We're celebrating author Jeanette Winterson today, noted for her quirky, unconventional, and often comic novels! Its important during this month, and any month in fact, to celebrate famous LGBTQ+ writers, poets and playwrights during LGBTQ+ History Month! 🏳️‍🌈 3/2/22

To end the week of celebrating LGBTQ+ contributions to writing, we have Lorraine Hansberry! An extremely accomplished playwright and activist! 🏳️‍🌈

Year 8 enjoying a screening of Macbeth on a Tuesday afternoon!

Brilliant evening spent supporting some of our amazing Year 11s tonight with Miss Ceney!!

Getting into the festive spirit with Year 11 personifying a Christmas Bauble! 🎄 Wanted to shout out Liban for his excellent response! ⭐️

Loved seeing the improvement today! 💪🏻 They’re doing you proud Miss Kaur !

Really informative conference so far with Voice 21 Oracy AldersleyHighSchool Mr. Lane

I have absolutely loved celebrating our Word Millionaires today! 1 Million or more words read by each of these students on Accelerated Reader! This deserves showcasing!! 📚 📖 👏🏻 Well done to our Word Millionaires! #KeepReading

Met with our new Year 10 Book Club Leaders this week for their Book Clubs in Schools training reader to work with our Year 7 readers! Can’t wait for our pupils to pass on a love for books and reading!! 📚

#BoysDoCry is released today! To win a copy of my little pink book, RT this!

Dear driver of the red car stuck at the traffic lights in Wolverhampton this morning: What was the name of the audiobook you were listening to??? I was hooked!! 😭

Student: “Sir, there’s no way you’re reading a book with… *counts* SEVEN words in the title!?” Me: “Yes I am… and when you open the book…? There’s more!! *insert theatrical gasp here*”

Step 1: Instruct Student X to leave freshly-made-in-Food-Tech curry at the front to avoid spillage. Step 2: Hear the utter calamity & carnage as Student X DOESN’T follow instruction and spills said curry in mortifying ‘The Office’ reenactment. Send help. And carpet cleaner…

Thanks Mr Archer and to Miss Hughes and MrBirch_ for supporting this morning! Amazing work with your year group and their dedication to succeed! 👏🏻👏🏻

Team English really showcasing what a fantastic team we are with the subject review this week! 👏🏻 Very much earned our weekend! So proud to be a part of such an incredible, hard-working and inspiring group of teachers! ❤️

I’m giving away THREE free places on next week’s course for secondary school Literacy Leads - all you have to do is: 👍 LIKE 🔁 RETWEET 🏷️ TAG someone you know funkypedagogy.com/product/course… If you win a place but can’t make the live event, you will still get the recordings 😁

Year 10 Information Evening with Mr Archer providing our students and parents/carers with key focuses ready for their mock exams! 👏🏻

An apology AND a cake? My 11s know me very, VERY well 😍

Had the best day! Took some students to BAFTA HQ for the Young BAFTA Showcase with talks from the team behind Horribles Histories as well as Bilal Hasna! Thanks to Helen and the team at Into Film for the amazing opportunity!