Helen
mrshn.bsky.social
Helen
@mrshn.bsky.social
Teacher, currently Y4, RE and wellbeing lead. Parent to 2 boys. Striving to be my best at work and at home. Progress not perfection.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #9,877,161! ☺️
September 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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National Poetry Day is on Thursday 3rd October. We try to include the local community in our celebrations by sharing Poetry Post. The pupils (and staff) write or copy a poem, decorate it, put it in an envelope with a short message and then deliver it. ourfp.org/eop/poetry-p...
September 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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📢BOOK GIVEAWAY📢

To celebrate my joining BlueSky, I'm going to give away a copy of my recently released, 5* rated, Mary Myatt approved book 'Teaching Hacks'.

Covering writing, oracy, revision, learner identity, curriculum and more!

Simple RT and follow to be entered.

Drawn 23rd Sept!
September 13, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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🚨 NEW POST 🚨

'Streaked tenrecs and improving reading'

"No assessment is perfect – and the KS2 SATs reading certainly isn’t. So, we should replace it with something better, right?"

alexquigley.co.uk/streaked-ten...
Streaked tenrecs and improving reading
Have you ever seen a ‘streaky tenrec’? Probably not. For pupils sitting the key stage 2 SATs reading assessment, they likely met the tenrec and the wildlife of Madagascar for the first time.  The fir...
alexquigley.co.uk
September 14, 2024 at 8:41 AM
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I sometimes get asked about the common issues I see across primary schools and the kind of support I offer as a result. This brief blog explains this stuff.

This is my first new blog on Blue Sky so reposts much appreciated.

primarycolour.home.blog/2024/09/08/h...
How I Try to Help Schools to Teach Reading More Effectively
Warning: Parts of this blog are going to feel like an advertisement for my consultancy work and books. This is unavoidable as I have written this for those who ask me about the issues relating to read...
primarycolour.home.blog
September 8, 2024 at 10:51 AM