Assistant Principal at a South London secondary school; committed to improving the life chances of the young people in the area. And tea. Views are my own.
Created an intervention booklet pushing grade 7 students to grade 9 for English Literature, Paper 1 (AQA) with a specific focus on thesis statements for 'Macbeth' and 'ACC'. @teachals@SPryke2@HughesHaili books were very helpful. Can be accessed via https://t.co/NAWZUM68To
Creative writing booklet of lessons and 1.5 hour CPD session I mentioned last week is finally 🚨 LIVE on the website, here:
https://t.co/bzhPc8xgcm
£10 for non-subscribers, £5 for subscribers.
Price includes 1.5hr CPD session and a resource folder with PDF/DOC versions📂
Enjoy!
https://t.co/CsV2WWSNPS Updated with some sentence level tasks - based on sound advice in an AQA document on approaches to improve writing (also included +gen applicable). #TeamEnglish. Opportunity to analyse language use and practise it on past / possible paperLang 2 topics
https://t.co/jpSuNQLaLm
#TeamEnglish last gasp skills practice gcse writing - powerpts for mwb work and printables . Basic enough but a range of different skills gaps addressed . Suitable for younger ages too
NEW RESOURCE: A final set of revision slides for Language Paper 1. Hopefully useful for the exam this week! Uses an adjusted paper by the brilliant @DoWise. Help yourselves - use/chuck/change as you see fit! https://t.co/5YPwVlcd0Q
REPOST: A walking, talking mock for AQA English Language Paper 1. Thought I’d share again in advance of the exam next week! https://t.co/ugqsGSPfCH Help yourselves 👍🏻
REPOST: Posting this resource again in case it’s useful for final poetry revision before the exam next week. A booklet exploring different interpretations of the power and conflict poetry cluster. Help yourselves. https://t.co/PP0Klb57GS
What primary & secondary school leaders need to know about effective writing transition
Writing transition isn’t a baton pass where primary hands over and secondary drops it. It’s a compatibility problem. Primary writing rewards expression, description and voice. Secondary writing demands clarity, explanation and disciplinary argument.
Same word. Different conceptions.
https://t.co/ysRqXbVdrk
https://t.co/bB6jXR5Q8A
2 sets of things for collapse : ACC and Macbeth - used as LANG texts for AQA paper1 . Word doc for kids , html for teacher . #TeamEnglish might just turn the html to powerpts at some stage
https://t.co/PZF6McJcOp
Technical accuracy booklet with self marking key - based on acc , AIC and other lit texts . Prob suitable for revision or homework - there’s a powerpt for display of answers - #TeamEnglish
NEW: for AQA Lang P1 June 2026 onwards
✅ Rebecca
Complete specimen paper and PPT slide deck with scaffolds, indicative content, student activities and model answers, like so 👇
Help yourself #teamenglish
https://t.co/WnfmQcQ95i
The 3rd season of the #KnowledgeMatters Podcast discussed literacy + the science of learning.📖
Now, hear from the hosts in a webinar on Feb. 5th! Participants can submit questions for @dylanwiliam, @Doug_Lemov, and @natwexler in advance.
💻Register now: https://t.co/Yn52EupmBQ
@RoyalMail Shocking service from you as usual. Tracked item didn’t arrive - no red card left as delivery WAS NOT ATTEMPTED and I am not able to collect medication as I don’t have a red card! Item not even put out for redelivery today as it should have been and you can’t help!!
I observed a lesson in a school last week where they were revising Macbeth and it reminded me of this lecture I once gave to students aiming for a grade 7-9 in English Lit @FgcsInfo on Macbeth and Kingship
(Ideas ‘magpied’ from everywhere).
Slides here: https://t.co/RjTrHc8ukd
*NEW* Lang P1 for AQA June 2026 onwards
✅ Orwell’s 1984
Specimen paper and PPT slide deck with scaffolds and model answers.
Repost and help yourself 😊 #teamenglish
https://t.co/B8L2NWSmKP