You might have played Cards Against Humanity but what about ‘Cards Against Teaching’! I’ve made this game for our end of term staff meeting with over 120 cards, but it would also make the perfect inset day icebreaker for staff. Excited to play it with staff now!

In the middle of laminating displays for my classroom, I decide to clean the gutters on the conservatory. 1 hour later, I’m a mess!

How to make best use of scaffolding? After delving into the research to improve her own practice, teacher and researcher Kirstin Mulholland came up with this checklist tes.com/magazine/teach…

Got 1000 things to be doing so naturally spent an hour making an A Christmas Carol map because why not 😭 people have found these useful in the past so it's here if you fancy drive.google.com/file/d/1K0JhD6…

Another plot revision resource into the folder - this time a character tracking visual map. ⚓️ Anchor plot points 🧓 Adjectives to describe Scrooge 👻 Ideas about the ghosts 💬 Space to add quotations Available in the folder for next week's session: bit.ly/3L49veB

We are preparing for KS4 next year. It will be the first time we have Year 10 Trinity Academy Leeds. Our pedagogical 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 /1

Oh and one more: 'Macbeth' character/plot revision page ⚓️ Anchor plot points ⚔️ Adjectives to describe Macbeth 📉 Ideas about his morality 💬 Space to add quotations Available in the folder for next week's session: bit.ly/3L49veB See thread for ACC version ⬇️

A writing resource to help pupils improve their sentence variety in both fiction and non fiction writing. I have included a range of different sentences with examples. Download 👉 tinyurl.com/ysbz7x2f

Engagement strategies

Another email from a teacher to say they used this poem in an interview and secured the job! Fourth time this has happened, to my knowledge. Proud to offer the poem for free on my website - 'I DON'T LIKE POETRY': joshuaseigal.co.uk/i-dont-like-po… #edutwitter

A little reflection/pledge activity for my Y11s for the start of the new academic year Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1J3Kzyj…

Settler grid - ask students to pick one and complete at the start of class - great method for retrieval.

Macbeth mindmap #lcenglish #keavingcertenglish #postprimaryenflish #seniorenglish #alevelenglish #macbeth I’ve worked on a series of these, finished the Merchant of Venice and King Lear ones a few months ago, but hoping to collate what I’ve got and add more at some point

Enjoyed getting into my new school and putting up the displays in my classroom. Excited to start in September. #newstarts #newbeginnings

✨✨6 Quick Formative Assessments✨✨ sbee.link/qjhfna9x8v via FourOClockFaculty #teaching #learning

Have just watched Michelle Obama’s speech at yesterday’s DNC convention. Superb. There are parts that would work brilliantly for a lesson on persuasive writing and rhetoric! Team English nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/…

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 at Wellfield on your GCSE results! Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off. Wishing you all the best in your next steps. The future is bright! #TeamWellfield #WeAreWellfield #ClassOf2024💚💜

I really like this idea from Derrick Roberts! I’m going to try it with some of my students in English for the literature texts. Great to see how one idea can be utilised across different subjects. Thanks, Derrick! Team English

A couple of spelling, punctuation and grammar review sheets douglaswise.co.uk/blog/new-spell… ✍️

I start a new job on Monday and this little bundle of joy arrived a few days early so I can spend some time with him before school!