AHOS for Curriculum / English Subject Leader / Cohort 2 Ambition Institute Teacher Fellows / Curriculum design / Teaching and Learning. Views here are my own
North East, England
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I have just completed a series of four professional development videos on the subject of teaching effective whole-class reading lessons.
These videos contain high-quality footage of me teaching each part of the reading lesson structures from Primary Reading Simplified.
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Deadline Reminder! Don’t miss out on our upcoming FREE training series- registration closes this Friday 25th!
Quick note: While we are based in the North East, this session is open to schools across ALL regions! Wherever your school is located, you are very welcome to join.
4am alarm for a day trip to London for the @Steplab_co conference 🤓 and currently wondering how I split myself into many parts to be in all of the workshops at the same time…
Considering how important it is in terms of understanding sentence structure, there are only TEN questions on the whole of Testbase for subject/verb/object…
Rose Alexander retweeted
📚 Webinar | Teaching reading beyond phonics
With the new white paper reinforcing the focus on reading standards, join Chris Such (@Suchmo83) and Abbie Williams to explore fluency, deep text discussion and practical, evidence-informed classroom approaches.
🗓 5 March | 4:00 pm
🔗 zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
Open to all.
In September, our schools started their @KineticLetters journey (thanks to recommendations from people on here!) The buzz from staff and pupils is amazing. One of our teachers sent this across, demonstrating the progress of a Y6 pupil who has always struggled with handwriting.
An interesting read!
Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/e… via @teacherhead
Last year was such an inspiring day out - so excited for the next one!
The Steplab Conference returns.
London | 19 June 2026.
Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.
🎥 Here’s a sneak peek – it’s going to be epic.
🎟 Tickets drop next Wednesday, 19 November.
#SteplabConference2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPDforTeachers
Lemsip, blanket and an afternoon of Adaptive Teaching: Train the Trainer with @Ambition_Inst 🤓
Oracy framework very much needed. Intrigued as to what they’re going to do with primary writing assessment/redesigned GPS tests…
Page 77 and 78 for English and Drama peeps
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Eventually getting around to reading this (most definitely didn’t have the brainpower when it was first released!) and feeling pleased we’re ahead of the game on most of it 🙌
That lush time of year when I get up early for SATS results and the PAG inevitably crashes so I might as well have stayed in bed…
One of my absolute favourites…
Rose Alexander retweeted
Can’t wait for the newspaper headlines in 5 weeks’ time to read
🚨 28% OF CHILDREN LEAVE PRIMARY SCHOOL UNABLE TO READ 🚨
not knowing kids were marked wrong for answering questions like this
(Clip from @TeachSRpodcast’s pod ep: tinyurl.com/SATspodcast)
