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Cathy Williams

@failbettercw

👩‍🏫🏔️📚 English teacher and Academic Assistant Head at The British School, Kathmandu 🇳🇵

 Kathmandu, Nepal
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Joined January 2011
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Hello everyone 👋 Seven Stories Learning Team here! We're so excited to launch a brand NEW account for teachers, educators and readers to stay up to date with us. We're here to support YOU in accessing a world of storytelling, imagination, reading for pleasure & much more! 📚
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@PepsMccrea9 Apr 2023
Routines enable students to spend less time thinking about the *process* of learning so they can spend more time thinking about the *content* of learning. A thread on how teachers can redeploy attention: ↓
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These would be great as narrative prompts @Team_English1 theguardian.com/books/2023/a…
Top 10 first lines in fiction

Top 10 first lines in fiction

The first words of a story have to do a lot of work in snaring the reader. Novelist Liz Nugent considers some of her favourites

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Unfortunately so many familiar examples in this...
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@teacherhead24 Mar 2023
The SLT-Middle Leader Communication Challenge teacherhead.com/2023/03/24/t…
The SLT-Middle Leader Communication Challenge

The SLT-Middle Leader Communication Challenge

One of the fascinating features of the work I do supporting schools with implementing their professional development programmes is the opportunity this offers for exploring the dynamics between sen…

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Observing one of our brilliant ECTs today teaching AS Chemistry and this exchange between 17 year olds made my week: "OK, yes that's why it's right" "It's so fun when you get it in the end, isn't it, like maths." "I know, you just suddenly feel so great about yourself."
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Great thread Laura, we just had this conversation with out heads of faculty as we were noticing the same interchangeable use.
Laura Webb (@LauraLolder) profile pictureLaura Webb@LauraLolder11 Mar 2023
A quick 🧵on standardisation vs moderation - some thoughts for Heads of Department / those who have responsibility for assessment. Let’s talk about the purpose of each, and ways to carry them out successfully. But let’s also be brief, because ya know, time is limited! 1/-
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TbsKathmandu@TbsKathmandu8 Mar 2023
TBS Kathmandu is looking to recruit dynamic, committed staff member to work with us from August 2023. Please submit a letter of application, TBS Application Form (available on our website) & CV to [email protected] by 23rd March, 2023 (early applications are encouraged).
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Roald Dahl is the last thing we should worry about on World Book Day | Frank Cottrell-Boyce theguardian.com/books/2023/m…
Roald Dahl is the last thing we should worry about on World Book Day | Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Roald Dahl is the last thing we should worry about on World Book Day | Frank Cottrell-Boyce

More important than culture-war noise are the multiple threats to British children learning to love books of any kind

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Embracing the bump this week for #worldbookday #maternitycpd
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When you've found a good relaxing spot to get on with #npqsl assignments and notice you're being watched... 😱 🐊
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What an incredible way to start a Thursday. An essential listen for all educators. Are we ploughing through the curriculum regardless of whether learning is sticking? Excellent messages and discussion. Bringing together all of our learning, thank you.
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@teacherhead15 Feb 2023
This is ace… 🔥@Emma_Turner75 and I loved talking to @dylanwiliam youtu.be/7ynsMwzsCsg
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TBS Community@TBS_Community8 Feb 2023
Our very first community school reading club with our 6th form students after Covid.28 students from Shree Tika School, grade 8 will be in TBS every Wednesday starting today for the reading club.
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Great opportunity to join our wonderful school in gorgeous Nepal and have a real impact on our #send students. Get in touch!
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Primary Additional Learning Needs Leader (SENCo), The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepal tes.com/jobs/vacancy/primary…
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Dr Jill Berry@jillberry10230 Jan 2023
"If you try to hold on to talent, & you hold it too tight, you're just going to choke it..." @independenthead talks to @DanWorth on the @tes podcast about leaders supporting the professional development of those they lead by helping them to move on: tes.com/magazine/video-podca… 1/2

Podcast: How to grow great leaders

Mark Steed, principal of Kellett School in Hong Kong, chats about the best ways schools can develop staff for leadership roles - and embracing the fact this may mean they leave for pastures new

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📣New eBook! Retrieval Practice: Myths, Mutations & Mistakes Download & share 👉 hubs.la/Q01zvL6r0
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Great opportunity to join our wonderful school in gorgeous Nepal and have a real impact on our #send students. Get in touch!
TbsKathmandu (@TbsKathmandu) profile pictureTbsKathmandu@TbsKathmandu24 Jan 2023
Primary Additional Learning Needs Leader (SENCo), The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepal tes.com/jobs/vacancy/primary…
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Excited for this @teachgratitude1 👏
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