On our way to the M A G I C 🪄 Feeling very excited and very grateful as we head off to London to visit the Harry Potter Studios with some of our S1 pupils (feat. four VERY excited English teachers/Potter fans!) Banff Academy Warner Bros. Studio Tour London

Have a watch of my wee highlight video I made of our amazing trip 🤩

It’s here - my new planner for next year! Even more beautiful in person 😍 And, being the massive Taylor Swift fan that I am, I’m getting serious Lavender Haze vibes which makes me very happy! ⭐️ Positive Teacher Co.

REQUEST FOR INSPIRATION! Looking for suggestions on exciting, modern, relevant texts to teach to S2 and S3. Would love to see a variety of short stories, poetry, dramas, non-fiction, etc. Thanks in advance! #bgeenglish #english #teaching #scotland

Having far too much fun making posters for my new classroom wall display, focusing on figurative language in Taylor Swift songs (because she is the greatest of all time and I’m obsessed) #taylorswift #songlyrics #figurativelanguage #canva

🎵 ARE YOU READY FOR IT? 🎵 Finished my Taylor Swift display and I just love it. Delighted to be able to recognise the literary genius of this woman’s lyrics. I’m also buzzing at the amount of kids who have been taking photos/selfies with the wall too 🙈

It’s always a sad day when you have your final lesson with your seniors. I’ve absolutely loved every single period with this amazing bunch, who worked incredibly hard and always made me laugh hysterically. Going to miss them lots! #higherenglish #superseniors

Staff having fun too on our S1/2 Fit Ye Dein’ days 🪡🧵🪩🎧🎵

Getting stuck into folio writing this week with my new seniors and we’ve kicked off the process with persuasive writing. They did a fun starter task to put the techniques they’ve learned into action AND to encourage them to work in teams and share answers in front of the class!

Proud of my one of my Higher/NAT 5 classes today as they read two sample folio pieces from the SQA and used the mark schemes to decide on positives, areas of improvement and overall marks. Some were a little bit off which led to some great discussions! #folios

Mrs Gorham’s class are making good use of the lovely weather and have taken their learning outside! They’re working together to look for quotes to use in their upcoming court case for Mary Maloney from ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ ☀️ #outdoorlearning

Early morning CLPL sessions for our new members of staff today, looking at my new role as PT of Learning & Teaching and how we can all work together to provide the best learning experiences for our young people! #meaningfulexperiences

Some excellent insight into the character of Mathilde from Maupassant’s ‘The Necklace’, the critical essay text for one of my H/N5 classes. Already seeing a lot of pupils seeking justice for Loisel, the husband 😂 #englishteaching 💎

Mrs. Morrice’s S3 class made some informative digital resources this week, documenting their choice of conflict and putting their digital fluency skills to the test whilst they completed their research.

My S1s are half way through term 2 and our creative writing project, so it was the perfect time to reflect on their SLP skills! #slpskills #banffacademy

Used VR headsets with my S1s this week to help them explore settings for their creative short stories. Lots of amusement and some wonderful descriptions 🥳 #bxaenglish #VirtualReality

Lovely festive day having Christmas lunch with the gang and receiving candy canes from some of my S2 pupils! 🥰🎄

Helping my seniors get their brains ready for prelims next week with some competitive STOP THE BUS retrieval games 💪🏻 #revision #letsdothis

It’s always a good end to the day getting to do Harry Potter with S1s 🪄 🌟