The Writing Web ✍🏾

#TheWritingWeb nurtures young people’s enjoyment in writing. It provides them space, support and time to write for their own audiences and purposes. This insightful blog post from @TeresaCremin highlights why. teachersaswriters.org/general/writin…

@rilaws @MikeDrucker I was constantly reading during the first term of my A Levels; not Frankenstein, though. Bagged myself an excellent grade when I submitted my end of term assignment and ended up blitzing it in bed with a hangover on Boxing Day. 🧡

@MikeDrucker One can’t be a professional writer if one hasn’t written a long paper about a book one hasn’t actually read (just speaking hypothetically)

A whole generation losing the genuinely important ability to bullshit through an annoying assignment

1. Maus won a Pulitzer Prize. The only graphic novel to ever do so. 2. It's used to teach the Holocaust in schools and universities across the world. 3. Calling graphic novels 'glorified comic books' just announces you've never actually read one.

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Sinners (Mo' Better Blues) - Wu-Tang Clan 🙌🏾 youtube.com/watch?v=G3hwP6…

The word is.. Sinner The song is.. Sinner - The Last Dinner Party @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 All welcome to join..

Today we're at the Postal Museum Stores in Debden. And yes, you can visit too, although the tours are currently sold out. It's not just post boxes - there are also post vehicles, sorting and stamping machines, and much more! #postboxsaturday

Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George V pillar box that was planted on The Webb Estate in Purley at the time the village was established. 💌 @letterappsoc

#MISSING | Isaiah, 14, is missing. He was last seen in Purley on Sunday, 10 May. It’s believed he could be in Caterham in Surrey and is known to frequent the Croydon, Lewisham and Lambeth areas. Anyone with information should call 101 and quote CAD 831/10MAY.

Pupil’s comments on reading could be read alongside @BarbaraBleiman 's recent posts re hyper-control of English teaching: englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/how-a-mat… @englishspecial

“Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helter-skelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts.” (Nick Bantock) ✉️

@mandamary69 @Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 So Far Away Dire Straits youtu.be/YIHMPc6ZCuI?si…

The word is.. Furniture The song is.. Chaise Longue - Wet Leg @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 All welcome to join..

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi 🧡 youtube.com/watch?v=NvR60W…

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Billy Idol - Shock To The System 🧡youtube.com/watch?v=lx2fZU…

The word is.. Shock The song is.. Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 All welcome to join..

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Avicii - Levels 🧡 youtube.com/watch?v=_ovdm2…

The word is.. Level The song is.. Something About You - Level 42 @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 All welcome to join..

Something interesting you might not have realized: A number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable... But VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable. -SUSpect/susPECT -CONflict/conFLICT -PROtest/proTEST -CONvert/conVERT

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Together Forever - Rick Astley 🧡 youtube.com/watch?v=yPYZpw…

The word is.. Join The song is.. All Together Now - The Farm @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 All welcome to join..

@Cozyreads_ Truth. 🙌🏾 Song lyrics, too. 🧡

Well said @frankcottrellboyce! Joy and happiness do not come from technology.

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@FlyFifer10 16 - fast friendships formed in a collection of long-gone Croydon boozers. I was born in 1979. The common practice amongst my peers was to photocopy your birth certificate at the library, cut out the 7 and stick it over the final 9, before photocopying again. 🧡

Remember when you first went out to pubs and the oldest looking one was always sent to the bar to get served whilst rest sitting down hoping you didn't get asked your age. How old were you you when you started going to pubs? (16 for me)