Jamie Purdie

YouTube video by Warner Bros. "Wuthering Heights" | Official Teaser

Will Emily Brontë be spinning like a rotisserie chicken in her grave?

This is raunchy 🔥* fans himself*

Wuthering Heights
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Agree wholeheartedly with these criticisms of the new primary writing framework. Hopefully in application it will be more appreciative of self-regulation, context and an emphasis on the joys - and struggles - of composition.

Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction Children’s Literature and Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through children’s literature. Children’s literature has long been used as a mechanism by whic...

It's publication day for Children's Literature and Culture: An Introduction, which introduces 20 different areas of culture that impact children's literature, including everything from race to censorship to libraries. Check it out now!:
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I read this as if it was the wasp talking

William Butler Yeats Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

#OnThisDay in 1865 #Irish #poet and #critic William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount, County Dublin. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature,

After Andor, I'm rewatching the OG Star Wars. I guess it's a testament to my generation that a) I can recite the dialogue after all these years and b) I intuitively know where all the ad breaks fell (from when ITV showed it at Xmas in the early 80s: a VHS tape worn to a thread with repeated viewing)

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Part 1 Richard Wilson takes on the mighty Shakespearean King who foolishly gives away his kingdom

NEW #Shakespeare's King Lear on #BBCRadio4 at 3pm today starring Richard Wilson as the king & Greta Scacchi, Tamsin Greig & Phoebe-Loveday Raymond as his daughters.
With David Tennant as Edmund & Toby Jones as Gloucester
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
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but allow specialists/more experienced to choose within the parameters of an overriding framework. Both are entirely possible and it mystifies me why they are often seen in opposition.

It was far from perfect but it's hard to imagine trying to create teachers who are 'ready' in nine months given the complexity of the job. Still, we survived and thrived :) and sincerely, great article. I always thought the best subject would have units ready to go (for ECTs and non specialists) 1/2

Brilliant think piece for teachers +leaders from my fellow PGCE alum @samgibbs.bsky.social - about how and why we practise: 'Ensuring a good teacher in every classroom is the best lever we have to give all children lives of choice and opportunity.' I can think of no better bottom-line than that.

Totally! Plus, phones conflate so many areas of our lives which were previously physically segregated. We can switch from work, to socials, to finance to fun, dating etc. all from one location, one device and in one minute... Plus all these things are skewed (algorithm) to my own preferences/views.

How the Francis review can embed oracy across the curriculum Doing is crucial for democracy, equity, inclusion and bringing joy to classrooms

“Oracy and the arts can be focal points for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole. Here’s how …”: my @schoolsweek.bsky.social column: schoolsweek.co.uk/how-to-embed...

Macbeth was a small surprise but the teaching juggernaut of An Inspector Calls rumbles on. The main reasons are covered but one: accessibility and speed. Inspector Calls is more friendly to less literate students and time pressured classes; as is, say, Jekyll & Hyde over Pride & Prejudice.

School holidays ✔️
Sunshine ✔️
Weg bier 🍺
Yoto Carnegie YA shortlist book 📖
Alles gut 😉

German medical system: here, have a lemon / we'll operate. There is no inbetween.

@oldfortunatus.bsky.social Sexual dysfunction as narrative structure #Shakespeare 😂 love it!

Me in the national security team group chat

I think that would be very useful data to have 😂

Great blog. My partner (Dr in education) researches group dynamics. One of the best practises is to allow groups to chat before beginning their task. Outcomes are consistently better this way (And not icebreakers, either!). Your blog reminded me of this: the fear of undirected, uncontrolled time.

Ministers urged to add audiobooks to England’s new schools curriculum Charity calls for move after poll finds ‘crisis’ levels of reading for pleasure and rise in 8- to 18-year-olds enjoying audio

I welcome this broader interpretation of reading. I know some public libraries, like Berlin, have fantastic digital provision. I've tried sourcing ebooks + audio books for schools and I'm open to hearing from those who have made digital lending a reality #hitmeup
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Of course I will! :)

I'm an English teacher now but when I was a kid, from a very early age, my Gran was a big reader and oral storyteller - I lived for it! I've been a bookworm ever since. And may I say also: one of my students had Tyger with him today from our class reading list; he's in for an absolute treat ❤️

A cracking, lightening-quick read. I love it when a book transports you to a totally different way of seeing things / understanding things. #orbital #bookerprize #samanthaharvey

Having a retrospective of Daniel Craig's Bond films and, whilst I'm here for his stunning sartorial elegance, I can't help thinking: I'm uncomfortable teaching class suited and booted; I can't even imagine saving the world in a three piece.

Yes, I've got a headache.... #hypochondria