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Priscilla Queen of the Desert is flamboyant, fabulous and fun and at @TheWaterside1 until 9 May. Be your fabulous self! @PriscillaTourUK jasminestorm.com/post/priscilla…

NEW BLOG: Oracy - talk is cheap but group work is costly …ingfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2026/05/oracy-…

@MrsEnglishHoD @Team_English1 @researchEDWarr @beingbrilliant

I’m looking for an inspirational speaker to come into school on the first day back in September and deliver whole staff CPD to inspire and motivate - any recommendations?? @Team_English1 @researchEDWarr

NEW BLOG: What I go to school for? Exams …ingfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2026/04/what-d…

*NEW* for AQA: English Lang & Lit mock exam trackers, using June 2025 boundaries and RAG rating for QLA, for each paper like so 👇 Retweet and help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/f3mf77e…

@EnglandLearning my daughter is enrolled on a course to start this eve and we have no login email - can you help? (It isn’t in junk)

📢 Free Webinar Corpus Linguistics: Skills for the Future. Join @danagablas and @elenasemino to explore how corpus methods shape healthcare communication & GenAI tools in language learning. 📷 22 July 2025 | 2-3pm (UK time) 📷 Register free: forms.office.com/e/uppRBrE5AF

Senior football finals: As we go into Easter, here’s something to put in your diary for the start of the new term. #parktooty #teamrps #proudrps ⚽️❤️

I cannot say this enough. Schools cannot hold up the whole world. Housing, jobs, dentistry, doctors: we need other policy areas to work if there’s any chance at improving children’s lives.

A final thread from Geoff and Margaret: Retirement Tales was born on this date three years ago. As we all headed into 2022, I wanted to share the adventures that Margaret and I were about to have, as we answered The Call and returned to the classroom. 1/

Many, many thanks for all the kind comments on my being awarded a CBE. Tonight I’ll raise a glass to the amazing pupils, colleagues and leaders I’ve worked with, learnt from, and been privileged to represent over a career of almost 40 years. A happy new year to you all.

Of all the toys and resources we've reminisced about, it's Fuzzy Felt which has had the biggest and most passionate response!

@DeputyGrocott Couldn’t the elf go away for a few days - needs to get back in time to help Santa …?

I’ve still got 10 bloody elf ideas to come up with! 😭

@DeputyGrocott It’s brilliant - I have the paid for version for the four of us - silver I think. Worth it. And the free version with my Mum on.

Just discovered Life360. Now this is a whole new ball game when you have children with phones!

NEW COURSE! EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Reading Fictional Minds: Viewpoints & Character in English Lang Lit A cross-specification course developed in line with the most recent advances in literary-linguistic scholarship. Book by 8am on 13 Jan 2025 tinyurl.com/59tvbwy2

I’m trying to source a snow machine. Twitter used to do kind things and people would ‘like’ and ‘repost’ pleas like this. Is that still a thing? Please repost if you can! 😊

@EyesShutTeacher @Gwenelope LOVED them. 51 😱

OK so who remembers Elinor M Brent-Dyer’s Chalet School books and how old are you? I’ve been drawing blank looks this week 👵

This is great. The importance of teaching art. @NSEAD1 @AnneQuinton @DebHepps @Jobaker9 @LouiseClazey @artteachjess @SophieLeach_