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A piece by my brilliant fellow-dyslexic sister in Tes!

Reflecting on community 'service': "Service needs to be sustained. It is this that makes the partnership meaningful. Above all, the key is reciprocity...It is about calling on our students to recognise shared humanity with others" Clare Jarmy of @BedalesSchool in Tes 1/2

tes.com/magazine/artic… Clare Jarmy on 'service' in Tes 2/2

How can schools create opportunities for service that are neither pointless nor patronising? The key is working in meaningful partnership. My latest for Tes Adi Bloom @BedalesSchool Al McConville tes.com/magazine/artic…

Well worth a read - as are most things written by Clare Jarmy

We have now compiled a list of 101 resources to make #homelearning a little bit easier tes.com/news/coronavir…

‘If you read this, I guarantee its lessons will be relevant to you as a teacher, ‘ says Clare Jarmy in her review of Helen Lewis’ Difficult Women tes.com/news/book-revi…

"Helen Lewis’ book is challenging, punchily written & refreshing in equal measure, & a joy to read. It made me think, rethink, & nudged me out of my complacency." Clare Jarmy reviews 'Difficult Women: a history of feminism in 11 fights' by Helen Lewis, in Tes

100 years ago today #RabindranathTagore, poet, visionary, educational reformer, was @BedalesSchool. The latest vlog from Bedales Archives looks at the circumstances of his visit, and the manuscript he gave to the school. vimeo.com/435049389/f173…

Bedales Library @BedalesSchool Fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing.

If you want a concise introduction to Tagore this makes an intriguing half hour’s viewing before bedtime.

Delighted to launch our website today, which sets out our reasons for re-appraising the UK assessment system and points to promising practice around the world: rethinkingassessment.com/rethinking-ass…

The support behind this is cross sector and high profile - will be interesting to see the reaction it gets. Presence of the likes of Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore shows a scientific as well as educational argument.

New in the TES: 3 reasons for change and 3 things we could do this year: tes.com/news/gcses-202… Professor Bill Lucas Peter Hyman Al McConville Ann Mroz

The Telegraph flying the reform flag for us this morning - (paywall) - we are of course, wanting to do more than just 'scrap GCSEs' but lead a constructive conversation about how to do things better: telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2…

Join us in our campaign to rethink assessment in Daily Mail today Rethinking Assessment Peter Hyman Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @ukEdgePolicy Eton College CIRL dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…

"Let’s choose now to make this academic year about education, not exams. The reward will be a generation of children who rediscover the joy of learning, as well as getting plenty of it." Victoria Lambert telegraph.co.uk/education-and-…

Love this by @alicelydiajoy on the "stark yet realistic" liturgy of the churching service, but also the need for more, to mark pregnancy and birth. "A time of heightened awareness of spirituality and the presence of God." churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/…

"Having specific activities for students to do before and after writing the essay also helps them to trial ideas, structures and arguments - while, importantly, not losing their own views along the way." Some useful suggestions here from Clare Jarmy. tes.com/magazine/teach…

‘Once students have written an essay, I get them to write a 200-word abstract to summarise the area of debate, the possible solutions and the position that is to be taken. This really helps them to hone their line of argument,’ writes Clare Jarmy tes.com/magazine/teach…