Joanne Mc
@JoanneMc23Lead Practitioner in English. Mainly to be found enjoying cats, books and cups of tea 📚🐈🫖 (she/her)
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"I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age."
🎄 CHRISTMAS COMPETITION TIME 🎄 We have a big box of bookish goodies and some extra Christmas sparkle to send to a lucky winner! Gift wrapped and ready to send anywhere in the UK! And the best bit is that we have another one for a friend too! 🎉 make your bestie’s Xmas! All…
The #Vikings loved giving kittens & cats as wedding gifts. Not only were they thought to be invaluable to brides setting up their new homes, but they were also sacred to Freya, the Scandinavian goddess of love, whose chariot was pulled by two giant cats. #WyrdWednesday #cats
'Reading in Secondary Students: What do we know?' This research report from @Literacy_Trust by Prof Ricketts, Dr Clark & I Picton is a synthesis of 'key findings on reading in secondary schools'. It's an important read & powerful piece of advocacy. 1 literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…
Manchester, omg. You showed up for ND romance in a BIG WAY!!! Thank you so, so much!! And thank you to the glorious @CynthiaMurphyYA for being the most fabulous host!!! What an unbeatable start to the northern leg of the tour. My hometown tomorrow!! I'm bringing the goss!!
Thrilled to announce our latest free CPD for KS4-5 English teachers! eventbrite.co.uk/e/othello-in-c… Join us on 23 Oct to explore Othello in context with Prof Emma Smith, teacher & author @MichaelDonkor, and teacher & founder of Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy, Dr Wendy Lennon @writerlennon
Current GCSE exam unreliability 1. Impacts on students & their futures 2.Impacts on HoDs stress levels, the very people schools are desperate to keep in a retention crisis 3. Involves a vast amount of admin for HoDs, reviewing scripts, writing reports for SLT etc Not acceptable.
Discovering Literature's best-loved articles are available again. padlet.com/discovering_li… From Othello to Orwell, Agard to Angela Carter, we've recovered a selection of 100 articles, films and classroom resources, perfect for English teachers of Years 10-13.
Word of the day is ‘kuchisabishii’, from Japanese: boredom eating, or the making of frequent visits to the fridge in the hope of finding something new to munch on. Its literal translation is ‘lonely mouth’.
Absolutely disgusting ableism from Toby Carvery. This needs calling out and they need boycotting. #tobycarvery
please know that when you tell me you "loved a kind of spark" & that it "taught you so much", but go on to say that people like Miss Murphy don't exist and "that would never happen", the 11 year old in me dies. she's not a commentary on teaching. she's a commentary on ableism.
Completely understand why people might have had enough, but we have lost 200+ followers in just a week. So if you have followers you think might appreciate our quiet, bookish, pretty and sociable corner of twitter please do reweet and we will try and follow back as far as we can
Teachers are getting a well-deserved pay rise. The Conservatives left the profession overstretched and undervalued. We said we’d change that, and we meant it.
"hey, that 'diverse' selection for your classroom/library/shortlist has no fun, story-driven disability rep in it at all--" she begins to type, then stops because, ultimately, they know, they just don't care. many kids are living with a disability. act like it. acknowledge it.
GOOD MORNING to everyone who woke up pre-6am on the first day of their summer hols. Who are already, up and dressed and currently trying to unravel their overstimulated brains to figure out what cleaning/DIY task to do first!
📚 What does literacy look like in your subject? Chloe Butlin our literacy specialist, introduces a new resource to support teachers and leaders to use disciplinary literacy. Read more: ow.ly/Vui850SAuAI
Introducing the wonderful Denise. Denise lives in #Prestwich and we first met her when her local, independent business became #PlasticFreePrestwich accredited. We've since been able to work with her in a number of ways. She's a true shining star in our local community 🌟 1/4...
It's the birthday today of Prof David Crystal. Anyone who has taught English language at any level will know how influential he has been as an explainer of linguistics. Here, for example, is a piece on the quirks of English spelling. David - thank you. buff.ly/3RZbyo9
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