Kathryn Solly
@roddi33.bsky.social
Retired MNS/CC Headteacher. Author, consultant, trainer and speaker. Proud grandmother and mother. Enjoys friends, nature, travel, pets, gardening, music, art and craft, walking and exploring.
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Not content with selling out Ukraine to Russia and thereby putting the security of America’s allies at risk, the Trump regime is trashing the reputation of US science and risking the health of its children by rewriting the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not content with selling out Ukraine to Russia and thereby putting the security of America’s allies at risk, the Trump regime is trashing the reputation of US science and risking the health of its children by rewriting the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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As of 10 November, the Site Management Cluster estimates that around 1 million people in #Gaza are residing in 862 displacement sites.
Approximately 79,000 of them are sheltering in UNRWA facilities and surrounding areas.
UNRWA continues to provide basic services to people in need.
#UNRWAworks
Approximately 79,000 of them are sheltering in UNRWA facilities and surrounding areas.
UNRWA continues to provide basic services to people in need.
#UNRWAworks
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As of 10 November, the Site Management Cluster estimates that around 1 million people in #Gaza are residing in 862 displacement sites.
Approximately 79,000 of them are sheltering in UNRWA facilities and surrounding areas.
UNRWA continues to provide basic services to people in need.
#UNRWAworks
Approximately 79,000 of them are sheltering in UNRWA facilities and surrounding areas.
UNRWA continues to provide basic services to people in need.
#UNRWAworks
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I don’t like to say ‘I told them so,’ but I will, because it might help stop it all happening all over again. #CovidInquiry
The classroom, the assembly hall … and the sky
Margaret McMillan pioneered the concept of open-air education at the turn of the 19th century - perhaps we should heed her advice now?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I don’t like to say ‘I told them so,’ but I will, because it might help stop it all happening all over again. #CovidInquiry
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A whole nation betrayed for a second time by its feckless ‘oven ready Brexit’ government. And still, no individuals have ever taken sufficient responsibility for any of this. #CovidInquiry #FBPE @bylinetimes.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
The Show Must Not Go On: Downing Street Parties and a Tragic Anniversary
By sharing the story of her brother on social media, Dr Pam Jarvis discovered how many others were suffering while Number 10 partied on #18thDecember last year. She has a plan to make sure that this i...
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A whole nation betrayed for a second time by its feckless ‘oven ready Brexit’ government. And still, no individuals have ever taken sufficient responsibility for any of this. #CovidInquiry #FBPE @bylinetimes.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Two interesting photos from our visit to
Mid Wales last week.
Mid Wales last week.
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Two interesting photos from our visit to
Mid Wales last week.
Mid Wales last week.
This I believe is called Turkey Bracket Fungi. The colours are so subtle and beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This I believe is called Turkey Bracket Fungi. The colours are so subtle and beautiful.
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Our new 2026 catalogue celebrates outdoor play, community & creativity - and it’s free!
🌿 Sign up by 31 Dec for mid-Jan delivery.
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#OutdoorLearning #MuddyFaces #OutdoorPlay #ForestSchool #FreeCatalogue
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November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our new 2026 catalogue celebrates outdoor play, community & creativity - and it’s free!
🌿 Sign up by 31 Dec for mid-Jan delivery.
muddyfaces.co.uk/about-us/mud...
#OutdoorLearning #MuddyFaces #OutdoorPlay #ForestSchool #FreeCatalogue
🌿 Sign up by 31 Dec for mid-Jan delivery.
muddyfaces.co.uk/about-us/mud...
#OutdoorLearning #MuddyFaces #OutdoorPlay #ForestSchool #FreeCatalogue
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Our newsletter giveaway closes at Midnight 16th November so it's not too late to enter 😉 You can enter here 👉
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#muddyfaces #dragonssneeze #firelightingskills #forestschool
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#muddyfaces #dragonssneeze #firelightingskills #forestschool
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our newsletter giveaway closes at Midnight 16th November so it's not too late to enter 😉 You can enter here 👉
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#muddyfaces #dragonssneeze #firelightingskills #forestschool
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#muddyfaces #dragonssneeze #firelightingskills #forestschool
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Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
"Trump'll Nail Ya" - Marsh Family parody adaptation of sea shanty "Drunken Sailor" about BBC crisis
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ...
youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
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Phonics target, attendance target, more reading tests; so utterly depressing.
I’m not one for bleating, but the world has changed. Schools are unrecognisable from 10 years ago: complex and scary needs, apathy, illness. Sooner we understand this, the quicker we can address it.
I’m not one for bleating, but the world has changed. Schools are unrecognisable from 10 years ago: complex and scary needs, apathy, illness. Sooner we understand this, the quicker we can address it.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Phonics target, attendance target, more reading tests; so utterly depressing.
I’m not one for bleating, but the world has changed. Schools are unrecognisable from 10 years ago: complex and scary needs, apathy, illness. Sooner we understand this, the quicker we can address it.
I’m not one for bleating, but the world has changed. Schools are unrecognisable from 10 years ago: complex and scary needs, apathy, illness. Sooner we understand this, the quicker we can address it.
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The current frenzied efforts by the mainstream media to undermine our democratically elected government are exhausting.
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The current frenzied efforts by the mainstream media to undermine our democratically elected government are exhausting.
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Labour had the opportunity to make some changes to ease the pressure on educators and children but instead they decided to ramp things up with targets because they're more interested in looking 'tough' than actually supporting us. Imho. 🤷♀️
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Labour had the opportunity to make some changes to ease the pressure on educators and children but instead they decided to ramp things up with targets because they're more interested in looking 'tough' than actually supporting us. Imho. 🤷♀️
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As ever a Tory on R4 Today (the intellectually challenged Chris Philp) attacks ‘people on the left’. Apparently (based on right wing think tank Policy Exchange ‘research’) we are to blame for knife crime. As is Sadiq khan. He’s Being given a decent grilling though
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
As ever a Tory on R4 Today (the intellectually challenged Chris Philp) attacks ‘people on the left’. Apparently (based on right wing think tank Policy Exchange ‘research’) we are to blame for knife crime. As is Sadiq khan. He’s Being given a decent grilling though
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This accidentally turned into a short thread. Bit of a rage-thread I'm afraid. Please read to the end if you can. Thanks
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This accidentally turned into a short thread. Bit of a rage-thread I'm afraid. Please read to the end if you can. Thanks
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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The frustrating thing about this is that the idea is right, absolutely yes to more enrichment, but the idea that you just set targets to achieve it is the error. What this will mostly do is advantage schools in already advantaged areas because this stuff costs £!
schoolsweek.co.uk/another-expe...
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'Another expectation': Schools to be judged on enrichment benchmarks
Leaders demand support to meet new expectations which will be policed by Ofsted
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The frustrating thing about this is that the idea is right, absolutely yes to more enrichment, but the idea that you just set targets to achieve it is the error. What this will mostly do is advantage schools in already advantaged areas because this stuff costs £!
schoolsweek.co.uk/another-expe...
schoolsweek.co.uk/another-expe...
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The ECHR is 75 today. Like many elderly people, it is in danger of being taken for granted, and not being listened to anymore. So, happy birthday ECHR, please step forward into the spotlight and explain your history to us younger people here.
European Convention on Human Rights - ECHR Official Texts - ECHR - ECHR / CEDH
The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the European Convention on Human Rights, was opened for signature in Rome on 4 November 1950 and came into f...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The ECHR is 75 today. Like many elderly people, it is in danger of being taken for granted, and not being listened to anymore. So, happy birthday ECHR, please step forward into the spotlight and explain your history to us younger people here.
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Disgusting how many platforms this grifter has been given
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Disgusting how many platforms this grifter has been given
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Excellent post which highlights how every child has ceased to matter very sadly.
NEW BLOG POST: SEND Reform - It's not (just) about the money...
There is no amount of funding which can “put things right” because a rotten system can never be “right”.
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/s...
There is no amount of funding which can “put things right” because a rotten system can never be “right”.
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/s...
SEND Reform: It’s not (just) about the money…
Another day, another article about how the cost of provision for pupils with special needs (SEND) is bankrupting the country. This morning (Friday 31st October 2025) I read in the Guardian about a …
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Excellent post which highlights how every child has ceased to matter very sadly.
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This blog deserves my second repost.
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This blog deserves my second repost.
Excellent post which highlights how every child has ceased to matter very sadly.
NEW BLOG POST: SEND Reform - It's not (just) about the money...
There is no amount of funding which can “put things right” because a rotten system can never be “right”.
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/s...
There is no amount of funding which can “put things right” because a rotten system can never be “right”.
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/s...
SEND Reform: It’s not (just) about the money…
Another day, another article about how the cost of provision for pupils with special needs (SEND) is bankrupting the country. This morning (Friday 31st October 2025) I read in the Guardian about a …
johncosgrove55.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Excellent post which highlights how every child has ceased to matter very sadly.
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I think something that's happened with the narrative around behaviour is that there's a lot of focus on 'managing' young people who find classroom environments challenging rather than thinking about how to adapt classroom environments ahead of time. The system would benefit from more flexibility. 🤷♀️
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I think something that's happened with the narrative around behaviour is that there's a lot of focus on 'managing' young people who find classroom environments challenging rather than thinking about how to adapt classroom environments ahead of time. The system would benefit from more flexibility. 🤷♀️
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We need to reclaim our links to the natural world. "it all starts with children and is why activities like forest school and wild church are important for people and nature.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We need to reclaim our links to the natural world. "it all starts with children and is why activities like forest school and wild church are important for people and nature.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...