SAHS English Dept

Tweets from the English Dept relating to things of literary (and other) interest, latest news/updates AND the odd bit of fun (puns, poetry and pithiness)

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@StAndrewsHS
Why #reading is important

20 Minutes a day = 3600 minutes in a school year (IASY) = exposure to 1.8m words (top 10%)

5 mins a day = 900 mins IASY = exposure to 282,000 words

1 min a day = 180 mins IASY = exposure to 8000 words (bottom 10%)

https://t.co/TgMv9DGRmP

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

Vocabulary @StAndrewsHS

[Impact @ImpactWales]

4 ways to build pupils' schema for new vocabulary: link to prior knowledge, use in speech, use in writing, and revisit meaning in context.

We think with words—reading, speaking and writing shape who we are.

Find out more: https://t.co/rTn49O9ytH

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@omgitsocreative @MichaelRosenYes @andrewfeinstein I fear you have misinterpreted my response to @MichaelRosenYes
These things happen!

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@MichaelRosenYes @andrewfeinstein 🙏🏻

Political opposition is legitimate
Religious prejudice is illegitimate

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

Q & A ✅

[Impact @ImpactWales]

5 steps to better questioning:

• Focus on the learning
• Plan questions
• Model answers
• Engage everyone
• Adapt teaching

Rooted in research. Built for classrooms.

Better questions = better thinking.

[email protected]

[Impact @ImpactWales]

5 steps to effective instruction 🧠👇

Start with the big idea
Pre-teach what pupils need
Show them how
Deepen their thinking
Reduce support over time

Simple. Not easy.
Done well, this changes everything.

[email protected] for more info about our professional learning.

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

Excellent conceptualisation 👍🏻

[Impact @ImpactWales]

How are you understanding progress for your learners? Use our research-informed strategy, midpoint monitoring, to break down pupils' progress towards their learning goal.

Perfect for CfW 💥✅

Contact us for bespoke professional learning that has impact [email protected]

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@MichaelRosenYes @NorwichTheatre Are you not in the #Arsenal XI today?
I thought I was even in with a shout 😂

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@ArmandDAngour @MichaelRosenYes I have heard children in class say that it is 39 minutes past as opposed to 21 minutes to 👀

Perhaps we are witnessing a transition from analogue (traditional spelling) to a living Hell scape 👀😂

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

Never complain when we ask you to write your ideas, your thoughts and/or your answers because we are literally helping you to achieve 🙌🏻

[🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk @TeacherToolkit]

Handwriting is BETTER for learning than typing.

But we all knew that.

The challenge is, what do we do for pupils with SEND?

(Marano et al., 2025, p. 23) - featured in #GuideToLearning

https://t.co/oZmrR0Ddyr

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

We know that everyone in the @StAndrewsHS community would like to congratulate our amazing team of public speakers (coached by B. Robb-Methven & C. Rodriguez) who participated with distinction in the Lord Lieutenant’s Competition today 🙌🏻 at Airdrie Town Hall
They did us proud

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@MichaelRosenYes Champions 🙌🏻

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@FindlaterGroup @ucmerced @ucmgraddiv @UCMChemistry Excellent 👏🏻

Don’t know if you have enough felt on your academic robes 😂

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@RobLogic I want that loft ladder

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Perfectly timed moments

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

This is an excellent idea - one I have used often and now I know it has sound foundations in research 🙌🏻✅

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

May the presence of God be with the young people of @StAndrewsHS as they sit their #Higher #English

They head into this exam and all their others with our prayers 🙏🏻

May they remain calm and recall all they have learned ✅

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

May the presence of God be with the young people of @StAndrewsHS as one group sit their #Nat5 and another sit their #AdvancedHigher #English

They head into these exams and all their others with our prayers 🙏🏻

May they remain calm and recall all they have learned ✅

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

What a wonderful game of football played in the European Cup 👍🏻 good old fashioned jumpers for goalposts stuff

#PSG
#Bayern

[SAHS English Dept @sahs_English]

@mrmarkmillar Wait, is this not from a series entitled:

1. Embarrassing front doors
2. Pretentious front doors

😂

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

10-Minute Argument Challenge!

In this activity, you will write a clear and convincing argumentative paragraph in just 10 minutes. Your goal is to take a given topic, form a strong claim, and support it with solid reasoning and evidence.

You must choose the prompt that matches your birthdate.

Link: https://t.co/3uXIpisbEN