Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and since I am currently completely failing to write up the talk that I gave at researchED.... here are 3 blogs that all touch on important aspects of that talk.
September 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and since I am currently completely failing to write up the talk that I gave at researchED.... here are 3 blogs that all touch on important aspects of that talk.
No #Saturday3 this week because I am on holiday in Croatia and have been walking more than reading so enjoy this unfiltered picture of one of Mljet’s lakes. Just incredible to see close-up.
July 11, 2026 at 5:43 AM
No #Saturday3 this week because I am on holiday in Croatia and have been walking more than reading so enjoy this unfiltered picture of one of Mljet’s lakes. Just incredible to see close-up.
Hi #EduSky! I am early with my #Saturday3 this morning whilst my family guests recover from jet lag. First up, is this post from @joel120193.bsky.social on using etymology in science which I meant to include last week. bsky.app/profile/joel...
New Blog Post 📝
Etymology in science usually stops at just photosynthesis, but I use it almost every single lesson.
Here are a few stories of some of my lessons and the impact teaching etymology has made on pupil understanding and literacy.
inquestion.co.uk/2025/11/28/e...
Etymology in science usually stops at just photosynthesis, but I use it almost every single lesson.
Here are a few stories of some of my lessons and the impact teaching etymology has made on pupil understanding and literacy.
inquestion.co.uk/2025/11/28/e...
Chlorine is Green, Zoos Have Life and Kings are Killed: Using Etymology in Science
It started with a happy accident. I had finished a lesson with my Year 8s and, surprisingly, we had powered through the material with 15 minutes to spare. My plan for the next lesson was to introdu…
inquestion.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hi #EduSky! I am early with my #Saturday3 this morning whilst my family guests recover from jet lag. First up, is this post from @joel120193.bsky.social on using etymology in science which I meant to include last week. bsky.app/profile/joel...
#InternationalWomen’sDay
#Women’sProtestMarch8
#Women’sMarch,Saturday3-8
Wait until Bunker boy is stressing over the hoards of women in the streets outside his door. The strength to leap fences, push down barriers, and storm his ass.
action.womensmarch.com/local
www.huffpost.com/entry/womens...
#Women’sProtestMarch8
#Women’sMarch,Saturday3-8
Wait until Bunker boy is stressing over the hoards of women in the streets outside his door. The strength to leap fences, push down barriers, and storm his ass.
action.womensmarch.com/local
www.huffpost.com/entry/womens...
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#InternationalWomen’sDay
#Women’sProtestMarch8
#Women’sMarch,Saturday3-8
Wait until Bunker boy is stressing over the hoards of women in the streets outside his door. The strength to leap fences, push down barriers, and storm his ass.
action.womensmarch.com/local
www.huffpost.com/entry/womens...
#Women’sProtestMarch8
#Women’sMarch,Saturday3-8
Wait until Bunker boy is stressing over the hoards of women in the streets outside his door. The strength to leap fences, push down barriers, and storm his ass.
action.womensmarch.com/local
www.huffpost.com/entry/womens...
One important thing about Bluesky is that there is no link suppression so your posts with links are treated exactly the same as your posts without links.
This makes it a great place to share blogs etc. I usually catch up on Saturday so plan to share my #Saturday3 favourite blogs / articles. #EduSky
This makes it a great place to share blogs etc. I usually catch up on Saturday so plan to share my #Saturday3 favourite blogs / articles. #EduSky
October 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
One important thing about Bluesky is that there is no link suppression so your posts with links are treated exactly the same as your posts without links.
This makes it a great place to share blogs etc. I usually catch up on Saturday so plan to share my #Saturday3 favourite blogs / articles. #EduSky
This makes it a great place to share blogs etc. I usually catch up on Saturday so plan to share my #Saturday3 favourite blogs / articles. #EduSky
Hi #EduSky - it’s another #Sunday3 rather than a #Saturday3 this week because it was a big family day for me yesterday. Lots of great blogs et this week so you are going to get my niche selection of things I found really interesting.
September 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hi #EduSky - it’s another #Sunday3 rather than a #Saturday3 this week because it was a big family day for me yesterday. Lots of great blogs et this week so you are going to get my niche selection of things I found really interesting.
Hi #EduSky - it's my last #Saturday3 before Christmas and first up is this fascinating blog on Basil Bernstein by @jonesedu.bsky.social. I have to confess that I had not heard of him but this explains how he anticipated a lot of cogsci and yet was quite different. bsky.app/profile/jone...
Explicit instruction isn’t just a method - it’s a social practice.
What does Basil Bernstein tell us about power, language, and who benefits from 'what works' in education?
A rethink of pedagogy beyond cog sci 👇 #edusju #uked #education #sociology #speech
mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/12/13/b...
What does Basil Bernstein tell us about power, language, and who benefits from 'what works' in education?
A rethink of pedagogy beyond cog sci 👇 #edusju #uked #education #sociology #speech
mrjoneswhiteboard.blog/2025/12/13/b...
Pedagogy, power & clarity: Bernstein’s challenge to explicit instruction
Over the past decade ‘explicit instruction’ has emerged as one of the dominant models of evidence-based teaching and learning. From Barak Rosenshine’s (2012) Principles of Instruction to Greg Ashma…
mrjoneswhiteboard.blog
December 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hi #EduSky - it's my last #Saturday3 before Christmas and first up is this fascinating blog on Basil Bernstein by @jonesedu.bsky.social. I have to confess that I had not heard of him but this explains how he anticipated a lot of cogsci and yet was quite different. bsky.app/profile/jone...
youtube.com/post/UgkxYOq...
Hope to see ya'll hitting the streets tomorrow. Let's keep fighting these fascists. We will take this country back.
Make all the magas cry and protect each other.
#NOKINGS
#Saturday3/28/26
#PowerToThePeople
Hope to see ya'll hitting the streets tomorrow. Let's keep fighting these fascists. We will take this country back.
Make all the magas cry and protect each other.
#NOKINGS
#Saturday3/28/26
#PowerToThePeople
Post from Robert Reich - YouTube
https://www.nokings.org/
youtube.com
March 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
youtube.com/post/UgkxYOq...
Hope to see ya'll hitting the streets tomorrow. Let's keep fighting these fascists. We will take this country back.
Make all the magas cry and protect each other.
#NOKINGS
#Saturday3/28/26
#PowerToThePeople
Hope to see ya'll hitting the streets tomorrow. Let's keep fighting these fascists. We will take this country back.
Make all the magas cry and protect each other.
#NOKINGS
#Saturday3/28/26
#PowerToThePeople
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and since many UK teachers are going off on a well-earned break, I have gone for some thought-provoking rather than immediately practical posts that I enjoyed this week. As you will see, it's actually a #Saturday3.5 this week.
May 23, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and since many UK teachers are going off on a well-earned break, I have gone for some thought-provoking rather than immediately practical posts that I enjoyed this week. As you will see, it's actually a #Saturday3.5 this week.
With apologies to #EdusSky for this later than usual #Saturday3 starts with this wonderful and detailed blog on the real Vygotsky and how he looks quite different to the one you learned about in teacher training by @carlhendrick.substack.com
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
In Search of Vygotsky
How the Zone of Proximal Development Became Education's Most Misunderstood Idea
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
With apologies to #EdusSky for this later than usual #Saturday3 starts with this wonderful and detailed blog on the real Vygotsky and how he looks quite different to the one you learned about in teacher training by @carlhendrick.substack.com
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and despite seeing many laments for the golden age of EduTwitter, I again find there was a huge amount of quality blogs published this week. So much so that I had to adopt a theme to whittle them down. So welcome to "things not to do" week!
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and despite seeing many laments for the golden age of EduTwitter, I again find there was a huge amount of quality blogs published this week. So much so that I had to adopt a theme to whittle them down. So welcome to "things not to do" week!
Hi #EduSky - the big news this week was PISA results but I already shared the most interesting posts and stats (to me) so Instead wanted to respond in my #Saturday3 to this excellent blog by @claireharley.bsky.social because I am not sure that edublogging is in such a dire state as she feels…
New post!
First one and probably last one for a while as this term is crazy!
Where will teachers disagree? The rise and fall of the classroom edublog
First one and probably last one for a while as this term is crazy!
Where will teachers disagree? The rise and fall of the classroom edublog
Where will teachers go to disagree?
The rise and fall of the classroom edublog
open.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Hi #EduSky - the big news this week was PISA results but I already shared the most interesting posts and stats (to me) so Instead wanted to respond in my #Saturday3 to this excellent blog by @claireharley.bsky.social because I am not sure that edublogging is in such a dire state as she feels…
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and since I am generally bashing levelled readers this week, tale a look at this this useful short guide from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social on the importance of encouraging book choice in the classroom.
files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen...
files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen...
files.booktrust.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and since I am generally bashing levelled readers this week, tale a look at this this useful short guide from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social on the importance of encouraging book choice in the classroom.
files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen...
files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen...
Hi #Edusky, it's time for my #Saturday3 and the big story this week is the @beckyfrancis.bsky.social led curriculum review. Already lots of ink spilt on social media but really you should read the report itself. FWIW, I think it's a good effort.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690b96...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690b96...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Hi #Edusky, it's time for my #Saturday3 and the big story this week is the @beckyfrancis.bsky.social led curriculum review. Already lots of ink spilt on social media but really you should read the report itself. FWIW, I think it's a good effort.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690b96...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690b96...
Hello #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3. I have some new followers and I haven't explained this for quite a while so will do it now. Basically, I normally get around to reading everything I have saved on Saturday so I then post 3 edu-things that I really think are worth reading...
April 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Hello #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3. I have some new followers and I haven't explained this for quite a while so will do it now. Basically, I normally get around to reading everything I have saved on Saturday so I then post 3 edu-things that I really think are worth reading...
Hi #EduSky - time for my #Saturday3 and a feature of today's reads is that they feature common primary education practices.....that don't have a lot of evidence to support them. Maybe it's because I had another career first but I am always a bit sceptical of things that are just done out of habit.
April 18, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Hi #EduSky - time for my #Saturday3 and a feature of today's reads is that they feature common primary education practices.....that don't have a lot of evidence to support them. Maybe it's because I had another career first but I am always a bit sceptical of things that are just done out of habit.
It came in just after I had put this #Saturday3 together but this by @daisychristo.bsky.social is also very much in line with the theme this week! Another fun post on the perils of personalising education...
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
Why personalising education based on student interests doesn’t work
You can't learn everything through the medium of Taylor Swift
substack.com
June 13, 2026 at 9:03 AM
It came in just after I had put this #Saturday3 together but this by @daisychristo.bsky.social is also very much in line with the theme this week! Another fun post on the perils of personalising education...
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
Hi #EduSky - it was another bumper week from which I have tried to extract a #Saturday3 of interesting educational blogs. Last week, I featured a blog cautioning about PowerPoint and this week, I feature the more radical approach of ditching it!
christianmooreanderson.com/pros-of-teac...
christianmooreanderson.com/pros-of-teac...
The pros of teaching without PowerPoint – Christian Moore Anderson
PowerPoint was a central tool in the community of teachers I was inducted into. Almost everyone I knew used it to develop their lessons (or at least obtain a pr
christianmooreanderson.com
March 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Hi #EduSky - it was another bumper week from which I have tried to extract a #Saturday3 of interesting educational blogs. Last week, I featured a blog cautioning about PowerPoint and this week, I feature the more radical approach of ditching it!
christianmooreanderson.com/pros-of-teac...
christianmooreanderson.com/pros-of-teac...
Hi #EduSky! I was worried that the Twixmas / early NY period might be a fallow one for blogs but far from it. In fact, some big names have been crazily productive over the holiday period. My #Saturday3 this week follow a theme of education being really hard work.....
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Hi #EduSky! I was worried that the Twixmas / early NY period might be a fallow one for blogs but far from it. In fact, some big names have been crazily productive over the holiday period. My #Saturday3 this week follow a theme of education being really hard work.....
I will be back with the #Saturday3 later but I really recommend @carlhendrick.substack.com's monthly round-up of interesting research in learning. Always something thought-provoking there!
The Research Brief: What's New in Learning Science - November 2025
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
The Research Brief: What's New in Learning Science - November 2025
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
Research Brief November - What's New in Learning Science?
School-Based Social and Emotional learning intervention found zero impact on children’s mental health.
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I will be back with the #Saturday3 later but I really recommend @carlhendrick.substack.com's monthly round-up of interesting research in learning. Always something thought-provoking there!
The Research Brief: What's New in Learning Science - November 2025
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
The Research Brief: What's New in Learning Science - November 2025
open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 in what was a fairly fallow week, possibly due to the teachers having the shock of being back in class! However, I happened to read 3 articles all dealing with the theme of the extent to which we can trust research.
January 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 in what was a fairly fallow week, possibly due to the teachers having the shock of being back in class! However, I happened to read 3 articles all dealing with the theme of the extent to which we can trust research.
Hi #EduSky. My #Saturday3 comes from the airport this week as I wait for a flight. First, it’s @alexjquigley.bsky.social on word consciousness to help with the fact that we can’t explicitly teach kids all the vocabulary they need.
alexquigley.co.uk/why-word-con...
alexquigley.co.uk/why-word-con...
Why ‘word consciousness’ matters
We can learn language in small increments - word for word and phrase by phrase, making connections for a deeper understanding of rich language patterns. Teachers experienced in communicating the langu...
alexquigley.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Hi #EduSky. My #Saturday3 comes from the airport this week as I wait for a flight. First, it’s @alexjquigley.bsky.social on word consciousness to help with the fact that we can’t explicitly teach kids all the vocabulary they need.
alexquigley.co.uk/why-word-con...
alexquigley.co.uk/why-word-con...
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and I was spoilt for choice this week! I'll start with something that I have really changed my mind on over the last few years - handwriting. As someone who went through education fairly well despite lousy handwriting, I really downplayed its importance.
June 6, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Hi #EduSky - it's time for my #Saturday3 and I was spoilt for choice this week! I'll start with something that I have really changed my mind on over the last few years - handwriting. As someone who went through education fairly well despite lousy handwriting, I really downplayed its importance.
Hi #EduSky - a late #Saturday3 this week after my final #chess tournament in Laos. It's been great to play with some of the talented youngsters who are going to play for their country in Singapore later this year as well as a few older players.
3 very different blogs this week!
3 very different blogs this week!
June 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Hi #EduSky - a late #Saturday3 this week after my final #chess tournament in Laos. It's been great to play with some of the talented youngsters who are going to play for their country in Singapore later this year as well as a few older players.
3 very different blogs this week!
3 very different blogs this week!