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Kathrine Mortimore
@kathrine28.bsky.social
AP for Literacy, English, Media and PD at Torquay Academy. Researched tackling disadvantage through MSt at Cambridge. Author 'Disciplinary Literacy', co-author 'Art of...' series.
This book has given me so many ideas for next year. We will be celebrating International Men's Day! @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social @hcat201.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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My website includes regular blogs, my fortnightly newsletter ('the 3Rs') and a range of free resources.
In the next few weeks, I'll be sharing new writing on study skills, vocabulary, writing, and lots more stuff!

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alexquigley.co.uk
August 28, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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Hello #edusky! @richkhistory.bsky.social and I are running this webinar series this autumn…

All about teaching disciplinary thinking (‘second order concepts’) in history….

www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
August 27, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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This hopefully explains it in context 🙂: researchschool.org.uk/huntington/n...
Case study: The Faster Read programme at Scalby School
Can fast reading novels improve pupils' comprehension? A secondary school case study
researchschool.org.uk
August 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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@kathrine28.bsky.social I have just read this which I found really interesting and I now finally understand standardised age scores!
August 26, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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New post

Humans first, professionals second

As we think about how we treat one another at the start of the new year

open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
Humans first, professionals second
Well hello there, and welcome to update #089!
open.substack.com
August 24, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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Here is a folder of literacy resources that might be useful:
📘 library lesson booklets with extracts and creative writing tasks for y7 and 8;
📘 vocabulary template used to create our school dictionary;
📘 literacy strategy;
📘 disciplinary literacy wider reading.

drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Literacy Resources - Google Drive
drive.google.com
August 20, 2024 at 6:25 AM
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Celebrating the arrival of @helenprince.bsky.social and @kathrine28.bsky.social here on #EduSky by sharing this podcast on disciplinary literacy - the most listened to episode on the Oxford Education Podcast. #UKEd
oxfordeducationpodcast.blubrry.net/2022/01/13/2...
27. Disciplinary literacy in the classroom with Kathrine Mortimore - Oxford Education Podcast
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August 23, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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Excellent blog on reading a complex text (using a geography example) to exemplify a helpful disciplinary literacy approach by @jdurran.bsky.social

jamesdurran.blog/2024/08/19/d...
Disciplinary literacy: reading a challenging text in the classroom
This post unpacks a typical approach to reading a challenging text, in this case in a geography lesson. It also describes a number of practices associated with strong ‘adaptive teaching’. Reading chal...
jamesdurran.blog
August 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Here is a folder of literacy resources that might be useful:
📘 library lesson booklets with extracts and creative writing tasks for y7 and 8;
📘 vocabulary template used to create our school dictionary;
📘 literacy strategy;
📘 disciplinary literacy wider reading.

drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Literacy Resources - Google Drive
drive.google.com
August 20, 2024 at 6:25 AM