Jo Sheldon 💙

English teacher (Professional Tutor and Induction Co-ordinator), book reader, mother, sewist, lover of the sea. All views my own.

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@helenadollimore Huge congratulations Helena! What a fantastic result for Hastings and Rye!

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@katywayne Same. And had the heating on yeasterday morning.

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@katywayne Congratulations Ruby!

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@HelenCollantine Have you read Susan Hill's detective fiction? There's 10 or more books, all fab

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@DeputyGrocott Peacock staring through the window.

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I may never drink fizzy wine again #TheTraitors

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@andie_teaches If you DM your e mail, I have Paper 1 questions I can send you tomorrow

[Andy @__codexterous]

📚XMAS BOOK GIVEAWAY!📚

In true Twitter fashion, I'm giving away a free copy of my book, Experiencing English Literature.

To enter, just retweet this post!

I'll select someone at random and get it posted ready for some Xmas reading.

[winner to be announced 13 Dec]

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@aliciaandrz Georgia in Ginny and Georgia is an interesting one

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Might change my name to Alexa so my teens listen to me.

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@Doug_Lemov I understand that there can be reasons for this but it's just not ok that so many teachers are expected to use personally owned devices for work purposes.

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So, @Halifax, my 16yo son has almost all of his money taken from his account by a dodgy US website he has never visited and you tell him you can't help and he has to go to the police. Where's your duty of care to your customers?

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@katywayne *saving that to my welcome session immediately!*

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Ready for the Sewing Bee (aka @Heathfield_CC Enrichment Week) 🐝

[Tes magazine @tes]

‘A pay structure that robs Peter (the experienced middle teacher) to pay Paul (the new recruits in their first three to four years) is not a suitable long-term strategy,’ writes @Stillteaches
https://t.co/Rd5uq5Od9g

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

BREAKING: Once again @GillianKeegan has refused to release the pay review body report. If you agree with us that she should release it immediately and start negotiations with us please like or share #saveOurSchools

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@MissWilliams685 I'd suggest phoning the schools you'd most like to work in and asking which agency they use. Then join it/them to ensure you get to work in those places.

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@MarianKeyes I absolutely agree and am very curious about what you've been reading to prompt this!

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@SaysMiss @Team_English1 Another vote for Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

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@Clarerosies1 @MrTs_NQTs Darwin's Dragons is great