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At our #LabourConference24 fringe event this morning, we asked attendees what oracy means to them. Starting with Geoff Barton "It puts joy into learning"

Much to celebrate & think on after our successful GCSE English Reform event! Shakespeare’s Globe as partners & generous supporters- huge thanks ! & to all contributors incl. Robert Eaglestone Lola Young Dr Lorna Smith Emma Smith, Lucy Cuthbertson , facilitators & scribes. A significant day!

A webinar that explores how to construct a 'big picture' unit of work and challenges the idea that you can plan English work in a simple component-by-component sequence. You get a unit of work, with 6 poems too! englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/e5d2f7…

Thought-provoking, balanced, insightful and knowledgeable piece in the latest National Association for the Teaching of English English in Education journal

Really looking forward to doing this webinar again with Andrew McCallum, especially after the great response from teachers last time! englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/613aca…

The quotation at the bottom of this slide, which I'm using in a webinar this week, is so important to bear in mind when planning for secondary English. Not everything can be neatly sequenced. In fact, most of what we do can't be neatly sequenced, not in a way that helps learning

The window to buy the EMC Autumn webinar package closed last week. Really heartwarming to see those who bought it for their school booking on to the first live event on Thursday. Bookings for individual courses still open englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/e5d2f7…

Really interesting blog from Socialist Educational Association which rightly locates Tory policy in the Black Papers of the 1970s. What the blog could have added was how deeply racist some of those papers were educationpolitics.substack.com/p/taking-stock…

EMC CPD Online: Grammar – Getting the Balance Right at KS3 (6.11.24) Andrew cuts through the myths and misconceptions to help you get your grammar teaching right at KS3. Book your place by 8.00am on 4 Nov tinyurl.com/454u4tzp Andrew McCallum

EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Assessment – Principles & Practices (19.11.24) "I came away buzzing with ideas and a vision of how I would love to change what we do, and elements of how we do it." Book your place by 8.00am on 15 Nov tinyurl.com/bd9p8scx Andrew McCallum

EMC CPD Online: Audience with a GCSE Poet – Liz Berry, AQA Worlds and Lives (24.10.24) A chance to hear live from poet Liz Berry and put your questions to her. Book your place by 8.00am on 22 Oct tinyurl.com/42we23nw Andrew McCallum

Terrific piece, opening up serious questions that go well beyond what to ‘keep in’, ‘add’ or ‘lose’ in curriculum reform. Great on linearity, subject differences, complexity & the journey not being the same as the outcome.

At what point will govt sit up & take notice? GCSE English results are of critical importance to students, for future study & employment. Also to schools & teachers proving 'success' to Ofsted. Yet, as Mark Roberts says, the system is broken! It's not reliable.

"Stifle talk and you stifle thinking. Stifle thinking and you stifle learning ... ": a terrific, uplifting account of #oracy in action from Andrew McCallum (HT Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation): buff.ly/4fA55ZW

I offered some thoughts to the arguments about knowledge that blew up on X a few days ago. X isn't great for extended thinking, so I've done a short blog, raising a few points about the past period from my pov & interest in knowledge in subject English. barbarableiman.com/post/my-take-o…

Spring course programme up and ready to book. Including the Spring Webinar Package, with access for all your department! englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/ englishandmedia.co.uk/workshops/2079…

This is an absolute must-read by the brilliant @DamsonEd! Some of us have been trying to make these points for a long while, especially about reading being more than decoding, and meaning being more than words in isolation from text.

Jaw is dropping afresh on reading this, even tho general position on Ofsted's misuse of research ev in these reviews is well-known. One finding: Ofsted based a statement in its report on the findings of a study involving only four children,then "generalis[ed] to all children"

5 HOURS TO GO! Our summer webinar package is available to buy until 5pm this afternoon. Give your team the gift of CPD! englishandmedia.co.uk/workshops/20...