teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/jobs/assistant… This looks like a hugely exciting and rewarding role for somebody who wants to take a role in leading English and Literacy in an 11-18 school with high expectations; coaching and you’ll get all the CPD developments that The Ted Wragg Trust offers. Ooo…

🚨Do you teach secondary? If so, Department for Education has published details of a short course that has been written regarding supporting reading in secondary. This is definitely worth looking at: gov.uk/government/pub… #reading #secondary #edutwitter

On my travels, I see phonics teaching is going really well in the UK …this is a thread about comprehension. 🧵 here 👇 1. Cracking the alphabetic code is only the start. Once decoding is secure, the goal of reading becomes clear: making meaning. #readingcomprehension

The College would like to say well done to all their Year 11 and Sixth Form students during their End of Course Examinations so far – just two and a half to three weeks to go when we return from break!

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‘5 ways to revive form time reading’ “Some teachers lack confidence in reading aloud, or don’t know the texts very well, so they cannot promote them with the understanding, or be nimble responses to questions, that are needed.” alexquigley.co.uk/5-ways-to-revi…

🚨NEW POST 🚨 'Reading every day matters' Reading every day builds the brain of a young child. Reading every day is vital to school success. Reading every day can help rehabilitate people in prison. alexquigley.co.uk/reading-every-…

"Our results suggest that word reading and spelling are one and the same, almost, but that spoken vocabulary knowledge is more closely related to reading than to spelling." Open article from the great Rebecca Treiman and colleagues. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🚨 Sharing this grammar guide for anyone starting their trainee or ECT year! It’s built around John Seely’s 43 headwords for grammar plus numerous books, websites and ideas that have supported me throughout my teaching career. 👇tinyurl.com/ms29bv6m #edutwitter #resources

Wowsers! This is awesome. Thank you Dr Amy Smith for your endeavour and generosity of spirit.

So proud of all staff, students and parents. I am truly privileged to be a leader at our school.

We saw Hamilton today at Plymouth Theatre Royal! Train up from Exeter and then embraced the show! Truly exceptional. We may have cried. #Hamilton

In too many schools, "support" has become a quiet permission to step away from learning. Side rooms. Exit cards. Safe spaces. Extra adults. Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking the obvious question: why are we removing children from the very place where they’re meant to

How to Write Counterargument Thesis Statements! (Lesson and Activity) Link here: briantolentino.com/how-to-write-c…

Writer's Toolkit - Dickens - A Christmas Carol - Methods and devices for higher conceptual thinking! #ACC #engchat #teamenglish #gcseliterature #achristmascarol

10 x quotations from Macbeth explained using the What-How-Why model of analysis. Designed for students as the basis for revision or writing practice douglaswise.co.uk/blog/macbeth-k… 👑

Come and join us as Fresh Start Coordinator at Ivybridge Community College. I’ll make you tea! We have the best students; the most supportive team and a truly amazing school culture. mynewterm.com/jobs/136336/ED…

An autumn term thank you! If you would like to win the £100 Amazon Voucher, for personal or school use, then retweet and like the below post by Wednesday 10th December at 8pm. I will announce the winner shortly afterwards! SCHOOL STAFF ONLY. Profiles will be checked!

NEW POST When I moved into primary teaching, I thought guided practice just meant working through a question together. I was wrong. This article explains the shift I made and why accuracy skyrocketed when I did. Includes the full Essential Guide to Explicit Instruction in

So delighted to share this piece from the brilliant Joe Finch, M.S. Ed....whose 5th graders went from 48% at ORF Benchmark to 86% at or above benchmark in just a matter of months. How did he do it???