New DfE non-statutory guidance on reading - both in primary and secondary schools - ‘The Reading Framework’ (2023) assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

My next CPD session is applicable to literature and language, across all exam boards 🎯 I'm going to focus on improving student responses at a granular level, looking at each AO - lots of strategies to improve AO1-3 which can be immediately implemented. eventbrite.co.uk/e/913150135637…

🎯 THINKING ABOUT AO1.1: RESPONSES 🎯 I have spent a lot of time this year thinking about what makes a good literature response. Having moved schools, and needing to improve GCSE outcomes immediately has developed my thinking. A 🧵 for Team English 1/-

I am running out of P2 mini mocks. Only one answer for it... A few more coming for the final four days, will share on here if helpful. AQA seem to love travel and weather, so I'm sticking with these themes 🤣

Pre-teaching Tier 3 vocabulary is one of the key ways teachers can make complex texts accessible. Using prefixes, suffixes and their etymology is a highly effective way of doing this. Here is a 5 step approach and examples: 🧵

✍️'See One. Do One. Teach One'. by Martin Ferguson is a practical little book and a must-have for all English teachers. This one-page poster is the first of a trilogy and designed specifically for English NQTs. It neatly summarises Martin's 3-step approach to persuasive writing!

How do you check whether pupils have understood? Use the 7 strategies from our sketchnote. You can access all of our professional learning resources on our website just click ImpactPlus and sign up impact.wales

Thoroughly enjoyed tutoring from this booklet last week. The breakdown of tasks makes it easier for students to be independent learners! Unseen Poetry Exam Revision Booklet (AQA) tes.com/resource-detai… #UnseenPoetry #English #Literature #Poetry #AQA

After 46 seconds and a few hits to the face by a male, Carini forfeited the fight. Call me crazy, but It's almost as if women don't want to be punched in the face by a male as the world watches and applauds. This is glorified male violence against women. x.com/fairplaywomen/…

Men don't belong in women's sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini Let's get it trending 🔥

JK Rowling slams Paris Olympics calling it a ‘Disgrace’ after a biological male beat a female in women’s boxing. “A young female boxer has just had everything she’s worked and trained for snatched away because you allowed a male to get in the ring with her. You’re a disgrace,

This is the booklet included immediately with the new session 👇🏻

The Astrea Academy Trust 'trust dividend' keeps getting stronger...

Soz but I love AI for completing model pieces of writing. Give it a detailed input and some backwards and forwards for the first one. Then give it an instruction to write 10 more and it does it whilst I'm creating the resource. *awaits heckling*

For NEW AQA Lang P2 (first examined 2026) here’s a folder of 10 specimen papers reflecting the changes made to Qs. Hope they are useful. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh3z…

Added 10 one page mini-mocks - following the new format!

I'm genuinely pleased that so many of you have found using this resource useful. However, a caveat: sentence stems are useful to a point. If students don't understand the thinking or lack conceptual understanding, this resource won't be very useful. Interested in your thoughts

*** Updated *** 'Top 10 Revision Strategies' I've updated one of my all-time most popular blogs on 10 evidence-informed revision strategies: alexquigley.co.uk/top-10-revisio…

Unseen Poetry lesson for 11/1 🙌 I am looking forward to discussing high level vocabulary, wider universal themes and that golden thread running through their essay; whilst still ensuring the literary analysis is there too! 🙌👍 🪡🧵❤️