Teaching Macbeth… Here’s a THREAD about how I introduce and teach Macbeth, breaking it down step by step Let’s imagine it’s lesson 1. What happens next? /1

Nadia Ayub’s captivating revision cards are wonderful! I love the colours and the well summarised notes. dropbox.com/sh/elylpz4g1lg…

The king of A Christmas Carol resources (Douglas Wise) has so many handy worksheets for each stave dropbox.com/sh/kuqatd1yf2z…

English leads and literacy leads! Do any of you employ the faster read approach as discussed by uni of Sussex and here: tes.com/magazine/teach… If so, would you be willing to answer some questions pretty please? Sonja

Right. Just 70 miles #TheWall23 Anthony McGeeney

One of our year 5 children has recently lost her mum. We were writing persuasive letters in English this week and she wrote this gorgeous letter. Any kind of message or response would be amazing. Please share. DUA LIPA Ashley Booth Mathew Tobin Talk for Writing Jamie Thomas

READING FOR PLEASURE is the single most important thing in education. More than any test scores, more than anything that can be measured, we need to help every single child fall in love with reading. And here's more evidence, if you need it. #literacy independent.co.uk/news/uk/childr…

Tom Rogers Virtue signalling. ‘I love children more than anyone else. So much, in fact, that I expect nothing of them at all.’

Right Team English here it is: the 'A Christmas Carol' full course reader. The whole, unabridged text, with 💬Key quotations signposted 🗓️Events tracker 📽️Two pre-reading tasks 🔥Lots of post-reading tasks FREE HERE: laurawebbcpd.com/a-christmas-ca…

I'll never run a school that promises 0 exclusions or suspensions, & never set a target to reduce them. The aim is safe, secure schools with great behaviour. I hope that the need for exclusions hence reduces but we will never succumb to pressure to artificially lower them.

Exclusions are caused by a child’s behaviour being dangerous, abusive, violent or degrading to others. Schools do not cause exclusions. Most schools would do anything to avoid excluding children.

Hard agree. There is no need for ice-breakers. What a waste of time for everyone. It’s not Karaoke. Get on with it. People who go to deliver PD in a school are robbing their audiences and their clients with this rubbish.

Women aged 30-39 were the largest group of teachers to leave the profession last year – a situation that has to be fixed, and fast, says @mtptproject founder Emma Sheppard tes.com/magazine/analy…

Shakespeare resources (updated) - podcasts, essays, activities and more. Books: juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… Hamlet: juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… King Lear: juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… Macbeth: juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#… Othello: juliangirdham.com/shakespeare-1#…

Students who read fiction regularly attain more highly than those who don't. That includes students who read regularly but don't read fiction. Yes, fiction is a special kind of writing that does special things discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1006…

Tracy Chapman performs "Fast Car" live at Wembley in 1988

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📣New resource - our new #Othello Teacher Pack is now available. There are a selection of classroom activities exploring the story, characters and themes of Othello through the lens of our 2024 production. View online or download the pdf rsc.org.uk/learn/schools-…