GROUP! A riotous, razor-sharp, hilarious night out from the team that brought you Abomination: A DUP Opera and Propaganda. GROUP! fuses a sh*t hot…

My wife and I went to see this last night at the Lyric and it was absolutely brilliant - not least because our friend is starring in it! A true showcase of local talent and a great script with live music and devastating comedy. #Group lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/group

Time as a Leadership Tool: Structuring the Week Ahead with Covey’s Grid School can often feel relentless: exams, events, marking, reporting – all competing for attention on an already crowded calendar. The small glimmers of hope (a staff night out, a team lunch, …

🚨New blog on Covey and Time Management with FREE download of Covey's Grid. ⏰

💡HOD Hacks: Over the next few weeks I will be sharing a series of 'HOD and Teacher Hacks' along with resources. I will also be offering a webinar or online session in May/June time.

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Litdrive Belfast 2026:
Speaker Announcement

Big thank you to Katherine Howard FCCT & LitdriveUK Nikki Carlin for helping us shape our event for practice led CPD by local teachers from NI.

See you all on Saturday 7th Feb.
#LitdriveBelfast

@litdrive.bsky.social Belfast 2026📚
Countdown has started!🕐
🎟️Still time to get your tickets!

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Tomorrow I’ll be attending the Magherafelt and Rural Learning Partnership Conference at St Mary’s, where I’ll be delivering a session on cognitive load, working memory, & their implications for SEND.

The Shared Ed Steering Group has curated an impressive, home-grown lineup of teachers. #EducationNI

🌟Twilight Sessions are proving especially popular and spaces are filling fast! DM/website www.teach-lead.com🌟

CPD offer:
✨Bespoke CPD designed around your sch priorities
🗂️Action planning and implementation for effective sch development
🎯Specialist seminars in SEND, literacy, and adaptive teaching

📚Workload Hack: In my Teach-Lead.com sessions I’ve modelled AI(CoPilot) for curating resources. Trialling a progression model for formative assess:
MCQs▶️MatchUps▶️Cloze▶️ Comprehension▶️Stems▶️Essay
So far, working well! Inspired by @daisychristo.bsky.social 'Making Good Progress'

Kicked things off with Plath’s “You’re” by doing a quick word assoc on the very first word of the poem.

🗣️ SEND Tip: jot down each contribution with pupils’ initials. Shifted the lesson - suddenly everyone wanted to chip in. Images also drove discussion & debate in small group.

DistillED ⚗️ The 5-minute email that makes evidence-informed teaching crystal clear

If you aim to do one thing this year that will enhance your practice and provide moments of reflection, then sign up to @xpateducator.bsky.social DistillED - loaded with research, strategies and bitesize information - great for dept meetings on T&L or just a refresh! newsletter.jamieleeclark.com

📚Excited to be visiting this Friday (22nd Aug) to deliver a CPD session. Looking forward to meeting the staff and celebrating their achievement of the Research Mark Plus Kitemark from the @CharteredColl 👏📚

For more information visit Teach-Lead.com

I attended the TransformEd Strategic Review of NI Curriculum by @lucy_crehan today — bold ideas and a shared commitment to shaping a better future for every learner through equity and opportunity. Very keen to see how this is shaped and implemented. #EducationMatters
@Education_NI @Ed_Authority

Using Knowledge Organisers: Personal Writing & Literary Comparative Unit 4 is quite a tricky wee paper due to the demands placed on pupils to partake in ‘task switching’ (great read if you are interested in knowing more). The shifting of approaches from…

📢This week’s blog:
Using A3 Knowledge Organisers for GCSE Creative/Personal Writing and Literary Comparatives - links to research and resources are included. #EnglishGCSE #SeeOneDoOneTeachOne

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📚 Just arrived yesterday!
@xpateducator.bsky.social "One Pagers Vol 2"
In the fast-paced school & edu environment, this book offers great clarity and is a cornerstone for school improvement - grateful to have been included in this book - fantastic work by Jamie once again! 👍🏻
Good luck with it! 😊

Using Knowledge Organisers: Persuasive and Non-Fiction Texts In this blog, I’ll share some last-minute practical tips for using Knowledge Organisers (KOs) for Unit 1. Over the years, I’ve printed and distributed these for GCSE classes across the …

📢This week’s blog:
Using Knowledge Organisers for GCSE Persuasive Writing and Non-Fiction Texts.

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📢🚨Updated KO for @CCEA_info English Lang U1
Tried and tested revision scaffolds, mnemonics and writing stems that are excellent for short and focused revision tasks. Pupils love them and helps to change the 'cannot revise for English' mindset.

📚Delighted to hear colleagues have recently bought my book.
It is packed with lesson ideas, model examples and oracy based exercises and scripts for GCSE.
See One Do One Teach One
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Hope you find this wee book #SODOTO useful! 😊

Everything in Moderation: How can we harness the power of Standardisation & Moderation? The Rule of Saint Benedict, written around 530 AD, advises that “all things be done with moderation,” ensuring that monks avoided extreme asceticism and maintained a sustainable lifesty…

New Blog Post Out Now! www.teach-lead.com
📢 Standardisation and Moderation 🚨 👉Free Resources Included✍️

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Getting Out of the Way Much of my adult identity was bound up in being a teacher. For over 20 years I had lived my life by bells and terms and assessment deadlines. Most of my friends were teachers (that is still the cas…

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@greeborunner.bsky.social explores why you sometimes just need to get out of teachers' way...

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Really excited about the upcoming LitDrive event in Birmingham next Saturday!
One Week To Go!
#LitDrive25 #TeamEnglish

🚨One Pagers: Volume 2🚨
Another superb title from Jamie Clark that needs to be in every CPD library. This is the second installment of the highly rated and highly successful 'One Pagers' series.

Good luck, Jamie! 👍 #OnePagers #JamieClark

Pre order here: amzn.eu/d/4q5qdoz
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📚📖 CPD Courses Available 📖📚
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Bespoke CPD Available!
From Action Planning and Formative Assessment to Scaffolding for Success and Literacy Across the Curriculum - there are seminars available for whole staff training or departmental collaboration.

Two very important, ambitious and aspirational docs - there is lots of good will, talent and skill across the edu sys in NI. What is evident is our sys needs flex & high quality training.
We also need to address selection if we are to truly make long lasting changes & tackle social mobility.

Incredible night @gohbelfast to watch family friend, Aidan Halfpenny, perform as Marius Pontmercy. The cast & production were superb. We especially loved hearing the Belfast brogue and one liners in there too! Lovely touch.
Congratulations to all involved.
#LesMiserableBelfast🌹
#LetThePeopleSing

Scaffolding GCSE and A Level.
Slides finalised and ready to go for @LitdriveUK Conference @AstonUniversity Birmingham! Can't wait to take part in this event and meet the other speakers too. Schedule is packed full of brilliant presenters and English experts. #LitDriveCPD2025 👏

Happy to share that I've successfully achieved the Development of Teaching Practice Award (Leadership) from Chartered College of Teaching with support from the Education Authority (Northern Ireland) 🙌

Would highly recommend the courses on offer! #CharteredCollege

🚨 @litdrive.bsky.social🚨
Cannot wait to take part in LitDrive Conference. The lineup is excellent and it is a real opportunity to meet practitioners and experts, and magpie the best practice out there! Well done to the organisers 👏

Tickets available here:
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Thinking, Talking and Writing: Starters, Stems and Scaffolds. The content emphasizes the significance of language and communication in education, particularly in enhancing pupils’ potential. It highlights various strategies such as using scaffolds, info…

🚨 My New Blog Is Out! 📚
Thinking, Talking and Writing:
Using Starters and Stems
This blog features ways to support writing and structure talk. There are some FREE support resources for class teachers too 😊

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Sunday Reading 📚

Thanks @johncattedu.bsky.social for @rethinkingjames.bsky.social great book for making effective & sustainable change. This book helps focus minds & energy. Stakes are too high & poor implementation is costly for all involved. This book offers clear & detailed roadmaps for success. Congrats James👍