Isabel Allison

KS3 English coordinator, HoD, English teacher. Love my children & my job. Inspired by great ideas & a desire to share the love of reading & knowledge.

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

I love that (according to The Telegraph) I live on the island of gin! I knew there was another reason, other than great quality of life, beautiful beaches and friendly folk, that I live here ❤️ https://t.co/gUqzEThksF

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

💡NEW POST 💡

'Talk routines: ABC Feedback'

"Done well, this approach promotes more active listening, more focus and attention on task, and therefore more learning."

https://t.co/ojt0x0OVTp

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨

I have 2 copies of ‘Teacher Hacks: English’ to give away!

Give this a retweet and @HughesHaili and I will pick 2 winners at random on Friday.

@HLearningPD

[Nicole Holyoake @Ms_Holyoake]

Already some great takeaways from the launch event for #TeacherHacksEnglish Thank you @SPryke2 for your sessions on language paper hacks & thesis statements - I’m actually really enthused to read my copy and implement some of your ideas! ☺️ Looking forward to @HughesHaili now 😍

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@LitdriveUK Brilliant! Matt is such an insightful speaker. I’ve loved his sessions at Litdrive over the past few years.

[Natasha Porter OBE @NPorter_]

Listening to a welcome speech with a fun anecdote about the MADNESS of national curriculum “levels of progress” back in the day at @researchEDGsy.
This is a strong reminder about the risks of having a compulsory national curriculum when the evidence continues to evolve.

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@hkateaching Please can you follow me so I can DM?

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@andyhassan1985 Great! Thanks.

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@XpatEducator ROSENSHINE

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

🎁 FREE GIFT: FULL ROSENSHINE CPD PACK!

To celebrate 50 consecutive weeks of ⚗️DistillED, I’ve put together something quite cool…

Over the past year, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction has been one of the most requested topics from teachers and school leaders. So I’ve put together a complete, ready-to-run CPD pack to help schools explore and implement all 10 principles.

The download includes:

→ 10 CPD PowerPoints (ready for 30–45 min sessions)
→ 10 strategy checklists (practical classroom actions)
→ 10 planning templates (put principles into action )
→ Covers all 10 of Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction

Everything you need to run ten focused CPD sessions — one for each principle.

👉 REPOST and comment ROSENSHINE and I’ll DM you the link. Cheers!

⏰ Available until Sunday 22 March!

[Steplab @Steplab_co]

📚 Happy World Book Day

To celebrate the launch of Reading Steps, we’re giving one school the chance to win:

📖 Primary Reading Simplified by Christopher Such (@Suchmo83)
🎟️ £500 in Amazon vouchers for your school library

To enter:
✔ Follow Steplab
✔ Like
✔ Share

Closes 10:00 am, Mon 9 March. Winner announced the same day. Good luck!

[Donal Hale @HaleDonal]

🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨

To celebrate the release of Leading Secondary English from @BloomsburyEd on 12 February, I am giving away not one, but TWO FREE COPIES.

To be in for a chance of winning, simply 'like' and 'repost' below. 👇

Winners will be chosen on Monday 2nd February.

[Alex Quigley @AlexJQuigley]

Everyone’s been to school. If you’re a confident celeb, you may mistake mere experience for expertise.

Teachers who look at the “Learners remember 10% of what they read; 20% of what they hear…” poster should dismiss it as myth & turn to better evidence

https://t.co/URDuWKC2It

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Just a few more votes needed to get a LEGO Shakespeare’s Globe…

https://t.co/GfhQUODvdf

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@K2SR7 Congratulations! A fantastic achievement.

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@FunkyPedagogy Happy Birthday! 🎂

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@blodwyn22 @FunkyPedagogy @Team_English1 Hi Nicki. We taught Edexcel iGCSE for 8 years. Moved to AQA 2 years ago but happy to chat about the former. DM me.

[Fantastic Maths @FantasticMaths]

I’ve recently written about my experience of introducing booklets to our maths curriculum.

https://t.co/TvLs9nmgBh

[Isabel Allison @IsabelAllison2]

@missgeog92 🤣