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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Apr 8

Incredibly sad news. I’m so sorry for your loss. Dawn was the best RE geek I knew—curious, thoughtful, and full of questions. The last time we spoke, she got top tips about Greek Easter in Rhodes -sadly not to be. I’ve been thinking of her often. Wishing you and all who loved her strength and peace.

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Feb 26

Will take a look!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Feb 24

Teaching: when you'd rather go into school with a bleeding open wound than set cover and deal with the fallout.
Also teaching, setting cover before getting a bleeding open wound attended to!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 31

Is Putin Really a Defender of Traditional Values?

Slavoj Žižek argues that Putin isn’t a true defender of Orthodoxy but another authoritarian modernizer, like Stalin or Peter the Great. His use of the Church is about power, not faith.

Read more:

prosyn.org/mMTAWA5

Fundamentalist Perverts | by Slavoj Žižek - Project Syndicate

Slavoj Žižek regards most violent religious conservatism as merely an inauthentic expression of resentment.

prosyn.org

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · Jan 30

Give RE the status, coherence and rigour it needs, by ensuring all teachers of RE, primary & secondary, know what pupils have learned in earlier years and so can use and build on it. Our current system is inequitable. Countless children miss out. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social @retoday.bsky.social

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Jan 30

☸️ 'We need a secretary of state with the nerve to place foundational knowledge about religions and worldviews within a common framework'

RE must finally takes its place in the national curriculum

Lack of a national framework for the subject is wasteful of years of classroom time and deeply unfair

buff.ly

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 31

Pretty true in Orthodox circles too!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 28

Also, as I was pushing the ideas here - and they pushed back!!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 28

Sitting in an excellent A-Level training, and I can't believe the audacity. A former colleague who failed her class - didn’t mark mocks, skipped half a paper, and barely followed the spec -is in the chat acting like an expert. We’ve done so much catch-up, yet she’s enthusiastically commenting!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 25

@saimasaleh.bsky.social Thoroughly enjoyed your slot!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 25

Only briefly! Was looking for you to offer a lift after train woes!!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 25

Interesting to see Byzantine wedding crowns and the Chora icon framed as ‘fascinating’ in contrast to Western traditions by Dr Richard Kueh. So familiar from my Orthodox perspective, but great to see them used here. I’ll dig out my resources to share with colleagues.
#StrictlyRE #Byzantine #Orthodox

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · Jan 24

www.thenational.scot/news/2487820...

UK Government rejects pan-Europe customs deal despite EU invite

THE UK Government is not planning to participate in a pan-European trade agreement touted by an EU trade chief as an option for the UK, a minister…

www.thenational.scot

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thank you!

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Marina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · Jan 23

Going to have to suggest this!!

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Heather Turner @techielibgrl.com · Jan 22

A reminder that BlueSky works differently. Make sure if something resonated with you to repost so others in the community can see the awesome. #TLSky #TLSkyChat #EduSky #EduSkyChat #EduAI #KitLit #TLChat #Skybrarians #Edtech