Tristan Pithers

Independent school English teacher. Season ticket @IpswichTown. Apparently I wave my arms a lot and get 'over-enthusiastic' about Shakespeare and poetry. 🏳️‍🌈

[English @EngatKimbolton]

Second visit of the day: Tyne Cot Cemetery. It’s a bit rainy, but the pupils are still keen to explore and ask questions.

[English @EngatKimbolton]

Day Two of the Battlefields trip.
We are all a bit tired, but pupils were beautifully behaved and respectful during our solemn visit to the Vimy Ridge Canadian War Memorial.

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

Now there are some abysmally poor refereeing decisions every week in League One but this is up there with the worse of them. Maybe he was scared that the Wednesday fans would start throwing coins at him as they’re wont to do…

[Sky Sports Football @SkyFootball]

🚨 SCENES 🚨

Curtis Davies is sent off for making slight contact with Marvin Johnson 🟥

Michael Smith rolls the penalty into the bottom corner and gives Sheffield Wednesday the lead ⚽

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

Absolutely immense. It’s starting to feel like it really might be the start of something special.

Saturday. Portman Road. Biggest game in 23 years.

#ITFC

[Ipswich Town @IpswichTown]

⏱ OH WWWWHAT A NIGHT!

#itf⏱ OH WWWWHAT A NIGHT!

#itf⏱ OH WWWWHAT A NIGHT!

#itfc

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

Hi @dublinbusnews. I’m bringing a school trip to Dublin from the UK and we’re going to need to use the buses. Is there a way I can buy 40 tickets in bulk or will each passenger need the correct fare in change? Thanks!

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

My classroom door all dressed up for #WorldBookDay. Very much the artistic talent of some UVI and not me! #WBD23 #TeamEnglish

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

@stevieinselby @Rebeccaboden4 Likewise.

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

@Rebeccaboden4 This last point is absolute nonsense.

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

@missdcox The Ottery St Mary tar barrels always felt pretty dangerous! Unique to Devon but a long-standing tradition.

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

@MrRileyRE Life of Pi. I haven’t seen the film but the novel is excellent, even if (probably because) the ending frustrated me. Not an RE teacher but I think it fits your theme!

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

@numpty_teacher @OVOEnergy That can’t be right! It’s meant to be extra money not refunding something you could have asked to have back anyway…

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

@rjmcdonald24 More than we actually get. If English Lang. and English Lit. got parity with other GCSE subjects in the timetable, we’d be in a much better place. Until then, we’re shortchanged and so are the kids. Direct impact on results, A Level take up and views of the subject.

[English @EngatKimbolton]

Essex Farm Cemetery: the inspiration for John McCrae’s poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’ - where “the poppies blow
Between the crosses, /row on row”
@KimboltonSchool @KimboltonHist

[English @EngatKimbolton]

And one pupil found his great, great grandfather’s name on the memorial wall.

[English @EngatKimbolton]

Tyne Cot in the rain and an atmospheric reminder of those who died in the mud at Passchendaele.
We learnt about the strategic advantage of being uphill and the many, many who were never found or identified. @KimboltonSchool @KimboltonHist

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

Does anyone have any good strategies for improving handwriting for GCSE students when typing isn’t an option? Any suggestions appreciated! #TeamEnglish #Handwriting

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

You’re still claiming it’s gone on time, @Eurostar @EurostarUK, you’ve still not even acknowledged the delay let alone apologised and we still haven’t actually moved…

[Tristan Pithers @TLPEnglish]

Well this is a lie, ⁦@EurostarUK⁩, because we’re sitting in the waiting room with no information as to when you’re actually going to run this train. The tannoy’s gone remarkably quiet…