Rebecca Thomas

Teacher with a passion for equity and Literacy while no doubt having some sort of perimenopausal crisis as her adult children find their own lives x

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

There's no-one more competitive than an octogenarian fighting to be first in the swimming pool at 7am. I thought I'd try early morning swimming..old ladies are fierce adversaries!

[Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102]

"..needed to access the curriculum. Their non-standard English patterns of speaking are not wrong or less valuable than standard English... Oracy approaches do not seek to replace regional ways of speaking or to impose standard English on students in every situation..." 2/3

[Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102]

"Disadvantaged students are not a homogenous mass. They do not all have poor early language development. For those that do, it is important to stress that they are not deficit. They do not lack cultural capital; their cultural capital may be different to that..." 1/3

[Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102]

"..that they face. Instead, the intention is to bridge the gap between the language of school – and, to some extent, the world of work – & the language of home & community." @DeputySchofield in @CharteredColl's
'Impact' journal: https://t.co/fkgUPtmKnA 3/3

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

Please read my NEW BLOG
Why we should teach active listening https://t.co/jTNB1Ol1CF
#ActiveListening #vocabulary #EmpathyMatters

[Claire Harley @clairevh]

Whole school T&L policies are most effective when evidence-based and leave teachers agency to deal with the ‘niggly bits’

https://t.co/fWFWigoXlb

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

The future of teachers and pupils where individuality or deviation from schemes is simply not permitted

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

Forget Harry Potters cloak of invisibility, this stuff has unrivalled vanishing powers. I've been hunting all day for the last remaining pea-sized blob and not a soul has seen it anywhere!! Hmm.

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

So, I spent an hour out of class this afternoon. When I went back in I skilfully navigated such a varied assortment of high fives, coming from so many angles, that an appearance in Ninja warrior felt like a less unlikely possibility.

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

The last Friday of a long half term. Spent ages straightening my hair and I still look like Hairy Mclary! https://t.co/fbj3nZQnwM

[H S Norup (Updates only. Try Insta or Bluesky)🧚 @HSNorup]

Here, on the biggest island of a small archipelago, I found the perfect reading companion for #ImpossibleCreatures. An impossibly glorious feat of imagination and quite possibly my favourite #KatherineRundell book. I adored the characters and the world. Highly recommended.

[Maz Evans @mazevansauthor]

Well, well, well. It’s been a quest, but here we are - publication day for OH MAYA GODS. This is my 13th published novel and and I’m so grateful to @chickenhsebooks, @veroniquebaxter, @Bitskoff, @jazzbartlett, @katmckenna_ and everyone else who has got me here. Love ya xxx

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

A car with keyless entry is a marvellous invention - until the battery dies and you're stranded in a car park x

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

Spent a quality 20 minutes learning to block all the unwanted scantily clad women from my following. Who are these people?

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

Reading for pleasure in childhood can make such a big difference to mental wellbeong https://t.co/ojTZ6z9ocf

[Waterstones Carms @WstonesCarm]

📚 GIVEAWAY 📚

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[Brian Moses @moses_brian]

Still some slots available: Teachers: If you are planning units on WW1 or WW2, or you plan to mark Remembrance Day (Nov. 11th) in some way, I'm offering online sessions again this year based on 'What Are We Fighting For?' Full details here: https://t.co/1RVVTYZ9Sn

[Sophie Bartlett @_MissieBee]

Showed this to some of my class today and not one of them could “see” it - they were kicking themselves when I showed them the answer 😂

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

@FunkyPedagogy Good question. Obviously we want to develop the use and understanding of a greater range of vocabulary but do you think that words that have organically developed through speech get left behind? I just wondered what your thoughts were 😀

[Rebecca Thomas @theparenthesis1]

@funkypedagogy should dialects have a greater voice? https://t.co/59e8MMOqKi