Donkeys are the best 🫏 Meet our local donkey, Daffodil. She keeps the alpacas company 🦙

When the wild campers leave 😡 #WestCork

Of course. But 2/3rds have come up through the ranks from lottery-based admission at Y7. So the bulk of those results have been built within the school. The standard is that high so that newcomers can keep up.

I realise I was leaving it a bit late trying to order yesterday but Amazon delivery was going to be Thursday or Friday 🤦🏼‍♀️ And here we are in west Cork which is apparently going to have 97.5% coverage. Looks like we’ll be using the colander!

So sad to hear of the death of David Austin. Wandering around Mona Vale rose garden in Christchurch, all my favourites were David Austin roses. What a delight, years later, to visit and purchase roses from his nursery. RIP You have brought joy to many.

Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Sam Neill - a true Kiwi icon 🇳🇿 A tōtara tree has fallen in the great forest of Tāne 🌳 Moe mai rā, Sam - you will be sorely missed 💔

This is still around?! I remember doing a practicum at a school (attached to the teachers’ college) where the school were ditching literacy intervention for these activities. Yes, I did balance boards etc. Do I cringe now? 🤦🏼‍♀️

The Snow Report: The dog ate my homework: Education’s evidence-excuses echo-chamber : pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2026… Another great post from @PCSnow1604 highlighting the tendency for teachers to go for the ‘new sparkly thing’ rather than practices that are supported by evidence.

I saw my first ones the other day, here in West Cork 🇮🇪 There were about six of them chirruping away. They all flew away except this one. Sound on 🔉

Stonechat #WestCork 🇮🇪

Here's a taste of our newly released podcast 'Inside the Reading Gap'. It's a challenging look at the stark divide between literate and illiterate outcomes in education (sound on🔉). It's also a message of hope. Listen on our website (see bio) or wherever you get your podcasts.