Nothing like leading two hours of whole-school CPD training on a Thursday in Week 8, complete with role play, to make yourself staffroom enemy number one!

Happy "Thank a Teacher Day" to all who celebrate and all the wonderful teachers who are making a difference against all the odds.

Is there a better feeling than when students come out of an exam all positive and excited because they worked so hard to get where they are. Unbelievably proud of my class and form today. Superstars - every one of them!

It's strange to think that those lovely Year 7s in my training year @manchesteracademy.bsky.social took their GCSEs today. Wishing them all the luck in the world!

What are the cool YA books at the moment? Feel my recommendations are getting a bit stale #yafiction #reading #booksky

Teacher mistakes I will forget I made and will probably make again

Writing Belle ends their engagement on the board.

Back running training for awesome English trainees again today. Focus on planning - both lesson and long term. It will be a busy day!

Power and Conflict poster. Images are AI generated so don't look too closely!

Not in colour - who has the printing credit for that!

My worst nightmare happened today. I got locked in at school. That will teach me for working in the holidays.

#TeamEnglish - A synthesis and summary of the AQA English Language Paper 1 Examiners' Report for June 2024: 1drv.ms/w/c/4ca27bf9...

(Paper 2 to follow shortly)

I can't really stop thinking about The Silence Project by @carolehailey.bsky.social. This is the bit that's always missing in dystopian books- how did it get like this. The absolute horror is so slowly unfurled that you barely realise it is happening before it's too late. Could not be more relevant.

Canva has introduced an AI image generator. Had a go at creating characters from Macbeth and the results are pretty good #teamenglish

Sharing this again for the new #teamenglish