Carla Smith

6 strategies to support reading for students with SEND Shared reading is vital for every student to succeed in education. Reading in the classroom helps build knowledge, develop ideas, boost vocabulary, fuel creativity, and so much more. But we know that ...

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‘6 strategies to support shared reading for students with SEND’

“Shared reading, done well, may just be one of the most important things that students with special needs do and learn in classrooms...”

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*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 😊

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...

New paper out w @davidbritain.bsky.social & T. Blaxter: Using data from 50K speakers, we show that many once-distinctive English regional terms have sharply declined. Even the northern backend for ‘autumn’ now survives only at low rates, mostly among older, less mobile speakers. tinyurl.com/39uy4x5e

Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals Mandatory citizenship, RE in the national curriculum and triple science entitlement

So, for those who are interested, Schools Week are highlighting the key subject recommendations in the curriculum review.
Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals share.google/4NrIxx1NMJd7...

LOL: is this the ultimate texting faux pas (and what should you use instead)? From abbreviations to happy poos, gen Z has strong opinions on appropriate texting behaviour. But can anyone keep up with the ever-changing rules?

Some messaging etiquette.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

There's a language investigation in here about how ethinicty *might* be a factor in reporting of terror offences, if you've got a strong enough stomach.
⚠️Extreme racism⚠️

So, having read the paper, it's quite intriguing and complex stuff and much more about attitudes and perceptions than actual use. The most recent figures about exclamation mark use are actually nearly 20 years old (Waseleski 2006) and this study doesn't measure use in the same way.

language: a feminist guide

A fascinating post from Deborah Cameron on language, gender and representation, discussing the gendering of animals in children's books and the real world, and why 'default maleing' is a problem.

debuk.wordpress.com

This one's interesting about accent attitudes, 'accent recovery' and it even features @christianilbury.bsky.social!
archive.ph/2025.10.05-1...

Small one: a set of notes on imagery in A Christmas Carol www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/notes-o... ❄️

A second booklet of modern fiction extracts for students to explore www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/literar... 📚

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88 Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

Sad news indeed. Good chance to go back and read 'Them & [uz]' and remember how powerful it still is.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

10 x Q5 tasks for GCSE English Language Paper 1 www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/10-x-en... 🖋️

YouTube video by Comics and Lit A Christmas Carol Stave 1 Summary & Key Quotes

Comics and Lit is back for the new term!

I've started brand new revision series on A Christmas Carol - check out the first summary video exploring stave 1! #gcse #gcseenglish #youtuber

youtu.be/_7e3Y2RTaQs?...

Does anyone have any resources for AQA A-Level Language, paper 2, section B, please?!🙏🏼

It's BACK!

My 3Rs newsletter shares interesting new reading, writing, research & resources on all things education. I also review education & general interest books too.

Take a look at some of the books up for fortnightly review this autumn...

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Now if I were to tidy away a dog vaccination card, where would I put it…? Tidying up in a pre-migraine fog is not a good idea…

My mums made some amazing lanyard pen holders. Shes a real cutie but most of the stuff ordered on my Etsy is mine, even checking her sewed stuff out would make her smile 😊

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For as far as the stars lanyard pen holder and had to buy! Mine has been so handy but looking a bit dog-eared - love the idea of seasonal ones! 🤩

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #4

Win a copy of "Developing Expert Teaching" by Peps Mccrea—plus a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)!

Peps is Steplab’s Director of Education & author of the "High Impact Teaching" series.

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When I say I love this - I absolutely did not mean the bleeding part - I meant the finished product of the actual piercing! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

I LOVE this! Did it hurt?!

Saw The Used at a Taste of Chaos gig when I was at Uni absolutely ages ago - they were amazing!!

Voting with their feet! Some parents calling in saying their child is stressed and needs the downtime of the day of no exams…others are still thinking they are mocks…

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This needs be pinned.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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