Lou Smith

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📣3 days left for extended abstract deadline Feb 20th!
Join us on March 6th at at King's College London Strand Campus Great Hall for the @kingshealth.bsky.social #RareDisease Network #PPIE event
#RareDiseaseDay
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @gstt-nhs.bsky.social @medicsforrare.bsky.social

@linguascope.com webinars will be back in September on Tuesdays 7pm (GMT) and we have an incredible selection for you to attend, should you wish to.
#mfltwitterati #mflbluesky #blueskymfl #mflteachers #mflchat #langchat #linguascopewebinars Registration links to follo. Please share.

Tuesday 16th September at 7pm (GMT)= @linguascope.com webinar time with Mark Lister sharing his expertise on embedding effective use of Disciplinary Literacy in the #mfl classroom
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #mflbluesky #blueskyedu #mflteacher #linguascopewebinars
Register here bit.ly/3I9LXXE

Tuesday 30th Sept at 7pm (GMT)= @linguascope.com webinar
time with Juliette Claro looking at Creative pedagogies in the Languages Classroom
#mfltwitterati #mflchat #langchat #mflbluesky #blueskyedu #mflteacher #linguascopewebinars #creativity #pedagogy #languages
Register here: bit.ly/46orLur

Yes please, could yiu add me too… primary languages

⚠️🚧 A warm welcome to all the MFL (languages) teachers joining Bluesky 🦋! This is the MFL starter pack with some of the most proactive teachers around, let me know if you want to be added. Use #MFLBluesky to gain visibility and create a community here! 😀🌍👨‍🏫👩‍🏫
go.bsky.app/Q7YeNDx

On behalf of all MECFS sufferers - here and gone - thank you to whoever is taking this action.

Donate if you can 💙🕊️

I am proud to endorse this initiative, with thanks to the very many people made unwell by medical neglect of #ME who never give up, no matter how difficult it is to continue.
This fundraiser goes live 7pm BST 29 August 2025. #Justice4ME www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice... 1/2

Please donate to Justice For ME if you can and/or help spread the word;

shorturl.at/x1Vyx

#meawareness #Justice4ME

@swastrosarah.bsky.social 💙💪

ME/Chronic fatigue syndrome: The mysterious illness trapping people in their bodies YouTube video by Re: News

"misinformation from decades ago which said the illness was psychological has caused stigma that still impacts patient care today"
Very well made 17 minutes from Re: News in New Zealand. Ads to skip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsOA...
Thanks to @tomkindlon.bsky.social for the share.

Using a mobility aid (mob scooter) when she went to uni ıs what helped my daughter improve a bit - it helped her pace better, saving energy for other things.

More alerting signs - education is interrupted, parents insist on children having medication in school, child may adopt ‘unnecessary aids’ such as a wheelchair.

The Final Delivery Plan for ME (once published) will go some way to start addressing these issues. But the RCPCH remains culpable and complicit in perpetuating this narrative.

Is it surprising? This module (and there was much more) is steeped in misogyny, paternalism, ableism and ignores mountains of scientific evidence on Long COVID, ME & other chronic illnesses in kids. This is MANDATORY training for healthcare staff, and rigs the system against those suffering.

Further to my thread this week on Fabricated illness - a topical article in the times ⬇️

Isla's mother has been arrested under suspicion of causing her death from ME last year (heart failure). There was no inquest. Isla's younger sister (15), who also has ME, has been removed from the only people who understand how the disease must be managed. Imagine her fear.
#MEKills #HumanRights

Read her words. Isla was already suffering age 8 at the hand of the UK health care systems.

Last year, she died from ME, despite her parents best efforts to protect her from this system.

So now the system has arrested Isla's mum...

@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social your plan is not fit for purpose.

'I received a letter saying my daughter is fit for work - she was dead' Mum of disabled woman who took life after DWP mistakenly stopped benefits warns Ros Wynne-Jones that more vulnerable people will die if Labour continue with disability cuts

DAILY MIRROR: Mother's relentless fight for justice exposes the dire consequences of welfare cuts, as a tragic DWP error leads to a heart-wrenching suicide, casting a shadow over Labour’s disability policies.

- by Ros Wynne Jones

#LanguageLearning #EduSky #MFLBluesky #MFL #langchat #world #culture #benefits

Pleased to have 3 abstracts accepted for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy conference in Nov. Thanks @thecsp.bsky.social @physiosforme.bsky.social

Happiness is an inside job and it starts with an intention - be happy on purpose #happiness

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Image of a book. It has an orange cover and the title is Beautiful Lives, how we got learning disabilities so wrong. There are three circles dotted across the cover with quotes from people who have reviewed the book. They read, a beautiful book, Gyles Brandreth, heartrending and gorgeous, Miriam Margolyes, a must read, Professor Sara Ryan.

I’m incredibly proud of my friend @stephenunwin.bsky.social for writing such an important book. 🙏🏼

It will challenge the many misconceptions people have about #LearningDisabilities but it will also remind society that people like my son are first and foremost, human, just like you and me.

I remember this book- learnt to read with those ladybird books!

Once upon a time, 1963ish, Ladybird embarked on a grand new project: the ‘Peter and Jane’ reading scheme.
Artist Harry Wingfield illustrated the first books.
Amazingly, the girl who posed for those first books got in touch with me.
Here she is: meet Jackie Stanley (aka Jane)

It’s that time of year, people: got my data hat on again 🧢

Analysis of this year’s KS2 maths SATs papers: facts, figures, bit of moaning (if you like rounding, don’t take anything personally 👀)

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#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs

primary.lbq.org/hub/ks2-sats...

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🚨 Full analysis of all the 2025 SATs papers 👇🏼

Apologising in advance bc I liked some bits that others hated. And I hated bits that others will defend 👀

MATHS: tinyurl.com/2025maths

GPS: tinyurl.com/2025-GPS

READING: tinyurl.com/2025-reading

#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #Year6 #SATs

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It's currently Languages Week Scotland and we have some free resources on our blog to celebrate and for you to use in your next MFL class: www.languagenut.com/en-gb/blog/s...

#languagenut #LanguagesWeekScotland #LearnLanguages #ScotlandLovesLanguages #mfltwitterati #mflbluesky