Head of English. MA in Educational Leadership. NPQSL. Can also be found attempting Spartan races from time to time!
Joined February 2009
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Using books from the library to allow students to explore how to create an effective story opening - one that creates intrigue and leaves questions unanswered. Had the intended effect of making students want to read the rest of the books! @Team_English1 @LitdriveUK #teamenglish
Many thanks to @KateJones_teach for hosting an informative webinar last night on Formative Assessment in the Classroom - it had loads of great tips! @SenecaLearn #senecacpd
Just attended a fabulous webinar on Making Mentoring Matter with @HughesHaili - offered excellent insight on mentoring ECTs and pointers to further reading! Thanks for taking the time to do this #teacherCPD #edutwitter
Love my Monday walk listening to the latest Short History of… podcast. I knew I should have been a history teacher! #edutwitter #yorkshire
I have a new laptop and a new puppy…I’m ready to re-enter the world of Twitter! #edutwitter
This was such an enjoyable approach to teaching poetry - the students produced some of their best work and we had fun in the process! @Team_English1 #teamenglish #edutwitter @HartlandIntl
To get students more engaged with poetry, I created an imaginary 'classroom cafe' - and 'invited' famous poets in to discuss the inspiration behind their work, writes @Emmanaomi
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Throwback to my first year of @TeachFirst with @MissRadlett - a time when neither the photos or my lessons were of a high quality...
Sharing a revision ppt for @PearsonEdexcel Unseen Poetry. Includes an example poem, mark scheme and model examples for students to mark (including the responses given by the exam board to compare with). @PearsonTeachEng @Team_English1 #teamenglish
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Thanks to @IntlTes for sharing my thoughts on questioning - sometimes it can feel so difficult to get those lively debates in class whilst social distancing and wearing masks! #edutwitter
If you want to encourage your quiet students to join in with class discussions, @emmanaomi has four teacher tips for you
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Creating revision resources inspired by @MrWilksTeaches (who in turn was inspired by @KateJones_teach!) I'm hoping the bright colours might make revision more exciting... #teamenglish #edutwitter @Team_English1
Thanks to @HISchoolLibrary for sharing this resource with me from @makethinkingfun - a great introduction to discussing representation in literature, linked to our debates on 'Danger of a Single Story' @Team_English1 #edutwitter #teamenglish @PearsonTeachEng
The liveliest debate I've had in class in a long time! Used this as an introduction to 'Danger of a Single Story' and discussed ideas linking to representation in films and how Hollywood has influenced our views of different cultures #TeamEnglish #edutwitter @Team_English1
In the run up to summer assessments, a refresher on practice testing was useful as a reminder of effective revision strategies with advice from Rosenshine, Dunlosky and @teacherhead #tenminutePD #edutwitter #cpd
A summary of tips from @shaun_allison and @atharby from @every_lesson on how to respond to those students who simply reply, "I don't know." #10minutePD #edutwitter #questioning
Some excellent advice on questioning from @TeachLikeAChamp by @Doug_Lemov arguing the importance of retrieval questioning in the classroom as the basis for more critical thinking #tenminutePD #cpd #edutwitter
Thank you to @naceuk for publishing my blog on using Genius Hour to challenge our most able students! #edutwitter #challenge #CPD
Find out how @HartlandIntl is using Google-inspired "Genius Hour" projects to challenge and motivate students: lght.ly/hjgol5a @Emmanaomi #NACEChallenge
The perfect antidote for those students who think you can't revise for English! A range of 10, 25 and 45 minute revision activities for the Jan mocks. Happy to share with anyone doing @PearsonEdexcel IGCSE @Team_English1 #teamenglish @LitdriveUK #edutwitter
@FreyaMariaO @miss_sha2806 @Docphot_Denise @MereBubble287 @cionann @SBuckEnglish - If you want to DM me your email addresses then I'll send it right over!
@Teacherhead recommends asking, "for the positive features of an exemplar and ways it can be improved," as then, students, "can often make much better sense of the elements that contribute to the idea of success." The results with creative writing were impressive! @Team_English1
These examples were using the short film 'The Virus' on YouTube as a writing stimulus. Students critiqued different examples of the skills we were studying along the way and applied it to their own work. #teamenglish #edutwitter
Love this article from @NiallStatham! It’s been quite the journey but I think we’re perfecting the approach to podcasting...the Scottish accent and the Yorkshire accent sound fabulous together 😂 #edutwitter #podcast #cpd
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