Mrs Gillespie

English Teacher 👩‍🏫 PGCE 📚Drama Graduate👩🏼‍🎓

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#BookologyThursday 📚🖤
Victorian “Frozen Charlotte” dolls—tiny porcelain figures (c.1850–1920), molded in one rigid piece—were simple penny toys… yet their story turned haunting 🧸🕯️

Named after the tragic ballad Fair Charlotte, a girl who froze on a winter’s night, their cold, unblinking forms echoed the tale.

Not cursed, not haunted—just time, story, and imagination giving them a ghostly life of their own. 🖤
#VictorianGothic #MementoMori #HauntedAesthetic
#BookChatWeekly 🐈📖

An 1844 print of a well-dressed young woman who would have resembled Charlotte (left), a print of a horse-drawn sleigh published in 1853 (upper right) and several Frozen Charlotte dolls (lower right) found by the author. (Library of Congress/Kevin Ambrose)

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@Blaqboiwest @Ziyechman 9/11 happened in 2001

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Now teaching IGCSE English with Cambridge!

Any recommendations for resources/ SOW? New to it myself !
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#teacher #igcse

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Calling all teachers who’ve been teaching secondary since training and considered doing primary?
Would love to know your experiences, thoughts etc!
#teachersoftwitter

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@MrBeast 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made)

I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

[Actual Radio @ActualRadioUK]

Essex_Travel: ONGOING - In Suffolk the A14 Orwell Bridge remains closed eastbound because of broken down machinery used in overnight roadworks. Long delays on the A12 northbound approaching the A14 at the Copdock roundabout and surrounding routes.

[Essex & Suffolk Traffic @TrafficUK01]

#A14 eastbound Orwell Bridge - CLOSED - remains closed since 06:00 due to stalled machinery - LONG QUEUES back to J52 (Claydon) - A12 northbound is queued from J32 (Capel St Mary) - there are SEVERE delays throughout Ipswich - LONG DELAYS in the area

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@harvjh @HighwaysEAST Even if you wanted to you can’t!

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'Snack Bite Reading' - currently a collection of 70 extracts in menu holders to display around the school (from canteens to classrooms) to immerse students in reading! Linked to my literacy calendar, it develops cultural capital too! 🍪

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@MissCGough Yes please x

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@P_L_M97 Back on!

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@GrahamKael @SopranosTips @P_L_M97 Back on

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@_patrycjaxo @P_L_M97 How do you know??

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Anyone else been signed out of #vinted and keep getting this message?

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@Misswatson_HE @MrTs_NQTs Do your best to develop relationships with students, even if you don’t teach them. - ie greet at doors / extra duties out and about. Watch as many lessons as you can ( including different subjects) you may learn a few things ❤️

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@Misswatson_HE @MrTs_NQTs Just because you work in a professional environment doesn’t mean you won’t cross anyone who is rude or disrespectful. Know your rights as a teacher, log somewhere any ‘incidents’

Sorry I know this is the negative side of things, but I was told this and Im glad I was!!

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@ITeechur I feel your pain …

Just be careful what you write etc as AQA might pull it up. ‘ should not discuss’ rules etc … I know a few who have x