Peter Foster
@pnjfoster.bsky.social
Teacher Development Lead for a MAT in Somerset
Author of What do new teachers need to know? / The Long Game
Author of What do new teachers need to know? / The Long Game
If ever you want to feel a bit baffled, I recommend having a look through the job listings for a school like this one...
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If ever you want to feel a bit baffled, I recommend having a look through the job listings for a school like this one...
Occasionally I see a job advertised and I like to imagine how badly I would do in the job interview…
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Occasionally I see a job advertised and I like to imagine how badly I would do in the job interview…
Temperature really dropped over night...
September 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Temperature really dropped over night...
Exciting roles available if you’re looking for a change this year…
September 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Exciting roles available if you’re looking for a change this year…
Been reading this for months and I’m enjoying it but *spoiler alert* you get 500 pages in and he tells you there are actually two more plots
July 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Been reading this for months and I’m enjoying it but *spoiler alert* you get 500 pages in and he tells you there are actually two more plots
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social just listened to Craig Barton. Feel we need some Expedition 33 chat.
What’s your party/pictos/lumina set up etc?
Just finished the main story last night
Such a pretty game
What’s your party/pictos/lumina set up etc?
Just finished the main story last night
Such a pretty game
July 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@adamboxereducation.bsky.social just listened to Craig Barton. Feel we need some Expedition 33 chat.
What’s your party/pictos/lumina set up etc?
Just finished the main story last night
Such a pretty game
What’s your party/pictos/lumina set up etc?
Just finished the main story last night
Such a pretty game
Sunday afternoon crumpet making which is quite a lot of faff and produces crumpets about as good as you can buy…
July 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sunday afternoon crumpet making which is quite a lot of faff and produces crumpets about as good as you can buy…
Anyone playing Expedition 33? An exceedingly pretty game
July 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Anyone playing Expedition 33? An exceedingly pretty game
Colleague had to explain this ‘flash card’…
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Colleague had to explain this ‘flash card’…
15 years since I completed my PGCE
Also 15 years since the group organising the graduation celebration regretted their decision to book a terrible comedian
Also 15 years since the group organising the graduation celebration regretted their decision to book a terrible comedian
June 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
15 years since I completed my PGCE
Also 15 years since the group organising the graduation celebration regretted their decision to book a terrible comedian
Also 15 years since the group organising the graduation celebration regretted their decision to book a terrible comedian
What’s great about this from @mrarobbins.bsky.social is that it isn’t telling you exactly how your CPD should look
Instead, it gives you lots of principles, research and case studies from which you can design CPD that works in your school
Instead, it gives you lots of principles, research and case studies from which you can design CPD that works in your school
June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What’s great about this from @mrarobbins.bsky.social is that it isn’t telling you exactly how your CPD should look
Instead, it gives you lots of principles, research and case studies from which you can design CPD that works in your school
Instead, it gives you lots of principles, research and case studies from which you can design CPD that works in your school
Me when there’s minor road works on my way to work…
June 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Me when there’s minor road works on my way to work…
Wife made a frog cake for my daughter’s birthday
Amazing thing about it is that it continues to look like a frog the more we eat
Amazing thing about it is that it continues to look like a frog the more we eat
June 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wife made a frog cake for my daughter’s birthday
Amazing thing about it is that it continues to look like a frog the more we eat
Amazing thing about it is that it continues to look like a frog the more we eat
It’s a trampoline party today.
Which means I sit in this room and read a history of Europe focused on the borders
Not bad
Which means I sit in this room and read a history of Europe focused on the borders
Not bad
June 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s a trampoline party today.
Which means I sit in this room and read a history of Europe focused on the borders
Not bad
Which means I sit in this room and read a history of Europe focused on the borders
Not bad
Latest review of The Long Game
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Latest review of The Long Game
I’m either at the schools and academies show or having some kind of fever dream
May 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m either at the schools and academies show or having some kind of fever dream
First half marathon in Bristol on a very hot day
May 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
First half marathon in Bristol on a very hot day
At the end of this term, if you’re thinking about how to make teaching more sustainable for you or those you lead, check out The Long Game
Strategies from research and real teachers
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1032...
Strategies from research and real teachers
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1032...
April 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the end of this term, if you’re thinking about how to make teaching more sustainable for you or those you lead, check out The Long Game
Strategies from research and real teachers
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1032...
Strategies from research and real teachers
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1032...
Latest reader review for The Long Game
March 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Latest reader review for The Long Game
Weekend baking - can you tell which is mine and which is the recipe book?
March 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Weekend baking - can you tell which is mine and which is the recipe book?
This sounds like one of those things people make up about their children on the internet but…
Someone got in touch this week to say that they were going to stick with teaching a bit longer after reading The Long Game
Blown away by this feedback
Link below
Someone got in touch this week to say that they were going to stick with teaching a bit longer after reading The Long Game
Blown away by this feedback
Link below
March 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This sounds like one of those things people make up about their children on the internet but…
Someone got in touch this week to say that they were going to stick with teaching a bit longer after reading The Long Game
Blown away by this feedback
Link below
Someone got in touch this week to say that they were going to stick with teaching a bit longer after reading The Long Game
Blown away by this feedback
Link below
I’ve been trying out LinkedIn as well and there’s lots of good stuff there but there’s
a. Lots of people messaging me who want to sell me things
b. Lots of this…🤨
a. Lots of people messaging me who want to sell me things
b. Lots of this…🤨
March 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I’ve been trying out LinkedIn as well and there’s lots of good stuff there but there’s
a. Lots of people messaging me who want to sell me things
b. Lots of this…🤨
a. Lots of people messaging me who want to sell me things
b. Lots of this…🤨
Love it when these relentlessly annoying educompanies go for the personal touch
March 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Love it when these relentlessly annoying educompanies go for the personal touch