H Pattison

PGCE Student 2013/14. Throw resources at me.

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@BBCSchoolReport @HGSEnglish Newsroom a hive of activity; never imagined we had so many promising young journalists! http://t.co/3Rdwceud4e

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@unexploredbooks Post-apocalyptic world where you can't trust the aliens because they look like you. It fits Ness' Rules of Dystopia to a T.

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@MsAshleighPower You are an inspiration to us all. Hope you have a lovely Man-ly holiday!

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@unexploredbooks Have you come across "The 5th Wave" by Rick Vancey yet? Three hours of my Saturday well-consumed. (Marking? What marking?)

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Today, my Y7s wrote love letters in style of fictional characters. Did not anticipate how much they'd break my heart.

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Watching Y7 homework trickle in on Showbie, typing feedback while my cat snoozes on my lap. I could get behind this iPad lark, you know.

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@unexploredbooks Yes. Cried. I find his characters can be a bit distractingly self-aware and erudite, but that book was a masterpiece.

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@hughesa28 Is there ANYTHING that man cannot do?

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@unexploredbooks Have, loved, yes. So many feels. I'm into John Green at the moment, highly recommend also for the deep emotional wrenching.

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@unexploredbooks Finished it at midnight (no self-control) - different, brilliant, thought-provoking, beautifully written, bizarre. 5 stars!

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Downloaded reams of A-level past papers for revision session planning. It's been 8 years but that exam rubric still gives me the jitters.

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@unexploredbooks Look what I found in my school library today! Weekend: sorted.

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@jamesdyke21 I read that at 24 & still needed a cup of tea and a sit down after the cellar chapter. Y8s these days are made of strong stuff.

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Quote from a Y9 lesson evaluation form: "Dealt with Jed's 'anus' tales really well and moved on - best way." Day to be proud of.

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Back to harrowing YA fiction with a bit of teen cancer. Highly recommended if you don't mind crying on trains.

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@AnnaPinkstone Apparently teachers in Finland have to do years of training and aren't very well-paid. No teaching poetry to Moomins for me.

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@AnnaPinkstone General consensus seems to be: Education CAN transform society, but it's hard, and not necessarily always for the better...

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@AnnaPinkstone Let's adopt a creative play-based system, them watch as all the Smartopians flee their tutors for a bit of British freedom.

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@smartcardriver Just finished Moon Pie by S Mason. Meant to get an early night but couldn't stop reading. Superb. Probably high Y6 suitable?

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@unexploredbooks Spoke to t'school librarian and she told me the second one's a bit disappointing. Quandary sorted! P.S. Like the blog lots.