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This looks like a hugely exciting and rewarding role for somebody who wants to take a role in leading English and Literacy in an 11-18 school with high expectations; coaching and you’ll get all the CPD developments that The Ted Wragg Trust offers.
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a woman in a tuxedo is sitting at a table in front of a red curtain and smiling . ALT: a woman in a tuxedo is sitting at a table in front of a red curtain and smiling .

Exactly the same day.

Some absolute corkers of texts used in this resource - diverse, literary and replicable by young people. Thanks @marcusluther.bsky.social

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Excited to get my hands on this

Today’s reading…

One page overview of sentence structures from The Writing Revolution www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writing... ✍️

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If you could all share this I’d be really grateful!

The Boy Who Cried Ghost is 99p today on the Kindle or available from all good indie bookshops! 👻🎃🖤

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(Helen Prince, Rebecca Underwood, Hywel Roberts, Olivia Bartlett) to bring about a festival devoted to stories and literacy in this cross-phased event.

Once Upon a Time - Home - Once upon a time Thursday 26th September 20249.30 – 3.30 and ONLINE@Buckfast Abbey ONCE UPON A TIME FESTIVAL: SOUTH WEST Inspiring story-led creativity in the classroom 00 Days 00 Hours 00 Minutes 00 Seconds Buy Ticke...

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How exciting. Helen Prince & Rebecca Underwood @helenprince.bsky.social has collaborated with Oxford University Press; Inspire Education Trust; Chatter Stars and Great Speakers…26 September Devon’s Buckfast Abbey or online. What an exciting day…

The importance of psychological safety at work When you think of safety in the workplace what usually comes to mind is high vis jackets, mandatory training, maybe something about using ladders or the correct lifting technique. What we don’t think ...

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Love this article. Building trust and psychological safety is empowering and creates the culture for continuous improvement. Mistakes allow for improvement and development…

Poor The No. 1 Bestseller Biography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023 The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2023 'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty...

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Poor | inspiring childhoods shaped by poverty Pause. Before we launch into the new term, we should check we are prioritising what matters ... serving those who need us most. Children surviving under the weight of hardship, are restrained by pover...

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Amazing article. Much inspired by the fabulous book, “Poor” by Katriona O Sullivan.

Thank you to Audify in Exeter for restoring my hearing. Returning from holiday, I was completely blocked up with wax/debris after swimming daily. I have spent the past 3.5 weeks with no hearing on the right and partial on the left! I am finally freeeee!

This little lady insists on giving me a hug when I return back to the pack. Little Luna who is currently out on a walk. ❤️

English Curriculum and 'The Spherical Cow'... | Funky Pedagogy I do a lot of curriculum work. For quite a while now I’ve been trying to articulate something for myself with little success. This blog post has been invariably a Twitter post, a very long thread, and...

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If you read one thread today, make it this one.

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So important for anyone teaching KS4/5 to read and understand.
“Re-marks” changed a while ago and old assumptions about chucking in borderline papers for a re-do don’t make sense anymore. This explains why.

Good luck all.

Just leaving this here…

Just posted new blog on Bluesky and not (yet) on Twitter. Be interesting to see engagement. Will I fold and put it on Twitter too? Please help me avoid the temptation by reposting here!

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This Wendy Cope poem is new to me. It’s quietly magnificent.

Beautiful!

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Not a ‘uniform’ but most people has to conform to company’s polices. Teachers (dress policy); lawyers; corporate roles…

Great stuff! Thank you.