You really are living your best life
@michaelslav
Trying to grow the number of students studying Modern Languages in UK state schools and universities. Formerly at The Brilliant Club and a secondary school French teacher. My new project is @LangForAll.bsky.social - get in touch!
You really are living your best life
For hundreds of years, women in the South Korean island province of Jeju have made their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor. See Hyung S. Kimβs portraits of the sea women.
This is superb - very proud of The Brilliant Club and itβs enduring impact. This is a school that really gets it! πͺ
Thanks, Michael! Being able to compile even more schoolsβ data to that of the 50+ in our trust will hopefully enable for better application of national distribution and give us a notion of potential grade boundaries.
Schools doing it for themselves: big fan!
May be a massive time saver?
Let a thousand assemblies / parents evening presentation slides bloom!
Here assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67c96d...
DfE report on βThe link between
attendance and
attainment in an
assessment yearβ
Schools are the fourth emergency service
Following the appointment of Tom Wood to the post of Principal at Bedford Free School, we are looking for a Deputy Principal from September 2025.
This is a brilliant school we want to take to even greater heights.
Please share:
mynewterm.com/jobs/138228/...
The Welsh word for squirrel is gwiwer, which is appropriately cute given the photo Sarah posted of her son dressed as one.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
@howardamos.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing these Peps!
Actually such a good point (pun intended).
I would far rather give salary scale a point bump that put money into the private sector for a finders fee.
ChatGPT to be embedded in Estonian education
openai.com/index/estoni...
6 strategies for effective learning from the Learning Scientists & Oliver Caviglioli
πshort explainer with references: www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/8/...
πΈβ¬οΈ downloadable posters:
www.learningscientists.org/downloadable...
Dear Spanish teachers teaching El Laberinto Del Fauno at A Level. I had a few very productive lessons with Y13 last week describing all main characters and finding key words to enhance essay writing. Here are our findings, in case they are useful: #MFLBluesky
Hugely energising day with over 60 school and trust leaders from across the country.
Weβre thinking about how local clusters of schools can build great
System coherence
Educational coherence
Relational coherence
So that all children and families have a better journey from cradle to career.
Just came across this organisation that puts on theatre plays in modern languages for schools.
www.onatti.co.uk
Looks really interesting!
Which led me down a rabbit hole to the language which has the largest number of sounds: near Botswana & Namibia, welcome to the ΗXΓ³Γ΅ language! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFE6...
I was today years old when I found out there's a language with only 12 letters AEGIKOPRSTUV
Rotokas is spoken by a few thousand people in Papua New Guinea.
Here's what I presume is the retelling the story of Christ in Rotokas so you can hear what it sounds like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tq6...
Uh oh.
Does anyone have recent experience of taking a non-EU, non-UK passport holder student (under 18) on a school trip to Spain? They have a visa for residency in the UK, but passport from Asian country. French consulate permits entry with letter from school proving enrolment. Same for Spain?
Thank you - I really like this. Appeal to the good all-rounders.
Get her in blocks
Enjoying @neilgilbride.bsky.socialβs βSelf-Efficacy Theory In Actionβ while the kids go to swimming lesson. Really appreciate how complex ideas are being broken down into easy-to-follow reasoning. Trying to apply the ideas to better understand kids who give up on studying languages.
The exceptional Jane Herron is stepping down from her role as Bedford Free School Principal at the end of this academic year.
She will be a very hard act to follow. We are looking for someone to do so.
mynewterm.com/jobs/138228/...
Conversations & visits very welcome.
Please repost.