UWS English Department

English Department of Upper Wharfedale School

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Poetry Live 2026 - we’re here again!

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Delighted to have personalised responses from @darrenshan for students in Year 8 who recently wrote to the author of Cirque du Freak.

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Year 11 students enjoyed a powerful production of Animal Farm today at the Leeds Playhouse, before a Q and A session with the director and actors.

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Coming to Years 10 and 11 this week…

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All ready for GCSE Poetry Live!

[Em @Bloomgabs]

#edutwitter FYI one of my students has just gone up 22 marks on the Lit papers. Worth going through the process…

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Inspirational. RIP a true legend.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

What a thrill to watch your child take their first steps. 👣

But I want to spotlight something else about this video: the perfect support system created by this father. He teaches us a lesson about learning that extends far beyond walking.

If you watch closely, you’ll find that Dad has created a scenario in which baby is challenged to the limits of her ability AND provided the safety net needed to guarantee her success.

From the very first step, Dad’s waiting arms are close enough that baby’s safety is ensured. She literally can’t fall.

But watch what Dad does as our hero finds success: He subtly waddles backward - extending baby’s runway while maintaining this safety net.

As a result, what might have been journey of 1-2 steps was extended to a dozen or more.

Simply fantastic.

This is how all learning takes place: just beyond the limits of our prior success - and with scaffolding from caregivers, teachers, and more capable peers who help propel us just a little bit further than we’ve ever gone before.

Is you child working to master something new?

How might you adapt the lessons of this video to scaffold their success?

This lovely video was shared to IG by _nancyrh.

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Checking out Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

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The stage is set and we are good to go with GCSE Poetry Live!

[Ceridwen Eccles @Teacherglitter]

Reading has just become that more *extra* now I’ve discovered using YouTube backdrops #readingforpleasure

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@CostaCoconuts Yorkshire Tea of course.

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Student take-over!
Year 10 students teaching My Last Duchess to the whole class.

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Writing with stardust! Year 10s have been crafting ambitious sentences to describe a Christmas market scene.

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Writing with stardust! Year 10s have been crafting ambitious sentences to describe a Christmas market scene.

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Writing with stardust! Year 10s have been crafting ambitious sentences to describe a Christmas market scene.

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Writing with stardust! Year 10s have been crafting ambitious sentences to describe a Christmas market scene.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

When your vegetarian friends invite you for dinner.. 😂

[MrsB @LTeacher123]

I graduated as a teacher 26 years ago. Apart from one promotion, for the last 13 years I've had barely any pay increase. My pension has also been completely rewritten - lump sum decimated, huge hike in what I pay and have to work an extra 7 years but sure throw money at ECTs. 🤷‍♀️