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victoriacrooks.bsky.social
@teachertapp.bsky.social questions today have prompted me to publish an #EdublogUK which has been languishing in my draft folder.

Communicating with parents/ carers is a skill #Teachers need support to develop. Here's a blog for #ITT #ECT s on parents' evening consultations.
#UKEd #UKTeaching
Sitting on the Other Side of the Table: Understanding how to navigate Parents’ Evening
Photo by Rasyid Ahmad on Pexels.com As a parent attending Parents’ Evening consultations, I often find myself glancing at the beginning teacher sitting alongside their mentor on the other side of t…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
victoriacrooks.bsky.social
#UKTeaching #UKEd #EduBlogUK and others for #TeacherEducation #TeacherMentoring, but using hashtags like #ITT #ECT #teacher #mentor also draws you in a range of different threads depending on how the feed host set up their feed.
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
victoriacrooks.bsky.social
#TeacherMentoring

Do you have a new #ITT beginning #teacher starting in your department soon.

Moving schools midway through the year is hard. This is why your #mentee might find it particularly challenging.

#UKTeaching #EdublogUK

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A shape-sorter understanding: Why mentees find changing teaching placements so hard
We’re approaching that time in the ITE year when our students prepare to move to a new school setting for their second teaching practice. Having just settled into their placement school, havi…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM
mr-n-wood.bsky.social
#EdublogUk
#UKEd
#Edusky

Have a read of Lee's post.

Thanks @leedon1982.bsky.social
leedon1982.bsky.social Lee D @leedon1982.bsky.social · Nov 20
My first Substack post.

With nods to @rlrossi64.bsky.social, @bennewmark.bsky.social, @douglemov.bsky.social & @adamboxereducation.bsky.social

Please read, comment & share!
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
mr-n-wood.bsky.social
#UkEd #Edubloguk
#Edusky

This is a marvellous piece from Carl. A long read that is well worth the time.

Thanks @carlhendrick.substack.com 😍
carlhendrick.substack.com Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · Nov 8
Are we approaching a Turing Test for Teaching? A deep dive into the evidence on AI tutoring. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-algori...
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
victoriacrooks.bsky.social
🚨NEW BLOG🚨
A few weeks into Teaching Practice placement some #ITT beginning teachers need support around developing their professional communication and relationships.

This analogy may help. #TeacherEducation #TeacherMentoring #EduBlogUK

uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/16/s...
Settling into a teaching practice placement – it’s a bit like staying at your Auntie’s house.
Photo by Nicole Michalou on Pexels.com Nothing quite prepares you for the feeling of being in, but not of, the school where you on Teaching Practice Placement.  But for the majority of beginni…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
victoriacrooks.bsky.social
And another on the challenges some #ITT beginning teachers face when #TeacherTraining is not quite what they expected and they don't feel how they anticipated they would feel about their new endeavour...

uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/r...

#TeacherEducation #EduBlogUK 2/2
Recalibrating Your Teacher Identity: When Your Past Success Doesn’t Fit Your Current Experience
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I feel like a failure At some point every year I will have a conversation with a beginning teacher who confesses that they feel like a total failure. “…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
victoriacrooks.bsky.social
I'm in a bit of a blog writing frenzy atm. Here are two new ones today for #TeacherMentor s working working with #ITT beginning teachers in this early phase of their #TeacherTraining year.

First up, Effective #Mentor Meetings: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/u...

#EdublogUK 1/2
Unlocking the Power of Mentor Meetings for ITT Beginning Teachers
Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Mentor meetings are the cornerstone of support for beginning teachers, shaping their early experiences and helping them make sense of both the theory behind …
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
claireharley.bsky.social
#EduBlogUK
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
claireharley.bsky.social
#EduSky #UKEd #EduBlogUK
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
thinkreadhq.bsky.social
We can also be found on LinkedIn - if you're over do come and say hello! We'd love to connect with the reading and education community over there too. #UKEd #EduBlogUK
LinkedIn profile for James Murphy LinkedIn profile for Dianne Murphy LinkedIn profile for Thinking Reading
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
thtpedagogygeek.bsky.social
Super excited!
HDWTT = How do we teach that

And yes… the diorama of a classroom with lily pads on the floor to demo 'nimble number jumpers' was totally unnecessary but absolutely worth it 🪷➕➖

#EduSky #UKMathschat #TeamMaths #EdublogUK #Mathstoday
September 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
claireharley.bsky.social
🎉New Blog Post 🎉

Creating a culture of curiosity in schools.

Practical ideas to build a curious culture in schools.

Reflected on this after going through my EdD work and came up with these ideas as I went.

researchtoclassroom.com/so/98PZggWwE...

#EduSky #EduBlogUK #teacher #academicsky
New Blog Post
Creating a Culture of Curiosity
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August 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
i-teacher.bsky.social
"The majority of teachers I speak with think of memory as a linear process: stuff goes into the working memory and some of it may end up in long-term memory, if we do it right.

But the truth, as always, is far more complicated."

#edusky #edubloguk

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What do you really know about memory?
I was sat in a CPD session on Cognitive Load Theory not so long ago and several things seemed to strike me all at once:
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August 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
i-teacher.bsky.social
The Professor Will See You Now!

My latest blog explores the CCT's announcement about Professors of Education, and why I think it's just a little bit silly.

#edusky #edubloguk #edchatuk

theteacherfilesexposed.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...
The Professor Will See You Now (But Only Between Parent-Teacher Meetings)
The Chartered College of Teaching is reportedly planning to introduce a new title: Professor of Teaching. The aim? To offer a more structured career pathway for teachers while recognising excellenc…
theteacherfilesexposed.wordpress.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
cmooreanderson.bsky.social
Top post here ↴

#UKEd #EduSky #EduBlogUK
August 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
mr-n-wood.bsky.social
Fascinating discussion post from @didau.bsky.social here. Not least the idea that developing free will, or at least the illusion of it, may be a core purpose of education.

Thanks David
#Edusky #UkEd #EduBlogUk
didau.bsky.social David Didau @didau.bsky.social · Aug 2
NEW: Why beliefs about free will matter
We praise students for making good choices as if every child had equal access to self-control, foresight & calm.
But free will isn’t a level playing field. It’s a skill. And schools can either build it, or punish its absence.
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Why beliefs about free will matter in education
After a short break, It’s Your Time You’re Wasting is back!
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August 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
thinkreadhq.bsky.social
While every organisation needs finance for operational costs, including paying their staff, our focus is on successful implementation to achieve our mission.

We wrote this for anyone thinking about working with us : ‘Finding the Right Partner’ wp.me/p4hKgx-8au (2 min read).

#EduBlogUk #UKEd
“Thinking Reading is mission-driven not sales-driven.”
June 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
thinkreadhq.bsky.social
We shouldn't wait for early readers to fail. Systematic teaching is best.

Read more in our blog ‘Looking Past the Masks’ wp.me/p4hKgx-qW (5 min read).

#EduSky #EduBlogUK
"They will read when they are ready" Looking past the masks
June 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
thinkreadhq.bsky.social
Is your school dealing with reading effectively? We have created a handy 7 point check list. Let us know what you think: ‘7 ways to tell if your school is addressing reading effectively’ wp.me/p4hKgx-We (3 min read).

#EduSky #EduBlogUK #UKEd
Are school leaders focused on ensuring that every student leaves school reading well?
June 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
cmooreanderson.bsky.social
Maybe the biggest problem of the modern education debate is the epistemology that somehow, through reading research articles, someone can access the "truth" of reality.

Truth is the creation of liars. #UKEd #EduSky #EduBlogUK

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Evidence-based educational movements are actually games
Around 2012ish, a new movement rode into the UK (school) educational scene. It came with the banner of "evidence-based", to counter the previous movement. I'm not writing to contend whether the movem...
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
mr-n-wood.bsky.social
#Edusky
#EdublogUk
#UKEd
June 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
thinkreadhq.bsky.social
Recall is not 'lower order thinking'. It is foundational.

Read more in our blog ‘Seven Steps to Improving Reading Comprehension’ wp.me/p4hKgx-oi (7 min read).

#EduSky #UKEd #EdublogUK
"There is no substitute for memory. Just as knowledge is important, so is the recall of that knowledge when it is needed."
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
cmooreanderson.bsky.social
New blog post ↴

▸Decoupling lower & upper secondary curricula

#UKEd #EduSky #EduBlogUK #SciTeachUK

cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
Decoupling lower & upper secondary curricula
This is because a principal end-goal of KS4 is a grade. But in KS3, the principal goal should be an invitation into the reality constructed by a subject's members.
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
thinkreadhq.bsky.social
A common assumption is that reading is easy to teach. If that is so, why do 20% arrive at secondary school reading well behind their age?

Read more in our blog ‘Whose Responsibility?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-82z (4 min read) & let us know what you think.

#EduBlogUK #EduSky
Whose Responsibility?
It came as a shock to see a letter in the Sunday Times demanding that parents be held to account if their children do not learn to read at school. I had thought that we were making progress on such…
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June 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM