MrsM
@educiting.bsky.social
Secondary English Teacher (UK)
Deputy HOD, KS4 lead; Examiner; Reading/Oracy lead; MA Women and writing; CELTA, MA English in Education; BBC Bitesize writer and reviewer
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Deputy HOD, KS4 lead; Examiner; Reading/Oracy lead; MA Women and writing; CELTA, MA English in Education; BBC Bitesize writer and reviewer
#UKEd
#EduSky
#UKteaching
#EdUK
Summer reading:
Been on my TBR pile for a while. Really enjoyed it. Recommend.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Been on my TBR pile for a while. Really enjoyed it. Recommend.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
August 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Summer reading:
Been on my TBR pile for a while. Really enjoyed it. Recommend.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Been on my TBR pile for a while. Really enjoyed it. Recommend.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A beautiful gem of a book - just 154 pages. Highly recommend.
July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A beautiful gem of a book - just 154 pages. Highly recommend.
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"Give me a little less
with every dawn."
@marjorielotfi.bsky.social performs John Burnside's "Prayer" in a film directed by Savannah Acquah, from our new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
with every dawn."
@marjorielotfi.bsky.social performs John Burnside's "Prayer" in a film directed by Savannah Acquah, from our new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
Marjorie Lotfi performs "Prayer" by John Burnside
Give me a little less with every dawn:
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Give me a little less
with every dawn."
@marjorielotfi.bsky.social performs John Burnside's "Prayer" in a film directed by Savannah Acquah, from our new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
with every dawn."
@marjorielotfi.bsky.social performs John Burnside's "Prayer" in a film directed by Savannah Acquah, from our new series created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
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📢COMPETITION📢
My book "Closing the Disadvantage Gap in Schools: A Visual Workbook" is finally here & I'm giving away 2 copies. To win all you have to do is like a share this post before June 1st & I'll pick 2 winners.
Find out more about the book here: https://amzn.to/3YK7sDD
My book "Closing the Disadvantage Gap in Schools: A Visual Workbook" is finally here & I'm giving away 2 copies. To win all you have to do is like a share this post before June 1st & I'll pick 2 winners.
Find out more about the book here: https://amzn.to/3YK7sDD
May 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📢COMPETITION📢
My book "Closing the Disadvantage Gap in Schools: A Visual Workbook" is finally here & I'm giving away 2 copies. To win all you have to do is like a share this post before June 1st & I'll pick 2 winners.
Find out more about the book here: https://amzn.to/3YK7sDD
My book "Closing the Disadvantage Gap in Schools: A Visual Workbook" is finally here & I'm giving away 2 copies. To win all you have to do is like a share this post before June 1st & I'll pick 2 winners.
Find out more about the book here: https://amzn.to/3YK7sDD
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The best recent poetry – review roundup
The best recent poetry – review roundup
Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito; Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok; The Epic of Cader Idris by Samatar Elmi; A Kiss for the Absolute by Shūzō Takiguchi
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM
The best recent poetry – review roundup
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This Department for Education short course on ‘Supporting reading in secondary school’ is an excellent free resource with useful video to build understanding for this crucial area:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
April 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This Department for Education short course on ‘Supporting reading in secondary school’ is an excellent free resource with useful video to build understanding for this crucial area:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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In the first of our new series of films in collaboration with the
@brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social the poet @marjorielotfi.bsky.social reads from 'The Hebridean Crab Apple'. The film is directed by Savannah Acquah bit.ly/42EqUTq
@brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social the poet @marjorielotfi.bsky.social reads from 'The Hebridean Crab Apple'. The film is directed by Savannah Acquah bit.ly/42EqUTq
The Hebridean Crab Apple | WritersMosaic Magazine
The Hebridean Crab Apple by Marjorie Lotfi — mysterious lonely apple tree on uninhabited Hebridean island baffles scientists This, I understand: the instinct to cling, at any cost, to the place yo...
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April 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In the first of our new series of films in collaboration with the
@brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social the poet @marjorielotfi.bsky.social reads from 'The Hebridean Crab Apple'. The film is directed by Savannah Acquah bit.ly/42EqUTq
@brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social the poet @marjorielotfi.bsky.social reads from 'The Hebridean Crab Apple'. The film is directed by Savannah Acquah bit.ly/42EqUTq
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Powerpoint and IWBs - time to reclaim analogue teaching. My latest blog.
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
Powerpoint and IWBs – It’s time to reclaim analogue teaching
When was the last time you taught an individual lesson without using an interactive whiteboard, without PowerPoint, without pre prepared digital resources? When was the last time you did this for a…
thinkingflexibly.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Powerpoint and IWBs - time to reclaim analogue teaching. My latest blog.
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
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✍️ #NaPoWriMo is here with the challenge to write a poem a day! Throughout April, The Poetry Society will be featuring poetry writing prompts created by poets that we've worked with recently through competitions, publications and projects.
April 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
✍️ #NaPoWriMo is here with the challenge to write a poem a day! Throughout April, The Poetry Society will be featuring poetry writing prompts created by poets that we've worked with recently through competitions, publications and projects.
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*New post*
This time on systems and school leadership.
Beguiling events and how systems can fool school leaders
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/b...
This time on systems and school leadership.
Beguiling events and how systems can fool school leaders
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/b...
Beguiling events and how systems can fool school leaders
A system is a black box Of which we can’t unlock the locks, And all we can find out about Is what goes in and what comes out. – Extract from the poem ‘Beguiling Events’ by Kenneth Boulding, e…
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April 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
*New post*
This time on systems and school leadership.
Beguiling events and how systems can fool school leaders
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/b...
This time on systems and school leadership.
Beguiling events and how systems can fool school leaders
birminghamteacher.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/b...
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▸The fad's purpose is what it does◂
...and not what its authors thought it would do
Educational fads seen through systems theory (AKA cybernetics).
Please share (tough for bloggers recently)
#UKEd #EduSky #EruditePedagogy #Cybernetics
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▸The fad's purpose is what it does◂
...and not what its authors thought it would do
Educational fads seen through systems theory (AKA cybernetics).
Please share (tough for bloggers recently)
#UKEd #EduSky #EruditePedagogy #Cybernetics
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An (edu) fad's purpose is what it does
Not long ago a drive emerged against "fun" lessons. The push was to rid the focus on fun and return it to subject knowledge itself. Soon followed the argument that students had to accept boring lesson...
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April 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
New post⤵️
▸The fad's purpose is what it does◂
...and not what its authors thought it would do
Educational fads seen through systems theory (AKA cybernetics).
Please share (tough for bloggers recently)
#UKEd #EduSky #EruditePedagogy #Cybernetics
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
▸The fad's purpose is what it does◂
...and not what its authors thought it would do
Educational fads seen through systems theory (AKA cybernetics).
Please share (tough for bloggers recently)
#UKEd #EduSky #EruditePedagogy #Cybernetics
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
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A really brilliant blog on writing in secondary English by my colleague @andrewemc.bsky.social. A must-read in my view! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/the-wri...
The writing paradox - starting with the whole
Exploration of the importance of starting writing with a sense of the whole in mind as a challenge to the dominance of sentence-led writing pedagogies
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A really brilliant blog on writing in secondary English by my colleague @andrewemc.bsky.social. A must-read in my view! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/the-wri...
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A really good blog on the power of poetry in schools - with important messages for implementation both now and in the discussions about a newly reformed curriculum. Applies to both primary & secondary. @piecorbett.bsky.social childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/03/27/p...
Pie Corbett: Poetry – Why and How?
There is a new national curriculum in the offing and the Department for Education is producing guidance on teaching writing. A good time to ask why we should teach poetic writing? My first taste of…
childrenspoetrysummit.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A really good blog on the power of poetry in schools - with important messages for implementation both now and in the discussions about a newly reformed curriculum. Applies to both primary & secondary. @piecorbett.bsky.social childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/03/27/p...
Enjoyable day at Voice 21’s Speaking Summit in London. Particularly good to hear from teachers enacting an oracy education.
March 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Enjoyable day at Voice 21’s Speaking Summit in London. Particularly good to hear from teachers enacting an oracy education.
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My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
December 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
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Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
December 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Festive Giveaway! RT and follow by 5pm on Friday 27th December.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
I’ll pick one lucky person from all entrants on Twitter and Bluesky.
One lucky person can pick either shelf 1, 2, 3 or 4 from my Bertvent books of the year as a New Year treat!
UK only.
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Simple worksheet to help students reflect on the characterisation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/charact... 👑 🏴
December 8, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Simple worksheet to help students reflect on the characterisation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth www.douglaswise.co.uk/blog/charact... 👑 🏴
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NEW BLOG: Looking at writers - does he ever stop smoking?
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/12/look...
#engchat #engchatuk
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#engchat #engchatuk
December 8, 2024 at 12:38 PM
NEW BLOG: Looking at writers - does he ever stop smoking?
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#engchat #engchatuk
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#engchat #engchatuk
Poetry: For Edexcel A level English Lit pupils compare 21st century poems: an Unseen poem compared with a studied poem from Poems of the Decade. It gives me the wonderful excuse to wander round gorgeous recent poems. Here’s four more I’ve discovered recently mini 🧵 🎓🍎#TeamEnglish #poetry
November 24, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Poetry: For Edexcel A level English Lit pupils compare 21st century poems: an Unseen poem compared with a studied poem from Poems of the Decade. It gives me the wonderful excuse to wander round gorgeous recent poems. Here’s four more I’ve discovered recently mini 🧵 🎓🍎#TeamEnglish #poetry
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
On BBC R4 Inside Science (14 Nov) they read two poems - one was AI. To me it was blindingly obvious - but I like poetry, I read it and teach it. The example was very Hallmark card - perfect rhyme scheme, cliched imagery, dull. Worth listening to the discussion! �#EduSkyky
https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
November 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
On BBC R4 Inside Science (14 Nov) they read two poems - one was AI. To me it was blindingly obvious - but I like poetry, I read it and teach it. The example was very Hallmark card - perfect rhyme scheme, cliched imagery, dull. Worth listening to the discussion! �#EduSkyky
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Such an interesting & valuable piece on the limits of ChatGPT /Large Language Models when it comes to the meaning to be found in the ‘multiple functions’ of silence, ambiguity… #EduSky #TeamEnglish
October 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Such an interesting & valuable piece on the limits of ChatGPT /Large Language Models when it comes to the meaning to be found in the ‘multiple functions’ of silence, ambiguity… #EduSky #TeamEnglish
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Some numbers from the past 96 hours compared to a 96 hour period a week ago:
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
September 3, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Some numbers from the past 96 hours compared to a 96 hour period a week ago:
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
13M likes -> 104.6M likes
1.4M follows -> 100.8M follows
1.3M reposts -> 11M reposts
26k new users -> 2.11M new users
This really drives home how insane the increase in activity around here has been
Welcome to Bluesky :)
Another 🔥 poem to add to teaching Unseen Poetry at #AlevelEnglishLit 🎓🍎
#TeamEnglish
For me (teaching Edexcel) I would compare it with from #PoemsoftheDecade A Minor Role by UA Fanthorpe Theme: illness.
#TeamEnglish
For me (teaching Edexcel) I would compare it with from #PoemsoftheDecade A Minor Role by UA Fanthorpe Theme: illness.
August 31, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Another 🔥 poem to add to teaching Unseen Poetry at #AlevelEnglishLit 🎓🍎
#TeamEnglish
For me (teaching Edexcel) I would compare it with from #PoemsoftheDecade A Minor Role by UA Fanthorpe Theme: illness.
#TeamEnglish
For me (teaching Edexcel) I would compare it with from #PoemsoftheDecade A Minor Role by UA Fanthorpe Theme: illness.