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ECT mentors: join me on Wednesday to share best practice on how we are supporting our early career teachers. 👇👇

English subject mentors of ECTs and ITTs - what challenges do you face when working with your ECTs? Which areas do they need most support in? Is it subject knowledge? Support with adapting lesson resources? Subject specific pedagogy? I’d love to hear from you for some research. @litdrive.bsky.social

English Teachers! I have two copies of Diverse Words and Voices to give away! Follow and reply and I will put names into a hat, and announce winners next Friday.

#EduSky

‘Skinny jabs’, surgery and stigma: Linguistic representations of medical weight loss treatments in the news at Aston University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ‘Skinny jabs’, surgery and stigma: Linguistic representations of medical weight loss treatments in the news at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Fully funded PhD studentship at Aston University, starting October 2025: "Linguistic representations of medical weight loss treatments in the news"

Application deadline: 24th April

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Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence at Aston University, listed on FindAPhD.com

We're recruiting! New fully funded PhD studentship in Forensic Linguistics, starting October 2025: 'Conceptual mapping in psychiatric evidence'.

Would you like to work on a research project with @felicitydeamer.bsky.social and @timgrant123.bsky.social? Apply now 👇

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NEW BLOG: Oracy - The Infamous 'I don't know'.

#engchat #engchatuk

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I keep coming back to this text for my studies and wish I had a copy when I was teaching. English teachers: this is a brilliant text for developing subject knowledge, approaches to studying fiction in the classroom and reflection questions. amzn.eu/d/bwJTK1q

The power of reading … my 7 year old writing like she is Enid Blyton. I’m in love with the opening line 😍 I’m sure we all know that feeling.

In association with @engmediacentre.bsky.social
- come to Nottingham on April Fool’s Day (yes, really) for the UK’s first ever student conference for A-level Lang/Lit. Cheap as chips! And a great line up. Book here:

www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...

Here are some revision lessons on language and literature I’ve made for the 2025 run up to exams. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! Help yourselves 👍🏻

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I enjoyed reading this. I can imagine it is a good audio listen too

*this is not just teaching! I’m commenting more on the expectation of society/ we put on ourselves to be all the things all the time and it’s just so hard to keep all balls juggling - career, parenting, life etc

It’s hard. Yes, you have the holidays but what about the drops/pickups, the assemblies and school events you can’t attend or getting home to help your YR child with reading but they’re too tired because it’s so late. It’s a constant feeling of guilt. You love your job but you love your family too

This sounds really interesting for the sector. One l’ll be watching closely.

Went to the cinema (A Complete Unknown is v.good) and was served by ex-pupil who remembered our Much Ado lessons from y8 💛 never missed the classroom more …

It's competition time!

We're inviting UK-based students in Years 10, 11 and 12 to create a “MASSOLIT-style” video lecture. Find out all the details here: massolit.io/competition

Thank you to @neilgilbride.bsky.social for sending me a copy of his new book. I am looking forward to reading and sharing with my ITTs and ECTs.

This is great, thanks for sharing

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Enjoyed listening to @steplab.bsky.social webinar yesterday. Expert analysis of teaching clips and a generous free share from Steplab. Thank you to all involved.

Side note: love how @pepsmccrea.bsky.social frames the emotional response to watching teaching in the webinar and in the docu.

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This sounds brilliant #teamenglish

ECTs and trainee teachers: please can I ask for your help?

I want to hear from you about your experience in teaching.

What do you love about it?
What do you wish you could change?
If you’re a teacher who left teaching after their first few years, what pushed you to leave?

Pls comment below👇

In my ECT seminars this week, I asked ECTs to share a thank you or a shoutout to their mentors. I’ve been reading them through and they are so lovely! I can’t wait to share with mentors and Induction Leads about the impact mentors are having. ☺️ @winacadtrust.bsky.social @natinstteaching.bsky.social

For sure. I will never forget this book. The NT production was brilliant too. A must watch after you’ve read. Enjoy ☺️

Prepare yourself 😭😭😭

Been feeling a lot of self doubt and had a dose of imposter syndrome the last few months but I’ve done a ‘thing’ this morning and it felt good and I remembered I can do some stuff well (when I get out of my head). I need to talk more kindly to myself.

Still awful at speaking Spanish but you can’t blame a girl for trying. Pretty proud of this streak.

Don’t make the thing, the Thing Many schools now have a list of things they do in classrooms. Essentially, strategies they use – perhaps cold call, or turn and talk, or no opt out, or I Do, We Do, You Do. The strategies can also …

*New post*

I haven’t blogged for a while. This is the first of 2025, and is on school improvement.

Don’t make the thing, the Thing

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I miss reading this now I’m not teaching. I always loved this magazine and sharing it with students.