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Very proud of the students and English team Dixons Trinity Chapeltown as our students achieved a P8 in English of +1.28. A few things that we think made a difference for our students, as well as a call for simplicity:

The moment a lot of you have been waiting for… The #FeedForward update has dropped! 👉ow.ly/lRcR50TE6hx #Post16 members can also dive in today! Join us next week at the Oval as we explore it further 🤩 👉ow.ly/n5KZ50TE6hA

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Disciplinary Literacy: 50 Years of Failure’ “Various curriculum updates over the last 50 years have paid too little heed to the difficulty of mediating the complex reading, writing, & talk moves undertaken in the different disciplines.” alexquigley.co.uk/disciplinary-l…

#peripeteia Team English Kathrine Mortimore TeacherofEnglishLiterature Jess David Em Miss Burt h m j Mr D Henson ACT Regional Ambassador Mr Hoole Jemma Vickers Miss R James D RKe0669 Mark Prowse David Bunker Melanie Alison Lister Reduced amazon.co.uk/Art-Poetry-vol…

I created this graphic for my students to discuss the importance of effective study strategies in addition to other factors such as pastoral support, attendance & effort. What else would you add? Sleep, exercise, nutrition, monitoring screen time, awareness of distractions

As an ever more worried father and teacher, thanks Caitlin Moran #👏🏼

#peripeteia Kerry Pulleyn Kathrine Mortimore Kate Kelly Miss M Rahman @mramjadHOD Mrs M YJ Miss Power Kevin Cobane FCCT NSIQ 📚 Katy Hestar ⭐️Gabbie Joyner⭐️ Miss C Joanna Walker Sarah Davies Lyn Lawton Miss S 🙋‍♀️🦻📚🇪🇺 MrsM Not new, but still going strong amazon.co.uk/Art-Poetry-vol…

📚 “Literacy in secondary school must not simply be seen as a basket of general skills - it must be grounded in the specifics of each subject.” This is according to our guidance on improving literacy in secondary schools. Download: eef.li/literacy-ks3-k…

Some news: Alongside my (amazing) co-authors Erica Woolway & Colleen Driggs I've just finished a new book, "The TLAC Guide to the Science of Reading." Here's a bit more about it:

This term we’ve begun a new three year project to really hone our whole school literacy, it’s called Literacy is Power Massive piece of work, which is slowly being implemented in waves over the next year

The first session briefly discussed Disciplinary Literacy, curricular thinking and the importance of knowledge (tying nicely with our work around the core knowledge last year) Kathrine Mortimore’s book is 🔥 here

NOTES ‘Great Teaching, Unpacked’ is a 4-part Netflix-style documentary from Steplab > to access, just grab some popcorn and head over to: → Steplab.co/film The docco features: • 4x 45min episodes (Harnessing Attention, Teaching Behaviour, Securing Success,

This looks positive...

‘Why should we read aloud in class?’ “The teacher reading aloud and expertly modelling fluency (pace, expression, volume etc.) is likely a better bet than selecting underpractised pupils to read.” alexquigley.co.uk/who-should-rea…

🚨 Really important research published today regarding the link between pupil attendance & attainment in Key Stages 2 and 4. Highly recommend reading. The findings are very concerning. gov.uk/government/pub… #schoolleadership #attendance #pupilabsence #pupilachievement

#Adolescence is a fantastic piece of TV, but these knee jerk reactions to show it in schools are just naive. The huge amount of attention the show is getting means so many interpretations are being pumped out. /1 (details of the show in the thread)

#peripeteia Team English National Association for the Teaching of English AQA English Chris Curtis MissR Elaine Kathrine Mortimore Alice Visser-Furay Yamina B Claire Stoneman James Durran Jamie Warner-Lynn Danielle Foster Gwenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🧙 Stephanie Keenan Kirsty B📖 Matt Lynch Audiobook of our P&C guide should be out this week!

Highly recommended Caitlin Moran Thanks Harriet Mcallister!

The Department for Education has published the new 'The Writing Framework'. This useful framework for teaching writing is for primary schools (but it will be of interest to colleagues in secondary schools & more) See here: gov.uk/government/pub…

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