Mrs Foster

Acting Assistant Head Student Experience | Head of DT 🪚| Secondary T&L Team | International Teacher | Mum of two 💗💙 | Views my own | NPQML 22 |

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

So it begins. Ridiculously hard to say goodbye to friends and family but excited for this next chapter 🇦🇪 #CollabUAE

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@TheCinesthetic

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@THR The smear campaign on Hardy is working overtime with this one

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@adamboxer1 Claude

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Ok, for those who don't understand the word "correlation" and assume that I am a psychopath. I MADE A GRAPH

[Alex @alex_t0dd]

It’s crazy that X Factor had an ‘Over 25s’ category. 11 year old me was sat there thinking they were so brave for trying to achieve their dreams at such a late stage in life

[Claude @claudeai]

With the Autodesk Fusion connector, designers and engineers can create and modify 3D models through conversation.

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@SingaporeAir my booking agent has been waiting 7 weeks for a refund from your cancelled flight from DXB to Tokyo. How can I get confirmation that this has been processed by yourselves?

[Jason Ai. Williams @GoingParabolic]

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

[Ahmed Khalifa @_A_khalifa]

Wow ..

#Dubai

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

One day, I'll receive an email about keynote speakers being announced for a big conference, and those speakers will be actual teachers. With timetabled classes.

I'll receive an email about educational panel events where organisers have committed to having at least one person with a timetabled class on the panel.

I'll receive an email about people being invited to some glitzy event in town or Number 10, and the people invited will be actual teachers. With timetabled classes.

One day, but not today.

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@LauraLolder Very dependent on where you are looking to teach. Happy to offer an advice.

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

Students who took notes by hand scored ~28% higher on conceptual questions than laptop note-takers.

Writing forces your brain to process and compress ideas instead of copying them.

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@claireindubai Please DM me a list of dogs needing fostering. We might be able to help

[Mrs Foster @Georgia_w]

@SingaporeAir Thank you - are you giving customers an option to move dates of flights?

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

British nationals in Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Qatar and United Arab Emirates can register their presence to receive direct updates from the FCDO on the situation in the Middle East.

You should continue to follow travel advice and the advice of the local authorities.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for teachers to help us with a Top Secret AI project. It will take 35 minutes only, and it should be pretty interesting!

If you teach science, geography, DT, English or psychology (KS5) and can help out click 👇

https://t.co/lNyi0iE8fS

[Darren Leslie @dnleslie]

The I–We–You model works because it matches how the brain actually learns.

I → reduces cognitive load with clear modelling
We → builds strong mental models through guided practice
You → only then do students work independently with confidence

It’s not hand-holding. It’s cognitive science: novices need clarity before autonomy.

When we get the sequence right, students don’t just “get it” - they own it.

[Darren Leslie @dnleslie]

Attention sits at the heart of learning. When pupils focus, they encode information more deeply, reduce cognitive load, and make room for meaningful understanding. Decades of cognitive science show that without attention, even the best teaching can’t take hold. If we want better learning, we start by protecting and directing attention.

[Mark Enser 🌍 @EnserMark]

Key ideas:
✅ Retrieval practice strengthens memory.
✅ Generative learning helps pupils Select → Organise → Integrate ideas.
✅ Revision needs to be taught, not just set.
✅ Scaffolding builds independence over time.