Sophie
@merrillteaches.bsky.social
DHT | art | SLE | NPQSL | curriculum | teaching and learning | lover of yellow, trees and breathing in the calm | perpetual overthinker I reader
About today:
1. Taught in year 4
2. Carried out a trainee observation
3. Was a fairy princess and then turned into a frog in forest school with year 1
4. Went to a history network meeting.
5. SLT meeting
A day of variety you might say
1. Taught in year 4
2. Carried out a trainee observation
3. Was a fairy princess and then turned into a frog in forest school with year 1
4. Went to a history network meeting.
5. SLT meeting
A day of variety you might say
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
About today:
1. Taught in year 4
2. Carried out a trainee observation
3. Was a fairy princess and then turned into a frog in forest school with year 1
4. Went to a history network meeting.
5. SLT meeting
A day of variety you might say
1. Taught in year 4
2. Carried out a trainee observation
3. Was a fairy princess and then turned into a frog in forest school with year 1
4. Went to a history network meeting.
5. SLT meeting
A day of variety you might say
Reposted by Sophie
Ep 57-60 and these great guests joined #PEV Podcast:
@merrillteaches
@MrB_Y3
@pastelteacher
@rcharlesworth
Great chats including art, reading, classroom environments, diversity and more! Don't miss them 🚨
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@merrillteaches
@MrB_Y3
@pastelteacher
@rcharlesworth
Great chats including art, reading, classroom environments, diversity and more! Don't miss them 🚨
podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/p...
open.spotify.com/show/48LK1L3...
August 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Ep 57-60 and these great guests joined #PEV Podcast:
@merrillteaches
@MrB_Y3
@pastelteacher
@rcharlesworth
Great chats including art, reading, classroom environments, diversity and more! Don't miss them 🚨
podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/p...
open.spotify.com/show/48LK1L3...
@merrillteaches
@MrB_Y3
@pastelteacher
@rcharlesworth
Great chats including art, reading, classroom environments, diversity and more! Don't miss them 🚨
podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/p...
open.spotify.com/show/48LK1L3...
Who doesn’t love a bit of new stationery for the start of a new year! Genuinely excited by having a new pencil case. It’s like I’m kid all over again 😂
August 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Who doesn’t love a bit of new stationery for the start of a new year! Genuinely excited by having a new pencil case. It’s like I’m kid all over again 😂
The Cowal Peninsular is pretty beautiful
August 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Cowal Peninsular is pretty beautiful
A lovely walk round Hartington and a cheeky ice cream
August 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lovely walk round Hartington and a cheeky ice cream
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I don’t write very often anymore, don’t really feel like have much to say these days. But as an academic year closes and a new one is on the horizon I thought why not.
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
New Chapters
Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com The funny thing about working in education is that in some ways we have two ideas of what constitutes a year. There is the calendar year and the academic year. I…
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I don’t write very often anymore, don’t really feel like have much to say these days. But as an academic year closes and a new one is on the horizon I thought why not.
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
I don’t write very often anymore, don’t really feel like have much to say these days. But as an academic year closes and a new one is on the horizon I thought why not.
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
New Chapters
Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com The funny thing about working in education is that in some ways we have two ideas of what constitutes a year. There is the calendar year and the academic year. I…
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I don’t write very often anymore, don’t really feel like have much to say these days. But as an academic year closes and a new one is on the horizon I thought why not.
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
New chapters
primarycoloursart.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/n...
Mummy: yes baby
11yo: I don’t like superhero’s - they are a bit rubbish
Me: I’m not keen
11yo: Apart from Bananaman!
Me: absolutely!
Winning at parenting!
11yo: I don’t like superhero’s - they are a bit rubbish
Me: I’m not keen
11yo: Apart from Bananaman!
Me: absolutely!
Winning at parenting!
a cartoon of bananaman flying in front of a globe
ALT: a cartoon of bananaman flying in front of a globe
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August 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Mummy: yes baby
11yo: I don’t like superhero’s - they are a bit rubbish
Me: I’m not keen
11yo: Apart from Bananaman!
Me: absolutely!
Winning at parenting!
11yo: I don’t like superhero’s - they are a bit rubbish
Me: I’m not keen
11yo: Apart from Bananaman!
Me: absolutely!
Winning at parenting!
Dopamine dressing today. Wear things that bring you joy
July 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Dopamine dressing today. Wear things that bring you joy
Anyone else really struggling to switch off?
July 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Anyone else really struggling to switch off?
How are you summer hols going Soph?
Me: well today I wrote a geography medium term plan on how canals were important in the development and prosperity of Ancoats…so…..
Me: well today I wrote a geography medium term plan on how canals were important in the development and prosperity of Ancoats…so…..
a close up of a man 's face with #schitts creek written on the bottom right
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July 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How are you summer hols going Soph?
Me: well today I wrote a geography medium term plan on how canals were important in the development and prosperity of Ancoats…so…..
Me: well today I wrote a geography medium term plan on how canals were important in the development and prosperity of Ancoats…so…..
Holiday mode is now on!
July 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Holiday mode is now on!
A year ago I took a leap. I was interviewed to be an assistant head at another school in the trust, so working across two schools. I’m now permanently at my new school and will be deputy in September. And so much more has happened in between but I am still standing
July 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A year ago I took a leap. I was interviewed to be an assistant head at another school in the trust, so working across two schools. I’m now permanently at my new school and will be deputy in September. And so much more has happened in between but I am still standing
Can anyone recommend/ suggest/ know of any book fair companies other than the obvious? Love that they give us money for more books but I am a bit sick of the regular celebrity ‘authors’ and lack of quality, diversity and inclusion. Thanks #primaryrocks
June 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can anyone recommend/ suggest/ know of any book fair companies other than the obvious? Love that they give us money for more books but I am a bit sick of the regular celebrity ‘authors’ and lack of quality, diversity and inclusion. Thanks #primaryrocks
Reflection on today: knowing what to get right is one thing. But often the how is a whole other matter. And often that is a bigger and more improtant question as it’s the can mean success or failure. #primaryrocks
June 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reflection on today: knowing what to get right is one thing. But often the how is a whole other matter. And often that is a bigger and more improtant question as it’s the can mean success or failure. #primaryrocks
I ran school for 3 days this week as the head was on residential…I am exhausted but school, children and staff are all still standing so I am taking that as a win! 😂
June 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I ran school for 3 days this week as the head was on residential…I am exhausted but school, children and staff are all still standing so I am taking that as a win! 😂
Looking at developing houses at my new school. The problem is naming these after famous people is daunting as who knows what might come out about someone in a few years time! My era was a minefield! 😬
June 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Looking at developing houses at my new school. The problem is naming these after famous people is daunting as who knows what might come out about someone in a few years time! My era was a minefield! 😬
Why is a week at work different to a week off in terms of how long they last?
May 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why is a week at work different to a week off in terms of how long they last?
The problem other then the obvious with leaving a school is finding a home for all the stuff you have accumulated over the years 😳🤦♀️
May 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The problem other then the obvious with leaving a school is finding a home for all the stuff you have accumulated over the years 😳🤦♀️
Finding some calm at Macclesfield forest
May 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Finding some calm at Macclesfield forest
Last day face…after 20 years at school. Lots of tears shed today. But so many happy memories. Now to work out how to be a deputy! 😂😳
May 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Last day face…after 20 years at school. Lots of tears shed today. But so many happy memories. Now to work out how to be a deputy! 😂😳
Not crying my eyes out writing cards for people ready for my last day at school tomorrow honest 😳
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not crying my eyes out writing cards for people ready for my last day at school tomorrow honest 😳
Not myself today. Struggling a bit with the amount of change. It’s just a lot
May 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not myself today. Struggling a bit with the amount of change. It’s just a lot
Good luck to all the year 6 children and their teachers for next week. May the SATs wombles have been kind. May there be minimal milling around in bewilderment, no Spanish speaking cats or humble potatoes! #primaryrocks
May 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Good luck to all the year 6 children and their teachers for next week. May the SATs wombles have been kind. May there be minimal milling around in bewilderment, no Spanish speaking cats or humble potatoes! #primaryrocks
Bank Holiday Monday at Haddon Hall
May 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bank Holiday Monday at Haddon Hall