Philippa

Language graduate, primary teacher, English leader, lover of all things country pub.

[Philippa @philippajade]

@olvestonprimary 💕

[Philippa @philippajade]

@BDY1990 @olvestonprimary Thank you! Just a nearby school 😊 and congrats to you!

[Philippa @philippajade]

An emotional and fond farewell: thank you for six incredible years, Team @olvestonprimary. What a family to be leaving behind. Time for pastures new, but not before we enjoy this well-earned heatwave! 🌞🌞🌞 #rootedinlove

[Philippa @philippajade]

Thanks Tes and @jon_severs 😊 Still getting over seeing my name on these articles!

[Tes magazine @tes]

How on Earth can children write without being shown Wagoll (what a good one looks like)? Philippa Seymour extolls the virtues of modelled writing

https://t.co/YSIGXVAzOo

[Jon Severs @jon_severs]

Part one of the @tes curriculum series is out tomorrow! For the first issue we have gone out and found the top curriculum theorists in the world to talk about what the research says is important when it comes to building a curriculum. We have pieces from...

[@SATs_Test_Chen @SATsTestChen]

I would've loved to make jewellery. I think I just need some time alone.
😪😪😪
#ChenforSATs2020

[Mr Baish @mr_baish]

Happy #ChenEve everyone! It’s like Christmas Eve but instead of opening presents you open a Maths paper which has Chen getting up to all sorts of things like buying a strange combination of fruit and veg, or travelling to places called Oldtown on a train. #SATsWeek @SATsTestChen

[Philippa @philippajade]

@tes @OliverJeffers I mean every word - the GPC is one of my faves. 🐻

[Philippa @philippajade]

Screenshotted ready to display on my IWB tomorrow morning - my year sixes love @SATsTestChen and are looking out for him this week! 😎

[@SATs_Test_Chen @SATsTestChen]

SPAG Test:
Right Year 6, time to shine!

If it says 'Circle One' please do as they ask - this really frustrates your teacher.

Remember that all the answers need to have correct spelling AND punctuation.

Don't stop checking until time runs out.

We've got this!
#ChenSATsAdvice

[Tes magazine @tes]

Books to inspire young readers: You have until the 20 May to send in your recommendations – whether that's fiction or non, new or old. Participants have the chance to win 32 books for their class and a year's subscription to @tes! #BooksToInspire https://t.co/bNkxMa0i8v

[Tes magazine @tes]

"We are in danger of making it so they are scared to write from the heart because everything has to be so grammatically correct - it becomes a tick box exercise which is not encouraging writing.” #NAHTconf https://t.co/Uk0NiGV3mx

[Tes magazine @tes]

Literacy: What makes the perfect book to inspire primary children's writing? Philippa Seymour says there are 4 key ingredients...

https://t.co/fRsaKFVxOz

[Tes magazine @tes]

The funding crisis means that schools have a financial incentive to replace older teachers on the upper pay scale with cheaper NQTs, warns @guruteaching
https://t.co/7GiKxNGIFp

[@SATs_Test_Chen @SATsTestChen]

Just think, I could be sat in that box that arrived this week and nobody knows. #destiny

[Philippa @philippajade]

@lufthansa Eurowings are owned by Lufthansa??

[Philippa @philippajade]

@lufthansa Apologies, we do have an ID: FB ID 32165513

[Philippa @philippajade]

@eurowings Emailing you now

[Philippa @philippajade]

@eurowings 8.5 weeks later and nothing...

[Philippa @philippajade]

@lufthansa No, we dealt with them on the phone