I've had lots of requests to rerun my adaptive teaching webinar, so I'm hosting another one on 20th January. See the link below for details. Lots of practical advice on strategies for an inclusive classroom. Pay what you can to attend. Please share. Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
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My favourite is " it was 50 years ago (it wasn't) there is no way they remember." " I can categorically say I did not racially abuse anyone 50 years ago." what a absolute weapon farage is!!!
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My favourite is " it was 50 years ago (it wasn't) there is no way they remember." " I can categorically say I did not racially abuse anyone 50 years ago." what a absolute weapon farage is!!!
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It’s bizarre that all this (public) money is held in reserve by MATs. It is to ensure MATs can pay their bills- but it seems a strange way to run education. Public funding straight into a business model…
bsky.app/profile/warw...
bsky.app/profile/warw...
New: Cutting academy reserves to level seen in LA schools would release £1.5 billion for spending in classrooms
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/cutting...
New piece comparing levels of reserves in the academy and non-academy school sectors.
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/cutting...
New piece comparing levels of reserves in the academy and non-academy school sectors.
Education Uncovered | News| Cutting academy reserves to level seen in LA schools would release £1.5 billion for spending in classrooms
Academies sector as a whole had £2.7 billion sitting in reserves in 2023-24, this website's analysis shows, as DfE says schools could be doing more to make use of their funds.
educationuncovered.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s bizarre that all this (public) money is held in reserve by MATs. It is to ensure MATs can pay their bills- but it seems a strange way to run education. Public funding straight into a business model…
bsky.app/profile/warw...
bsky.app/profile/warw...
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And finally, as MATs are public sector institutions (not private companies), they should abide by the Nolan principles, be open to scrutiny and publicaly accountable for the decisions they make. I don’t think it is arrogant to question the decisions made- I think it is our responsibility to do so.
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And finally, as MATs are public sector institutions (not private companies), they should abide by the Nolan principles, be open to scrutiny and publicaly accountable for the decisions they make. I don’t think it is arrogant to question the decisions made- I think it is our responsibility to do so.
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The thing is that running a MAT is a team effort-it doesn’t depend on one person at the “top”. I agree with Mark- I am sure that someone equally as successful could be found.
In a similar way, I don’t think commercial companies should be making millions from schools, selling statutory products.
In a similar way, I don’t think commercial companies should be making millions from schools, selling statutory products.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The thing is that running a MAT is a team effort-it doesn’t depend on one person at the “top”. I agree with Mark- I am sure that someone equally as successful could be found.
In a similar way, I don’t think commercial companies should be making millions from schools, selling statutory products.
In a similar way, I don’t think commercial companies should be making millions from schools, selling statutory products.
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Francis O’Kane and Barry Hopkins from Stockwell, London are finalists in our Gardens of the Year competition – are they your People’s Choice pick? 💚🌱
Swipe to see more, then head to the link to vote for your People's Choice winner: https://bit.ly/43Cfjps
Swipe to see more, then head to the link to vote for your People's Choice winner: https://bit.ly/43Cfjps
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Francis O’Kane and Barry Hopkins from Stockwell, London are finalists in our Gardens of the Year competition – are they your People’s Choice pick? 💚🌱
Swipe to see more, then head to the link to vote for your People's Choice winner: https://bit.ly/43Cfjps
Swipe to see more, then head to the link to vote for your People's Choice winner: https://bit.ly/43Cfjps
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3 Dec: On winter nights the fairy queen and her elves polish holly leaves to make them shine. The prickly leaves wound their tiny hands as they work, but they have no care, for every drop of fairy blood turns into a bright red berry, adorning the holly for the #Christmas season!
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
3 Dec: On winter nights the fairy queen and her elves polish holly leaves to make them shine. The prickly leaves wound their tiny hands as they work, but they have no care, for every drop of fairy blood turns into a bright red berry, adorning the holly for the #Christmas season!
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The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.