Thank you :)

Reposting for answers!

AQA GCSE English Lang P1 and 2 changes announced today - first examined June 2026.

Here’s a specimen paper: ‘The Whole Town’s Sleeping’ and a set of PPT slides Q by Q with models and scaffolds to reflect these changes. Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...

Another top- quality resource from a legend!

Last night ‘Jimpa’ had its premiere at Sundance.
An absolute highlight of 2024 was spending time with this wonderful cast to develop their character’s movement, body/mind/touch experience though the film and supporting fab director/writer Sophie Hyde to craft a loving generous workspace. #Jimpa

Black and white photo of dancer Marie-Louise Flexen in black trousers and vest top sat on floor with arms and legs lifted and crossed over her body. Text in green reads 'Meet, Connect, Dance - Making Connections'.

Black and white photo of dancer Aoi Nakamura on floor leaning on her right arm, head raised. She wears a white mask with hundreds of strings pulling her to the left of the image. Text in black reads 'A free monthly drop in event for Swindon and Southwest creatives. 1.30 - 4.30pm. 2 hour workshop + time to connect. Making Connections. Guest artists: 24th January - Theo Clinkard, 28th February - Seke Chimutengwende, 28th March - Marie-Louise Flexen'.

Our Making Connections series is back! Join us tomorrow at Swindon Dance with guest artist @theoclinkard.bsky.social. A free monthly drop in event for Swindon and Southwest creatives: www.neondance.org/making-conne...

Visited Ark Soane- watched some beautiful teaching and had lunch with some confident, articulate and joyful students; decided that even after 15 years I have a duty to ensure my teaching is always developing and that my students would benefit from being more engaged, active and accountable!

Lovely school and the students are amazing!

#FridayFive

1. November Rain: Guns and Roses
2. Nothing Compare 2 U: Sinead O Connor
3. I try: Macy Gray
4. The Show Must Go On: Moulin Rouge (Nicole Kidman and cast!)
5. Your House: Alanis Morisette

Great bit of context for the contradictions and imbalanced society reflected in Romeo and Juliet!

I always wanted to teach, from as young as I remember, despite being extremely shy as a child. Loved helping my little siblings and their friends to ride bikes, setting up Parties and games etc. Loved books and poems too! Insecure and disadvantaged background and needed a secure escape route.

Taking this terrifying thing out trick or treating (aka drinking fizzy wine at her friend’s house whilst she goes out with her friends)

Two week TT:
Year 7&8= 8
Y9&10= 10
Y11=9 + 30 min tutor time mastery once a week.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/npmg3.... #TeamEnglish we needed to up the aqa paper 1 English gcse q3 scores .
This is a folder with some basic resources that were generated to be similar -
Story using more obvious structural devises , retrieval q and a , an example to pick apart or points to work up

Climbing ladders isn't the scary part. Looking down is. Some of us have further to fall. Our support network isn't as affluent nor equipped to help in the samevway. Often, we are the ones called on to help.

Ooh- thank you. Planning a feedback lesson tomorrow and this will be super useful. I find some students don't or maybe can’t ’visualise’ (or see images in their heads) or indeed ‘feel’ anything when they read a text (except maybe confused sometimes) which can be a huge barrier to articulation.

*NEW* for AQA: 2025 exam date posters for Lang & Lit. There’s about 20 in here, including new set texts. Help yourself 😊

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/f0kwd...

Equity and the Curriculum When I decide to join Ofsted back in 2022 I know that there were one of two eyebrows raised. What on earth was she doing? She didn’t have the experience to do that job. Ofsted are an evil organisation...

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Reflections on Ofsted, curriculum and equity from @greeborunner.bsky.social

Is there enough focus on a common entitlement to an excellent education?

teachreal.wordpress.com/2024/09/15/e...

The Reading Map - A Primer YouTube video by Christopher Such

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made a short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map.

youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?...

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4) Think about your leadership team and their leadership styles carefully and strategically: do you have diversity in approaches; do you have a ‘type’; does your SLT team reflect your staff body; can female teacher see ‘themselves’ there.

3) Tell women they are good enough; tell women they are capable; tell them to apply for promotion and opportunities.

2) Challenge comments such as ‘You won’t get the time back’; ‘The time travels so fast’; ‘They are only babies for a short time’ and DO NOT assume: ‘You won’t want to do that course now, will you…’. If it wouldn’t get said to an expectant dad it shouldn’t be said.

To support equity
1) Make no assumptions about what working hours/ be flexible/ acknowledge the challenge/ don’t promote ‘time in office’ or martyrdom culture

1) Mat Leave/mum-guilt
2) Confidence/imposter syndrome
3) Male-dominated/masculine focused perception of what a leader ‘looks’ like

Enjoyed this 🙂

Once Upon a Time - Home - Once upon a time Thursday 26th September 20249.30 – 3.30 and ONLINE@Buckfast Abbey ONCE UPON A TIME FESTIVAL: SOUTH WEST Inspiring story-led creativity in the classroom 00 Days 00 Hours 00 Minutes 00 Seconds Buy Ticke...

onceupona.co.uk
How exciting. Helen Prince & Rebecca Underwood @helenprince.bsky.social has collaborated with Oxford University Press; Inspire Education Trust; Chatter Stars and Great Speakers…26 September Devon’s Buckfast Abbey or online. What an exciting day…

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Finally managed to get the websites www.frayer-model.co.uk and www.more-same-less.co.uk up and running again. For any maths teachers that haven't seen them in the past (or have and found them useful!) check them out. #UKMathsChat