Louise Hawxwell
@louisehawxwell.bsky.social
FTteacher educator @MorayHouse, PT PhD student. Aim to get folk enthused about primary science, outdoor learning & sustainability! Views my own. Queen of Tea. ☕
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Soil is a miracle material providing us with food and medicine, and yet we treat it like dirt. Find out more about the wonder of soil on #WorldSoilDay. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJUj4Aa2kM
Why soil is one of the most amazing things on Earth | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Soil is a miracle material providing us with food and medicine, and yet we treat it like dirt. Find out more about the wonder of soil on #WorldSoilDay. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJUj4Aa2kM
How amazing is this image? Stunningly beautiful. @aud2526.bsky.social have you seen this?
We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How amazing is this image? Stunningly beautiful. @aud2526.bsky.social have you seen this?
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Primary teachers - here you go, a 🎄 goody from @nrichmaths.bsky.social
You’re welcome
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You’re welcome
nrich.maths.org/advent-calen...
Advent Calendar 2025 - Primary | NRICH
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November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Primary teachers - here you go, a 🎄 goody from @nrichmaths.bsky.social
You’re welcome
nrich.maths.org/advent-calen...
You’re welcome
nrich.maths.org/advent-calen...
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Looking for seasonal ways to teach the curriculum outdoors this December? ❄️
Take a look at our festive outdoor lesson ideas! From “How to measure a Christmas tree” to “Create a snowstorm”, you’re sure to find something that fits into your lesson plans! Download for free 👇
ltl.org.uk/advent-calen...
Take a look at our festive outdoor lesson ideas! From “How to measure a Christmas tree” to “Create a snowstorm”, you’re sure to find something that fits into your lesson plans! Download for free 👇
ltl.org.uk/advent-calen...
Outdoor Learning and Play 'Advent Calendar' | Learning through Landscapes
Download twelve free curriculum-based outdoor lesson ideas to enjoy with your pupils over the festive period.
ltl.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looking for seasonal ways to teach the curriculum outdoors this December? ❄️
Take a look at our festive outdoor lesson ideas! From “How to measure a Christmas tree” to “Create a snowstorm”, you’re sure to find something that fits into your lesson plans! Download for free 👇
ltl.org.uk/advent-calen...
Take a look at our festive outdoor lesson ideas! From “How to measure a Christmas tree” to “Create a snowstorm”, you’re sure to find something that fits into your lesson plans! Download for free 👇
ltl.org.uk/advent-calen...
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Here's a nice readaloud idea for Parents/Teachers in the buildup to Christmas. Wrap all Xmas/Winter books up individually and read 1 a day from Dec 1st.
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Here's a nice readaloud idea for Parents/Teachers in the buildup to Christmas. Wrap all Xmas/Winter books up individually and read 1 a day from Dec 1st.
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social @martingalway.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @nikkigamble.bsky.social @jobowers.bsky.social #ChristmasReads
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Kind Clothing consists of 3 interactive sessions on Fast Fashion, the environment, and sustainability. Throughout the sessions there is an overarching project where the learners recycle a piece of clothing into a DIY drawstring bag.
#OER #WorldKindnessDay #EduSky
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#OER #WorldKindnessDay #EduSky
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Kind Clothing: Sustainable Fashion
Three interactive sessions on concepts of Fast Fashion, the environment & sustainability. Created for Girl Guides, also suitable for Level 2 and 3.
open.ed.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Meliorism - a wonderful word for a wonderful world…
GM #5AMWritersClub
Happy Humpday🐪 🌿✨
Posting a #writerslife spin, to keep it fresh. Maybe I'll lean into words & wisdom…Here's to positive change, love💗, creativity✍️🎨, compassion & kindness! AND coffee☕!
Let's change the world with our words!
#WriterWednesday #WordsMatter #KindnessMatters
Happy Humpday🐪 🌿✨
Posting a #writerslife spin, to keep it fresh. Maybe I'll lean into words & wisdom…Here's to positive change, love💗, creativity✍️🎨, compassion & kindness! AND coffee☕!
Let's change the world with our words!
#WriterWednesday #WordsMatter #KindnessMatters
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Meliorism - a wonderful word for a wonderful world…
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Interested in advancing your career in Inclusive Education?
Join Dr Lisa Fernandes and Dr Martin Toye for an overview of our MSc Inclusive Education and PgDip pathways for teachers of Deaf and Visually Impaired learners.
📅 Wed 19 Nov 2025 | 🕚 11–12 pm (Online)
👉 Register: edin.ac/43gcbiM
Join Dr Lisa Fernandes and Dr Martin Toye for an overview of our MSc Inclusive Education and PgDip pathways for teachers of Deaf and Visually Impaired learners.
📅 Wed 19 Nov 2025 | 🕚 11–12 pm (Online)
👉 Register: edin.ac/43gcbiM
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Interested in advancing your career in Inclusive Education?
Join Dr Lisa Fernandes and Dr Martin Toye for an overview of our MSc Inclusive Education and PgDip pathways for teachers of Deaf and Visually Impaired learners.
📅 Wed 19 Nov 2025 | 🕚 11–12 pm (Online)
👉 Register: edin.ac/43gcbiM
Join Dr Lisa Fernandes and Dr Martin Toye for an overview of our MSc Inclusive Education and PgDip pathways for teachers of Deaf and Visually Impaired learners.
📅 Wed 19 Nov 2025 | 🕚 11–12 pm (Online)
👉 Register: edin.ac/43gcbiM
#PGDEp students @morayhouse.bsky.social Something to think about this week while on EY placement? Maybe take this as an opportunity to go outside with your classes? #OutdoorLearning #Play #GetOutside
Only two more days to go ⏰ Are you participating in #OutdoorClassroomDay on November 6?
Join thousands of schools around the world in celebrating outdoor learning and play this Thursday. There's still time to sign up!
Sign up 👉 outdoorclassroomday.com
Join thousands of schools around the world in celebrating outdoor learning and play this Thursday. There's still time to sign up!
Sign up 👉 outdoorclassroomday.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#PGDEp students @morayhouse.bsky.social Something to think about this week while on EY placement? Maybe take this as an opportunity to go outside with your classes? #OutdoorLearning #Play #GetOutside
A big good luck to our @morayhouse.bsky.social #UoEPGDEp students as they start their Early Years placement today! Enjoy every minute of getting to know your classes and schools and learning with them over the next six weeks. Keep in touch and let us know how things are going!
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A big good luck to our @morayhouse.bsky.social #UoEPGDEp students as they start their Early Years placement today! Enjoy every minute of getting to know your classes and schools and learning with them over the next six weeks. Keep in touch and let us know how things are going!
Happy #NationalMoleDay
Factlets;
⚛️ A mole is the SI unit of measurement for the amount of substance-defined as containing 6.02×10^23 particles-known as Avogadro's number & is named after the 🇮🇹 scientist Amedeo Avogadro. This number applies to any type of particle, including atoms, molecules or ions.
Factlets;
⚛️ A mole is the SI unit of measurement for the amount of substance-defined as containing 6.02×10^23 particles-known as Avogadro's number & is named after the 🇮🇹 scientist Amedeo Avogadro. This number applies to any type of particle, including atoms, molecules or ions.
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.
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Start a learning journey towards sustainable futures with 2 free courses 🌐🌳🤝
Choose a 5-week course (running now) or join our 2-week course which runs in parallel with the UN #COP30 #Climate Conference. Act now:
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Choose a 5-week course (running now) or join our 2-week course which runs in parallel with the UN #COP30 #Climate Conference. Act now:
edin.ac/4ppht4G
edin.ac/4qeo9Dn
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Start a learning journey towards sustainable futures with 2 free courses 🌐🌳🤝
Choose a 5-week course (running now) or join our 2-week course which runs in parallel with the UN #COP30 #Climate Conference. Act now:
edin.ac/4ppht4G
edin.ac/4qeo9Dn
Choose a 5-week course (running now) or join our 2-week course which runs in parallel with the UN #COP30 #Climate Conference. Act now:
edin.ac/4ppht4G
edin.ac/4qeo9Dn
So many reasons not to use these fake cobwebs - please think carefully if you're planning to decorate for Halloween. Real cobwebs look so much more beautiful
Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
#Halloween
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i...
#Halloween
October 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
So many reasons not to use these fake cobwebs - please think carefully if you're planning to decorate for Halloween. Real cobwebs look so much more beautiful
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🌟 Join the Primary Insights Network! 🔗 https://www.ase.org.uk/events/primary-insights-relevant-and-real-world-contexts
Explore the EEF Improving Primary Science report & see what it looks like in real classrooms.
👩🏫 Session: Relevant & Real-World Contexts with Jennie Crompton-Muir.
#PrimaryScience
Explore the EEF Improving Primary Science report & see what it looks like in real classrooms.
👩🏫 Session: Relevant & Real-World Contexts with Jennie Crompton-Muir.
#PrimaryScience
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🌟 Join the Primary Insights Network! 🔗 https://www.ase.org.uk/events/primary-insights-relevant-and-real-world-contexts
Explore the EEF Improving Primary Science report & see what it looks like in real classrooms.
👩🏫 Session: Relevant & Real-World Contexts with Jennie Crompton-Muir.
#PrimaryScience
Explore the EEF Improving Primary Science report & see what it looks like in real classrooms.
👩🏫 Session: Relevant & Real-World Contexts with Jennie Crompton-Muir.
#PrimaryScience
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🎓 Want to become a teacher?
Join our PGDE sessions to learn how you can take the most direct route into teaching. Hear from Programme Directors Dr Sue Chapman & Steve McLeister, our admissions team, alumni, & get your questions answered.
📅Primary: 2–3pm
📅Secondary: 3:30–4:30pm
🔗Book: edin.ac/4hff0q0
Join our PGDE sessions to learn how you can take the most direct route into teaching. Hear from Programme Directors Dr Sue Chapman & Steve McLeister, our admissions team, alumni, & get your questions answered.
📅Primary: 2–3pm
📅Secondary: 3:30–4:30pm
🔗Book: edin.ac/4hff0q0
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🎓 Want to become a teacher?
Join our PGDE sessions to learn how you can take the most direct route into teaching. Hear from Programme Directors Dr Sue Chapman & Steve McLeister, our admissions team, alumni, & get your questions answered.
📅Primary: 2–3pm
📅Secondary: 3:30–4:30pm
🔗Book: edin.ac/4hff0q0
Join our PGDE sessions to learn how you can take the most direct route into teaching. Hear from Programme Directors Dr Sue Chapman & Steve McLeister, our admissions team, alumni, & get your questions answered.
📅Primary: 2–3pm
📅Secondary: 3:30–4:30pm
🔗Book: edin.ac/4hff0q0
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Today for #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
October 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today for #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
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10th October and it’s World Mental Health Day. Keep talking. Keep listening. Keep being kind (to yourself and others). We are Nature and I’ve found this is where I heal best. Love to you all.
October 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
10th October and it’s World Mental Health Day. Keep talking. Keep listening. Keep being kind (to yourself and others). We are Nature and I’ve found this is where I heal best. Love to you all.
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NEARIMeet 23 October at 18.00 online on "Teachers as Researchers".
Guest speaker: Prof Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Book your place at www.eventbrite.ie/e/1419147150...
Details at www.eari.ie/2025/09/30/a...
@mairinglenn.bsky.social @marygtroche.bsky.social @marymcateer.bsky.social #research_in_practice
Guest speaker: Prof Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Book your place at www.eventbrite.ie/e/1419147150...
Details at www.eari.ie/2025/09/30/a...
@mairinglenn.bsky.social @marygtroche.bsky.social @marymcateer.bsky.social #research_in_practice
October 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
NEARIMeet 23 October at 18.00 online on "Teachers as Researchers".
Guest speaker: Prof Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Book your place at www.eventbrite.ie/e/1419147150...
Details at www.eari.ie/2025/09/30/a...
@mairinglenn.bsky.social @marygtroche.bsky.social @marymcateer.bsky.social #research_in_practice
Guest speaker: Prof Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Book your place at www.eventbrite.ie/e/1419147150...
Details at www.eari.ie/2025/09/30/a...
@mairinglenn.bsky.social @marygtroche.bsky.social @marymcateer.bsky.social #research_in_practice
📢 Primary Network: State of Primary Science
🗓 14th October | 🕒 30 min
Join us to discuss the newly launched State of Primary Science in the UK (2025) report. This short session will give you insights into the key findings.
🎟️ Find out more! https://ow.ly/pr2N50X5vOZ
🗓 14th October | 🕒 30 min
Join us to discuss the newly launched State of Primary Science in the UK (2025) report. This short session will give you insights into the key findings.
🎟️ Find out more! https://ow.ly/pr2N50X5vOZ
October 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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On today’s workplace day of action 9.10.25 and every day until a just and lasting peace is established, we stand in solidarity with Palestinians.
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
On today’s workplace day of action 9.10.25 and every day until a just and lasting peace is established, we stand in solidarity with Palestinians.
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Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k
Children can play with the Kitten Scanner to prepare them for a real scan.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hospital says toy MRI scanner helps save £150k
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A miniature toy MRI machine for children to play with has reduced stress, cost, and waiting times at Grantham District Hospital
What a wonderful example of the power of play 💪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This Thursday 10th is World Mental Health Day 💚🗓️ A good time to reshare the practical, adaptable ideas I have collated for primary teachers and support staff in my book. (There’s also a discount @bloomsburyed.bsky.social just now!) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas...
100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Wellbeing
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This Thursday 10th is World Mental Health Day 💚🗓️ A good time to reshare the practical, adaptable ideas I have collated for primary teachers and support staff in my book. (There’s also a discount @bloomsburyed.bsky.social just now!) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas...
Exploring mechanisms in Primary Technologies - making different types of pop ups and moving models #PGDEP @morayhouse.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Exploring mechanisms in Primary Technologies - making different types of pop ups and moving models #PGDEP @morayhouse.bsky.social