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Bethan Grace Thomas

@mrsbgteach.bsky.social

HoD English & Literacy, former regional adviser for Literacy and Pedagogy in 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mami β€’ AoEA Associate β€’ Media/Film β€’ Cymraes β€’ MCCTβ€’ Litcast pod host β€’ MA Classics Y2 β€’ T&L geek β€’ doodler Free resources to use/edit: https://linktr.ee/mrsbgteach

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Systematic inclusion:Β Is literally everyone thinking, talking, practising, learning?Β How much does it matter to you. I’m often struck by just how deeply embedded some ineffective teacher habits are.Β Β I see it as a collective more than an individual problem. Faced with the inherent challenges that teac…

Systematic inclusion: Is literally everyone thinking, talking, practising, learning? How much does it matter to you?
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25.06.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Poetry Books for Secondary School Libraries Many secondary school libraries have a very limited selection of poetry books. We try to donate over 1000 books a year to secondary school libraries - with your help!

We are so grateful to our magical supporters who’ve got us so close to our goal.

Please help us get that last little bit so we can bring poetry to state secondary schools all over the UK!

#poetry #secondaryschool #fundraising

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18.04.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Books

22.03.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 48965    πŸ” 11690    πŸ’¬ 533    πŸ“Œ 401

Regardless of politics, it’s important to remember the people, and I wish all my colleagues the very best of luck in the months ahead. Please keep in touch and let’s keep being #strongertogetherCSC

07.03.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a time of big change in education, and those changes affect real people. Good people who are passionate about improving the experience of learners and teachers.

07.03.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After over 3 years of Lead Prac & advisory roles, I say goodbye to @CSCJES today to return to @StCyresSchool. It’s been a privilege to work with schools across the region and with such a great team. Diolch to anyone who engaged with PL, projects or support- you’ve been amazing πŸ₯°

07.03.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s half term (finally) and this dropped through my letterbox! Can’t believe I didn’t get it sooner - so many ideas and ways to improve my use of graphic organisers #resources #edulit @olicav #teaching #dualcoding #cognitiveload #cpd

22.02.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're feeling more than just tired, please ask for help. Don't leave it until you've reached crisis point.

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19.02.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sharing the love today with daily Litcast episodes! An Inspector Calls characters, context, plot and themes all covered daily this week and next. Feel free to use and share! #aninspectorcalls #englishteaching #edusky #podcast #englishlit open.spotify.com/show/3BGPXSO...

14.02.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’» FOBISIA Webinar - Working Memory: Strategies to Support All Learners

In this session Kate Jones will provide a wide range of workload friendly, evidence-based and practical examples for the classroom.

πŸ—“οΈ18th February
πŸ•“ 8:00 GMT
πŸ’· FREE

Register here: https://buff.ly/3Q7oZkn

09.02.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’Calling all teachers in WalesπŸ“’
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πŸ’₯Fantastic opportunity alertπŸ’₯

Jolly Phonics is offering a free day of training for their Jolly Classroom SSP programme on Friday 7th March in Merthyr.

Sign up here: jolly-technologies.n...

06.02.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And wherever you see my little logo blob, know that those resources are and always be free, so never pay for them and always come to the drive! Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk 😎

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway, it’s all been resolved now, but that’s why lots of my resources are pdfs and have my logo on them! If you want an editable version just DM me and I’ll send you a link to the originals. I know it’s not foolproof but it hopefully makes it harder for people to be cheeky! 🧡

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like the idea of helping someone out in a pinch with a starting point/idea for a lesson/activity.
And that’s why it’s sad to see my work on TES when it can be accessed freely, with someone profiting from being disingenuous. I’d even accept if it was adapted, but it wasn’t. 🧡

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve considered selling, but the anxiety I’d have from people rating them/ being unhappy with quality for price wouldn’t be worth it for me and my silly brain. I choose to share mine freely because I’m often building on others’ ideas, and because 🧡

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I share a buymeacoffee link because I’ve had requests about it, but I don’t expect money for sharing, it’s just a nice bonus when it happens. Some people make paid resources and that’s great too. I’ve paid for resources before and I’ve been happy to. 🧡

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My resources will always be free, and if people want to use them as is or adapt them then that’s great. Most of them are inspired by other people or are adaptations from other people in any case. 🧡

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just an FYI: the cheesy/cringey β€˜logo’ on my new resources (and I’m working my way through the back catalogue) is not an ego thing (promise!) - I found a few of my resources on TES behind a paywall so I’m trying to balance protecting my work with sharing for free πŸ˜” 🧡

06.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some evening prep means new resources! An Inspector Calls character drills and quotation drills for act 2. Hope they're useful, and will work with the updated spec for Wales too! @englishassociation.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social #edusky #englishteaching #aninspectorcalls #gcse #wjec

06.02.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m late to the party, but Severance is one of the best shows I have seen in a long while. Top tier artistry on TV #severance #welcomebackmarks

01.02.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!

24.01.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 796    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 62
essay mastery guide KL.pdf

My #kinglear essay writing guide to mastery is up - designed to be a reference resource over several lessons. The final page is for highlighting/discussing AO integration etc. Hope it’s useful - more bits going up soon! #edusky #eduwales #englishteaching #englishlit drive.google.com/file/d/1gpFc...

22.01.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Creating improvement means changing yours or others' behaviours. Check out our sketchnote on the three things that are needed to make that happen.

www.impact.wales for more free resources and professional learning for teachers and schools.

22.01.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello to the influx of new followers! I hope this is a warm fuzzy nerdy space for us to chat all things teaching, learning and literacy. If you’ve come from X, please share with others so we can rebuild the community on the brighter side of the internet πŸ“š 😊

22.01.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well I failed at nerdy dry January. Whoops #edulit #edusky #cpdlit #johncatt #bookaddict

21.01.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Providing feedback to pupils is only half the story, you also need to make sure they act on that feedback and think deeply about the improvement they need to make.

This is where active feedback tasks come in. Contact us for professional learning that has impact enquiries@impact.wales

20.01.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No sorry - just Macbeth and Lear here. Always working on new things though so maybe in the future!

20.01.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GCSE English Language and Literature (Double and Single Award) | Made for Wales The GCSE English Language and Literature qualification will support the Curriculum for Wales.

Yep (super confusing as Eduqas uses the WJEC name as well πŸ™„) - just published ready for 2025 delivery on the WJEC website under the specification tab www.wjec.co.uk/qualificatio...

20.01.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! We teach WJEC but this looks great - I’ll take a look πŸ‘

20.01.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ₯°

19.01.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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