Clara Hooper

Minute Cryptic - 15 August, 2025
"Supply at party is unusually billed?" (8)
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I scored: 2 under par
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I hope A level results went well this morning. As I read analysis here and there, I'm always very much in favour of creating a separate language exam for native speakers. It's so unfair on all the others. @aqaeducation.bsky.social , @pearsoneducation.bsky.social up for the challenge? We need action!

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Minute Cryptic - 24 July, 2025
"Flat, crustless half-size loaf" (4)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Minute Cryptic - 22 July, 2025
"Get hanky out, choking on words of appreciation" (5,3)
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I scored: 3 under par
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Minute Cryptic - 13 June 2025
"Sumo unceremoniously boxes lightweight?" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Minute Cryptic - 12 June 2025
"Lead guitarist fills all but the first bass section?" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Thank you - very helpful - we have put together a listening paper with questions in the same style and order as the SAMs, using the audio tracks from the pearson revision book. It’s just the topics we have completed so far - Will do something similar for the reading.

Unleashing the Power of AI Tools in Language Education at K12 Unleashing the Power of AI Tools in Language Education WVFLTA Connections 16th April 2025 Joe Dale joedale@talk21.com @joedale

Thanks again to WVFLT and Terri. I’d love to return in future and share more ideas. Here is the slide deck: docs.google.com/presentation...

Thank you for the tip! Just made a Spanish podcast with 2 teenagers talking about technology - super quick to use and great result! #briskteaching #mflbluesky

Mbappé, what a linguist! Great Spanish, and all from learning it in the classroom. A great example to use in school! What a great job we do, Hispanists! #MFLBluesky

Text in Spanish & English about Romani culture in Spain

Text in English and Spanish about the Basque country in Spain

Text in Spanish and English about the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina

Text in Spanish and English about indigenous communities in Peru

🌟 We are really proud of the diverse cultures represented in our #Spanish booklets, but to hear that, as a result of reading these texts, some exceptional Y10s have requested a "trial A Level Spanish lesson" is *chef's kiss* 🌟 #edi #mflbluesky

I’ve been eagerly anticipating testing out Brisk Teaching’s new podcast feature, curious to see if it supports multiple languages or just English. This morning, I finally had the chance to try it, and I was thrilled by how simple it was to create a short podcast in French!

Our Toolkits | Diverse Educators A summary of our resource toolkits.

We have a new DEIB toolkit on the Diverse Educators website!

(There are now 41: www.diverseeducators.co.uk/our-toolkits/)

Thank you Jess Leigh for collating this one on Sexual Harassment for us:

www.diverseeducators.co.uk/sexual-haras...

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This afternoon, I led the second session of my "Language Teaching with AI" webinar series, a fully booked two-part programme for Centro de Formación del Profesorado en Idiomas de Castilla y León. Around 100 teachers attended, exploring how AI can enhance reading and writing in language instruction.

Two core ideas underpin effective inclusive teaching:

1. Cognitive similarity
2. Instructional sensitivity

Let’s dig into both…

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Making a paper puppet - a #LW2025 takeaway At Language World on Saturday I enjoyed the two talks about puppets that I went to.  In particular I'd like to thank Lavinia Dos Remedios...

New blogpost: Making a paper puppet - a #LW2025 takeaway changing-phase.blogspot.com/2025/03/maki...

🚶‍♂️🔍 What to Look for in a Learning Walk: Key Indicators of Effective Teaching and Learning

Learning walks offer a snapshot of what’s happening in classrooms. But what should an observer focus on to truly understand the quality of teaching and learning?

Here are 8 key aspects to look for. 🧵👇

Adaptable Activities for your Language Lessons I'm delighted to announce the publication of  Adaptable Activities for your Language Lessons . This pdf download contains 120 different ac...

Yesterday at Language World #LW2025 I presented 20 activities that can be adapted to any language, age and level. Those 20 activities and a hundred more are here changing-phase.blogspot.com/2024/06/adap...

Cheating Translation - a neat trick I am very much enjoying working through the new GCSE textbook as I plan for the new GCSE starting in September. They have achieved a good b...

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Preparing Y11 students for the final lap We talk about pace plans a lot when talking about teaching and learning, and being a keen runner, I absolutely love this analogy. One of the Regional Directors I work with refers to Year 11 as thre…

My latest blog - based on my presentation for @wendyadeniji.bsky.social on Tuesday - preparing Y11 for the final 400 metres (running pun FULLY intended) senorcordero.wordpress.com/2025/03/15/p...

📣 We're excited to be partnering with Carl Hendrick to bring you a day of professional learning on the science of teacher expertise

Join Carl Hendrick @pepsmccrea.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social and @joshpd.bsky.social for an unmissable day of edu-nerdiness

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Primary teachers to be trained to teach foreign languages over several years Pupils to learn French, German or other languages from third class onwards

Interesting article about plans in Ireland, especially in light of this week’s Languages Trends 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2024/25 report from British Council that highlighted confidence & time as ongoing challenges in primary sector to aspirations of Scottish Govt’s 1+2 languages policy www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Language World 2025 #LW2025 I returned yesterday from the 2025 Language World Conference  with a head full of information and ideas, and a notebook full of notes.  Well...

Here are my notes from Language World #LW2025 changing-phase.blogspot.com/2025/03/lang...

Reading between the lines – Speaking As a teacher, I won’t shy away from the fact I am incredibly results driven – because the grades that our students get are their tickets to their future. If we are going to get students to ge…

Reading between the lines - some of my learning from looking at mark schemes for the new specification and some classroom ideas: senorcordero.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/r...

HAPPY MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY! According to a Cervantes Institute report, almost 500 million people have Spanish as their mother tongue (6.2% of the world's population) It makes Spanish the second mother tongue in the world in terms of number of speakers, after Mandarin Chinese. #MFLBluesky