Nicola

English teacher, HoD English, LT, mum, school tripper, cake maker... views expressed are my own, obviously.

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@FunkyPedagogy I ran a HoDs session at school where I gave each dept Bedrock’s 400 tier 2 words. They had to highlight the good ones for their subject. I have a central copy/ shortlist and crossover list and they now have their own subject specific tier 2 list. A great HoD collab task.

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@FunkyPedagogy Bedrock have collated a great list of key Tier 2 words.

[Matt Lynch @Mathew_Lynch44]

For use with NEW AQA Lang P1 (first examined Summer 2026): ‘The Whole Town’s Sleeping’ specimen paper and a set of PPT slides Q by Q like so 👇 Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish

https://t.co/vO7kMEsTvc

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

Does anyone have any experience of using ‘Touch-type, Read and Spell (TTRS)’ as a Dyslexia intervention in UK secondary school? @Team_English1 @engteacher2016 #Dyslexia #SEND Or any other Nessy style programme for older teens? @NessyLearning @readandspell

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

We are finishing this campaign as we started: with optimism, with energy, and with joy.

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Memes are getting very naughty!

[🇨🇦CoffeyTimeNews🇨🇦 @CoffeyTimeNews]

Take a minute.

Watch this.

‘A racist abusive coward that could permanently damage the fabric of our society’

Celebs Against Trump:

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@heymrsbond Judy Blume kept me sneaking a book after lights out as a child. And Stephen King. Made me realise as a child that reading was escapism.

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@khsgoestoFrance Thank you so much to you and your staff for giving our children such an amazing opportunity and experience. Lifelong memories made - thanks to you and your commitment. Rest up. [one more week to go…]

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

📣 NEW! **SECURING ATTENTION** Students remember what they attend to… This poster summarises strategies that secure attention, ensuring students remain attentive and cognitively engaged throughout the lesson.

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Thanks to the legendary educators featured: @PepsMccrea @olicav @Doug_Lemov @DTWillingham

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@Team_English1 looking for ideas to rejuvenate our school library. We have great stock but don’t get footfall. Moving into new building in Sept and want a relaunch to get library heart of school that’s not tokenism. Hit me with ideas and what you do well. UK, West Mids.

[Liam 🏳️‍🌈 @CrookedQuillUK]

🚨 SCHOOL LIBRARIAN GIVEAWAY

To celebrate the upcoming release of my 24-25 school library planner, I'm running a competition to win a library planner OR a £25 gift voucher for my website: https://t.co/EDkWXX7ZwL

To enter simply FOLLOW, LIKE + RT this post.
Closes 28/06.

(1/3)

[Ele Fountain @EleFountain]

GIVEAWAY!!!
👇
To celebrate the publication of STORM CHILD on July 4th, I have a complete set of my books to give away to a school library.
RT and follow to enter (if you already follow me, just RT).
Winner chosen at random on July 1st @PushkinPress @PushkinChildren

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: CNN just released their fact check of Donald Trump throughout the debate. It turns out Donald Trump lied on just about every answer. Retweet so all Americans see this vital fact check on Trump’s BS.

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@chocaholic132 @Team_English1 Thank you so much. That would be so helpful.

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@Team_English1 interested to hear about experiences or thoughts on full mixed ability teaching in English. Or pointing in direction of reading. I have many yrs of teaching but never experienced it or seen it and feeling like step into unknown. Any midlands schools happy to chat?

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@OutwoodDanum @Bedr0ckLearning Wow, I love your book vending machine! How did you get that? I’d love one in our new library.

[Matt Oldfield @footieheroesbks]

To celebrate the mighty Saints going up and the end of the club football season, let's do a #bookgiveaway! Just FOLLOW + RT to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of Road to the Euros #readingforpleasure #euro2024 #kidsbooks #footballbooks

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@K2SR7 These look amazing. Can I be cheeky please and ask if you’d mind sharing?

[Nicola @NEalTalbotden]

@Team_English1 I’m in desperate need of some tried and tested literacy interventions for our weakest secondary learners. We use Fresh Start for some, but would like to know of spelling, handwriting, reading speed programs schools use with success. Thanks.