As always when this discourse inevitably circles back round again, I’ll share this: If you’ve a problem with teachers, then please join the profession and see for yourself what makes a teacher. If it’s so “easy” with “all those holidays”? Come join us. gov.uk/apply-for-teacher-tra…

Had the best day! Took some students to @BAFTA HQ for the Young BAFTA Showcase with talks from the team behind Horribles Histories as well as Bilal Hasna! Thanks to Helen and the team at @intofilm_edu for the amazing opportunity!

An apology AND a cake? My 11s know me very, VERY well 😍

Year 10 Information Evening with @MrArcherAHS providing our students and parents/carers with key focuses ready for their mock exams! 👏🏻

Team English really showcasing what a fantastic team we are with the subject review this week! 👏🏻 Very much earned our weekend! So proud to be a part of such an incredible, hard-working and inspiring group of teachers! ❤️

Thanks @MrArcherAHS and to @MissLHEnglish and @MrbirchM for supporting this morning! Amazing work with your year group and their dedication to succeed! 👏🏻👏🏻

Step 1: Instruct Student X to leave freshly-made-in-Food-Tech curry at the front to avoid spillage. Step 2: Hear the utter calamity & carnage as Student X DOESN’T follow instruction and spills said curry in mortifying ‘The Office’ reenactment. Send help. And carpet cleaner…

Student: “Sir, there’s no way you’re reading a book with… *counts* SEVEN words in the title!?” Me: “Yes I am… and when you open the book…? There’s more!! *insert theatrical gasp here*”

Dear driver of the red car stuck at the traffic lights in Wolverhampton this morning: What was the name of the audiobook you were listening to??? I was hooked!! 😭

Met with our new Year 10 Book Club Leaders this week for their @Schoolbookclubs training reader to work with our Year 7 readers! Can’t wait for our pupils to pass on a love for books and reading!! 📚

I have absolutely loved celebrating our Word Millionaires today! 1 Million or more words read by each of these students on Accelerated Reader! This deserves showcasing!! 📚 📖 👏🏻 Well done to our Word Millionaires! #KeepReading

Loved seeing the improvement today! 💪🏻 They’re doing you proud @MissKaurAHS !

Getting into the festive spirit with Year 11 personifying a Christmas Bauble! 🎄 Wanted to shout out Liban for his excellent response! ⭐️

Brilliant evening spent supporting some of our amazing Year 11s tonight with @MissCeney!!

Year 8 enjoying a screening of Macbeth on a Tuesday afternoon!

To end the week of celebrating LGBTQ+ contributions to writing, we have Lorraine Hansberry! An extremely accomplished playwright and activist! 🏳️‍🌈

We're celebrating author Jeanette Winterson today, noted for her quirky, unconventional, and often comic novels! Its important during this month, and any month in fact, to celebrate famous LGBTQ+ writers, poets and playwrights during LGBTQ+ History Month! 🏳️‍🌈 3/2/22