Bethan Grace Thomas
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Bethan Grace Thomas
@mrsbgteach.bsky.social
HoD English & Literacy, former regional adviser for Literacy and Pedagogy in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Mami • AoEA Associate • Media/Film • Cymraes • MCCT• Litcast pod host • MA Classics Y2 • T&L geek • doodler

Free resources to use/edit:
https://linktr.ee/mrsbgteach
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Hello Bluesky! I’m currently seconded as a T&L Adviser but I’m an English/Media teacher by trade - if you’re interested in any of these resources,the pinned link takes you to my drive where you can download pdf & editable versions of everything #resources #teamenglish #englishteaching #onepageguides
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Systematic inclusion: Is literally everyone thinking, talking, practising, learning? How much does it matter to you?
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Systematic inclusion: Is literally everyone thinking, talking, practising, learning? How much does it matter to you.
I’m often struck by just how deeply embedded some ineffective teacher habits are.  I see it as a collective more than an individual problem. Faced with the inherent challenges that teac…
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June 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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We are so grateful to our magical supporters who’ve got us so close to our goal.

Please help us get that last little bit so we can bring poetry to state secondary schools all over the UK!

#poetry #secondaryschool #fundraising

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Poetry Books for Secondary School Libraries
Many secondary school libraries have a very limited selection of poetry books. We try to donate over 1000 books a year to secondary school libraries - with your help!
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April 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
After over 3 years of Lead Prac & advisory roles, I say goodbye to @CSCJES today to return to @StCyresSchool. It’s been a privilege to work with schools across the region and with such a great team. Diolch to anyone who engaged with PL, projects or support- you’ve been amazing 🥰
March 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s half term (finally) and this dropped through my letterbox! Can’t believe I didn’t get it sooner - so many ideas and ways to improve my use of graphic organisers #resources #edulit @olicav #teaching #dualcoding #cognitiveload #cpd
February 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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If you're feeling more than just tired, please ask for help. Don't leave it until you've reached crisis point.

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February 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sharing the love today with daily Litcast episodes! An Inspector Calls characters, context, plot and themes all covered daily this week and next. Feel free to use and share! #aninspectorcalls #englishteaching #edusky #podcast #englishlit open.spotify.com/show/3BGPXSO...
February 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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💻 FOBISIA Webinar - Working Memory: Strategies to Support All Learners

In this session Kate Jones will provide a wide range of workload friendly, evidence-based and practical examples for the classroom.

🗓️18th February
🕓 8:00 GMT
💷 FREE

Register here: https://buff.ly/3Q7oZkn
February 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📢Calling all teachers in Wales📢
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💥Fantastic opportunity alert💥

Jolly Phonics is offering a free day of training for their Jolly Classroom SSP programme on Friday 7th March in Merthyr.

Sign up here: jolly-technologies.n...
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just an FYI: the cheesy/cringey ‘logo’ on my new resources (and I’m working my way through the back catalogue) is not an ego thing (promise!) - I found a few of my resources on TES behind a paywall so I’m trying to balance protecting my work with sharing for free 😔 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Some evening prep means new resources! An Inspector Calls character drills and quotation drills for act 2. Hope they're useful, and will work with the updated spec for Wales too! @englishassociation.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social #edusky #englishteaching #aninspectorcalls #gcse #wjec
February 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m late to the party, but Severance is one of the best shows I have seen in a long while. Top tier artistry on TV #severance #welcomebackmarks
February 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My #kinglear essay writing guide to mastery is up - designed to be a reference resource over several lessons. The final page is for highlighting/discussing AO integration etc. Hope it’s useful - more bits going up soon! #edusky #eduwales #englishteaching #englishlit drive.google.com/file/d/1gpFc...
essay mastery guide KL.pdf
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January 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Creating improvement means changing yours or others' behaviours. Check out our sketchnote on the three things that are needed to make that happen.

www.impact.wales for more free resources and professional learning for teachers and schools.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hello to the influx of new followers! I hope this is a warm fuzzy nerdy space for us to chat all things teaching, learning and literacy. If you’ve come from X, please share with others so we can rebuild the community on the brighter side of the internet 📚 😊
January 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Well I failed at nerdy dry January. Whoops #edulit #edusky #cpdlit #johncatt #bookaddict
January 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Providing feedback to pupils is only half the story, you also need to make sure they act on that feedback and think deeply about the improvement they need to make.

This is where active feedback tasks come in. Contact us for professional learning that has impact [email protected]
January 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Being sofa bound with a cough this weekend can only mean good things for my resource bank! This and some AIC Act 2 quotation drills coming soon! #edusky #teamenglish #kinglear #eduwales #wjec #alevel #englishlit
January 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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January 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I've also finally managed to finish this mini monster! King Lear knowledge organiser - I proofread until my head and eyes said no more, so if there are any typos let me know! Nadolig Llawen! 🎄🎅 #teachingwales #englishteacher #teamenglish #kinglear #wjec drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mo...
December 22, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Here they are: eleven quotation drills for Act 1 of An Inspector Calls. These are tailored to WJEC view?pli=1 but should work for others too. Hope they are useful! #englishlit #aninspectorcalls #gcseliterature #wjec #teachingwales drive.google.com/file/d/1UB-j...
December 22, 2024 at 8:07 AM
I’m running FREE live online revision sessions over the break for anyone taking the WJEC Lit Unit 1 GCSE in January - please share with anyone who may want a boost or some last minute prep! #englishlit #wjecenglish @teamenglish1.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Getting back into the swing of teaching with an evening making quotation drills! Always loved this idea from @spryke2.bsky.social #edusky #teamenglish #litdrive #englishwales #aninspectorcalls #quotations #englishteaching #englishlit
December 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Very excited to get this today! With the demands of the new English GCSE, efficient feedback is more important than ever to balance learner progress with teacher workload & wellbeing.Can’t wait to explore some strategies in practice! @StCyresSchool @EnglishWales @katejonesteach.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 3:20 PM