Mrs Shapland
@mrsshapland.bsky.social
Head of English and Media. Views my own. #10PercentBraver
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I always look forward to the Festival of Education as a big highlight of the year. Thrilled to be speaking on all things teacher development in these four sessions, alongside some of my most favourite educators. And of course, to catching up with friends and colleagues in the (hopefully!) sunshine.
June 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I always look forward to the Festival of Education as a big highlight of the year. Thrilled to be speaking on all things teacher development in these four sessions, alongside some of my most favourite educators. And of course, to catching up with friends and colleagues in the (hopefully!) sunshine.
Male colleague popped round to handful of us peri menopausal types ahead of pm assembly to advise us the hall was hotter than hell &we might want to be late/ go on site patrol rather than be stuck in the space for the whole 1/2 hr🥰 #menopause #teaching #hotweather #allyship @womened.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Male colleague popped round to handful of us peri menopausal types ahead of pm assembly to advise us the hall was hotter than hell &we might want to be late/ go on site patrol rather than be stuck in the space for the whole 1/2 hr🥰 #menopause #teaching #hotweather #allyship @womened.bsky.social
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What I don't have ...
- big corporate offices
- swanky website
- marketing team
What I do have ...
- years of teaching experience
- even more years of the profession as a whole
- empathy and understanding
Staff wellbeing deserves an expert - nourishtheworkplace.com
- big corporate offices
- swanky website
- marketing team
What I do have ...
- years of teaching experience
- even more years of the profession as a whole
- empathy and understanding
Staff wellbeing deserves an expert - nourishtheworkplace.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
What I don't have ...
- big corporate offices
- swanky website
- marketing team
What I do have ...
- years of teaching experience
- even more years of the profession as a whole
- empathy and understanding
Staff wellbeing deserves an expert - nourishtheworkplace.com
- big corporate offices
- swanky website
- marketing team
What I do have ...
- years of teaching experience
- even more years of the profession as a whole
- empathy and understanding
Staff wellbeing deserves an expert - nourishtheworkplace.com
#EduSky which checkers (paid for) are best for detecting AI use given that it is so easy for pupils to get AI to generate them human sounding work these days that the free ones don’t pick up?
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#EduSky which checkers (paid for) are best for detecting AI use given that it is so easy for pupils to get AI to generate them human sounding work these days that the free ones don’t pick up?
Any of my #EduSky community managed FT teaching and an MA and life…. Thought I was smashing life but currently very much not and would love some tips
December 25, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Any of my #EduSky community managed FT teaching and an MA and life…. Thought I was smashing life but currently very much not and would love some tips
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We’re particularly interested in hearing the views and experiences of children & young people around curriculum and assessment.
If you have a school council or pupil leadership team, coordinating a response to the call for evidence could be a really meaningful activity.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you have a school council or pupil leadership team, coordinating a response to the call for evidence could be a really meaningful activity.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
September 26, 2024 at 4:31 PM
We’re particularly interested in hearing the views and experiences of children & young people around curriculum and assessment.
If you have a school council or pupil leadership team, coordinating a response to the call for evidence could be a really meaningful activity.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
If you have a school council or pupil leadership team, coordinating a response to the call for evidence could be a really meaningful activity.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
What #Secondary #EduSky have been observing for 3yrs seems to have a medical basis…
Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds
Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds
September 10, 2024 at 5:31 AM
What #Secondary #EduSky have been observing for 3yrs seems to have a medical basis…
Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds
Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds
Things I’ve tried in the first week back &failed at:
-Balancing work/ caring for my Dad
-using the new photocopier
-eating healthily
-getting ‘big’ jobs done
-finishing the research paper I was writing
-staying on a horse
Like the horse, I will get back on the other stuff &keep trying #EduSky
-Balancing work/ caring for my Dad
-using the new photocopier
-eating healthily
-getting ‘big’ jobs done
-finishing the research paper I was writing
-staying on a horse
Like the horse, I will get back on the other stuff &keep trying #EduSky
September 6, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Things I’ve tried in the first week back &failed at:
-Balancing work/ caring for my Dad
-using the new photocopier
-eating healthily
-getting ‘big’ jobs done
-finishing the research paper I was writing
-staying on a horse
Like the horse, I will get back on the other stuff &keep trying #EduSky
-Balancing work/ caring for my Dad
-using the new photocopier
-eating healthily
-getting ‘big’ jobs done
-finishing the research paper I was writing
-staying on a horse
Like the horse, I will get back on the other stuff &keep trying #EduSky
Had some me time this evening. Didn’t quite go to plan.
September 5, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Had some me time this evening. Didn’t quite go to plan.
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Let’s continue to grow this platform in the manner it has started - a wonderfully collegiate, informative, interesting space for educators everywhere. Hurrah! @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @ascl-uk.bsky.social
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August 31, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Let’s continue to grow this platform in the manner it has started - a wonderfully collegiate, informative, interesting space for educators everywhere. Hurrah! @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @ascl-uk.bsky.social
6hrs of meetings +training yesterday; 61/2 hrs of meetings today.
Funnily enough after all that sitting, getting on a horse this evening was a bit of a challenge- hips &knees feel like someone has put them in a blender. Sitting is bad for you!
Thank heaven for actually getting to teach tomorrow.
Funnily enough after all that sitting, getting on a horse this evening was a bit of a challenge- hips &knees feel like someone has put them in a blender. Sitting is bad for you!
Thank heaven for actually getting to teach tomorrow.
August 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM
6hrs of meetings +training yesterday; 61/2 hrs of meetings today.
Funnily enough after all that sitting, getting on a horse this evening was a bit of a challenge- hips &knees feel like someone has put them in a blender. Sitting is bad for you!
Thank heaven for actually getting to teach tomorrow.
Funnily enough after all that sitting, getting on a horse this evening was a bit of a challenge- hips &knees feel like someone has put them in a blender. Sitting is bad for you!
Thank heaven for actually getting to teach tomorrow.
To the newbies:
congrats on joining the best profession in the world; planning & marking do get easier; It can be a life long career; By the end of the year the good days will have out weighed the bad; This level of tired is normal but not permanent; make friends with support staff. #EduSky
congrats on joining the best profession in the world; planning & marking do get easier; It can be a life long career; By the end of the year the good days will have out weighed the bad; This level of tired is normal but not permanent; make friends with support staff. #EduSky
August 29, 2024 at 5:43 AM
To the newbies:
congrats on joining the best profession in the world; planning & marking do get easier; It can be a life long career; By the end of the year the good days will have out weighed the bad; This level of tired is normal but not permanent; make friends with support staff. #EduSky
congrats on joining the best profession in the world; planning & marking do get easier; It can be a life long career; By the end of the year the good days will have out weighed the bad; This level of tired is normal but not permanent; make friends with support staff. #EduSky
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Swedish is like Linux. It's quite obvious how the language works, and you can make your own words.
French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.
English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from??
French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.
English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from??
August 28, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Swedish is like Linux. It's quite obvious how the language works, and you can make your own words.
French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.
English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from??
French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.
English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from??
First day back done. Tired.
August 28, 2024 at 9:08 PM
First day back done. Tired.
Going to give half hour to an Edu colleague in a FB group that wants to explore her results a bit this morning, then off to London for a Burrito with the boy, the British museum and to pick up my student ID ahead of starting my MA with UCL.
#LastDayOfTheHolidays #Back2School
#LastDayOfTheHolidays #Back2School
August 27, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Going to give half hour to an Edu colleague in a FB group that wants to explore her results a bit this morning, then off to London for a Burrito with the boy, the British museum and to pick up my student ID ahead of starting my MA with UCL.
#LastDayOfTheHolidays #Back2School
#LastDayOfTheHolidays #Back2School
My Dad is dying. My friends from uni decided our next sleepover meet up should be in the town where he lives so I can “duck out when needed” rather than having to miss out. Get yourselves friends like that folks. 25yrs ago we were flung together in a flat. Bloody good match making #CardiffUniversity
August 26, 2024 at 8:01 PM
My Dad is dying. My friends from uni decided our next sleepover meet up should be in the town where he lives so I can “duck out when needed” rather than having to miss out. Get yourselves friends like that folks. 25yrs ago we were flung together in a flat. Bloody good match making #CardiffUniversity
Bank holiday Monday vibes….
August 26, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Bank holiday Monday vibes….
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Just posted new blog on Bluesky and not (yet) on Twitter. Be interesting to see engagement. Will I fold and put it on Twitter too? Please help me avoid the temptation by reposting here!
primarytimery.com/2024/08/25/o...
primarytimery.com/2024/08/25/o...
August 25, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Just posted new blog on Bluesky and not (yet) on Twitter. Be interesting to see engagement. Will I fold and put it on Twitter too? Please help me avoid the temptation by reposting here!
primarytimery.com/2024/08/25/o...
primarytimery.com/2024/08/25/o...
We did the school shoe shop today.
A: yes I sold a kidney
B: 12yo now has bigger feet than me
C: he is an H width fitting so precedent suggests he will be in the next size up by Christmas and I will be selling my other kidney
A: yes I sold a kidney
B: 12yo now has bigger feet than me
C: he is an H width fitting so precedent suggests he will be in the next size up by Christmas and I will be selling my other kidney
August 24, 2024 at 4:36 PM
We did the school shoe shop today.
A: yes I sold a kidney
B: 12yo now has bigger feet than me
C: he is an H width fitting so precedent suggests he will be in the next size up by Christmas and I will be selling my other kidney
A: yes I sold a kidney
B: 12yo now has bigger feet than me
C: he is an H width fitting so precedent suggests he will be in the next size up by Christmas and I will be selling my other kidney
Trying to write a up a research paper and strike the balance between #GirlySwot diligence and my sanity … thus far all I have achieved is an intro and draft method and getting too antsy with my husband and son, which led to needing to watch Inside out 2 to regulate 🤦🏻♀️
August 23, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Trying to write a up a research paper and strike the balance between #GirlySwot diligence and my sanity … thus far all I have achieved is an intro and draft method and getting too antsy with my husband and son, which led to needing to watch Inside out 2 to regulate 🤦🏻♀️
Wrote the 120word intro for my research paper… that’s enough to justify a break, right?
August 23, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Wrote the 120word intro for my research paper… that’s enough to justify a break, right?
Anyone else’s pets decided it is winter and so you must be under a blanket and they must sit on you??
In her defence it’s the first time I have sat down since my weekend away. I did not need the 15minute nagging to get the blanket out though… this was a bit warmer than I needed.
In her defence it’s the first time I have sat down since my weekend away. I did not need the 15minute nagging to get the blanket out though… this was a bit warmer than I needed.
August 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Anyone else’s pets decided it is winter and so you must be under a blanket and they must sit on you??
In her defence it’s the first time I have sat down since my weekend away. I did not need the 15minute nagging to get the blanket out though… this was a bit warmer than I needed.
In her defence it’s the first time I have sat down since my weekend away. I did not need the 15minute nagging to get the blanket out though… this was a bit warmer than I needed.
Hope everyone UK Secondary #EduSky is getting the results they expected or better today.
A proud boast to say my dept smashed it out of the park on all our qualifications this year, which has been no mean feat given some of the background noise we have all been dealing with personally. #SoProud
A proud boast to say my dept smashed it out of the park on all our qualifications this year, which has been no mean feat given some of the background noise we have all been dealing with personally. #SoProud
August 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Any other teachers spent too much time caring for others over the summer and realising you are in danger of going back to work with a more depleted battery than you started the holiday with?
#EduSky #Carer #Teacher #TeacherCarer #SelfCare #Tired
… and I promised my LM I would get some rest 🤦🏻♀️
#EduSky #Carer #Teacher #TeacherCarer #SelfCare #Tired
… and I promised my LM I would get some rest 🤦🏻♀️
August 20, 2024 at 6:42 PM