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Rachel Walker

@mrswalkerteach

Primary Teacher in Nottingham City. Maths, Computing, Music lead with passion for #PedTech not just Edtech. Baby #2 Sept 24!

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If you’re looking for great examples of classical music to show primary-aged children then Bill Bailey’s performance of Anderson’s ‘The Typewriter’ at last week’s ’Last Night of the Proms’ is fab! Lovely discussion points about performance, and what constitutes an instrument. #PrimarySky #EduSky

22.09.2025 18:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good to know, thank you!

15.09.2025 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Haven’t been on Bluesky in probably a year but I’m so keen to be back in touch with the wider teaching community. Is this where everyone is now? What are your best tips for getting the most from it? #PrimarySky #EduSky

15.09.2025 16:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is definitely the case on LinkedIn!

06.06.2025 18:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is great! How do I get more content like this on my feed again? I’ve got a lot of people pontificating about the future of education social media but I’d really just like some great resources again! #EduSkyPrimary

20.01.2025 10:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Love this idea!

20.01.2025 10:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Getting my educationbrain juices flowing again this morning by drafting an article for @teachprimarymag.bsky.social about music teaching with tech. It’s making me miss lesson planning! #PedTech #EduSky 🍎

20.01.2025 10:29 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I am being classic ‘me’ right now: downloading a cleaning the house app and posting about it rather than… cleaning the house 😂

16.01.2025 09:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Parenting life hack: tights under leggings = no baby socks falling off constantly 🙌🏻

15.01.2025 09:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Comment says ‘I’m taking away an amazing amount of resources! Feeling more confident in the ways tech can be used intentionally, rather than as a baby sitting tool or just unnecessarily adding to the screen time of children. Really interested in the capacity for modelling and repeating explanation as an extension of myself as a teacher’

Comment says ‘I’m taking away an amazing amount of resources! Feeling more confident in the ways tech can be used intentionally, rather than as a baby sitting tool or just unnecessarily adding to the screen time of children. Really interested in the capacity for modelling and repeating explanation as an extension of myself as a teacher’

I’d say that’s learning objective achieved! Lovely group of trainee teachers at Nottingham Uni hopefully all set for using tech purposefully in their teaching in the future. #PedTech #EdTech #PGCE

12.12.2024 17:48 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

😂

12.12.2024 09:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’d have thought dealing dirty clothes were sort of part of the job of the dry cleaner 😂

12.12.2024 09:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What a wonderful little moment!

12.12.2024 09:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Really excited to be dipping out of maternity leave for a couple of hours to present #PedTech to PCGE students at Nottingham Uni. It’s quite a switch from nappies and feeding to discussing lesson planning but I can’t wait 😊 #WorkingMum #EduSky

12.12.2024 09:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Definitely to both those points. The challenge is huge for parents especially as the technology shifts so quickly; we not only have to learn it, we have to understand enough to know what will and won’t harm our children and what to do about it.

11.12.2024 22:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I find no matter how good or extensive the teaching at school, unless parents are aware of the issues too and get on board with preventing them, there is a massive disconnect between lessons and reality. Chn learn to give the correct answers in class but enacting them is much harder.

11.12.2024 21:22 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Great choice! Welcome!

07.12.2024 15:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mine is such a bizarre combination of mine, my husband’s and my 4yo’s!

05.12.2024 12:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m going to assume everyone not sharing their Spotify is conscious that their music choices aren’t as cool as everyone else… myself included!

05.12.2024 11:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Have they sent you a medal?

05.12.2024 11:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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I felt smug then I invented this advent calendar thing and have basically done the same thing to myself! I went off the elf a few years ago when my then-LSA did one for my class and it created carnage every morning in my nice calm classroom!

04.12.2024 22:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love maternity leave but I’m really going to miss Christmas season in school. There’s nowhere quite like a primary school at Christmas. Still, at least I’ll get to be Mary with ‘baby Jesus’ for our annual pilgrimage! #EduSkyPrimary 🍎 #EduSky

04.12.2024 17:32 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes I bet! Thank you, that’s very kind of you to say 😊

04.12.2024 13:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I know everyone does things differently but we have to have lots of ‘we love you and you’re getting presents anyway’ when he hears about the naughty list from school/preschool!

04.12.2024 13:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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We don’t do the E*f on the S***f thing (can’t cope!) but have another advent tradition instead: I put a note in this each day with a fun Christmassy thing to do/find. It allows me to do stuff we already have planned (eg go to school Christmas fair) but also cop out and do chocolate if I forget!

04.12.2024 12:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Sending love! X

03.12.2024 17:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Such a special evening at the Pearson Teaching Awards! A real privilege to be here with so many amazing people. Everyone in education deserves a night like this. #teachingheroes

30.11.2024 21:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much!

30.11.2024 21:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Your friendly Friday reminder...

#AiInEdu #AiInEducation #EdTech

29.11.2024 13:03 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Ooooh how does it feel?!

28.11.2024 09:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0