Caroline Richards

English teacher at @ThetfordAcadUK, part of @InspirationEast. Whole School Literacy. MA in Education Research and Practice. English Language geek.

[Greatest Hits Radio Norfolk & North Suffolk News @GHRNorfolk]

Kathy from Thetford Academy is one of the thousands across Norfolk, getting their results today

It’s fair to say she’s overcome some adversity!

She spoke with our senior reporter @TEClabon

[Cat Rushton ✈️ @CatherineRusht2]

@olicav: “keep being inventive the researchers will follow .. the researchers are not faced with the daily challenges teachers are forced to create solutions for”

Great reminder that being research informed is just the start! Hold ideas lightly & keep questioning! #rEDNorwich

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@bridiemcpherson Thank you SO much for sharing this. It's everything that I've been feeling that I need for my students but, have been totally unsure how to start. Really appreciate you sharing a resource that must have taken so long to complete. Thank you.

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@RE_McGEE So sorry to hear this @RE_McGEE. Sending you and your family lots of love.

[Book-ish 📚 @Bookishcrick]

A lovely Bookish supporter has paid for TWELVE books to be posted out to those in need of a book right now! If that's you, or you'd like to nominate somebody to receive a paperback of your choice or ours, just send me a DM. Spread the #bookylove

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

Come and join myself and Richard Patterson tomorrow afternoon! We’ll be discussing all things reading culture - what we wish we’d known before we began, challenges, unexpected successes. Time for reflection and discussing your own circumstances too. Tickets still available.

[Inspiration Teaching School Hub @InspirationTSH]

TOMORROW:

What every leader needs to know about developing a culture of reading.

https://t.co/tTZyPAhy7d

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@MrsTaylorITT Renaissance Learning conducted the study of GCSE papers requiring a reading age of 15 Years and 7 months. I quote Professor Keith Topping a lot. In 2018, he conducted studies into reading ages of students in Secondary schools - why there’s limited progression since Primary.

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@Missy_Megan @MissRemfry Completely agree. Equally, if you don’t agree with a rule - talk to your SLT about why it exists. There’s usually a good reason why - even if it doesn’t impact your role - which’ll help you understand why it needs enforcing. SLT don’t make up rules for fun!

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@FreyaMariaO Choosing just 5 is hard!
•Mrs J/L comparison: ‘My Child’ & later house move comparison (free choice vs. assigned)
•Policeman’s treatment
•Classroom/expulsion
•‘Take a letter Ms Jones’
•Edward discussing what he’d do if he didn’t have a job - ignorance of money.

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@FreyaMariaO Brecht theory works well alongside Blood Brothers if you haven’t got that in your context. I always teach the narrator as acting like a conscience. He’s always on stage watching and his songs are the characters’ emotional states. Worth noting how Mrs J assumes his role in Act 2.

[Andy @__codexterous]

WHW vs PEE

There can be an assumption WHW is for top level students and PEE for those who find English difficult

I actually think WHW is *easier* than PEE

PEE assumes you already know what to say, but somehow not the order in which to say it. WHW can help to generate thinking

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

One of our incredible @ThomasPaineSF sixth formers sketched this today of our of our sixth form support dogs (my dog) in 15 minutes, using him as a live model. How amazing is this?!

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@LauraCurranBun The research was conducted by Renaissance Learning in 2017. You have to take into account the bias behind them doing the study but it’s still interesting. This article covers main aspects: https://t.co/6v55oBCrXY

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@samanthatedd @MissSFEnglish I love this! Do you happen to have an electronic version that could be emailed or a dropbox to download it from? I’d love to ‘steal’ it if you didn’t mind?

[Inspiration Teaching School Hub @InspirationTSH]

The NPQ in Leading Teacher Development is fully-funded by the DfE. This NPQ is led by @carnaby_mr, Director of English and Curriculum, and would
be great for those who are mentors for ETCs.

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@mmgiovanelli @mrsjgodfrey86 @meganmansworth @EnglishAston Thanks @mmgiovanelli - I’ll let mine know tomorrow. What a fab opportunity and prize.

[Caroline Richards @MissRichardsEng]

@emma_c_williams I referred to “Dr Holmes” today on several occasions. My students corrected me 🙈The great thing is that they were so certain it was wrong that they were confident to correct me - which basically counts as formative assessment showing how well they know it… right?

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

Thoughts on how writing should be dealt with in the English curriculum https://t.co/8rdHXNaIMe