David
@dsprimed.bsky.social
Primary education leader.
Likes & reposts not endorsements; follows don't mean I subscribe to your doctrines. Personal account. All sparks will burn out.
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It's a vinyl afternoon. Shakey and The Boss are two nicknames people will say to my face! I know some of the others too, you rapscallions - The Fat Controller for example 😂
April 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's a vinyl afternoon. Shakey and The Boss are two nicknames people will say to my face! I know some of the others too, you rapscallions - The Fat Controller for example 😂
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An important article from @drpeluke.bsky.social - please take a look and repost for others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We need to talk: a reciprocal approach to literacy and physical education
This study explores how the reciprocal teaching style can support literacy development in secondary Physical Education (PE), particularly for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Se...
www.tandfonline.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
An important article from @drpeluke.bsky.social - please take a look and repost for others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
An important article from @drpeluke.bsky.social - please take a look and repost for others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We need to talk: a reciprocal approach to literacy and physical education
This study explores how the reciprocal teaching style can support literacy development in secondary Physical Education (PE), particularly for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Se...
www.tandfonline.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
An important article from @drpeluke.bsky.social - please take a look and repost for others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by David
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great to see this published today!
We need to talk: a reciprocal approach to literacy and physical education
This study explores how the reciprocal teaching style can support literacy development in secondary Physical Education (PE), particularly for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Se...
www.tandfonline.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great to see this published today!
I've got to remember to post here.
June 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I've got to remember to post here.
Confusing everybody by booking concert tickets for October but talking about 'next year' when it's THIS year but I measure in school terms!
May 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Confusing everybody by booking concert tickets for October but talking about 'next year' when it's THIS year but I measure in school terms!
The Cure released #Disintegration 35 years ago today. A pivotal time in my young life, a pivotal time in my musical leanings! This album literally changed everything for me.
May 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Cure released #Disintegration 35 years ago today. A pivotal time in my young life, a pivotal time in my musical leanings! This album literally changed everything for me.
If it's your first day back tomorrow, don't forget to pop your alarms back on. Going to be a long, hot day.
April 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If it's your first day back tomorrow, don't forget to pop your alarms back on. Going to be a long, hot day.
New middle-age achievement unlocked - we're going for a curry one week from today with my son's girlfriend's parents - but the kids aren't coming!
April 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New middle-age achievement unlocked - we're going for a curry one week from today with my son's girlfriend's parents - but the kids aren't coming!
It's a vinyl afternoon. Shakey and The Boss are two nicknames people will say to my face! I know some of the others too, you rapscallions - The Fat Controller for example 😂
April 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's a vinyl afternoon. Shakey and The Boss are two nicknames people will say to my face! I know some of the others too, you rapscallions - The Fat Controller for example 😂
Sun on my back, wind through the palms, no bells, no clocks.
Salt air unwinds the weight of rooms and rules.
Barefoot in sand, I find what slipped away—
clarity, quiet, the self I'd shelved.
Salt air unwinds the weight of rooms and rules.
Barefoot in sand, I find what slipped away—
clarity, quiet, the self I'd shelved.
April 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sun on my back, wind through the palms, no bells, no clocks.
Salt air unwinds the weight of rooms and rules.
Barefoot in sand, I find what slipped away—
clarity, quiet, the self I'd shelved.
Salt air unwinds the weight of rooms and rules.
Barefoot in sand, I find what slipped away—
clarity, quiet, the self I'd shelved.
Happiest of birthdays to my daughter - 22 years have flown by. She loved nature from an early age and carried the bumper book of nature (a weighty tome) to all kinds of places when she was little. I am very proud of the woman she's become. A force of nature herself.
April 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Happiest of birthdays to my daughter - 22 years have flown by. She loved nature from an early age and carried the bumper book of nature (a weighty tome) to all kinds of places when she was little. I am very proud of the woman she's become. A force of nature herself.
We do what is right, not what is easy - and that's how we sleep at night.
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We do what is right, not what is easy - and that's how we sleep at night.
Hey now, hey now-now, sing This Corrosion to me.
March 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hey now, hey now-now, sing This Corrosion to me.
Happy would have been 60 years, diamond anniversary (Mum and) Dad.
He speaks to her every week.
We miss her.
He speaks to her every week.
We miss her.
March 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Happy would have been 60 years, diamond anniversary (Mum and) Dad.
He speaks to her every week.
We miss her.
He speaks to her every week.
We miss her.
When it's World Costume Day I'm going to buy loads of books.
March 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
When it's World Costume Day I'm going to buy loads of books.
It's #WorldBookDay once again. Books are uniquely portable magic @StephenKing tells us. I hope that anything you have planned today promotes a love of books and reading. If it downplays supermarket profits from costume sales you get extra points from me at least. Subjective!
March 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It's #WorldBookDay once again. Books are uniquely portable magic @StephenKing tells us. I hope that anything you have planned today promotes a love of books and reading. If it downplays supermarket profits from costume sales you get extra points from me at least. Subjective!
Martisor is the Romanian beginning of spring and marked the start of the year under the old calendar. An LSA colleague attended their child's event at a school today and they have been so grateful we've all been given spring tokens - kindness abounds - look for it and nurture.
March 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Martisor is the Romanian beginning of spring and marked the start of the year under the old calendar. An LSA colleague attended their child's event at a school today and they have been so grateful we've all been given spring tokens - kindness abounds - look for it and nurture.
The laptop isn't opening today. Executive decision.
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The laptop isn't opening today. Executive decision.
Back in the day, the first-born made me a father's day gift from 'recycled' materials - this was my favourite, cos she really does like chips.
March 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Back in the day, the first-born made me a father's day gift from 'recycled' materials - this was my favourite, cos she really does like chips.
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Had a fascinating conversation with a nursery teacher of almost 30 yrs. She was saying one of the biggest changes she’s seen in recent years is the number of children who say ‘no’ and simply refuse to follow any adult instruction. She said it used to be super rare but not now.
March 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Had a fascinating conversation with a nursery teacher of almost 30 yrs. She was saying one of the biggest changes she’s seen in recent years is the number of children who say ‘no’ and simply refuse to follow any adult instruction. She said it used to be super rare but not now.
Flying solo in Brum today - the story so far (including free car insurance hot drink):
March 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Flying solo in Brum today - the story so far (including free car insurance hot drink):
RIP to #Skype - to be honest, I didn't realise it was still going, but remember showing my Mum and Dad how to call the children and 'see' them. It was the future back in the day.
February 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
RIP to #Skype - to be honest, I didn't realise it was still going, but remember showing my Mum and Dad how to call the children and 'see' them. It was the future back in the day.