***ASKING BETTER QUESTIONS*** A guide in collaboration with The National College 🎯

Teachers say “They can’t do that. They’ll find that hard”. We need to constantly say, “I don’t care, you’re going to do really well”. Don’t limit the challenge. Becky Wood sharing her fave quote from Jennifer Webb - always make aspiration possible. #WeCollaborate23

FREE BOOK WEEKEND! just retweet, reply, and follow and I’ll randomly select 5 winners to receive a signed special edition of AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS, an Amari art card, and an additional book of your choice!

***QUESTIONING CULTURE*** Creating a strong culture is key for questioning in the classroom. Here Jamie Clark summarises some of my thoughts 💭 😊

English teachers! Are you joining us online at 4pm this Thursday? bl.uk/events/romeo-a… We're thrilled to be running free CPD on Romeo and Juliet in context, with the brilliant Professor Emma Smith, teacher Patrick Cragg, and Interim Artistic Director of the RSC Erica Whyman.

🏆Book giveaway!🏆 To celebrate #Ghostcloud's double award win last month I'm giving away this trove of goodies! To enter just RT + follow. UK only. Winners picked 20th July. Trophies not included... #giveaways #books #edutwitter

Every Monday over the next 6 weeks this summer, you can hear the #R4Today weekly guide to children's literature. Author Frank Cottrell-Boyce & librarian Jennifer Horan will be recommending books on different themes - this week it's history. Listen back on BBC Sounds ⬇️

Morning - I'm very happy to have a full class set of the brilliant Glitter Boy by Ian Eagleton IS AWAY!!! to give away via A New Chapter - Children's Bookstore. Full class sets transform the reading experience for a class & this book is perfect for sparking rich class discussion. RT for a chance to win.

Skellig is 25! The beautiful new edition, with wonderful art by Tom de Freston, is published next week.

Hello. I wrote a new teen book about the humiliations of first love for Barrington Stoke . It’s not entirely fictional. Some of it, I’m afraid, happened to me. One of my favourite writers Holly Bourne said a nice thing about it. It’s out in Jan & I love the cover. Thanks.

Always try to do this!

For anyone starting in the classroom next week: Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching carlhendrick.com/2017/05/06/fiv…

Come and work with us! We are a friendly and supportive team, with centralised resources and good student behaviour. Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊 tes.com/jobs/vacancy/t…

🎄✨ WIN A CLASS SET!!! ✨🎄 Win all 10 copies of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree: A Christmas Adventure’ for your class! To enter: RT by 30.11.23 UK only It’s written by Jacqueline Wilson & inspired by Enid Blyton & you can download an activity pack at authorfy.com/activity-packs/ too.

Old tweet has been re-posted but I think the dropbox link has expired so here is a new link for anyone struggling to access the fil dropbox.com/sh/4wrvjl21o2h…

NEW FEATURE: Source Booklets are coming to all GCSE English Language courses. Head over to Prof. Alan Wall’s Creative Writing course to take a look, simply click the ‘Resource’ button to download the booklet. #TeamEnglish massolit.io/courses/writin…

We're delighted that listeners in the UK can look forward to two weeks of programming on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio 4 extra highlighting #DaphneDuMaurier and shining a new light on her life and work. Read more about the schedule here dumaurier.org/news_details.p… .

6 hours in A&E today so far - what a way to end half term.

I can't wait for the term to be over so I can immerse myself in the latest book from #gileskristian . I absolutely loved #Camelot & and #Lancelot, so I have high hopes for this one!