Miss Tait

Friday afternoons spent doing poetry revision, guess the Morgan poem

First round of the Donald Dewar was smashed by this duo! Well done Daniel and Oliwia! 🥳 @LornshillLangs @Lornshill

Some of the debate team have made the trip to Napier University tonight for the final. Good luck everyone 🍀#donaldewardebatefinal

S2 are loving Percy Jackson and today we are working on making our own cabins for Camp Half-Blood #demigod #thelighteningthief @rickriordan

I’ve came in this morning and this card caught my eye. This class, my very first S1 are about to head into S4 at the change of timetable. It’s crazy to think this group of little covid S1s are now S4. They helped shape who I am as a teacher and I know they will do incredible 💛

The 2nd round is done and unfortunately Lornshill won’t be going any further but I honestly couldn’t be any prouder of my team and how they carried themselves. Tonight might feel disappointing however you’ve had an amazing experience and met this lot. #donalddewar

1A8’s Reader of the Week this week is Evie - well done Evie, proud of you. 👏#lornshillreads #readingschoolslornshill @scottishbktrust @LornshillLRC @LornshillLangs

@shs_dram It was absolutely incredible, well done to you all 🤍

I cannot express how proud I am of all of our cast and crew that performed in tonight's "Cinderella". An outstanding performance from all! 🎭🎟️🎄🎶🎩

@shs_dram rendition of “Cinderella” 👗👠 I can honestly say it was amazing and I was blown away by the whole thing. The girls also loved it and Grace has declared that “panto is the best in the world” in between shouting “he’s behind you!” 🤦🏻‍♀️ You were all incredible 🤍

@MissKirstinMG She did incredible, against a team that have won before as well. I am so proud of them

@neeks_t Fianna is buzzing. Congratulations 🎊👏

This is my debate team, there are many others like them but these ones are mine and they’ve just go through the first round of the Donald Dewar 🥳🥳

With those cold dark winter nights coming in Elmo has come home from a long week at school and decided to have a nice bubble bath and blow dry before bed. 🐘🛁 @BowhouseP2S #noelmosgotwet

@MrsBPsychology @MrTs_NQTs I was placed 1.5hrs away and had 3 kids, 2 of them under 3. I also have Crohn’s disease which the Uni were aware of however I was told as it was within the travel distance agreed then that was my placement. It wasn’t always easy but you get on with it and it was worth it

@BowhouseP2S I couldn’t find anything with their PE days so Scarlett has been full shirt and tie 🤦🏻‍♀️ Is it just a Monday?

Happy Monday P2! It is PE first thing with Mr Levy this morning. Remember to wear your PE uniform 😁.

@DiLeed @melissacreate15 @MrsKirstBarrett @EALDominicB @EAL_naldic @BellFoundation Please don’t take what I said wrongly, I am well aware that the students I am working with are incredible. At no point was I trying to infer that there was a ‘deficit’ with the child, the thing I found lacking was my ability to include students

@melissacreate15 @neeks_t @MrsKirstBarrett @EALDominicB @EAL_naldic @BellFoundation PS. Do remember that what conveys to you as ‘very limited English’ in your classroom, is only one aspect of the child’s (often multi) linguistic repertoire. Try to focus on positives rather than deficits.

I need to be able to include students in my class with very limited English. I’m not trained as an EAL teacher so don’t feel confident when selecting materials. I’ve looked for training opportunities but they come at a high cost. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

@sarah_doyley Thanks, I’ll definitely reach out

@neeks_t When we asked for our EAL advisor's advice, she took a while to come in but she directed me to a bank of resources and ideas which were really helpful as a starting point. May still be worth getting in touch. TEFL sites always have useful things, as do the British Council too

@sarah_doyley There is however it could be a while before they are able to help me, I believe the demand on their time is high. I’m looking for things which I can take responsibility for and do to make my subject and lessons as accessible as possible

@neeks_t Your LA should have an EAL advisor to support with this. Has your school ever tapped into them? May be worth speaking to someone in school and see?

@EALDominicB It won’t let me DM you for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ll definitely look at the things you have suggested though

@neeks_t @MrTs_NQTs @EdScotPLL @AppleEDU @OpenUniversity @TESOL_Assn @celt_cardiff @ELLs_uwindsor @BellFoundation DM me your email address and I'll send you some English resources. Have a look at @JKolota's pinned tweet for her summarised guides for As to Ds

@EALDominicB @MrTs_NQTs @EdScotPLL @AppleEDU @OpenUniversity @TESOL_Assn @celt_cardiff @ELLs_uwindsor @BellFoundation I teach English to 11-17 year olds. I’ve been using Microsoft translator to communicate and translate some of the text on my slides but I don’t know if I’m helping bridge the gap or creating a divide.

@MrTs_NQTs @neeks_t @EdScotPLL @AppleEDU @OpenUniversity @TESOL_Assn @celt_cardiff @ELLs_uwindsor @BellFoundation Thank you @MrTs_NQTs My pinned tweet has lots of resources, advice and guidance. @BellFoundation has lots of free webinars that are great for CPD. What subject do you teach and to what ages? twitter.com/EALDominicB/st…