Secondary English teacher; 2ic; KS4 lead; Examiner; MA Women and writing; CELTA, MA in English Education; KS3 English BBC Bitesize writer and reviewer

London, England
Joined December 2010
We have 4 copies of the outstanding debut YA novel #ABeautifulTerribleThing by @sparewriter to #win! For the chance to follow Cara & Nathan through their grief and love in this tragic, compelling, immersive dual narrative story… RT & Flw by Nov 7 #WRDMagComp @DFB_storyhouse
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COMPETITION TIME!🔔 @QuotationBank are giving away 3 YR GROUP SETS of The Quotation Bank: An Inspector Calls –a copy for every pupil in a year! To enter like, retweet and quote your favourite literary quotation- we'll pick 3 winning schools Sept 1st! @LitdriveUK @Team_English1
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We have 3 pairs of these fantastic #MangaClassics of #TreasureIsland and #AroundTheWorldInEightyDays from @GMCbooks to #WIN! For the chance to snag yourself a pair of these colourful, lively and engaging classic tales… RT & Flw by Aug 22 #WRDMagComp
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✨✨ WIN!!! ✨✨ We’re giving away a bundle of Katherine Rundell books to 1 lucky winner! To enter: 📚 Like 📚 RT by 31.08.25 📚 Get more entries at Instagram.com/authorfy 📚 UK only And do check out Katherine’s Author Masterclass at Authorfy.com/masterclasses for downloadable extracts, classroom resources, and 26 videos with Katherine talking about ‘Wolf Wilder’, ‘The Explorer’ and ‘The Good Thieves’. GOOD LUCK!!! ✨ #giveaway #childrensbooks #katherinerundell
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📚 GIVEAWAY TIME! 📚 The Scaffolding Effect by @MrsBallAP & @lamb_heart_tea is out now! Full of practical ways to support every student. Want a free copy? All you have to do is: ✅ Follow us 🔁 RT this post The winner will be announced on Friday, 1st August, at 2pm. Good luck!
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🎉Hooray! 🎉 Transforming Your Tutor Time Curriculum is officially out today! To celebrate, I’m giving away three free copies. Simply like or share this post to enter, winners will be announced on Friday 18th July.
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Excited to share, accepted a part-time teaching role for next year. Giving me time to run workshops with pupils on the core themes from my forthcoming book Learning Habits. One person that retweets, likes and follows will win a free full day of workshops for their school
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Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron. Thanks to @HachetteKids & @BarringtonStoke we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries. To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July. #ReadingForPleasure 1/2
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#GiveawayAlert: School & community libraries: to celebrate announcing our #JhalakPrize25 shortlists on 22 April, we are giving away one FULL set of our Jhalak Prose Prize longlisted books (UK only). Reply and RT for a chance to win. #giveaway #EasterWeekend
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So who wants to read the winning books? 😍 To enter FOLLOW & RT! UK & Ireland only! Closes Oct 31st. To The Other Side by Erika Meza Steady For This by Nathanael Lessore The First Move by Jenny Ireland My Name is Maame by Jessica George #thediversebookawards #Giveaway
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Zagajewski is the best at train poems to me (tr. Clare Cavanagh)
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DIGITAL BOOK GIVEAWAY: We have 5 PDF digital copies of our new book Oracy Is Not Just Speaking and Listening to giveaway. Simply retweet and/or tag a colleague to enter. You could also comment to share what oracy means to you. Closes 10pm Sunday.
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Suzanne Buffam. From: The Irrationalist (Canarium Books, 2010).
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‘Before I knew what opera even was, this was my gateway drug.’ Opera singer @nickythespence celebrates the joy of hit musical The Phantom of the Opera, as he and @DinaraKlinton join hosts @jeffreykboakye and @annaphoebemusic Add To Playlist | Listen on @BBCSounds
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NEW ISSUE KLAXON! SB 42.2, a special issue on "Archives and Performing Memory" edited by @sally_barnden is out now on Project MUSE! Feat essays by @daughterofben @MrSoupSpoon Abbie Weinberg @MoxyMolly @JanelleJenstad @shirilan and a wide range of reviews. muse.jhu.edu/issue/53122
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“Smiling at my two uneasy children she puckers, blows, inflates latex to blue plumpness, fingers waving in a cheery high-five.” Today’s poem is Elephant by Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpat Read it here: dustpoetry.co.uk/post/elepha…
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Want to win an exclusive proof of Tomorrow We Begin by CLiPPA 2024 winner @EarlyTrain? This is a powerful new collection of contemporary poems for teenagers navigating secondary school! Simply, follow, like and retweet by 03.09.2024 for your chance to win! View T&Cs: bit.ly/3yN8fdm
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Mélanie Bourget,contemporary French sculptor known for her quirky figarative ceramic sculptures #WomensArt
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15 August 1916 Robert Frost writes to Edward Thomas ‘It’s funny: I preach and preach the gospel of the rejection of Romanticism as a war-time mode, writing perhaps far too often here as an earnest latter-day apostle of the quietly serious poets like Thomas and Sorley'
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Key Messages from A-level results day 🧵   English remains a very popular A-level choice + numbers are growing. More than 60,000 A-levels in English were awarded in 2024. @BobEaglestone @carnaby_mr @UnivEnglish @IES_London @Team_English1 @LitdriveUK @BritishAcademy_ 1/5
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