Lucy

ENGLISH TEACHER | LITERACY LEAD | GCSE EXAMINER | SHAKESPEARE FAN | GRAMMAR PEDANT | MUMMY | (SHE/HER)

[SecondaryEnglish 🐝 @SecondaryEng]

The lit skill split in action today 😍

https://t.co/AZ19VmuDBK

#englishteacher #gcseenglish

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

[Neil Bowen @neilbowen3]

#peripeteia @Team_English1 @Xris32 @BarbaraBleiman @stoneman_claire @englishspecial @EduqasH @MissSFEnglish @hgaldinoshea @KateClanchy1 @Feenel @greeborunner @Tom_Needham_ @SPryke2
@teach_smith @Miss_A_Bowden_ @LitdriveUK @lauranteaches @MissCJWilliams

https://t.co/3mpBzYLWNp

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Everyone who works in healthcare needs to read this mum's live account of the ongoing plight of her young son's emergency NHS care - but most of all, @wesstreeting, you need to read it.

This is the reality of NHS 'improvement' on your watch, and it is soul-destroying.

I am so very sorry you and your son are enduring this, Victoria, & that all the staff around you are enduring the same.

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Great article here by my mate Charlotte Higgins on why ENJOYMENT is not the only reason for reading. It is also challenging, disturbing, eye-opening, uncomfortable. And why we should include non-fiction as well as fiction in “reading”. https://t.co/Ogts4lqeFe

[Tegan Sheekey 🌟 @tegan_nastassja]

I am looking at redesigning our KS3 English Assessments - could anyone provide a rough idea how how you assess at KS3? Additionally, how many summative assessment/ assessment points do you have during the academic year? @Team_English1 #assessments #teaching #english

[Becky @Becky7692]

Blog number 2 - deconstructing assessment at KS3!

https://t.co/z7ANKGWTQF

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Ooof, this poem.

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

Tudor photography – the astonishing talent of Antonis Mor. Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham, 1560.

[Amjad Ali @TryThisTeaching]

*NEW BLOG!*
10 weeks till Year 11 exams!

KS4 outcomes don’t improve because we simply do more.

They improve because we build better systems.
Working for @ChilternLT and having visited 100s of schools delivering CPD I have seen the incredible work the teams do.

New blog: Based on our DFE RISE Conference Series- @mradamkohlbeck @msybibi @TomBellwoodCLT @LorraineHughe20 @unleashing_me @ChilternTSH

KS4 Progress: A System, Not a Slogan
Diagnosis. Action Plans. Explicit revision teaching. Period 0 & 6. Exam wrappers. QLA. Staff data literacy.

Coherence > busyness.

Read here:
https://t.co/1lONUNpajR

[Lucy @LucyTeachesEng]

@_krogg @Xris32 @LitdriveUK @Team_English1 A thing of absolute beauty! 😍

[Lucy @LucyTeachesEng]

@27rufus @DoWise I was under the same impression, Rufus. I thought students could write about one poem and then the other as long as links are made?

[omi @missocmitchell]

Could any Eng teachers share their approach to teaching students how to independently read and understand an extract to put them in the best possible place to start then answering the questions for Lang P1 or P2?

[Lucy @LucyTeachesEng]

@Mathew_Lynch44 Which were your favourites, Matt?

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”

The message came in at 11 PM:

“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”

Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.

New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”

She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.

Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.

I stopped the interview and said:

“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”

Her eyes filled with tears.

We hired her.

She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.

Why?

Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.

Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.

Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.

If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.

You’re filtering for privilege.

[Bert’s Books @bertsbooks]

Giveaway!

I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.

Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?

(UK only)

[Jake @JakeCowling]

I always recommend this video for mastering teacher-student dialogue. Skip to 10:45 to see a masterclass in pacing: nearly 20 choral responses in under a minute. Those reverse order questions aren't easy to master and must be rehearsed.
@MrZachG

https://t.co/9uvBXGBLZW

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

This week won so here's the link (there are around 1200 files in all): https://t.co/tEtmpq3SQL.

These are made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license: https://t.co/qei9LJvtu1. This means you can Share and
Adapt the material with the following conditions:

[Kat Howard @SaysMiss]

ICYMI

Outlining principles for curriculum implementation in classrooms:

Curriculum | Five Ways to Consider Curriculum Enactment Quality

https://t.co/NlSeownrNL

[Lee Woods @LeeWoods0722]

How great is this? A simple way to manage cognitive load in the classroom! @Inner_Drive 👏👏👏