Ang Stockwell

NPQLL. Currently a Sec English teacher & Literacy Leader. Taught UKS2 for 18 yrs. English, Curriculum and T4W Leader. Qualified in 1996.

[Pie Corbett @PieCorbett]

One of the most effective school in the country - grab this by the scruff of the neck - challenging area/ great results. This is how to raise your game.

[Ang Stockwell @Angstockwell]

NPQLL ✔️ 😊😊😊

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

To address underachieving groups, teach everyone better. https://t.co/M03HA0s4Gx

[Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales]

Today, we remember Ruth and we send our love to all who knew and loved her.

It's time for change.

#forRuth

[Jo Pearce @JoPearce]

If you teach the popular @Talk4Writing unit about dragons, and don't explore this wonderful book by @JackieMorrisArt, you're missing an opportunity to inspire your class and open up new possibilities.

[SLT Newbie @NewbieSlt]

Hi all,
We are looking for a new SLT member to join our team. This time it’s the Secondary Curriculum Research and Organising Teaching Under-Manager. If you can see yourself as The Academy’s new SCROTUM, please see Carole for more details.
Thanks x

[Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales]

While Gillian Keegan does her best to insult teachers and distract from the problems she presides over, let's just remember that the last ten years have given us enough Education Secretaries for a game of Guess Who?

"Has he made a difference?"
"No!"
"Did she last a week?"
"No!"

[Ashley Booth @MrBoothY6]

We’ll finish our second full novel this week in Y6. 15 mins every day to read it to children has just about taken us through two. One biggest noticeable impacts is one child in WCR at start of year would get upset he couldn’t access; now doing well particularly in novel sessions

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

When I say I'll go to a social event, what I mean is this:

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

This year's royalties have arrived.

This means that ~£13,000 is going to Malaria Consortium, a GiveWell-recommended charity.

That brings the running total after two years to ~£31,000.

Thank you to everyone who who has bought The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading.

[Ang Stockwell @Angstockwell]

😍😍😍

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Embroidered art by UK based artist Chloe Giordano #WomensArt

[Ashley Booth @MrBoothY6]

Hey, I've got a full class set (30 copies) of the amazing new book Dragon Force: Infinity’s Secret by @kevtsang and @kwebberwrites to give away for FREE. A whole class set, no catch.

To win, all you need to do is retweet.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'#SycamoreGap ' by Northumberland printmakrt and artist Rebecca Vincent #WomensArt

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

Me upon discovering the first fallen leaf in autumn colors

[Cirencester DeerPark @CDPStoday]

Do come along to our first Open Morning next Tuesday 19 October and find out more about life and learning at Cirencester Deer Park School.

Find out more on https://t.co/Bml1ESse3l

#OpenEvents #OpenMorning #OpenEvening #CirencesterDeerParkSchool #Cirencester #DeerParkSchool

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

why does this year's Labour conference brochure look like a 1998 solo album of songs about why he left the band

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

JUST ONCE, I want to be part of a staff meeting where the agenda reads…
‘Things We Are Removing From Teacher Plates.’

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

A student said he wanted to "go back in time and take Shakespeare's quill so he couldn't write anything. He doesn't speak my language."

I said, "Let's sit down and talk about it."

The student said he was frustrated by his inability to express exactly what was in him, that he could never write any papers or poems or stories he was happy with, that he could never "understand literature."

"Maybe you don't need to start by understanding it," I suggested. "Maybe it already understands you."

The student shook his head. "Nah. They're just words."

"Words, words, words," I said. Then I pointed to where Hamlet says this in frustration.

The student cracked a smile. Together, slowly, we read some more of Hamlet's words:

"I do not know
Why I yet live to say, 'This thing's to do'"

"I have that within which passes show"

"in my heart there was a kind of fighting
That would not let me sleep."

After about fifteen minutes of passing the text back and forth, reading passages aloud, the student looked up and said, "That...that's how I feel."

"Write about that," I said.

His paper, which earned an A+, began, "Shakespeare speaks my language."