Zinni
@ziaco.bsky.social
English teacher, project forgetter, little-lie-down enjoyer
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Staggering, depressing, and entirely deserved.
Survey shows 91% of trans people distrust Labour
YouGov poll reveals a startling lack of trust in Labour, judges, the police and the legal system.
goodlawproject.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Staggering, depressing, and entirely deserved.
Is this just renaming functional skills and diplomas?
Rollout of new V-level qualifications, which will replace 'hundreds' of courses that sit alongside A-levels and T-levels, is expected to begin from 2027, the skills white paper will say
schoolsweek.co.uk/skills-white...
schoolsweek.co.uk/skills-white...
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Is this just renaming functional skills and diplomas?
Oh so win-win
Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
If gambling tax rises, we’ll shut all our 1,300 shops, warns Betfred
Increased levies expected to be imposed in next month’s budget could cost the company 7,000 jobs, according to Joanne Whittaker, the chief executive
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Oh so win-win
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The Problem with “Invented Labels"
A Critique of Sami Timimi’s Interview on SEND, Autism, and ADHD
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-proble...
The Problem with “Invented Labels"
A Critique of Sami Timimi’s Interview on SEND, Autism, and ADHD
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-proble...
The Problem with “Invented Labels"
A Critique of Sami Timimi’s Interview on SEND, Autism, and ADHD
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Shared via @emergentdivergence.com
The Problem with “Invented Labels"
A Critique of Sami Timimi’s Interview on SEND, Autism, and ADHD
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-proble...
The Problem with “Invented Labels"
A Critique of Sami Timimi’s Interview on SEND, Autism, and ADHD
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-proble...
Well shit. I have no excuses for not pushing that to the top of my tbr pile sooner. It’s going to be curdling around my head for a while.
I’m about 5 years late to Boy Parts by Eliza Clark but holy hell… I can’t look away
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Well shit. I have no excuses for not pushing that to the top of my tbr pile sooner. It’s going to be curdling around my head for a while.
I’m about 5 years late to Boy Parts by Eliza Clark but holy hell… I can’t look away
October 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m about 5 years late to Boy Parts by Eliza Clark but holy hell… I can’t look away
Weeping my way through giving One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford a 5 star rating on goodreads
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Weeping my way through giving One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford a 5 star rating on goodreads
Also - if anyone has any suggestions of further reading linked to the topic I’d be grateful
I'd love to hear your takes on this. I was interested to learn more about the diagnosis/description debate, but this feels like it goes too far...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Sami Timimi: Why ‘invented’ SEND labels are disabling pupils
Diagnostic labels are medicalising young people for behaviours once considered ordinary and are contributing to unsustainable workload in schools, argues psychiatrist Sami Timimi
www.tes.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also - if anyone has any suggestions of further reading linked to the topic I’d be grateful
I'd love to hear your takes on this. I was interested to learn more about the diagnosis/description debate, but this feels like it goes too far...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Sami Timimi: Why ‘invented’ SEND labels are disabling pupils
Diagnostic labels are medicalising young people for behaviours once considered ordinary and are contributing to unsustainable workload in schools, argues psychiatrist Sami Timimi
www.tes.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'd love to hear your takes on this. I was interested to learn more about the diagnosis/description debate, but this feels like it goes too far...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
GCSE creative writing is some of the most fabulous writing. Ok - not for any literary merit, but because sometimes you get to see a young person’s first effort at representing themself creatively and that’s something special
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
GCSE creative writing is some of the most fabulous writing. Ok - not for any literary merit, but because sometimes you get to see a young person’s first effort at representing themself creatively and that’s something special
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This is pretty niche but I enjoyed writing it :) It’s on three things I’m really interested in:
1. Attention
2. Pre-Reformation graffiti
3. How the annoying it is that the working class continue to be patronised
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This is pretty niche but I enjoyed writing it :) It’s on three things I’m really interested in:
1. Attention
2. Pre-Reformation graffiti
3. How the annoying it is that the working class continue to be patronised
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
On attention, pre-Reformation graffiti, and the patronising of the working class
Ely Cathedral really just showing off
substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW POST
This is pretty niche but I enjoyed writing it :) It’s on three things I’m really interested in:
1. Attention
2. Pre-Reformation graffiti
3. How the annoying it is that the working class continue to be patronised
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
This is pretty niche but I enjoyed writing it :) It’s on three things I’m really interested in:
1. Attention
2. Pre-Reformation graffiti
3. How the annoying it is that the working class continue to be patronised
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Has anyone got any recommendations for classroom-based assessment resources where I can tailor the assessment to different students and keep track of results? Kahoot-esque but more personalised. It’s for gcse English, and I’ll take any and all suggestions!
September 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Has anyone got any recommendations for classroom-based assessment resources where I can tailor the assessment to different students and keep track of results? Kahoot-esque but more personalised. It’s for gcse English, and I’ll take any and all suggestions!
First week of term has been a terrible time to lose my glasses
September 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
First week of term has been a terrible time to lose my glasses