Marvin Walters

English lead for an East Midlands based MAT.

[Kat Howard @SaysMiss]

I’m finding it increasingly concerning that English is being either macro focused to a set of insurmountable, somewhat nebulous claims or alternatively, micro focused to an overprescribed set of texts, content and processes.

A 🧵:

[Thinking Reading @ThinkReadHQ]

Weaker readers can access challenging reading material if teachers apply appropriate supports, like group and paired reading tasks.

Read more in our blog ‘The Bridge Over the Reading Gap – In-Class Support’ https://t.co/ArnGRSh9wE (8 min read).

#EduTwitter

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

@MissSDoherty I put one in. It’s super useful and not difficult to clean at all and looks good. Also, with a suspended floor, put an access hatch beneath it in case I ever needed to get to the pluming below the floors. Cost of a new coir mat this size is about £30 so can replace whenever.

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

One-page revision overviews for An Inspector Calls:

1⃣ Context
2⃣ Central message
3⃣ Staging
4⃣ Important moments

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

@mrblakefitminds Congratulations buddy!

[Paul Bell @PABEnglishTeach]

I really like ⁦@DavidDidau ‘s assessment idea where students define words, which are key to schemes. I think this could be included in all subjects KS3-KS5. Assessing English at KS3 – David Didau https://t.co/GsY2VMI5ov

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

@SUnsworth90 @FreyaMariaO @Team_English1 Depends how short. Hemingway’s 6 word story always goes down well. ‘For sale: baby shoes. Never worn’

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

@samlgibbs1 Yes please!

[Miss Boleyn, FCCT @Lady_Of_Hever]

Incredibly proud of every staff member and every student in our school. 💜

[Ian Cushing @ian_cushing]

New research by me and @SnellJulia now published in @Language_In_Soc: ‘The (white) ears of Ofsted: a raciolinguistic perspective on the listening practices of the schools inspectorate’. It’s available open access and here’s a thread summarising the work. https://t.co/6d0yl1Ec8A

[Da Vinci Academy @davincilead]

We're extremely proud to have been awarded a rating of ‘Good’ in our recent Ofsted inspection! 👏🎉

We'd like to say a massive thank you to our hardworking staff and students, as well as to our wider Da Vinci Academy community and @LEADAcadTrust for the ongoing support.

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

A few weeks left to figure out how to put it all back together.

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

Still a depressing amount of schools grinding the flightpaths organ. There really is no need https://t.co/D1WoQXluJw

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

This is marvellous!

[LEADLanguages @LEADLanguages]

Poetry & languages=a match made in heaven! To launch the @LEADAcadTrust & @NST_forschools #poetlingo event the wonderful @HenryNormalpoet recorded this video of him reading a poem in French he wrote as a boy at school in Nottingham-it's magnifique! Do join in & #showusyourpoems

[LEADLanguages @LEADLanguages]

#LEADPOETLINGO @windmilllead wrote their poems in Spanish. ¡Estupendo! #showusyourpoems

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

Our implementation resources include an editable planning template and completed examples, to support school leaders in putting new, evidence-informed approaches into practice.

DOWNLOAD HERE: https://t.co/tFmdWaxjrX

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

@EducEndowFoundn @HuntResearchSch @ChloeTween

[Marvin Walters @WaltersMarvin]

@CobblesAnn @Lady_Of_Hever @ChloeTween @CobblesAnn thanks. Been to both as well. The session on disciplinary literacy was really interesting. A lot to unpack.

[Douglas Wise @DoWise]

Three Shakespeare study booklets...

1⃣ Macbeth >> https://t.co/WJmdwKsdxd
2⃣ Romeo and Juliet >> https://t.co/EcMDvA8G5z
3⃣ A Midsummer Night’s Dream >> https://t.co/eZ6ty4xLzP

#TeamEnglish