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Let's hope prospective new government heeds this powerful advocacy for changing the national curriculum. More creativity and love of reading and writing! PS thanks for the mention of the forthcoming Wyse and Hacking book.
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It’s funny how I can sort of just about remember Sylvester McCoy being the Doctor, even though I can’t possibly (because I was two). It’s like a weird collective sense memory or something.

Shame on you The Sun. His name is Daniel Anjorin, not sword lad! Show he and his family the same respect you would, if he were white.

Trans people - respond to the NHS Consultation on here.

You DONT have to respond today. We will get Guidance out but give us a few days.

Tell everyone / trans people, friends & family - we need them & their support. gov.uk/government/con…

I'm very pleased to announce that I will be joining the Uni of Bristol in Aug. as Prof of Psychology of Education. I've worked with some amazing colleagues at MMU and made friends for life. I've also worked with some wonderful students. Looking forward to this next chapter 😊

Shouting at BBC Radio 4 Today Nick Robinson #pip is not an out of work benefit, it is a benefit to meet some of the well evidenced research that says disabled people face additional costs … it is outrageous that politicians of all hues misrepresent this.

13 mins to correct this!

Addressing anti-racism and neurodiversity affirming practices is crucial, but it requires first acknowledging and excavating the deep-seated problems within speech and language therapy. Listen to this Podcast episode to hear me speak on this!!! 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

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Staff saying fathers then awkwardly correcting or saying partners but in a pointed way in my direction or just looking at us & clearly not sure what to say. It's progress that staff are given guidance on: HOW NOT TO FREAK OUT WHEN ENCOUNTERING A NON HETEROSEXUAL NORMAL.

Over 6000 peeps have listened/watched this 90 minute conversation between myself and Bill Rogers since Thursday - we discuss all things behaviour in schools - strategies, theories, leadership and more teacherstalkradio.podbean.com/e/bill-rogers-…

There’s been a lot of back and forth about the SLANT approach in the last few days, and whether or not it was impossible to create an inclusive set of rules. I didn’t want to participate in the pile on, but this was my attempt to pose an alternative.

Maybe Dr Daniel Poulter MP should book a ticket to go and see #LaughingBoy and he will realise that there has been no change in the treatment of people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in mental health settings.

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Dan Poulter only just realised that the Conservatives are bad for public services? He watched them gut schools over the last 14 years and did absolutely nothing.

Shostakovich 10th (the Moderato) queued up in the middle of my nice BoysIIMen playlist. Disorientating but, Christ in Can, this is a good piece of music.

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Dr Abi Hackett and I have a new open access publication out in Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: it's a narrative review of 'The Entanglement of Language and Place in Early Childhood.'
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Now let’s see what we can do about the national curriculum, SEN systems, statutory assessments, and phonics phonics phonics. Bridget Phillipson
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🚨RMT response to Labour rail announcement 🚄
Mick Lynch, RMT general secretary said:
'The Labour Party's commitment to bring the train operating companies into a new unified and publicly owned rail network is in the best interests of railway workers, passengers and the taxpayer.

#SheffLiteracieConference2024 only one more week left to submit an abstract for the Towards (extraordinary) literacies and linguistic futures conference with kris gutierrez #equitybydesign, Navan Govender, Ian Cushing, and Julia Snell as our wonderful keynotes!