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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · 10m

Have you looked at her family history? Significant proportion came to Britain to avoid antisemism.
Someone smart enough to get into Cambridge not able to reflect on their own family's migration patterns.
The weather is miserable enough without this kind of quote.

E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · 17h

Accidentally managed similar with a tea light heating iodine in a boiling tube this week. Was aiming to show the vapour colour under the visualiser and gas tap location didn't work.
Will keep using tea lights in future.

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 26d

For all teachers interested in educational neuroscience the Centre for Educational Neuroscience hold regular webinars,free to join on a range of subjects related to classroom practice and child development. Get to hear experts in the field. www.educationalneuroscience.org.uk/events/semin...

Seminar Series and Conferences

Centre for Educational Neuroscience Research Seminars are open to the public. They take place online over Zoom on Thursdays between 4pm-5pm. To attend, please register for free here: Summer 2025 M…

www.educationalneuroscience.org.uk

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Sep 19

Gina Rippon's book about autism and girls has a chapter on what is happening in the brain of people who mask / camouflage.
It's exhausting.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Sep 16

Wonder blocks is an intro to coding.
Go Jetters still the go to for geography.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Sep 6

But also I still haven't forgiven the twins for rearranging my ribcage. That didn't need to change.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Aug 21

www.theguardian.com/money/2022/d...

Why inheritance is the dirty secret of the middle classes – harder to talk about than sex

Forget boomers v millennials: is the real divide between people who inherit from their parents – and those who don’t?

www.theguardian.com

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 27

Does this need the assumption that it is bright enough without the lights on? Otherwise might not be able to see the pen and papers!

E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 15

The A level equivalent had excellent resources, certainly pre 2017 spec.
Pretty good on current spec.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 15

Did you ever teach that at GCSE? It was not a fun experience and was a major factor in choosing to move schools in 2014.
I say that as a fan of the A level chemistry salters.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 13

First dance footage should be excellent!

E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 12

Much like our extension.
So frustrating there isn't standard guidance... all rooms should have temperature control, HEPA filters as Bill suggests.
A checklist to meet every time as a minimum.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 12

Building schools for the future needs to plan so much better for temperature control. Even choosing white blinds instead of black in a south facing classroom would help.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jul 6

@teachertapp.bsky.social the Alex Quigley link doesn't work... mine says page not found.
Thanks

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Jun 24

New post.
Difficult conversations about Special Educational Needs.
"What are the potential benefits? What are the risks?
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/d...

Difficult conversations about special educational needs

Conversations about special educational needs are already tough and I predict they are about to get even more difficult. Two opposing paradigms are on a collision course. The first holds that devel…

bennewmark.wordpress.com

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jun 16

This was my 'something else' choice when @teachertapp.bsky.social asked about where we would spend money in education.
The built environment needs a better attempt at future proofing.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Jun 11

1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jun 4

It had some scaffolding, I think it gave "I have a _____, Venus"

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · Jun 4

I did a languages cover lesson where they needed to complete sentences about the number of siblings that Prince Harry, Harry Potter and Serena Williams had. Very few had heard of more than one to access the task.

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Joel Kenyon @joel120193.bsky.social · Jun 2

As we head into End of Year exams season, it's worth revisiting a helpful technique: annotating exam questions.

There's a growing body of evidence supporting its effectiveness. Here are some ways I use annotating along with some recent evidence.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · May 20

From GCSE...
Electrolysis
Equilibria

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · May 19

It's a risk!

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · May 19

Freeze it in ice cube trays.
Still for risotto / stews, but later!

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · May 5

My mum worked in a nursery and there was a child with that pronunciation of Persephone.

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E Searle @dresearle.bsky.social · May 4

I'll defend that one - had fabulous one is Glasgow, all the spices.

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