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English teacher, head of department, geek, avid reader of books, blogger Blog: https://learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/
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Today’s reading
07.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I can vividly recall an episode of a boy trapped in a pyramid box. He’d die if not discovered.
05.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Good choice. Loved the TV series as a kid. Creeped me out
05.02.2026 17:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@openingdoors.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @natecommunity.bsky.social It is so often the artists, the writers who see and speak to tyranny whilst the rest stay quiet
05.02.2026 14:09 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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24.01.2026 11:08 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Thank you
22.01.2026 20:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Cheers mate. Hope you are well
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NEW BLOG: Metaphor, Oracy, and Real Speech
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List of questions
NEW BLOG: Metaphor, Oracy, and Real Speech
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2026/01/meta...
English teacher? 5 mins to spare? Your view is essential!
How is poetry being taught in secondary schools today?
We’re mapping the national picture in England & will report on it.
5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu
Supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant
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Here are almost 40 of my favourite #MiddleGrade reads for 2025.
A fantastic range from wild fantasy, to gritty realism, historical adventures and more than a few scares. What a brilliant year its been for children’s books
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NEW BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
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The English Strand at TTR Connect 2026! So far, we have announced eight speakers with many more to come! Check them out here: www.ttradio.org/english26 and get a free ticket here: www.ttradio.org/connect2026
13.01.2026 18:43 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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14.01.2026 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
*NEW* for AQA Lang P1 from June 2026 onwards:
✅ The Day of the Triffids
Specimen paper and a PPT slide deck with resources, scaffolds and model answers, like so 👇
Repost and help yourself 😊
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*NEW* for AQA English Language Paper 1 from June 2026 onwards:
✅ The Woman in Black
Specimen paper and accompanying PPT slide deck with resources, scaffolds and model responses, like so 👇
Help yourself 😊
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This was terrific - every English teacher and everyone involved in education policy should listen!
22.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0In fairness, it was national testosterone day on Monday and I mentioned it in our staff meeting.
20.11.2025 23:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I missed it too. Too busy washing my hair
20.11.2025 23:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’m wondering if any children’s publishers need a freelance writer to write reading scheme books for them or branded picture books etc? I’ve written reading scheme books for Star Wars and Disney before! Any shares would be amazing!
#BookSky #KidLit
Not read Babel yet. Done Yellowface and enjoyed but feel a bit meh about this one
16.11.2025 11:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes. A bit of a showy book. Look I have read some books
16.11.2025 00:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Book cover - Katabasis
Today’s reading. A third of the way in and I am not feeling it.
15.11.2025 12:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Occasional 10: excellent newsletters.
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NEW: Good schools make good trachers
If teachers don’t always improve with experience, the problem isn’t them. It’s the environment. Schools that get better do so because they make feedback clearer, practice more deliberate, and culture more trustworthy.
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Agree with Michael. We did that
13.11.2025 21:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It is that time of year. Not Christmas. The book token competition.
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We didn’t have merits but we were ranked in the year group for everything. Horrible when I think of it now. 124 out of 133 for PE.
11.11.2025 22:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
