#KPSYear3 have had a brief impromptu visit from Mrs Banham this afternoon. She shared a collection of animal skulls with the children! As you can see from the photos, they were utterly thrilled and amazed. #KnavesmireCharacter #Fun #Science

Long Boi: gone but not forgotten 😢 In honour of University of York's avian superstar, here's a thread about this statuesque breed of duck 👇

I'm seeing webinars and reports, tweets & press releases about attendance. Children must attend school, we’re told, or else their lives are effectively over. They stop learning, they are less likely to get good exam results. Get them into school, no matter what. Push harder. 1/

This should be fun! We'll be singing Eatnemen Vuelie (best known as the song at the beginning of Frozen) and a Tango in Finnish along with some songs from our favourite composers, including a new one (to us) from @telluturkka

This is a banner which was hung in at least three schools in York by the South Bank Trust, a MAT. It is harmful to young people and their families, and it is dishonest. This is why. 1/

Truly a toxic culture we have made.

Last PhD supervision before submission!!!! Lindsey (Lixin) Chen who is about to submit her thesis on "The Antonym Construction: A Comparison between English and Mandarin". With me and Languages and Linguistics at YSJU's Professor Chris Hall.

One of the biggest issues?! What about lack of proper funding, shortfalls in teacher recruitment, incompetent education secretaries, low morale of teaching workforce, crumbling buildings, poor record of funding for children's mental health...to name a few.

I would love everyone in environmental movements to read this essay. It’s a painful, difficult but really important subject. By avoiding it we give a clear run to those whose proposals would lead, literally, to the deaths of billions. Please RT. Thank you. monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the…

New paper alert! It builds on a 2022 paper in Linguistics and Education with Dr Sabine Little in which we talk about 'inert benevolence' in education. I carried on thinking about why it exists. Calling all teachers to see if it resonates with you! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

My wonderful MRes student AJ is undertaking a fascinating piece of research involving a corpus linguistics study and some street flash interviews/ online flash surveys. That's where you come in: joining in here forms.office.com/e/6gbYe7edm5 will probably take you less than a minute!

As part of our wider Toilet Talk study at York St John University. We are interested in teachers' perspectives of school toilets. We are looking for teachers, in the UK, to complete a survey about their experiences and thoughts regarding school toilets. yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2…

With the Greens now having the same number of seats as Reform, the UK media should provide them the same platform and level of coverage as Farage’s ilk. Will it happen though? #GE24

4⃣ Green MPs 💚 History made. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk/?mtm_campaign=…

Can we all make sure the fact that the Greens did EXACTLY as well as Reform with a *fraction* of Reform’s money and airtime does not go unnoticed, even if the news media furiously ignores it?

🔵Reform won four seats. 🟢The Greens won four seats. This graphic shows the four Reform seats. The four Green seats are lumped in with ‘other’. It has begun. There will be more. Call it out when you see it. Give the Greens the platform they have earned.

The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely peaceful environmental protesters last month. Labour must repeal the Tory laws that treat peaceful protest more severely than violent disorder and assault.

I'm turning 50 in 2026 and I'm trying a 50 things before 50 to help me deal with it. Follow my blog for my progress throughout 2025 in 2026! #fiftybeforefifty #50before50 pin.it/61oNjGi8k via Pinterest yorkclarabelle.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/the…

Anyone who is a UK KS1 teacher and has been since 2019 is invited to take part in this study, led by a UG student of mine on the impact of Covid19 on speech and language development. Please consider taking part or forwarding on to those who can. Thank you! yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2s…