This summer our daughter left behind her most beloved toy, Cowie, in a remote campsite in Iceland. 😱 She's been so upset and we've spent months trying (and failing) to arrange a courier to bring Cowie 🐮 home. We’d almost given up hope… BUT THEN… 1/6 A GOOD NEWS thread 🧵🐮

3 new ‘Bitesize Academic Reading’ resources on ‘An Inspector Calls’ added to my folder. Help yourselves! Team English dropbox.com/sh/lrc36hw2rp7…

This week I asked people for their go-to sentence types for improving students' writing - I've made a document of all of the replies. All 35 of them! Thanks for all your help! Feel free to steal if it's helpful to you. dropbox.com/s/7w1ahsnjdg9h…

I’ve made a ‘Macbeth’ cover booklet for my Year 11 class next week. Thought I’d share here in case it’s useful to anyone. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! Team English dropbox.com/sh/9ve0kp41jov…

We’ve published information setting out what the new temporary Covid-19 measures announced yesterday by UK Prime Minister mean for early years providers, out-of-school settings, schools, colleges and universities. educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2021/11/28/wha…

Just took 93yr Mum to vote, she’s registered blind. In a very loud voice she said, “which box for Chris Whitty?” A cheer went up from the waiting voters.

Groundhog Day

Powerful words from the wonderful David Tennant on why he's supporting our campaign to renationalise the NHS!! RT if you agree and join the fight at: yournhsneedsyou.com

📚POST! 📚 I’ll be teaching this with Y10 this term… How exactly I teach the GCSE POETRY ANTHOLOGY and a completely reformatted and revamped anthology, explaining the choices I made when creating it codexterous.home.blog/2020/08/25/how…

Launching KS4 reading booklets in our mentor curriculum. The aim is to allow students to see more explicit links with their learning through disciplinary reading, whilst also expanding their cultural capital. Inspired by Jennifer Webb (thank you!) #reading #literacy #edutwitter

⭐️ RT to win ⭐️ your choice of 22/23 TPTC Planner & matching Accessory Pack to celebrate the launch of our 22/23 range on Sat 29th January. Simply RT and reply with your favourite design so far! A random lucky winner selected on Friday 28th. Good luck! 🤞#HappyPaceForTeachers

Quotation retrieval exercises for Macbeth, ACC and AIC. Nothing major but I made these for my class and thought I’d share in case they’re useful. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! Team English

A booklet of 49 lessons worth of ‘5-a-day’ retrieval practice starters for ACC, MAC, AIC and L&R poetry, like this 👇 Help yourself 😊 Team English dropbox.com/s/w5r3y6igpurk…

I’ve been working on a set of English Language revision lessons for AQA Paper 1 this weekend. Help yourselves and use/chuck/change as you see fit! Team English dropbox.com/sh/xur7w24w7o1…

Dear Liz Truss / Rishi Sunak the cost of living crisis has left millions worried how they'll make ends meet. I'd like to formally invite you, as the new PM, to join me asap once you take office for a special hour's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live discussion/Q&A to answer/ease people's concerns.

Macbeth's seven soliloquies. So many uses! Chararcter tracking, language analysis, making connections...I'm going to try to learn them all by heart. #TeamEnglish dropbox.com/s/606t74rj60ln…

🚨 The results are in! 🚨 In our ballot, National Education Union members voted in overwhelming numbers to take historic strike action for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise. We have to save our schools.

Just get into a school. Work the job for one month, and then make the same arguments about why teachers, just like other public services, have voted to strike. #NEU #TeacherStrike

New planner ready for the new academic year and signalling the end of my maternity leave 😮✨