#conferencegawking wish list for next time: @JustinCaban_ (should have done it first thing!), Sonia Louden (a new edu-hero), @greg_ashman (still too nervous to ask!). A brilliant day overall for fun and learning at #researchEDNewy

My gosh I wish I could’ve got everyone today! But I did manage to snag the great @PepsMccrea - what an awesome thing #researchEDNewy did by bringing him to Oz again! #conferencegawker to the stars 😉 I’m definitely feeling motivated!

Such a special moment to be fangirling #conferencegawking your edu-hero and @AusSchoolsPlus mentor, the incomparable literacy lightbringer @JessicaColleu #researchEDNewy

But wait, there’s more! The ever lovely (and wonderful writer on education!) @msrebeccabirch #conferencegawking the edu-peeps at #researchEDNewy

Aaaaaaaand it’s a double gawk! The exceptional mathematician @Martin_Muffin AND the writing guru extraordinaire @jettybe3 - gotta love the @tempyheightsps crew! #conferencegawking #researchEDNewy

Wowee! It’s the brilliant new leader of CESE! The incomparable @buckingham_j, who I am so glad to see leading the excellent research team in the @NSWEducation #researchEDNewy #conferencegawking I can’t believe I get to hang out with my edu-heroes!

So many fabulous @EdResearchAU peeps here today - #conferencegawking Jeanette Frost too! Do you ever stop and think ‘AERO is just the best?’ I do 😉 #ResearchEDNewy

So delighted to be at #ResearchEDNewy and even more so to talk learning definitions with @NuellaMia - I just adore being challenged by people smarter than me so I can develop my thinking!!! @EdResearchAU #conferencegawking

Managed to snap one of the phenomenal leaders of Mastery Schools - the lovely Michael Roberts #conferencegawking #ResearchEDNewy

First #conferencegawking of the day was the magnificent Kate Barton, who has worked tirelessly to organise #ResearchEDNewy

The new and improved #conferencegawking where I do it as a selfie so my subjects get to look the way they want 😉 Snapped @ellis_patrick from Catalyst - gosh they do amazing work!!! #ResearchEdNewy

First set of #conferencegawking at #SBPGladstone2024! The phenomenal Ben Jensen and organiser extraordinaire Jennifer Orr - so excited to be here!!! @SharingBestPrac

How much are children responding? This is a big one, and one of the biggest things that shifted my view of Explicit Instruction. I remember when I thought 1 CfU every 2 mins shocked me, but now I’m aiming for at least 10 student responses every minute @DrLSHammond

Snagged the legendary literacy leader @DrLSHammond too! What an utterly brilliant line up we’ve had, I am blown away I get to be in a room with these people! Thank you @SOTLAus @latrobe #SOLARLab @EdithCowanUni #conferencegawking

But wait, there’s more! The particularly spectacular reading rockstar @PamelaSnow2, one of our keynotes today, and brilliant middle leaders and writing gurus @SarahTrestrail @kezza12031 #SoLaRBattalion #conferencegawking @SOTLAus

It’s a trio of distinguished NSW DoE Principals! The inimitable @manisha_gazula @CarterM_PTL @belinda_bristol phenomenal leaders in NSW Public Education with children at the heart of their leadership #proudtobepublic #conferencegawking @SOTLAus