This will be a 'must see' talk ✨

I've been writing about experienced teacher retention for five years + I wrote a book about it in 2020 'Preserving Positivity' & am now writing a book with @Sam_LGibbs 'Love the One You're With.' Every teacher I interview talks about psychological safety and belonging. A 🧵:

Working on a similar booklet to my last, but for creative writing, covering foundational basics (e.g comma splicing, tense control etc), variation of sentence types, effective description, use of metaphor etc! We’re loving teaching on such a granular level at the moment🥰

A mini booklet of tasks based around important moments in A Christmas Carol - two for each stave douglaswise.co.uk/blog/mini-book… ❄️

I created this graphic for my students to discuss the importance of effective study strategies in addition to other factors such as pastoral support, attendance & effort. What else would you add? Sleep, exercise, nutrition, monitoring screen time, awareness of distractions

Please could I have some recommended reading for somebody soon to take on subject leadership for the first time? 🙏 Team English Litdrive UK

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Lots of smiles for what feels like our 100th viewing of The Grinch.

**Announcing** Speaker 2 in the English Strand at TTR Connect will be Becky Wood! Tickets and info: ttradio.org/teachers-talk-…

With only 8 weeks left of my maternity leave, it's time to start getting back to some educational reading. First up, Kate Jones 🤩

Trying to fully make the most of my last few weeks of maternity leave.

Looking forward to Litdrive UK CPD with Chris Curtis (also Baby's first CPD).

NEW for AQA: Lang P1 ‘The Silent Patient’. A set of PPT slides Q by Q with models and scaffolds, like so 👇 Help yourself #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fi/syaravi…

A set of review sheets for each act of An Inspector Calls douglaswise.co.uk/blog/act-by-ac… 🔎

Very excited to be sharing all things curriculum and female empowerment Litdrive UK conference in March! I’m session 4 - ‘What would Mary Shelley do?” Empowering young females through the literature and language curriculum. See ya there 💃📚🐝

Deadline day is tomorrow if you fancy joining a growing English team with narratives, high expectations and rigour at the forefront of our curriculum. 📢📢📢

Plea! Can anybody please share the 2024 questions for GCSE AQA Lit? Macbeth & ACC? 🙏 Team English Litdrive UK

First week back from maternity and first week as HoD completed. Time to enjoy the weekend ✨

First five weeks after maternity leave - ✅ First five weeks as a HoD - ✅ Now for two weeks of playing with these two little ones.

If you can, please take a moment to read and share my cousin's page as she is fundraising to support Alder Hey in memory of her baby girl 💜 justgiving.com/page/flossie5k…