Ms W

English teacher and mum of 3. Just doing my thing trying to break the glass ceiling 😄
Associate Assistant Principal and Lead Practitioner. Views are my own.

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

I have my own show! Join the conversation! Download now. https://t.co/0ZybJ7mDP7. @team_english

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

I was a guest on this podcast...it was a great chat on a fascinating topic. Download the podbean app and listen now! https://t.co/EWvOCc8N3n

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

Has anyone used Bedrock Learning? Is it worth investing in?

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

Has anyone had experience of the AQA Unit Award Scheme? I'm very interested in how this might help students with SEND or other barriers to learning. @Team_English1

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

I can't be the only one who thinks verbal feedback stamps or VF in a margin is a total waste of time...can I?

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

How do you teach Shakespeare to a low ability year 8 group? I've tried my strategies but it doesn't seem to work. Ideas would be appreciated @Team_English1 @FunkyPedagogy

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

I'm on the radio!

[Strood Academy @StroodAcademy]

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[. @jdpoc]

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

@MissJeffery88 Hope it goes well!

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

Where can I find the 2023 examiners report on aqa English Literature please? @Team_English1

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

@cura_dora @Team_English1 @__codexterous @FunkyPedagogy @mrsmacteach33 @Tom_Needham_ Thank you. I agree. I really don't think we should be going backwards. I'll take a look...thanks!

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

Our curriculum advisor has said we should ditch teaching what/ how/ why questions to use for writing in favour of an acronym. She says it scaffolds the lower grades. Thoughts? Experiences? @Team_English1 @__codexterous @FunkyPedagogy

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

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[Dawn Kasal Finley(she/her) 🖤 @kasal_finley]

Because our jobs aren’t hard enough

These are vape pens and not highlighters 😔

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

A moving poem from @brian_bilston. Read it down. Then read it up.
Expand your circle of empathy…

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed the oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

@missjredwards 2014 PGCE
2015 QTLS
2018 Literacy Coordinator
2019 RSE Lead
2020 HOD
2021 LP
2023 Associate Assistant Principal

[Helen Clare, Menopause in Schools @HAClare]

This is why I do what I do. I talk to ex-school staff who loved their jobs, were totally committed to it, and are gutted because they couldn't manage symptoms of #menopause and #perimenopause such as menstrual flooding and brain fog in school and left. Let's stop that happening.

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

@MrsShapland Says she's only ever worked in schools that set. My argument is based on my own research as I'm doing my masters and our school is in a disadvantaged area so the kids already have a fixed mindset. I've seen the list and there is alot of BAME kids and SEN in the 'bottom' set ☹️

[Ms W @swilkin2004]

The new HoD at my my school has decided to set the classes going from 1 top set and mixed ability for other classes to a top middle and bottom set. She has ignored my pleas as an LP and the evidence that shows how detrimental being in a 'bottom set' is. What can I do?