Allana Gay
allanag13.bsky.social
Allana Gay
@allanag13.bsky.social
Headteacher, FCCT, cofounder the BAMEed Network
@bameednetwork.bsky.social
Champions education, authentic leadership, true EDI in education. Trinbago at the core 🇹🇹🇬🇧
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In 2025, if you like an artists work online, share it.
I see AI generated art getting thousands of views, while hard-working creatives go unnoticed. Artists don't exist in a vacuum, creative people need the oxygen of support to find their audience. Find what you love, and shout about it. 👍❤️
#edusky
December 27, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Today's mindful thought.
December 10, 2024 at 7:45 AM
When did it become normal for airlines to not have checked baggage as the norm? Which clown decided that!
When I see a price for a longhaul flight, why is there no luggage allowance! 😠😡

I need to revolt!
December 8, 2024 at 12:27 PM
So good to see star actor Rudolph Walker sharing his story on BBC 🇹🇹

Discussinge his career and Trinbago traditions at Christmas. ❤️

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani, Series 1, Rudolph Walker
Anita Rani meets actor Rudolph Walker, beloved as Patrick Trueman in EastEnders.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 11:05 AM
The current system breaks rather than builds. External forces make you feel at deficit..not good enough..broken.
Have to share #LLUGlobal 2024 clip.
Finding the Gold to rebuild us into a unique beauty & asset.

My Gold is my faith in God and the powerhouse of people surrounding me.
What's yours?
December 4, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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The inheritance tax issue continues to get traction 😏 with ample media coverage.

I'm surprised* other issues don't get the same attention.

*I'm not
November 19, 2024 at 7:27 AM
This week's learning.....in England there are two Newcastles 🙄.

Lesson only took and extra 3hrs of driving 😢😅
November 9, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Dr. Lizana Oberholzer, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, is delighted to invite you to engage with the WomenEd Book launch on the 25th September 2024! Click the link to book a place:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/university...
We look forward to seeing you there!
University of Wolverhampton: WomenEd Book Launch - Disruptive Women
We are delighted to welcome colleagues to join us at the WomenEd Disruptive Women Book Launch, celebrating this new publication.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 21, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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Black History Month is coming up with the theme ‘Reclaiming Our Narratives.’ In education, let’s ask: Whose stories are centred? Whose are missing? It’s time to move beyond performative acts and make Black British History truly part of British History—beyond single stories and beyond struggle.
September 21, 2024 at 7:53 AM
I'm speaking at the ISPN South conference on the implications for VAT on affordability of the independent sector.
Check the full programme and hope you will join me there.

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I'm speaking at ISPN South, join me
Register now
invt.io
September 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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More evidence in this article of how employers in some sectors discriminate against first generation/first in family graduates. The belief that they have fewer connections, won’t fit in with corporate culture, haven’t experienced the ‘right’ extra curricular activities 1/
September 5, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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I’m having a book launch to celebrate ‘Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching’.
Sat 19 October 11-1pm at Sarah Bonnell School, London.
Would love for you to join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yamina-bib...

@alisonpeacock.bsky.social @hannahwilson.bsky.social
@womened.bsky.social
Yamina Bibi's Book Launch
Join us to celebrate the publication of 'Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching'.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 5, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Science or......Hand of a Titan.
The most frequently asked question that I get about JWST images is: "Why do the stars look like that?". In other words: why are the stars "spikey"?

A 🧵on JWST diffraction spikes. 🔭🧪

The full infographic can be downloaded here: webbtelescope.org/contents/med...
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September 4, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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I think with Ofsted announcements, and the Church of England removing graded inspections, there are now big questions for the Catholic Education Service.

“Report card” details needed ASAP now that the ball is rolling…

#catholiced
September 3, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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Good luck to everyone going back to school today.

Always a huge amount to process - it can help to connect with others in your role at other schools and swap ideas.

Pay us a visit.

www.weareinbeta.community
We Are In Beta
Who is it for? This is the place for us. The teachers. The leaders. The always-learning. It’s a place for us to meet and connect, to support and advise, to grow and improve - ourselves and others. Whe...
www.weareinbeta.community
September 2, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Ok. Good start.
Look forward to the detail of how this works across schools that are reinspected in this year.
🗑️ Breaking: The government has scrapped single-phrase headline Ofsted grades for schools 'with immediate effect', ahead of a switch to new report cards next September
Headline Ofsted grades scrapped 'with immediate effect'
Schools will continue to be rated on four sub-judgments until new report cards come in next September
buff.ly
September 1, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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A fab company culture checklist by the great Sean McPheat. It's useful for leaders going into the new academic year. Maybe SLT could use it to discuss what needs to be addressed? Do you tackle or ignore toxic behaviours? Do staff feel they are heard? Are leaders empathetic? #EduSky #Leadership
August 29, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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Delighted that @womened.bsky.social @bameednetwork.bsky.social NFER, Headteachers Roundtable, and Leeds Beckett University are collaborating on this critical topic. The statistics are appalling. Free tickets!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlock-the...
#WomenEd: Unlock the ITT pipeline to ensure race equity in schools
People of colour are less likely to get an offer to train to be a teacher than white peers. We're coming together to tackle such inequity.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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Please repost: (prompted by a post I saw yesterday)

what are the top five challenges facing ethnic minority teachers in the sector?

#EDUSky #UKEd #EdChat
August 28, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Good morning Ladbroke Grove!
Notting Hill adult day ready to roll. 🇹🇹
August 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
People of BlueSky, it is Carnival time!
Grab a friend and get thee hence to Notting Hill for soca, steel pan and parade.
#CarnivalContract in full effect. 🇹🇹
August 24, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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As you walk into my school reception, you’re greeted with a selection of diverse books.

Hopefully makes children, and adults, feel they’re welcome here and safe to be who they are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms.

#inclusion #diversity #LGBTQ
#PrimaryEduSky #EduSky
August 20, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Happy to share 4 pages of strategies to support multilingual learners in your classrooms—just in time for back to school!

#EduSky #EAL #CPD #multilingual
August 20, 2024 at 4:10 AM