Slow Reader 📚

English teacher. I wrote one decent tweet in December 2018.

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

@MrsSpalding We did a full set of mocks in November. Moderated within department. We were rigorous with the whole process (as always) but how can they possibly be used as a viable measure without external moderation?

[Lauren @elc2706]

Whenever I'm going through a tough time, I just look down at my two beautiful children's faces and think, 'Your constant moaning and negativity is absolutely making this worse.'

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

MP salary:

April 2010 = £65,700
April 2019 = £79,500

An increase of 21%
2% above inflation ⬆️

Nurses starting salary:

April 2010 = £21,200
February 2020 = £24,200

An increase of 14%
5% below inflation ⬇️

Please RT if you agree that simply isn’t fair

https://t.co/pG1x7YPXff

[Dianne Ketchie @cdketchie]

It’s been a HUGE day in our house!!

[Andrew Old @oldandrewuk]

If Thinking Hats were necessary for teaching we would have evolved one by now. We haven’t.

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

@oldandrewuk 👏

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@FergalBonio @LadyPerinbridge @FunkyPedagogy @ralston_h Snap 👍

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I’ve got a joke about Government laptops but it is password protected.

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@OliverRMills Foo Fighters - Wheels

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@mrs_denglish @EnserMark They never got home did they? The series just ended?

[ITV News @itvnews]

"Standing up every week and saying 'it's a stunning success' is kidding no-one" says Keir Starmer on the government's Test and Trace system https://t.co/1l511cL7fZ

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

@JohnDoe247365 @MrKiddTeaches Worrying isn’t it?

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

@MrKiddTeaches I struggle to sleep at night 😂

[Matt Lynch @Mathew_Lynch44]

Hello @BBCArchive Secondary school English teachers would love to be able to access the 1982 production of An Inspector Calls as it is a very faithful adaptation of a text set for GCSE exams.

Why is it not commercially available - and can you please consider making it so? 😊

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

@TeachEnglish146 How about a choice for English Lit?
Perhaps pupils answer 4 out of 5 sections (Shakespeare, 19th c, modern, anthology, unseen).
Equally weighted.

[Pritesh Raichura @Mr_Raichura]

Outrageous things you’ve heard on CPD courses?

I’ll go first...

I once went on a CPD course titled ‘How to lead an outstanding biology department’.

Quote from the person *delivering* the course: ‘So my department will never be outstanding because of our catchment area...’ 😬

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

@Mr_Raichura (1) Circle time with Yr 11. In April.
(2) Starting each lesson with a Power Pose. To show every class “you are a superhero who means business”.

😳

[Slow Reader 📚 @reader_slow]

The decision (if true) to abandon some GCSE subjects and just focus on ‘core’ subjects is abhorrent.

And I’m a Head of English.

[BBC Radio Bristol @BBCRB]

Can you believe what we DINO-SAW 👀 🦖
Spotted down the #RiverAvon, blasting the Jurassic Park theme 😂😂😂

#Bristol #paddleboarding