Christina W
@tinarice.bsky.social
29 years an English teacher, & HOD. Mum to 2 amazing human beans and a cat. Wife to a lovely Yorkshireman (since 2001).
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Think of scaffolds like a ladder. 🪜
They help students climb to independence, but they’re not meant to stay forever. Learn when to remove them for maximum impact: https://buff.ly/3Qgi5cF
They help students climb to independence, but they’re not meant to stay forever. Learn when to remove them for maximum impact: https://buff.ly/3Qgi5cF
February 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Think of scaffolds like a ladder. 🪜
They help students climb to independence, but they’re not meant to stay forever. Learn when to remove them for maximum impact: https://buff.ly/3Qgi5cF
They help students climb to independence, but they’re not meant to stay forever. Learn when to remove them for maximum impact: https://buff.ly/3Qgi5cF
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My first BlueSky resource share! A new booklet designed to help students with considering quotations from the literature texts. As always… use/chuck/change as you see fit! @teamenglish1.bsky.social
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/eimu1...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/eimu1...
August 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
My first BlueSky resource share! A new booklet designed to help students with considering quotations from the literature texts. As always… use/chuck/change as you see fit! @teamenglish1.bsky.social
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/eimu1...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/eimu1...
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New blog:
On rewards and praise. How do we create a system that builds the behaviours we want in our students?
Was supposed to be short, but instead I hope it's comprehensive and useful.
#EduSky #UKed #education #cogscisci
adam-robbins.com/2024/08/20/p...
On rewards and praise. How do we create a system that builds the behaviours we want in our students?
Was supposed to be short, but instead I hope it's comprehensive and useful.
#EduSky #UKed #education #cogscisci
adam-robbins.com/2024/08/20/p...
Praise and rewards: How to get it right in schools
Praise is used in schools in a multitude of ways. The psychology of praise is fascinating and confounding. Often things we praise students for are poorly thought out and can have unintended consequenc...
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August 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
New blog:
On rewards and praise. How do we create a system that builds the behaviours we want in our students?
Was supposed to be short, but instead I hope it's comprehensive and useful.
#EduSky #UKed #education #cogscisci
adam-robbins.com/2024/08/20/p...
On rewards and praise. How do we create a system that builds the behaviours we want in our students?
Was supposed to be short, but instead I hope it's comprehensive and useful.
#EduSky #UKed #education #cogscisci
adam-robbins.com/2024/08/20/p...
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In the canteen, we display a rolling PPT: things that have happened in school, club timetables, news, weather etc. Great for culture! We also show things to prompt convos - dingbats, jokes, facts... I'm sharing the first 50 days here in case they are of use to anyone else! tinyurl.com/canteenICS
Dropbox
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August 20, 2024 at 4:37 PM
In the canteen, we display a rolling PPT: things that have happened in school, club timetables, news, weather etc. Great for culture! We also show things to prompt convos - dingbats, jokes, facts... I'm sharing the first 50 days here in case they are of use to anyone else! tinyurl.com/canteenICS
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Hello #EduSky - as you brace yourself for the return to school, remember that Education Support is there for you no matter what you need to talk through. Call 08000 562 561 to speak to a qualified counsellor, any time of day - or term! Please make sure your team know we’re here for them too
August 20, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Hello #EduSky - as you brace yourself for the return to school, remember that Education Support is there for you no matter what you need to talk through. Call 08000 562 561 to speak to a qualified counsellor, any time of day - or term! Please make sure your team know we’re here for them too
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This resonates, a lot, both professionally and personally.
Looking forward to the follow ups! @priteshraichura.bsky.social
Looking forward to the follow ups! @priteshraichura.bsky.social
*NEW blog* Do your pupils work hard enough?
Inspired by discussions on Bluesky earlier.
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Inspired by discussions on Bluesky earlier.
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Do your pupils work hard enough?
Let's indulge in two thought experiments. Scenario 1. Imagine you have no data about a class you start to teach in September. You have no knowledge about their prior attainment and no knowledge about ...
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August 18, 2024 at 7:39 AM
This resonates, a lot, both professionally and personally.
Looking forward to the follow ups! @priteshraichura.bsky.social
Looking forward to the follow ups! @priteshraichura.bsky.social
September 2024 will be the start of my 29th year teaching English, more recently also as head of department. So much has changed, some for the better, some not. Good luck to anyone starting out this year 🍀
August 18, 2024 at 6:54 PM
September 2024 will be the start of my 29th year teaching English, more recently also as head of department. So much has changed, some for the better, some not. Good luck to anyone starting out this year 🍀
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‘How to do disciplinary literacy?’
“Done well, and done collaboratively, disciplinary literacy can offer pupils a set of tools to crack open the curriculum.”
alexquigley.co.uk/what-is-disc...
“Done well, and done collaboratively, disciplinary literacy can offer pupils a set of tools to crack open the curriculum.”
alexquigley.co.uk/what-is-disc...
How to do disciplinary literacy?
How pupils read, write, talk, and the vocabulary they use in every classroom is specialist and unique. There are general words and literacy strategies to deploy, but as pupils move up through school, ...
alexquigley.co.uk
August 17, 2024 at 10:55 AM
‘How to do disciplinary literacy?’
“Done well, and done collaboratively, disciplinary literacy can offer pupils a set of tools to crack open the curriculum.”
alexquigley.co.uk/what-is-disc...
“Done well, and done collaboratively, disciplinary literacy can offer pupils a set of tools to crack open the curriculum.”
alexquigley.co.uk/what-is-disc...
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If you are line managing colleagues this year, here is my summary of the issues we face and what we can do about them...
#UKEd
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/how-do-...
#UKEd
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/how-do-...
How do we get line management right?
I want to be a better line manager. Line management meetings are essential for supporting and developing leaders and I have been thinking about how I can get it right next year. However, the more I th...
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August 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM
If you are line managing colleagues this year, here is my summary of the issues we face and what we can do about them...
#UKEd
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/how-do-...
#UKEd
www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/how-do-...
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Really looking forward to teaching KS4 again in September. Year 10 kick off with this beauty.
Our approach is underpinned by the following principles:
✅️Warm read of whole text prior to study.
✅️An enquiry-led approach to track character/themes across a text, rather than a chronological study.
Our approach is underpinned by the following principles:
✅️Warm read of whole text prior to study.
✅️An enquiry-led approach to track character/themes across a text, rather than a chronological study.
August 18, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Really looking forward to teaching KS4 again in September. Year 10 kick off with this beauty.
Our approach is underpinned by the following principles:
✅️Warm read of whole text prior to study.
✅️An enquiry-led approach to track character/themes across a text, rather than a chronological study.
Our approach is underpinned by the following principles:
✅️Warm read of whole text prior to study.
✅️An enquiry-led approach to track character/themes across a text, rather than a chronological study.
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One last time for this:
Friday's blog post.
PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #34 featuring the marshmallow test; Year 10 boys, and neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Friday's blog post.
PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #34 featuring the marshmallow test; Year 10 boys, and neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #34 featuring the marshmallow test; Year 10 boys, and neoliberalism
Two great links and one I wish was better.
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August 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
One last time for this:
Friday's blog post.
PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #34 featuring the marshmallow test; Year 10 boys, and neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
Friday's blog post.
PREMIUM: Two Stars and a Wish #34 featuring the marshmallow test; Year 10 boys, and neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/andrewol...
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KS3 curriculum re-write for my new English dept. Similar to previous. I've made vocabulary ppts for Y7, Y8, Y9 for the linked vocab so we can use regularly in class. Copies in my dropbox if useful to anyone www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rxra0...
#Edusky #UKEd @teamenglish1.bsky.social
#Edusky #UKEd @teamenglish1.bsky.social
August 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
KS3 curriculum re-write for my new English dept. Similar to previous. I've made vocabulary ppts for Y7, Y8, Y9 for the linked vocab so we can use regularly in class. Copies in my dropbox if useful to anyone www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rxra0...
#Edusky #UKEd @teamenglish1.bsky.social
#Edusky #UKEd @teamenglish1.bsky.social
Happy 2nd birthday to this butterfly-chasing, sofa-shredding, scritch-loving minx - miss Smudge, the real boss.
August 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Happy 2nd birthday to this butterfly-chasing, sofa-shredding, scritch-loving minx - miss Smudge, the real boss.
On Caturday afternoon - meet Smudge 🐈⬛
August 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
On Caturday afternoon - meet Smudge 🐈⬛
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Very useful and positive messages about subject English coming out of @englishassociation.bsky.social re English A-level data analysis. ⬇️
Key messages from us on the English A-level results. 🧵
English remains a very popular A-level choice and numbers are growing. More than 60,000 A-levels in English were awarded in 2024.
1/5 #EduSky #TeamEnglish
English remains a very popular A-level choice and numbers are growing. More than 60,000 A-levels in English were awarded in 2024.
1/5 #EduSky #TeamEnglish
August 15, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Very useful and positive messages about subject English coming out of @englishassociation.bsky.social re English A-level data analysis. ⬇️
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All of my Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 resources in one big folder just in time for the switch over to #EduSky - still haven’t sorted Key Stage 5 but will do very soon 🥰 any new schemes I make before September will be shared separately!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Key Stage 3 and 4 - Google Drive
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August 13, 2024 at 7:32 PM
All of my Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 resources in one big folder just in time for the switch over to #EduSky - still haven’t sorted Key Stage 5 but will do very soon 🥰 any new schemes I make before September will be shared separately!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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I am ready for my closeup now, Mrs Writer - Part 2
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-am...
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I am ready for my closeup now, Mrs Writer (Part 2) - the special edition
I wrote on using film clips to explore structure and the structure question on the exam paper last year. Here is the link to the blog: http...
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August 13, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I am ready for my closeup now, Mrs Writer - Part 2
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-am...
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-am...
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The problems with words and vocabulary - why I think we have focused too much on vocabulary
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The problem with words and vocabulary
Vocabulary is great at times, but we are in danger of infantilising students, if all we do is teach words. For teachers of A-Level English ...
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August 13, 2024 at 6:46 PM
The problems with words and vocabulary - why I think we have focused too much on vocabulary
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-...
learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-...
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The definitive #TeamEnglish list. Reply here if you want to be added bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 12, 2024 at 4:54 AM
The definitive #TeamEnglish list. Reply here if you want to be added bsky.app/profile/did:...
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“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.” (Terry Pratchett, cribbing from James D Nicoll)
August 8, 2024 at 9:17 PM
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.” (Terry Pratchett, cribbing from James D Nicoll)