Rose Alexander

AHOS for Curriculum / English Subject Leader / Cohort 2 Ambition Institute Teacher Fellows / Curriculum design / Teaching and Learning. Views here are my own

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Iced coffee, sunshine and some half term reading…

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

I’m very intrigued to see what happens with the KS2 SPaG paper going forward!

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Considering how important it is in terms of understanding sentence structure, there are only TEN questions on the whole of Testbase for subject/verb/object…

[Steplab @Steplab_co]

📚 Webinar | Teaching reading beyond phonics

With the new white paper reinforcing the focus on reading standards, join Chris Such (@Suchmo83) and Abbie Williams to explore fluency, deep text discussion and practical, evidence-informed classroom approaches.

🗓 5 March | 4:00 pm
🔗 https://t.co/vUzDgzGCL4

Open to all.

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

In September, our schools started their @KineticLetters journey (thanks to recommendations from people on here!) The buzz from staff and pupils is amazing. One of our teachers sent this across, demonstrating the progress of a Y6 pupil who has always struggled with handwriting.

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

An interesting read!

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - https://t.co/4Op8682KNK via @teacherhead

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Last year was such an inspiring day out - so excited for the next one!

[Steplab @Steplab_co]

The Steplab Conference returns.
London | 19 June 2026.

Be inspired. Be challenged. Build your expertise.

🎥 Here’s a sneak peek – it’s going to be epic.
🎟 Tickets drop next Wednesday, 19 November.

#SteplabConference2026 #ProfessionalDevelopment #CPDforTeachers

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Lemsip, blanket and an afternoon of Adaptive Teaching: Train the Trainer with @Ambition_Inst 🤓

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Oracy framework very much needed. Intrigued as to what they’re going to do with primary writing assessment/redesigned GPS tests…

[Zoe Enser 🐉 @greeborunner]

Page 77 and 78 for English and Drama peeps

https://t.co/STS0672Lp4

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

The bats from Austin, Texas causing carnage once again…🙈

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

@Suchmo83 I’ve done it with the odd slow word reader with strong comprehension as a strategy to use if they’re running out of time and need to pick up a couple of marks quickly in the last 5 minutes but certainly wouldn’t use it as a strategy for all.

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Remembering what life is like outside of teaching in the recording studio today 👌🏻

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

It has done loads of things for me that I’ve already spent ages doing though 🙈

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Eventually getting around to reading this (most definitely didn’t have the brainpower when it was first released!) and feeling pleased we’re ahead of the game on most of it 🙌

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

Really excited to start with Kinetic Letters in September…

[Andrew Percival @primarypercival]

SoundsWrite + Kinetic Letters in Reception = 👌

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

@GezzaSmith I know. We got on promptly this year but have had to wait hours in previous years🙈

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

That lush time of year when I get up early for SATS results and the PAG inevitably crashes so I might as well have stayed in bed…

[Rose Alexander @RoseVAlexander]

One of my absolute favourites…

[Struan Murray @Struan_Murray]

I realised today that it's 10 years since I first doodled a whale on a rooftop, and 5 years since Orphans of the Tide was published. I can’t quite believe that I still receive letters from readers about it, and am so grateful to the teachers&librarians who champion it to this day

[Sophie Bartlett @_MissieBee]

Can’t wait for the newspaper headlines in 5 weeks’ time to read

🚨 28% OF CHILDREN LEAVE PRIMARY SCHOOL UNABLE TO READ 🚨

not knowing kids were marked wrong for answering questions like this

(Clip from @TeachSRpodcast’s pod ep: https://t.co/amECdHm4Si)

[Kathy Rastle @Kathy_Rastle]

** New resource ** We analysed the characteristics of words in 1200 books for children and young people. Properties of each word (frequencies, etc) are now available in an interactive website.
https://t.co/0MkcK5H60U