Myfanwy Edwards

25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre

Leaving this place, am on the other one but quickly becoming unsure if they’re worth it. Also on goodreads! Come to LATE and meet me in person (pinned info) Bye!

These would be great for any and all people interested in Shakespeare but think if if @mtpt_project people on mat/pat leave who fancy some free brilliant CPD this could be lovely. I loved a webinar on mat leave

@GCSE_Macbeth Whoah so cool

Free webinars? On every Shakespeare play? With Emma Smith? You're a fool if you miss these. english.ox.ac.uk/english-facult…

25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre

@DamianHinds How much evidence do you need Damian? Average teacher salaries acc. to DfE workforce census (2016). Maintained vs. Academy pay. Happy to send more as clearly know MP was willing to intervene… discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1007…

We are recruiting for HOD #English - April or Sept 2025 start. For more details and to apply careers.twyfordacademies.org.uk/vacancies/vaca…

@tombennett71 In fact drilling in English can risk ironing out complexities, lead to stale thinking rather than ongoing fresh insights, reduce the subject to a single right answer rather than multiple ones, over-play the use of learning multiple quotations, take time away from dialogue.

If you’ve been interested in conversations surrounding the English curriculum, the political aspects of change, the future of English and what’s really going on in schools do get your tickets to this: all our workshops are led by English teachers in London schools! #TeamEnglish

@katielockett @clhubes @SEAsheltie Yes because they’re to give more space for you to get out a car seat/ pushchair and for you to be closer to the shops! Such a good idea, saves a lot off trouble

@clhubes @SEAsheltie IKEA is so child friendly! Our spaces are called ‘parent & child’ and can be used by parents with kids and expectant mothers, no differentiation! Found at pretty much all large supermarkets and large malls. But they do often get taken up, not enough of them!

@msybibi Having moved schools 3 times now in 13 years I can say that you will always miss them and carry with you things you learned there and did there. Each new place helps you work out what your values are and makes you a better teacher, leader, colleague. Good luck tomorrow!

I have such mixed feelings today. I would usually have the Sunday blues on the day before a new term begins. Though I am really excited about this new chapter and adventures, my heart already misses my former colleagues and students at SB. 💔

@Strickomaster Too. Much. ‘Consistency’… Or perscriptivism. Too many meetings. Behaviour being poor. Total lack of trust. Total lack of freedom. Consistency and control freaks and admin and meetings are killing education.

@HeroicMrT @Strickomaster Heavy focus on exams too. Tail wagging the dog has made a one size fits all model much easier to create with everything f centring on whether kids can perform in a useless exam rather than teaching the subject teachers love and wanted to share with children.

@greeborunner @jdurran @MikeHaines20 I’ve had a lot of training that is quite like this. Lots of ‘just tell them’ approaches where what students think is seen as superfluous to learning in English, not everywhere but it’s definitely a thing

@jdurran @MikeHaines20 Where do you see and hear this?

@engteacherabro2 Yeah and debate was more within subjects so you might like/ critique and approach but from quite a specific standpoint. You’ve always been good at that!

@Miff__ I have a goal to share more again this year. I loved when Twitter was all about that.

Settings. Been looking at adjectives. Lesson starts with adj sort - sorting diff types of adjs (revising order of adjs). Gives ppls base vocab to start, which can be extended. Then we look at how we build these into noun phrases. Lots of mini-w work linking grammar + writing

@iconoclastic63 It truly is! Doesn’t teach them anything about language, too long, requires loads of contextual knowledge of the Victorian era for no clear reason (Aqa in particular) usually biased towards things at least half the country have very little experience of- surfing, public transport

If we look at GCSE English Lang over time the current version is the worst it has ever been - even worse than curriculum 2000 and that was pretty dreadful.

The outraged binary responses to this are incredibly unhelpful. Of course flaws in the current curriculum aren’t responsible for *all* behaviour problems in school! But are they a part of the problem? Yes. There is a long list of reasons & a list of things that can be done…1/

@1917AndAllThat There's quite a consensus that English urgently *needs* reform & that the texts on offer need to be part of this - Awarding Bodies, academic English communities, English teachers, ITT. See this report of a recent big meeting on this: englishassociation.ac.uk/summit-on-the-…

There has been an alarming rise in the number of children needing specialist treatment for severe mental health crises, despite attempts to provide more mental health support in schools tes.com/magazine/news/…