I am excited to announce that I am now taking on students for private tutoring for 11+, common entrance exams, SATS as well as tailored lessons to build confidence with Reading (inc phonics) Writing and Mathematics. https://t.co/ZgPZb2TJ76
Just over two weeks to go!🎶
Our #RiseVoices choir will be heading to @LeicesterArena to embark on a musical journey through beloved tales. 🎼
Tickets available here: https://t.co/xJr1myR8ec
A fantastic Sports Day at Oakthorpe today. An enormous well done to our pupils for showing teamwork and for having incredibly positive attitudes! @Rise_MAT
“Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty” @OakthorpeSchool KS2 “do” London @MatildaMusical combined with @NationalGallery My favourite quote when a child saw The Hay Wain by Constable: “look, it’s our painting” @Rise_MAT I feel proud to be their teacher.
@Rise_MAT linking Maths with Y3 D&T learning about Shell Structures ‘Easter Packaging’ project @OakthorpeSchool Fantastic use of technical vocabulary. @voice21oracy making sure everyone is listened to in the group - using sentence stems.
THE CALL
Imagine having a really important interview that you’ve prepared years for and you badly want to ace. You’ve worked as hard as you could and have committed your life to it.
Imagine every night going to bed, wondering if it’ll be the next day. But it doesn’t come that next day, the next month or even the next year. The pressure builds and you start to jump when the phone goes between 10am-12pm every day, ready to drop everything for the interview to start.
Imagine knowing that when it finally does come that there’s a good chunk of luck involved and it’ll depend on who interviews you on that day and what they happen to focus on and see.
Imagine praying for one of the good interviewers but you end up with one of the bad ones, who doesn’t listen and has their own agenda but there’s nothing you can do about it.
Imagine it leaves you in pieces and everyone know it’s not fair, but, so be it, and all that will now come your way.
Imagine knowing that that you can’t tell anyone the outcome of the interview, and you have to carry that around, on your own, for what feels like forever.
Imagine what that does to a person.
Imagine a better way.
I'm gonna put together a cheap pack via @ANewChapterBks of 39 books for whole school assemblies. I've got lots of ideas but want to make sure I cover a range of values, diverse representation, showcase beautiful illustrations & span genres. So, what is your best assembly book?
Yesterday I spent the morning visiting primary schools for my own professional development.
Today I am reflecting on what I saw.
Here are my takeaways… 🧵
The five-million copy bestseller #TheTimeTravellersWife comes to life on stage in London's West End from October 2023 📚.
With original songs from Grammy Award winners Joss Stone and Dave Stewart.
The news is out! I am delighted to be the new @Booktrust#WriterInResidence. My first blog will be appearing in March - but for now, the one thing I would like to say is that READING FOR PLEASURE CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER - there is nothing more important! #literacy
A hilarious literary start to the morning with, @paulcooksonpoet - all children reciting poetry and learning some very intriguing facts about wombats! @Rise_MAT
We have just written a poem with the wonderful @paulcooksonpoet Such an inspiration. Also helping us with our description of Grendel from Beowulf. Thank you for coming to visit us, Paul! @OakthorpeSchool@Rise_MAT
How do we get EVERY SINGLE CHILD to be a reader? Do these 3 things & you'll give them a great start!
1. Read aloud to them.
2. Give them the widest possible range of books to choose from.
3. Let them choose freely and read for pleasure, and never dismiss their choices.
#literacy
@PaulGarvey4 Needing to teach in cycles; twice as much planning for Maths and English as well as reading; twice as much analysis of data. However, good for social structure, having a wide age range. Less able older children don’t always feel unable as there are children they too can support.
Cuts to school & library budgets are the by far the biggest threats to children's educations. The government should be INVESTING MASSIVELY in schools & libraries, giving teachers & librarians all the resources they need to do their work, and paying them properly for it! #strikes