New guidance on Mobile phones in schools drops today. I had some input onto this, and I think it’s really solid advice and direction. I go to a lot of schools, and phones are a really big problem in lots of them. gov.uk/government/pub…

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Right - here’s a massive list of GCSE English Language P2 writing tasks in case anyone is running out of ideas… (use your judgement - not all of these will be appropriate for every class) 🧵🧵🧵

Sharing an activity pack to help teachers facilitate conversations about Palestine in the classroom through using poetry. A ten page booklet on the poem “The Slaughtered Village” is available to download. sparkishly.com/2024/03/20/les… Eng chat Team English EngLessonPlanningUK

For Team English - 16 mini mocks for literature. 4 x AIC, ACC, MAC, P&C. Designed for Easter revision BUT .doc included if you want to adapt for lessons/homework etc. All new questions/extracts. If useful, all free here: laurawebbcpd.com/resources/ Enjoy, use, adapt. ❣️👩‍🏫📚

Brilliant thread on sentence-level writing 👏👏👏

In my town there's an area of Outstanding primaries that feed into a Good secondary. Primary results are fantastic, secondary are ok. As a secondary teacher I wonder, is this typical and why does it happen? Sam Strickland Ceridwen Eccles Jennifer Webb Caroline Spalding

Had a Teams meeting with someone I once knew. Our last encounter was in a classroom. We had a racist teacher. 10+ years later she reaches out because she heard about me & wondered if we could collab., neither of us seemed to remember that we once knew each other, until...🧵

Due to all the love (thank you!) and high request for my character profile resources, I've uploaded to Dropbox for access: dropbox.com/scl/fo/r2kyabp…

I am delighted to share my new website... alexquigley.co.uk All my blogs, newsletters and resources are now in one place. You can sign up to access to my free resources, including lots of exclusive new resources.

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🚨 NEW RESOURCE 🚨 David Goodwin has designed a brilliant infographic based on my blog on 'Adaptive Teaching: Scaffolds, Scale, Structure and Style'. The PDF version is freely available on my resources page: alexquigley.co.uk/resources/

My website offers around 30 free resources for busy teachers and leaders with a quick and easy sign up. Resource topics include: adaptive teaching, reading, writing, vocabulary, and my new book, Why Learning Fails (And What To Do About It) alexquigley.co.uk/resources/

01/ Starting the resource sharing thread with Romeo and Juliet - 24 lessons drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

✨ YEAR 6 - YEAR 7 TRANSITION ✨ Having worked in both primary and secondary, here are some resources I created to help the process:

30 of the most interesting education research papers from the last 3 months: (all open source 🔓) ↓

10 days until the General Election! I’ve attempted to distil party policies into posters for any mock elections or keen students. Key players, party history, previous results and manifesto pledges.  🌹Lab 🌳Con 🔸Lib Dem 🟡SNP #GE2024 #historyteacher  docs.google.com/file/d/1mvzqLl…

🚨 NEW: COLD CALLING EXPLAINED! This A3 poster breaks down the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ of the cold calling strategy, ensuring ALL students stay actively engaged in the thinking process. 🫶 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy here:

This isn’t a complete SOW but here are a few lessons I put together to aid the teaching of Gothic Literature, containing some activities from @TLPMsF’s scheme. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! Team English dropbox.com/sh/80115sxn49m…