Head of English and Media 👩🏼🏫
Basingstoke, England
Joined October 2016
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Really Interesting study findings: A child’s academic success is more closely linked to their levels of reading for pleasure than their socioeconomic background & reading has more of a positive impact on young people’s cognitive development than whether their parent has a degree.
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> Fred West killed 12-20 people. No riots.
> Harold Shipman killed 215-250 people. No riots.
> 522 murders took place in England and Wales, in the year ending March 2025. No riots.
> An immigrant kills 1 person. Violent riots.
It's two-tier rioting, isn't it?
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If your child becomes a reader, about 80% of the education job is already done. That's my honest assessment after working in education for over thirty years. Everything else is secondary. Most parents think science education is important. Yes it is. But if you can't read the biology textbook, you're not going to learn biology.
Reading is the meta-skill that enables all other skills. History requires reading. Science requires reading. Even math increasingly requires reading as it becomes more sophisticated. The child who reads voraciously will figure out everything else. The child who doesn't will struggle with everything.
I don’t suppose anyone has an up to date recommended reads list for KS3/KS4 before I make one? I am running reading support for parents on Monday so would love to hand these out. I have found a dyslexia friendly list already. Any help would be appreciated @TeamEnglishNC
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The Far Right Christian Nationalists buying Afghan Rice Bowls, one of the predominant refugee Nationalities. Strong likelihood this business was set up by a hard working Refugee.
Hello #teamenglish #eduqas I am starting a new school after half term that teaches Eduqas Lit. They study Macbeth, AIC and ACC. I have taught all these texts before but only for AQA. Is there anyone who has any advice on how the exam board/ mark scheme is different? Thank you!
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Offering these for £50 now or best offer. Let me know.
Due to illness I have one ticket available for tomorrow. Block 105. Please let me know if interested. £70 tickets. #lofc @OrientOutlook @LOFansTrust @leytonorientear @LeytonOrientSLO
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Due to illness I have one ticket available for tomorrow. Block 105. Please let me know if interested. £70 tickets. #lofc @OrientOutlook @LOFansTrust @leytonorientear @LeytonOrientSLO
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@leytonorientfc so have a spare ticket going for tomorrow as my better half is ill. £70 ticket at face value. Block 105. Might have to sit next to us like but still. Let me know if interested. I’ll be asking Orient questions to make sure not a Char…. Fan 😂
I have been asked last minute to do a World Book Day assembly for year group assemblies in my secondary school this week. I don’t suppose anyone would be generous enough to share one they have? Thanks in advance #teamenglish
We currently run Communication lessons to Year 7 students. This is basically Oracy using the @voice21oracy framework. I would like to develop these lessons to support whole school. Can anyone recommend any books that I could buy? @Team_English1 #teamenglish
I am considering applying to be an examiner this year as I only teach one other class bar Year 11s ( English and Media) so will have lots of gain time and 'free' evenings. If I apply for Lit do you mark essays of texts you haven't studied/ taught?
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WHAT. A. FINISH!
🙌 The Vitality Roses take the win for game two.
Just three days to wait until the decider 💪
There was a brilliant article once on TES that supported writing thesis statements for literature. Does anyone have a link to this/ offer other sources I could use to run a CPD session in a department meeting?
