"How do you do it?" said night "How do you wake and shine?" "I keep it simple." said light "One day at a time"

For anyone that is teaching Macbeth for the first time or wants teacher annotations, I have a folder on my drop box that might be handy dropbox.com/scl/fi/z9a8mem…

I don’t think it should be ditched entirely but certainly a bit more relaxed to help with costs. Students should be able to buy a plain jumper/cardigan and attach the school logo on a badge.

What a half term! New school, new challenges. Definitely ready for a rest now! 😮‍💨

Honestly just WOW. I will be spending the next 10 years thinking about how INCREDIBLE this was!!! 🤩🥰 Now after a really long day, to bed, to bed, to bed 🥱

Things teachers want to say to parents… -Take the phone away at night. Your kid isn’t getting enough sleep. -Don’t believe everything your kid says. They lie…A LOT! -Teach your kid to have some grit. •Model kind actions. -Stop blaming everyone for your kid’s issues.

Going back after a proper holiday without an INSET day should be illegal. Going back after a proper holiday without an INSET day with Parents' Evening three days later should be doubly illegal.

What do you do to get your lower ability students to write more meaningfully about unseen poetry? Team English

100 reasons to read

Using the whole school literacy form time 'big idea' words to improve our writing, with year 9! Worked a treat. Let's see what sticks... 💭 #literacy #teamenglish #litdrive #youngwriters #aqaenglish

When you read aloud to your kids, do the voices. Read with animation and enthusiasm. Put the emphasis in the right place and pause for punctuation. You're teaching them how the reading voice inside their head should sound. And that's huge for comprehension.

Thought for the day…

The devil couldn’t reach me so he gave me parents evening and hair wash day on the same night 🤦🏻‍♀️

Is written feedback a waste of time? New study finds 1 in 5 students completely ignore feedback, while nearly half of those who did try to act on the feedback, don't improve at all. 🧵⬇️

I finished teaching Macbeth for the last time this week before starting with Romeo and Juliet at my new school after Easter. “Out, out brief candle!” 😔

Why should curriculum just be about what we want pupils to 'know'? What about what we want them to have experienced?

*Reminder Being a teacher is like having 30 phones ringing, all at the same time. Unless you've done it, you'll never really understand how difficult it can be.

Does anyone have an Othello SOW suitable for KS3 that they wouldn’t mind sharing pretty please? 🥺🙏🏽 Team English #teamenglish

Sniffling already after the first day back, welcome to Autumn Term 🤧