Obligatory BOOK GIVEAWAY! ‘100 for 100: Macbeth’ is out a week today. We’re so excited to share it with you. Repost this and we’ll pick a winner at random on Wednesday to receive a free copy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑🗡️ Amy Staniforth John Catt Educational from Hachette Learning Team English

How exciting when you see pupils begin using The Writing Revolution strategies without prompts! EAS Language, Literacy & Communication

Can't wait to see!

Where Are We Now? Short blog about current landscape in Wales, CfW and the disadvantage gap. itswhereyourebetweencom.wordpress.com

“Instruction in handwriting is not about making handwriting pretty or perfect but instead about automatizing letter and word formations to free up working memory for the significant idea management necessary for good writing.” @williamvancleave I LOVE this article because it

The most useless thing ever to happen to education was not learning styles, brain gym, Michael Gove, Ofsted, or triple marking…. It was these glue sticks: #edutwitter

*** Should we worry about handwriting? *** "The ‘Writer Effect’ reveals that unless handwriting is fluent and automatic, it interferes with the act of skilled writing." alexquigley.co.uk/should-we-worr…

*** Feedback: Improve the learner, not the work *** "The most useful nudge to improve both feedback being used, with the bonus of reducing teacher marking, is to activate pupils for self- and peer-feedback." alexquigley.co.uk/feedback-impro…

Just Announced: A NEW Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins coming March 18, 2025! Pre-Order today! #TheHungerGames

'Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read!' William Faulkner

Come and join our fantastic team! Blackwood Comp. eteach.com/job/english-te…

Year 6 had a wonderful morning with Mrs Jones BCS English proofreading and editing their diaries. They are very excited about starting Year 7 in September. Diolch Mrs Jones for creating such an enjoyable English transition task for us. 😊

Which of these strategies are you using with your pupils? You can find further information about them on our website impact.wales or from the EEF teaching & learning toolkit.

Effective and impactful leadership involves so much more than management. True leadership tends to focus on people (and supporting their growth) while management addresses things. #LeadershipMatters #leadership #leaders

Today I was able to share all of the wonderful work that has taken place this year at Blackwood Comp. as we have embarked on our TWR journey. 👏

🚨 ‼️ 🔔 Mega competition To celebrate my new book Is Leadership A Race? I am giving away this 5 set bonanza Want to win? Retweet this tweet Winner announced Sunday at 9pm

We have some exciting things planned for September involving these beautiful, brand new books! 😍 Blackwood Comp. Miss Howells Mrs Jones 🌻

Team English had a fantastic evening at our Year 11 prom; you all looked amazing! Blackwood Comp.

FREE audio books in Welsh! A large collection of stories to download – favourites including The Gruffalo, The Hungry Caterpillar and many more: drefwen.com/english/books/… Diolch Dref Wen

We've prioritised the resources that we know teachers use most, as not all our digital resources are available right now, following a cyber-attack in October 2023. The best-loved articles are now hosted on a platform called Padlet: padlet.com/discovering_li…