"If we accept that recruitment and funding are perma-crises, off-the-peg curricula are the answer to a question we should never have needed to ask." On the money here from The PTI's Carolyn Roberts.

"[The curriculum] must be first and foremost a curriculum for teachers. If it has any effect on pupils, it will have it by virtue of having had an effect on teachers." Thought-provoking blog here on curriculum design and teacher autonomy.

Not now, spider-roboticising scientists!

Is anyone else having problems with weak tea? Have tried different brands, but to no avail. Found myself getting cross at my pasty looking mug this morning...

How does Sergey Lavrov not die of embarrassment? Insists this morning at the G20 that Ukraine is holding up the peace process and then sneaks out early as 100 missiles are fired at Ukrainian cities. Sam Freedman

English teachers: have any of you tried to weave more real-world / employability type skills and tasks into your curriculum? If so, very interested to hear examples and what has and hasn't worked... Team English Team English FE ASCL Litdrive UK

The state of this. Not a promising start.

And before anyone from Oak tries to claim there is distance from it and the DfE, please see here... x.com/english_engli1…

English teachers: what's the worst advice you've been given that you now duly ignore?

English teachers: what are your sliding doors moments? The novels, stories, poems, plays that, if you hadn't been introduced to, you might not have got the literary bug? Team English English & Media Ctr Ceridwen Eccles Jennifer Webb David Didau

English teachers: are you given time by your SLT for marking? Heard some schools have a 'marking week' in the final week of half term. Marking mocks is the bane of my life!

Your worst Black Friday offers? 6% off a pack of contact lenses - be still my beating heart!

Same here.

A reminder that Kelvin MacKenzie is not interested in the truth, regardless of the topic. Or should I say ‘The Truth’. #Hillsborough #oncealiaralwaysaliar

EMC's Research & Projects team is looking for your input: do you have a KS3 curriculum that you feel proud of? How about your KS3 assessment system? We are trying to find out how KS3 curriculum and assessment work together in different contexts. Team English English & Media Ctr

English teachers - worth checking these out. Stuart Pryke is rarely wrong on anything when it comes to the Bard.

English teachers: hit me with the reasons why you still teach? What makes you still love the job?