My poetry tips for teachers via The Poetry Society
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Focused on poetry writing as this is often overlooked. Lots of quick/easy things that teachers can do without making any curriculum changes! #poetry

Thank you Read for Good for our set of books - our Year 7 students are really enjoying these in library sessions.

New leaflet design for Parents’ Evening #reading #literacy

Thank you to The Poetry Society for my award!

Thank you Yuka for my gifts. Yuka Nakai
I love that my classroom in is the Japanese translation of ‘Hacking Literacy’!

We're excited to announce the new Central Library will officially open on the 28 November 2023.
The state-of-the-art library puts children, young people & learning at its heart, with an immersive storytelling room, kids area's and so much more!
mynottinghamnews.co.uk/date-announced…

🙌Thank you very much to those who are signing up to complete the 'Reasons for Doing English' surveys!

We want to hear from more teachers + students on why they think the English subject is valuable.

Please sign up below and get involved! 📢

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Mobile phones are such a distraction that they need banning from schools.

But yet we set 'Reading for Pleasure' work to be done at home where it is in direct competition with soc med for attention.

This thread looks at why we will never win that competition for many students 👇

“Behaviour communicates unmet need.”

A thread in which I will aggravate almost everyone.

Read to your newborn. 📚

With hearing developing during the final months of gestation, it’s never too early to begin reading to your baby. And this mom is giving us an absolute master class in how to do it right.

Note first that she’s reading face-to-face. At this age (10

New images show the major transformation due to begin in the city centre later this year with the creation of a wildlife-rich Green Heart at Broad Marsh. mynottinghamnews.co.uk/new-images-sho…

Sue Dymoke obituary theguardian.com/books/2023/jul…

Hands up who took a 'low value degree' & wouldn't be where you are without it. Hands up who thinks EVERY young person should have the opportunity to do the same. Hands up who thinks higher education shouldn't be reduced to 'produces high earners'.

theguardian.com/education/2023…

I grew up with an undiagnosed, untreated anxiety disorder. I often wonder whether I'd be better off as teenager today, now there is so much open discussion about mental health. I find myself – cautiously – answering no

Article by me today in The Guardian

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

INSET session today launching our new disciplinary/subject reading booklets.
Explicitly teaching reading skills and providing opportunities for reading in each subject! #reading #literacy

Darwin replicating how I feel after OFSTED this week!

“This is quite a moment, isn’t it …?”: Why I joined my fellow General Secretaries from National Education Union NASUWT and NAHT on behalf of ASCL today Sky News

Nottingham has SUCH an identity which I feel goes unappreciated outside out the county. It’s filled with art, independents, culture and positivity. Just walking to work from seeing a mate in a proper pub and see this. The best city. #Nottingham

English revision/course info leaflet for GCSE students and parents Team English #gcseenglish #teamenglish

Super grateful to The Sutton Trust who gave me so much encouragement and financial support. There are still so many myths around attending university and I try my best to challenge them!