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Helen Skelton

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Head of Science. T&L Lead Practitioner. Curriculum. CogSci. CogSciSci. Assessment. Evidence informed edu. Chemistry. MA Expert Teaching. #UKTeaching Blog: elementsoflearning.home.blog

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Nimish Lad @nimishlad.bsky.social · Aug 22

ICYMI:

⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️

"What we attend to, we amplify."

Attention is an element of school leadership.

Are we considering the attention of school leaders?

How often is this spread across multiple areas?

Read by thoughts below:

researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...

Leadership as an Attentional Practice

Attention as a Leadership Act in School Improvement School improvement is often framed around structures: improvement plans, strategic goals, and systems of accountability. However, beneath these f…

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Dr Dan Jones @hookean.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you or anyone you know is new to teaching Physics, I highly recommend this amazing resource from Richard Brock. Links to hundreds of super useful stuff 🙂
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics
#Science

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Physics PGCE Useful Links.docx

Physics PGCE Useful Links [If viewing in Word Online, use the to switch to for the best experience] Contents Resources sorted by topic Learning resources General collections of resources Simulati...

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Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 29

Take care you don't fall in and drown trying to drink that wine!

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 26

Heidelberg's a lovely city, I'm sure it won't disappoint.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

That the figures in your photo were Lego. I was genuinely sceptical for quite some time. But I have learned the error of my ways, if grudgingly.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

These are worthy of the Lego name.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

Good knowledge. I'm relieved that old-school square leg figures still dominate a Google search. To such an extent that I almost accused @mrmountstevens.bsky.social of telling fibs.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

It doesn't look like my definition of Lego.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

I want it to look like Lego!

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

It was a tense few seconds 😂

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

The old is clearly better.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

At least it didn't tell us the 'estimated age'!

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

They need square legs.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

Since when did Lego figures look like this?!

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Teacher Tapp @teachertapp.bsky.social · Jul 13

Let's Tapp it Forward.

Refer a friend on Teacher Tapp and we’ll donate £5 to @edsupportuk.bsky.social!

Tap the ‘Raise £5k for Teacher Mental Health’ box in the app to get started 💚

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 11

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If you're not already on @teachertapp.bsky.social use this link to sign up and they'll donate £5 to @edsupportuk.bsky.social who do great work to support teachers' mental health and which I found really helpful a few years back.

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Mike Hobbiss @mikehobbiss.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 NEW BLOG 📣

Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model

hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...

A model of the human information processing stream from the environment through attention and working memory to long-term memory, with annotations of teaching activities that can be done to mitigate against capacity and processing limitations at each stage

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jul 6

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Bradley Busch @bradleybusch.bsky.social · Jun 18

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.

Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.

arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jun 18

This, surely, is the definition of the word holiday.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · Jun 17

a) Books I want to keep. Sometimes buy copies of ones I've already read/listened to.
b) Easy reads that I'm unlikely to want to read again.
c) Mostly non-fictiin that I probably wouldn't find time or energy to sit down and read.

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · May 29

Wish I could be there @nikika.bsky.social - looks really interesting. Hope you have a great day.

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Niki Kaiser @nikika.bsky.social · May 29

If you're at #CogSciSci tomorrow, do consider coming along to my talk on Embodied Cognition, and what it looks like in the Science Classroom.
It's also about elephants, rockets, ASMR and "buono!"
Be interested to hear your thoughts & ideas -lots of interest in this in @theeef.bsky.social RSN session

Helen Skelton @drhskelton.bsky.social · May 21

In fact, you would definitely become an inspector.