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I’m Liz, an ex-teacher. I run my own tuition business, Sky Blue Education, in South Cambridgeshire, UK. Interested in all things pedagogical, art, design, photography, history, politics, countryside, crafts. Lived in Spain for ten years. European.
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The Ghost of James Joyce, Dublin
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Year 8 KS3 recommended reading list for school pupils aged 12-13. Our list includes books by Anne Fine, Elizabeth Laird, Adeline Yen Mah, Jamila Gavin and Meg Rosoff schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list... #YAlit #ukedchat
Year 8 recommended reading list for children aged 12-13
Year 8 reading books - a selection of exciting easy reads and challenging titles, suitable for Year 8 pupils in secondary schools aged 12-13.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Save palliative care beds at Arthur Rank Hospices - Pippa Heylings MP
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October 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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jonnybid.bsky.social
On Monday 20th October, I'm running an online session with the brilliant @joshuaseigal.bsky.social all about raising the profile of poetry in the primary classroom. It will start at 3:45pm and end at 5:00pm. More information here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-dont-lik...
September 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Grind bones, pull levers, explore the strange side of history.
From Norfolk’s Narborough Bone Mill to Cromer’s old signal box, Heritage Open Days reveal the quirkiest corners of England’s past.

Free to explore, but may need booking.

Kate Viscardi reports
Heritage for all, with free access
Heritage Open Days, England's contribution to European Heritage Days, started in 1994; then there were 701 events; now there are over 5,000
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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matt-lynch.bsky.social
NEW* for June 2026 onwards: AQA Lang P1 specimen papers and accompanying PPT slide decks. I’ll add to this folder as I update them. Includes:

✅ Enduring Love
✅ Hound of the Baskervilles
✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping
✅To Kill a Mockingbird

Help yourself 😊

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August 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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matt-lynch.bsky.social
*NEW* for 2026 onwards: updated and some brand new specimen AQA Lang P2s with accompanying PPT slide decks to support teaching. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish

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July 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
Browse our picks of the best new fiction, nonfiction, poetry and picture book children's and YA released over the past few years schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/new... #kidlit #teachersofx #picturebooks
Recommended new children's and YA books | School Reading List
The School Reading List top picks from recently released children's, YA novels and non fiction titles; including our books of the month.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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**New blog** - It's been a while so reposts hugely appreciated.

primarycolour.home.blog/2025/08/01/t...
The Most Common Reason Why Children Don’t Become Fluent Readers… And What We Can Do About It
There are myriad reasons why a child might struggle to become a fluent reader: they might have extreme difficulties in learning to decode words relating to phonological issues, working memory or ot…
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August 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Accidentally ornamental leeks #flowers #bloomscrolling
Large pale pink flower heads on leeks
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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A National Year of Reading 2026 👏👏 to ‘change the nation’s culture’ is Good News! 👏👏 A DfE initiative with NLT as delivery partner @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social Do share and get involved! 👏 www.nationalyearofreading.org.uk
Words to describe the NYOR aims
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Widdington, Essex UK
Teasels and wild flowers against grey sky
June 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Portal, Wandlebury
June 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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rockyenta.bsky.social
Missing, one lost red sweater. #paris #luxembourggardens #travel #haveadventures
June 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Fern
June 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Morning all.

Photographer Bert Hardy “The Pool of London,” 1949.
June 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Romsey Town, Cambridge UK #photography #cambridge
Red painted shop front: Acupuncture and sign listing ailments treated. Bike leaning in front, reflection of other side of the street and photographer. Sun and shadow on pavement in front.
June 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Romsey Town, Cambridge UK #photography #cambridge
Street sign: Sedgwick Street, above sign reading ‘Wash and dry your duvet here’, both on side of brick building, glimpse of street with car and red traffic lights. Small heron mural above street sign.
June 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Romsey Town, Cambridge UK #photography #cambridge
Vine (?), telegraph post and wires and brick chimney, looking skywards, with grey clouds
June 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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When Sorolla painted 'Niña en mar plateado,' in 1909, it was amongst the most luminous and freely handled works he had produced. In 1906, the newspaper 'La Nación' had written: 'Sorolla is one of the glories of Valencia...one of the glories of modern Spain.'
June 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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I don’t know why anybody finds this particular T-shirt objectionable, but here we are: y’all means all.
Me, sitting in my local public library after voting, wearing a T-shirt that says “y’all means all”
June 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Spiral staircase from below - Courtauld Gallery, London

#spiral #staircase #CourtauldGallery #BlueSkyArtShow #underneath #stunday #classicMono
June 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Self-portrait in close association with The Joy of Street Furniture, Southwark Bridge
June 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM