Bob Cox

This - from our very own @bobeaglestone.bsky.social ⬇️

3 Big Reasons Software Companies Need English Majors — Dear English Major I’m not the only English major working in tech at HubSpot. I could see a lot of English majors taking the same path as me. The tech industry needs people who can fulfill three important business needs...

English degrees - dispelling the myths about employability. www.dearenglishmajor.com/blog/3-big-r...

Thanks!

Overheard on a watercolour Saltmarsh

Another hub is opening led by @thinktalkleah.bsky.social via Inspire Partnership @ipatedu.bsky.social at Blackfield Primary, Southampton. It's open to all. Thanks Inspire!

Let me know if you would like a hub opened in your area.

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Queen of Comedy With Book Day approaching prolific author Jeanne Willis is getting her bag ready for in person and online visits.

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Wow. Thanks Joshua.
Spine tingling ending and showing how varied your poetry can be. 😃

Look at that for perception! I love the use of the word 'globe' to be really specific.

Illustration by Vicky Cox from ‘Opening Doors to Quality Writing 6-9’
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Terrific 👇
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My new book it out today! Very exciting! @bloomsburyed.bsky.social #BookSky #KidLitUK

One week now till publication on March 5th (World Book Day) and I’m delighted that this book has been chosen by @SchoolReading as their fiction book of the month. Huge thanks,& also to Scallywag Press & illustrator Bethan Welby. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...

Scroll down for ‘Nymph and the Goblin’ pupils’ work. Thanks to Crown House
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@crownhousepub.bsky.social

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Thanks Myfanwy! I think you know @thinktalkleah.bsky.social
Please keep telling people! The independent and joyful writing that comes from the pupils lifts teachers’ spirits too!
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Oh it’s amazing. I’ve given lectures at university for ITTs and I always read this to them to show how you can elevate a poem from a read to a performance.

Also, never read this poem and am now excited to add it to my stash of great to teach poetry. What a fantastic use of voice!

I LOVE this- being ambitious but using art, oracy and drama to include the texts. More of this at KS3 please!

NYMPH! NYMPH! WHAT ARE YOUR BEADS? I flipping love it. We’re being ambitious as they’re Year 1 but it’s such a beautiful poem to act out with character voices and we’re going to create some water colour art of their own Saltmarsh. I wonder which characters will be overhead on theirs?

Scroll down for ‘Nymph and the Goblin’ pupils’ work. Thanks to Crown House
@mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social
@crownhousepub.bsky.social

www.crownhouse.co.uk/opening-door...

Well, we are here to help with the ‘Opening Doors’ series! Click on each book for examples of pupils’ work across the country. KS1,2,3

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Thanks @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social
‘Overheard on a Saltmarsh’ continues to inspire!
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@thinktalkleah.bsky.social
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Last call for our Reconnecting Teens and Texts Conference - March 6th- Milton Keynes. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overcoming... It’ll be an inspiring day! We have just 5 tickets left! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social

Thanks @juliesargent.bsky.social and @greenshawtrust.bsky.social for another ‘Opening Doors’ key-note.
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@lauraspargo.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures

How can reading transform our lives?

Today, Dr Rebecca Fisher (CEO, The English Association) reflects on the two books did just that for her:

'What happened felt like a miracle... The lights had come back on.'

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A huge 🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! 🎉🎈 🎂🥳🥳 to @poetrysociety.org.uk ❤️❤️💫💫💫 117 years old today and still determinedly firing on all cylinders ! 👏🏽👏🏽 #Poetry ❤️

A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke This is the history of England told in a new way: glimpsed through twenty-five remarkable poems written down between the eighth century and today, which connect us directly with the nation's past, and the experiences, emotions and imaginations of those who lived it. These poems open windows onto wildly different worlds - from the public to the intimate, from the witty to the savage, from the playful to the wistful. They take us onto battlefields, inside royal courts, down coal mines and below stairs in great houses. Their creators, witnesses to events from the Great Fire of London to the Miners' Strike, range from the famous to the forgotten, yet each invites us into an immersive encounter with their own time. A History of England in 25 Poems is a portal to the past; a constant companion, filled with vivid voices and surprising stories alongside familiar landmarks, and language that speaks in new ways on each reading. Catherine Clarke's knowledge and passion take us inside the words and the moments they capture, with thoughtful insights, humour and new perspectives on how the nation has dreamed itself into existence - and who gets to tell England's story.

Just read @cathamclarke.bsky.social’s piece on Edward Thomas’s Adlestrop in her excellent book A History of England in 25 Poems. So enlightening and informative. Huge poignancy too.

My local library is literally a 2 minute stroll from my front door. I popped in yesterday & borrowed 3 great books & it's honestly such a treat. I see people getting English lessons there, baby groups, SEN kids getting tuition, there's a boardgame club - it's a genuine community hub.

In subject English, knowledge & understanding is cumulative - tricky pedagogically if reduced to ‘knowledge items’. It is more non-hierarchical, involves creativity, knowledge is generative as much as it is ‘given’. Holistic, simultaneous learning of knowledge & understanding at its heart, at best.

How fantastic! ✨️