
Miss McCormac
@missmccormac
Head of English/AAHT at Fulham Cross Academy (formerly Fulham College Boys' School)
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https://www.fulhamcrossacademy.co.uk/ 14-06-2017 20:26:42
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“10 reasons why reading aloud matters”: a lovely literacy blog by Andy Samways: blinks.education/guestColumn.php (via Roy Blatchford)




Listening to David Didau speak about intelligent accountability in the final session of #rED22. Some interesting points about transparency. Managers need to design systems that are open and honesty - but specifying our goals too precisely may not be helpful.


Fabulous day! Brilliant talk by the amazing Tom Sherrington . Feel so empowered having been surrounded by such an eclectic range of thinkers. #researchED #rEd22 #bestjobintheworld #neverstoplearning


Ameenamahetar Team English Matt Lynch Laura Webb Stuart Pryke Andy Frame it as the text as agent acting on the reader. e.g. the text… urges the reader forces the reader encourages the reader reveals… to the reader … to examine/question/interrogate/consider/imagine… Or as the reader as agent - the reader… wonders realises experiences etc.

I've now illustrated the first six poems for AQA English GCSE Power and Conflict poetry. The videos can be used in class to help students visualise language or for revision. Check out my YouTube playlist! youtube.com/playlist?list=… #teamenglish #edutwitter #English #gcse2023 #art




👀Introducing my new 'Fluency Friday' post where I will share research, reading & resources to support you with developing reading fluency in the classroom. First up is the blog I wrote for EEF and you can read it here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blog-… Happy reading!

A perfect visual example from Doug Lemov InnerDrive Brad Busch Luke Tayler of how combining ‘Cold Calling’ with ‘Wait Time’ can make questioning your classroom superpower 🦸♂️





Fulham Cross Academy Lots of students getting their well-earned GCSE results at Fulham Cross Academy today.


Last night Jacob in Y10 won the regional finals of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge beating 14 other finalists from all the other H&F Council Schools. He gave a superb speech on human connection - this is the first time in the history of the JP Challenge that our school has won🥇
