Sarah O'Boyle
@mrsoboyle.bsky.social
Experienced primary school head teacher, passionate about reading, quality first teaching and school improvement.
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Only one day left to enter the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award!
Judges Colette Bryce and Will Harris are searching for writers aged 11-17 anywhere in the world to send in entries on any theme.
Enter here: foyleyoungpoets.org
Judges Colette Bryce and Will Harris are searching for writers aged 11-17 anywhere in the world to send in entries on any theme.
Enter here: foyleyoungpoets.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Only one day left to enter the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award!
Judges Colette Bryce and Will Harris are searching for writers aged 11-17 anywhere in the world to send in entries on any theme.
Enter here: foyleyoungpoets.org
Judges Colette Bryce and Will Harris are searching for writers aged 11-17 anywhere in the world to send in entries on any theme.
Enter here: foyleyoungpoets.org
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This is one of my favorites!
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is one of my favorites!
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July 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” Richard Wagner
There’s magic in the everyday – in the tiniest blink-and-you-miss-it moment or the biggest, hugest grin.
Even when we feel dizzy with busy, joy is still there.
We just need to spot it. 🧡
#kindness #positivity #joy
Picture by Emily Coxhead
There’s magic in the everyday – in the tiniest blink-and-you-miss-it moment or the biggest, hugest grin.
Even when we feel dizzy with busy, joy is still there.
We just need to spot it. 🧡
#kindness #positivity #joy
Picture by Emily Coxhead
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” Richard Wagner
There’s magic in the everyday – in the tiniest blink-and-you-miss-it moment or the biggest, hugest grin.
Even when we feel dizzy with busy, joy is still there.
We just need to spot it. 🧡
#kindness #positivity #joy
Picture by Emily Coxhead
There’s magic in the everyday – in the tiniest blink-and-you-miss-it moment or the biggest, hugest grin.
Even when we feel dizzy with busy, joy is still there.
We just need to spot it. 🧡
#kindness #positivity #joy
Picture by Emily Coxhead
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Libraries make the world a better place.
June 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Libraries make the world a better place.
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Fun linguistic fact of the day. We used to speak of 'messagers' and 'passagers' before they became 'messengers' and 'passengers', since they were borrowings from French. Speakers in the Middle Ages decided to throw in what linguists call an 'intrusive n' to make them easier to say.
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Fun linguistic fact of the day. We used to speak of 'messagers' and 'passagers' before they became 'messengers' and 'passengers', since they were borrowings from French. Speakers in the Middle Ages decided to throw in what linguists call an 'intrusive n' to make them easier to say.
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This is pure gold. Stop trying to blend in, strut your stuff 😊
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is pure gold. Stop trying to blend in, strut your stuff 😊
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I’m pleased to say my paperback is currently on sale with WH Smith for only £4.99, so do grab a copy if you fancy. And thank you if you do!
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
April 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m pleased to say my paperback is currently on sale with WH Smith for only £4.99, so do grab a copy if you fancy. And thank you if you do!
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
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*** BIG NEWS ***
My and @greeborunner.bsky.social BRAND NEW BOOK is out soon with @crownhousepub.bsky.social.
In it, we explore what it is that sets amazing schools apart and answers the question, 'How DO they do it?'.
Check it out here www.crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-...
My and @greeborunner.bsky.social BRAND NEW BOOK is out soon with @crownhousepub.bsky.social.
In it, we explore what it is that sets amazing schools apart and answers the question, 'How DO they do it?'.
Check it out here www.crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-...
April 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
*** BIG NEWS ***
My and @greeborunner.bsky.social BRAND NEW BOOK is out soon with @crownhousepub.bsky.social.
In it, we explore what it is that sets amazing schools apart and answers the question, 'How DO they do it?'.
Check it out here www.crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-...
My and @greeborunner.bsky.social BRAND NEW BOOK is out soon with @crownhousepub.bsky.social.
In it, we explore what it is that sets amazing schools apart and answers the question, 'How DO they do it?'.
Check it out here www.crownhouse.co.uk/how-do-they-...
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My five poetry workshops here, for teachers, children, school students or anyone, have just passed in toto 100k views. I hope people are finding them useful:
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
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All videos and playlists on this channel have been approved by Michael Rosen and are safe to watch.
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April 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My five poetry workshops here, for teachers, children, school students or anyone, have just passed in toto 100k views. I hope people are finding them useful:
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
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This a last-ditch cry for help. My lovely son is struggling to secure work ex for June, as are many of his friends. He's 17, confident, motivated, outgoing. His A levels are maths, physics, chem. I'm ready to stick him in a Travelodge to save him staying at school tidying displays. Can you help?
April 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This a last-ditch cry for help. My lovely son is struggling to secure work ex for June, as are many of his friends. He's 17, confident, motivated, outgoing. His A levels are maths, physics, chem. I'm ready to stick him in a Travelodge to save him staying at school tidying displays. Can you help?
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Teaching is team sport not a competition 😊
April 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Teaching is team sport not a competition 😊
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They have surpassed themselves this time @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social you are amazing and gave me a much needed laugh. Spot on as always and I'll never hear that song again without your lyrics in my head! 👏🏻👏🏻
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"Flight from Earth" - Marsh Family parody of Katy Perry's "Firework" on the Blue Origin space launch
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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April 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
They have surpassed themselves this time @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social you are amazing and gave me a much needed laugh. Spot on as always and I'll never hear that song again without your lyrics in my head! 👏🏻👏🏻
youtube.com/watch?v=YJF6...
youtube.com/watch?v=YJF6...
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The Bear-Shaped Hole is publishing this May! 🐻✨
"The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." @jonnybid.bsky.social
"powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure." @smithsmm.bsky.social
By @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 🩵
"The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." @jonnybid.bsky.social
"powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure." @smithsmm.bsky.social
By @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 🩵
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Bear-Shaped Hole is publishing this May! 🐻✨
"The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." @jonnybid.bsky.social
"powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure." @smithsmm.bsky.social
By @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 🩵
"The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." @jonnybid.bsky.social
"powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure." @smithsmm.bsky.social
By @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 🩵
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Not all books are the same
Some add greater value to pupils' learning than others
I have 3 criteria for selecting books that will help pupils engage deeply with the curriculum
More here marymyatt.substack.com/p/not-all-bo...
Some add greater value to pupils' learning than others
I have 3 criteria for selecting books that will help pupils engage deeply with the curriculum
More here marymyatt.substack.com/p/not-all-bo...
April 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Not all books are the same
Some add greater value to pupils' learning than others
I have 3 criteria for selecting books that will help pupils engage deeply with the curriculum
More here marymyatt.substack.com/p/not-all-bo...
Some add greater value to pupils' learning than others
I have 3 criteria for selecting books that will help pupils engage deeply with the curriculum
More here marymyatt.substack.com/p/not-all-bo...
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Speechless by @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social (creator of Mr Wolf's Class) is a masterpiece. So many children, and adults, will be able to relate to Mira and her struggles to speak in public. It's a book bursting with empathy and a perfect graphic novel for the Y5/6 bookshelves. Do track down a copy.
March 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Speechless by @mrwolfcomics.bsky.social (creator of Mr Wolf's Class) is a masterpiece. So many children, and adults, will be able to relate to Mira and her struggles to speak in public. It's a book bursting with empathy and a perfect graphic novel for the Y5/6 bookshelves. Do track down a copy.
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This poem. Every single word.
March 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This poem. Every single word.
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Latest review on the Big Bearded Bookseller site, Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd and Tom Percival
A sensitive yet humorous picture book dealing with bereavement and grief
💙📚 #BookSky #KidLitUK #PictureBook
www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/2025/03/22/w...
A sensitive yet humorous picture book dealing with bereavement and grief
💙📚 #BookSky #KidLitUK #PictureBook
www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/2025/03/22/w...
March 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Latest review on the Big Bearded Bookseller site, Where Did She Go? by Cariad Lloyd and Tom Percival
A sensitive yet humorous picture book dealing with bereavement and grief
💙📚 #BookSky #KidLitUK #PictureBook
www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/2025/03/22/w...
A sensitive yet humorous picture book dealing with bereavement and grief
💙📚 #BookSky #KidLitUK #PictureBook
www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/2025/03/22/w...
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Clearly there is an orchestrated move against the work of @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social that seeks to derail what is, overall, a strong move towards a more equitable system.
I am a MAT CEO and I have no issues with the Bill and support her work, and mandate, to improve our system.
I am a MAT CEO and I have no issues with the Bill and support her work, and mandate, to improve our system.
March 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Clearly there is an orchestrated move against the work of @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social that seeks to derail what is, overall, a strong move towards a more equitable system.
I am a MAT CEO and I have no issues with the Bill and support her work, and mandate, to improve our system.
I am a MAT CEO and I have no issues with the Bill and support her work, and mandate, to improve our system.
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For me today that looked like a pile of mending for a clothing charity. Busy fingers make for a calm mind 😊
Mindful March - Day 16: Get really absorbed with an interesting or creative activity actionforhappiness.org/mindful-march #MindfulMarch
March 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
For me today that looked like a pile of mending for a clothing charity. Busy fingers make for a calm mind 😊
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Mary Jackson worked at NASA as the first female aerospace engineer, overcoming tremendous prejudice, she joined the organisation in 1958. (Artwork by M.Metzlar) #WomensArt
March 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Mary Jackson worked at NASA as the first female aerospace engineer, overcoming tremendous prejudice, she joined the organisation in 1958. (Artwork by M.Metzlar) #WomensArt
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These women brought about positive change. We need mote women to follow in their footsteps.
#ForAllWomenAndGirls
#WomenEd
#ForAllWomenAndGirls
#WomenEd
March 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
These women brought about positive change. We need mote women to follow in their footsteps.
#ForAllWomenAndGirls
#WomenEd
#ForAllWomenAndGirls
#WomenEd