Farrah Akhtar
@farrahakhtar.bsky.social
Regional Trainer @LexonikST. Passionate educationalist, so nobody is limited because they can't read. Multilingualist. Library Advocate. Governor at the Star Trust.
Welcome back to those of us returning to work in the education sector, today!
If like me, you're feeling excited but nervous, be kind to yourself & reach out to your team for support.
#academicyear #teamwork
If like me, you're feeling excited but nervous, be kind to yourself & reach out to your team for support.
#academicyear #teamwork
SteadyWork
work.im
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Welcome back to those of us returning to work in the education sector, today!
If like me, you're feeling excited but nervous, be kind to yourself & reach out to your team for support.
#academicyear #teamwork
If like me, you're feeling excited but nervous, be kind to yourself & reach out to your team for support.
#academicyear #teamwork
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Old World Language Families. I had an excellent professor with this on her wall ages ago
December 15, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Old World Language Families. I had an excellent professor with this on her wall ages ago
Best of luck to all those receiving their results today!
#GCSEresults
#GCSEresults
August 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Best of luck to all those receiving their results today!
#GCSEresults
#GCSEresults
Best of luck to all those receiving their A Level results today, I can still recall the butterflies. If there's a diversion in your intended route, be sure to enjoy the view as you arrive at your destination.
#Alevels #positivevibes
#Alevels #positivevibes
August 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Best of luck to all those receiving their A Level results today, I can still recall the butterflies. If there's a diversion in your intended route, be sure to enjoy the view as you arrive at your destination.
#Alevels #positivevibes
#Alevels #positivevibes
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✍️ "The first five years of a child’s life are crucial, so food poverty can be particularly damaging during this time."
Our Senior Digital Comms Officer, @lewistibbs.bsky.social, discusses the damaging effects of rising levels of child food poverty in the UK ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Our Senior Digital Comms Officer, @lewistibbs.bsky.social, discusses the damaging effects of rising levels of child food poverty in the UK ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
✍️ "The first five years of a child’s life are crucial, so food poverty can be particularly damaging during this time."
Our Senior Digital Comms Officer, @lewistibbs.bsky.social, discusses the damaging effects of rising levels of child food poverty in the UK ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Our Senior Digital Comms Officer, @lewistibbs.bsky.social, discusses the damaging effects of rising levels of child food poverty in the UK ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
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peek = 🫣
peak = 🗻
pique = 👀
peak = 🗻
pique = 👀
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
peek = 🫣
peak = 🗻
pique = 👀
peak = 🗻
pique = 👀
Today, I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar on "How Lexonik Leap & Advance specifically support Eal learners " to colleagues at our partner FE Colleges. It was a fantastic opportunity to share my insights on all things eal.
@lexonik.co.uk
#eal #literacy #fecolleges
@lexonik.co.uk
#eal #literacy #fecolleges
June 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today, I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar on "How Lexonik Leap & Advance specifically support Eal learners " to colleagues at our partner FE Colleges. It was a fantastic opportunity to share my insights on all things eal.
@lexonik.co.uk
#eal #literacy #fecolleges
@lexonik.co.uk
#eal #literacy #fecolleges
The language tree..
June 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The language tree..
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June 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"Tantalize" is named after Tantalus, a Greek mythological figure who was eternally punished with unreachable food & drink. So close, yet so far.
#etymology
#etymology
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"Tantalize" is named after Tantalus, a Greek mythological figure who was eternally punished with unreachable food & drink. So close, yet so far.
#etymology
#etymology
Absolutely and integral to the Lexonik Leap our phonics based programme used in schools, colleges, alternative provision settings and secure children's units.
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#edusky #phonics
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#edusky #phonics
"Systematic phonics... is affordable, replicable and deliverable across thousands of state schools.... That matters. In education, if it doesn’t scale, it doesn’t work."
NEW - Why phonics is still our best bet
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
June 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Absolutely and integral to the Lexonik Leap our phonics based programme used in schools, colleges, alternative provision settings and secure children's units.
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#edusky #phonics
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#edusky #phonics
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carrot = 🥕
carat =💎
karat = 🥇
caret = ^
carat =💎
karat = 🥇
caret = ^
June 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
carrot = 🥕
carat =💎
karat = 🥇
caret = ^
carat =💎
karat = 🥇
caret = ^
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I wrote this about how to read and why.
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
How to read and why
I love reading and I love advice about how to read.
jmarriott.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I wrote this about how to read and why.
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative.
Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world.
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
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'Gaslighting' comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movies based on that play.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'Gaslighting' comes from the title of a 1938 play and the movies based on that play.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
The plots of which involve a man attempting to make his wife believe that she is going insane.
How Gamification Boosts Focus in Reading Interventions. Read how Lexonik's programmes engage learners..
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How Gamification Boosts Focus in Reading Interventions.
Reading interventions can be a challenge. Not just for struggling readers, but for the educators supporting them.
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June 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
How Gamification Boosts Focus in Reading Interventions. Read how Lexonik's programmes engage learners..
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ga...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ga...
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This is a long essay - 10,000 words - so do feel free to take your time. This is everything I believe to be true about what knowledge is and it’s relationship to memory and thought. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
You are what you know
Thinking, memory and knowing
open.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is a long essay - 10,000 words - so do feel free to take your time. This is everything I believe to be true about what knowledge is and it’s relationship to memory and thought. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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The word ‘tomato’ started out as ‘tomate’ and came from the Nahuatl word ‘tomatl.’
Since the potato had been introduced to the English some decades earlier, the word evolved to mimic the form of ‘potato’—hence the spelling ‘tomato.’
Since the potato had been introduced to the English some decades earlier, the word evolved to mimic the form of ‘potato’—hence the spelling ‘tomato.’
May 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The word ‘tomato’ started out as ‘tomate’ and came from the Nahuatl word ‘tomatl.’
Since the potato had been introduced to the English some decades earlier, the word evolved to mimic the form of ‘potato’—hence the spelling ‘tomato.’
Since the potato had been introduced to the English some decades earlier, the word evolved to mimic the form of ‘potato’—hence the spelling ‘tomato.’
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Listening to Dr Valeria Rigobon speak at @ioe.bsky.social event 'Bilingualism Effects on Language Development, Literacy & Identity' 😊
Check out her @theconversation.com article! 👇
Spread the news: "speaking a different language at home will not hold your child back in school!"
🗣💬 #langsky #edusky
Check out her @theconversation.com article! 👇
Spread the news: "speaking a different language at home will not hold your child back in school!"
🗣💬 #langsky #edusky
Speaking a different language at home will not hold your child back at school
Linguists Valeria Maria Rigobon and Rauno Parrila explain in this piece for The Conversation:
theconversation.com/do-you-speak...
Linguists Valeria Maria Rigobon and Rauno Parrila explain in this piece for The Conversation:
theconversation.com/do-you-speak...
Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school
It is common for parents to worry about raising a child to be multilingual. They may wonder, am I harming my child’s English if I speak another language at home?
theconversation.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Listening to Dr Valeria Rigobon speak at @ioe.bsky.social event 'Bilingualism Effects on Language Development, Literacy & Identity' 😊
Check out her @theconversation.com article! 👇
Spread the news: "speaking a different language at home will not hold your child back in school!"
🗣💬 #langsky #edusky
Check out her @theconversation.com article! 👇
Spread the news: "speaking a different language at home will not hold your child back in school!"
🗣💬 #langsky #edusky
Happy halfterm, folks to those off this week.
That feeling of waking up - and realising it isn't a school day
(Out in the Sun, 1965)
Artist: Frank Hampson
(Out in the Sun, 1965)
Artist: Frank Hampson
May 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Happy halfterm, folks to those off this week.
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Here are this weeks’ top sector stories 📰
💷 4% teacher pay award announced
📉 1 in 4 pupils begin to disengage with school during year 7, according to study
🧠 DfE expands mental health support for schools, with an investment of £49 million
Sign up: key.sc/signupnews
#edusky
💷 4% teacher pay award announced
📉 1 in 4 pupils begin to disengage with school during year 7, according to study
🧠 DfE expands mental health support for schools, with an investment of £49 million
Sign up: key.sc/signupnews
#edusky
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key.sc
May 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Here are this weeks’ top sector stories 📰
💷 4% teacher pay award announced
📉 1 in 4 pupils begin to disengage with school during year 7, according to study
🧠 DfE expands mental health support for schools, with an investment of £49 million
Sign up: key.sc/signupnews
#edusky
💷 4% teacher pay award announced
📉 1 in 4 pupils begin to disengage with school during year 7, according to study
🧠 DfE expands mental health support for schools, with an investment of £49 million
Sign up: key.sc/signupnews
#edusky
Today,waa the conclusion of 1.5 days Flex training with staff at Barton Moss Secure Unit in Salford. Staff are now energised to close the literacy gap.
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#literacyenrichement #cpd #secureunits
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#literacyenrichement #cpd #secureunits
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today,waa the conclusion of 1.5 days Flex training with staff at Barton Moss Secure Unit in Salford. Staff are now energised to close the literacy gap.
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#literacyenrichement #cpd #secureunits
@lexonikliteracy.bsky.social
#literacyenrichement #cpd #secureunits
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anaphora | repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
“Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you”
-The Police
“Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you”
-The Police
May 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
anaphora | repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
“Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you”
-The Police
“Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you”
-The Police
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'O’clock’ is a contraction of "of the clock."
‘Clock’ comes from the Medieval Latin ‘clocca,’ which meant “bell.”
Church towers would ring bells to mark the passing hours.
‘Cloak’ also comes from ‘clocca’ as the garment takes a bell-like shape around the body.
‘Clock’ comes from the Medieval Latin ‘clocca,’ which meant “bell.”
Church towers would ring bells to mark the passing hours.
‘Cloak’ also comes from ‘clocca’ as the garment takes a bell-like shape around the body.
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
'O’clock’ is a contraction of "of the clock."
‘Clock’ comes from the Medieval Latin ‘clocca,’ which meant “bell.”
Church towers would ring bells to mark the passing hours.
‘Cloak’ also comes from ‘clocca’ as the garment takes a bell-like shape around the body.
‘Clock’ comes from the Medieval Latin ‘clocca,’ which meant “bell.”
Church towers would ring bells to mark the passing hours.
‘Cloak’ also comes from ‘clocca’ as the garment takes a bell-like shape around the body.