Jamie Purdie
@jamiepurdie.bsky.social
Reader, writer, teacher.
Interested in education, literature, film and culture.
Interested in education, literature, film and culture.
Just seen a hipster reading 'Perfection' at La Maison on the Maybachufer canal. Peak Berlin #ifyouknowyouknow
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Just seen a hipster reading 'Perfection' at La Maison on the Maybachufer canal. Peak Berlin #ifyouknowyouknow
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There are 3 ways we can improve provision at Key Stage 3.
First, stop treating KS3 as a warm-up for 'serious' work at KS4.
When we do that, we lower the intellectual bar, often without realising it.
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First, stop treating KS3 as a warm-up for 'serious' work at KS4.
When we do that, we lower the intellectual bar, often without realising it.
/1
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 AM
There are 3 ways we can improve provision at Key Stage 3.
First, stop treating KS3 as a warm-up for 'serious' work at KS4.
When we do that, we lower the intellectual bar, often without realising it.
/1
First, stop treating KS3 as a warm-up for 'serious' work at KS4.
When we do that, we lower the intellectual bar, often without realising it.
/1
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A regularly updated list of public speaking, oracy, debating, poetry recital, filmmaking and reading for performance opportunities and competitions. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #oracy #ukedchat
Children's Competitions and Initiatives for Public Speaking, Oracy and Reading Aloud
Websites promoting public speaking & reading aloud competitions, initiatives and schemes for children in primary and secondary schools.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM
A regularly updated list of public speaking, oracy, debating, poetry recital, filmmaking and reading for performance opportunities and competitions. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #oracy #ukedchat
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Michael Rosen devised an annual series of ten lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, on the origins, history and theory of children’s literature. Adventures in Wonderland brings these lectures together, with the addition of three ‘interludes’
January 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Michael Rosen devised an annual series of ten lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, on the origins, history and theory of children’s literature. Adventures in Wonderland brings these lectures together, with the addition of three ‘interludes’
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It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 AM
It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
Since I started teaching 20 years ago, holidays are characterised by teaching anxiety dreams: bad behavior, clashes with leaders etc. Last night, I arrived for a lesson I hadn't planned #angst As soon as I woke up, I wrote down my 'winging-it' ideas from the dream and I'll be using them next week!
December 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Since I started teaching 20 years ago, holidays are characterised by teaching anxiety dreams: bad behavior, clashes with leaders etc. Last night, I arrived for a lesson I hadn't planned #angst As soon as I woke up, I wrote down my 'winging-it' ideas from the dream and I'll be using them next week!
Taylor Swift's 'Fate of Ophelia' is a big earworm for me at the moment; but always, always there's a faint echo of the compellingly dreadful 'Desdemona' by the kids of Fame.
youtube.com/watch?v=W4c2...
youtube.com/watch?v=W4c2...
Kids From Fame Desdemona
YouTube video by lovinthe80s1
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Taylor Swift's 'Fate of Ophelia' is a big earworm for me at the moment; but always, always there's a faint echo of the compellingly dreadful 'Desdemona' by the kids of Fame.
youtube.com/watch?v=W4c2...
youtube.com/watch?v=W4c2...
Translation ep reminds me of watching Welcome to Sarajevo (media+conflict unit).This yr, my Serbian student told me what many characters were saying.The deliberate lack of translation works brilliantly because it reflects the British journalist's confusion and incomprehension but finally I know :)
Listening to the new episode of Screenshot on translation with @ellenejones.bsky.social & @kermodemovie.bsky.social. Reminded me of visiting a video rental shop in mid ‘90s, choosing a French movie, & being advised (in a whisper) by the employee that “it has subtitles”
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Translation ep reminds me of watching Welcome to Sarajevo (media+conflict unit).This yr, my Serbian student told me what many characters were saying.The deliberate lack of translation works brilliantly because it reflects the British journalist's confusion and incomprehension but finally I know :)
Will Emily Brontë be spinning like a rotisserie chicken in her grave?
This is raunchy 🔥* fans himself*
Wuthering Heights
youtu.be/ID0rqEWrN44?...
This is raunchy 🔥* fans himself*
Wuthering Heights
youtu.be/ID0rqEWrN44?...
"Wuthering Heights" | Official Teaser
YouTube video by Warner Bros.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Will Emily Brontë be spinning like a rotisserie chicken in her grave?
This is raunchy 🔥* fans himself*
Wuthering Heights
youtu.be/ID0rqEWrN44?...
This is raunchy 🔥* fans himself*
Wuthering Heights
youtu.be/ID0rqEWrN44?...
Agree wholeheartedly with these criticisms of the new primary writing framework. Hopefully in application it will be more appreciative of self-regulation, context and an emphasis on the joys - and struggles - of composition.
"There is a sense of cherry picking - of choosing research that already supports the way they want to present the framework"
Primary writing expert prof Debra Myhill tells @tesmagazine.bsky.social why the DfE primary writing framework is 'problematic'
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Primary writing expert prof Debra Myhill tells @tesmagazine.bsky.social why the DfE primary writing framework is 'problematic'
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
What the writing framework gets wrong about writing
Following the release of the DfE’s primary writing framework, writing researcher Debra Myhill shares her thoughts on its use of evidence and how it positions the skills involved in learning to write
www.tes.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Agree wholeheartedly with these criticisms of the new primary writing framework. Hopefully in application it will be more appreciative of self-regulation, context and an emphasis on the joys - and struggles - of composition.
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It's publication day for Children's Literature and Culture: An Introduction, which introduces 20 different areas of culture that impact children's literature, including everything from race to censorship to libraries. Check it out now!:
www.routledge.com/Childrens-Li...
www.routledge.com/Childrens-Li...
Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction
Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through children’s literature. Children’s literature has long been used as a mechanism by whic...
www.routledge.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's publication day for Children's Literature and Culture: An Introduction, which introduces 20 different areas of culture that impact children's literature, including everything from race to censorship to libraries. Check it out now!:
www.routledge.com/Childrens-Li...
www.routledge.com/Childrens-Li...
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I read this as if it was the wasp talking
The English summer pub lunch experience. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
July 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I read this as if it was the wasp talking
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#OnThisDay in 1865 #Irish #poet and #critic William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount, County Dublin. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature,
William Butler Yeats
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
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June 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#OnThisDay in 1865 #Irish #poet and #critic William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount, County Dublin. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature,
After Andor, I'm rewatching the OG Star Wars. I guess it's a testament to my generation that a) I can recite the dialogue after all these years and b) I intuitively know where all the ad breaks fell (from when ITV showed it at Xmas in the early 80s: a VHS tape worn to a thread with repeated viewing)
June 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
After Andor, I'm rewatching the OG Star Wars. I guess it's a testament to my generation that a) I can recite the dialogue after all these years and b) I intuitively know where all the ad breaks fell (from when ITV showed it at Xmas in the early 80s: a VHS tape worn to a thread with repeated viewing)
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NEW #Shakespeare's King Lear on #BBCRadio4 at 3pm today starring Richard Wilson as the king & Greta Scacchi, Tamsin Greig & Phoebe-Loveday Raymond as his daughters.
With David Tennant as Edmund & Toby Jones as Gloucester
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
With David Tennant as Edmund & Toby Jones as Gloucester
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Part 1
Richard Wilson takes on the mighty Shakespearean King who foolishly gives away his kingdom
www.bbc.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
NEW #Shakespeare's King Lear on #BBCRadio4 at 3pm today starring Richard Wilson as the king & Greta Scacchi, Tamsin Greig & Phoebe-Loveday Raymond as his daughters.
With David Tennant as Edmund & Toby Jones as Gloucester
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
With David Tennant as Edmund & Toby Jones as Gloucester
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Brilliant think piece for teachers +leaders from my fellow PGCE alum @samgibbs.bsky.social - about how and why we practise: 'Ensuring a good teacher in every classroom is the best lever we have to give all children lives of choice and opportunity.' I can think of no better bottom-line than that.
The loss of teacher autonomy over the past decade threatens not only our pupils' education but also the future of the profession, warns @samgibbs.bsky.social
How we dumbed down teaching – and what we must do to fix it
Over the past decade, teaching has been pushed towards a prescriptive model that reduces intellectual curiosity and overlooks essential classroom engagement, argues Sam Gibbs
www.tes.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Brilliant think piece for teachers +leaders from my fellow PGCE alum @samgibbs.bsky.social - about how and why we practise: 'Ensuring a good teacher in every classroom is the best lever we have to give all children lives of choice and opportunity.' I can think of no better bottom-line than that.
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“Oracy and the arts can be focal points for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole. Here’s how …”: my @schoolsweek.bsky.social column: schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-embed...
How the Francis review can embed oracy across the curriculum
Doing is crucial for democracy, equity, inclusion and bringing joy to classrooms
schoolsweek.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
“Oracy and the arts can be focal points for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole. Here’s how …”: my @schoolsweek.bsky.social column: schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-embed...
Macbeth was a small surprise but the teaching juggernaut of An Inspector Calls rumbles on. The main reasons are covered but one: accessibility and speed. Inspector Calls is more friendly to less literate students and time pressured classes; as is, say, Jekyll & Hyde over Pride & Prejudice.
Why are so many schools picking the same texts for English literature GCSE students? @jasminenorden.bsky.social investigates
Revealed: The most and least popular GCSE English lit texts
Schools need support to break away from An Inspector Calls to cover texts by authors from more diverse backgrounds, say experts
www.tes.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Macbeth was a small surprise but the teaching juggernaut of An Inspector Calls rumbles on. The main reasons are covered but one: accessibility and speed. Inspector Calls is more friendly to less literate students and time pressured classes; as is, say, Jekyll & Hyde over Pride & Prejudice.
School holidays ✔️
Sunshine ✔️
Weg bier 🍺
Yoto Carnegie YA shortlist book 📖
Alles gut 😉
Sunshine ✔️
Weg bier 🍺
Yoto Carnegie YA shortlist book 📖
Alles gut 😉
April 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
School holidays ✔️
Sunshine ✔️
Weg bier 🍺
Yoto Carnegie YA shortlist book 📖
Alles gut 😉
Sunshine ✔️
Weg bier 🍺
Yoto Carnegie YA shortlist book 📖
Alles gut 😉
German medical system: here, have a lemon / we'll operate. There is no inbetween.
April 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
German medical system: here, have a lemon / we'll operate. There is no inbetween.
@oldfortunatus.bsky.social Sexual dysfunction as narrative structure #Shakespeare 😂 love it!
April 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
@oldfortunatus.bsky.social Sexual dysfunction as narrative structure #Shakespeare 😂 love it!
I welcome this broader interpretation of reading. I know some public libraries, like Berlin, have fantastic digital provision. I've tried sourcing ebooks + audio books for schools and I'm open to hearing from those who have made digital lending a reality #hitmeup
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Ministers urged to add audiobooks to England’s new schools curriculum
Charity calls for move after poll finds ‘crisis’ levels of reading for pleasure and rise in 8- to 18-year-olds enjoying audio
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I welcome this broader interpretation of reading. I know some public libraries, like Berlin, have fantastic digital provision. I've tried sourcing ebooks + audio books for schools and I'm open to hearing from those who have made digital lending a reality #hitmeup
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
A cracking, lightening-quick read. I love it when a book transports you to a totally different way of seeing things / understanding things. #orbital #bookerprize #samanthaharvey
December 8, 2024 at 2:02 PM
A cracking, lightening-quick read. I love it when a book transports you to a totally different way of seeing things / understanding things. #orbital #bookerprize #samanthaharvey
Having a retrospective of Daniel Craig's Bond films and, whilst I'm here for his stunning sartorial elegance, I can't help thinking: I'm uncomfortable teaching class suited and booted; I can't even imagine saving the world in a three piece.
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Having a retrospective of Daniel Craig's Bond films and, whilst I'm here for his stunning sartorial elegance, I can't help thinking: I'm uncomfortable teaching class suited and booted; I can't even imagine saving the world in a three piece.