Mrs Hammonds

@JamesTheo Billy and Ben - makes me smile every time

Teachers, what have been your favourite 'register quirks'? By this I mean when your class register aligns in such a way as to throw up a fun combination. For example, I had a 'Will' followed by a 'Grace' on a register. I also had surname 'Nurse' followed by surname 'Patient'.

We are currently seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and passionate Cover Supervisor. The successful candidate will supervise whole classes during short term absence of teachers. To find out more click below👇👇 nclt.ac.uk/vacancies/?vac…

@Shabnamagram Really? How come? We’ve switched both but I’m more convinced by Language than Lit currently

@MsJHammonds We’ve switched Lit to Eduqas. Much prefer it!

Any fellow English teachers recently made the switch to Eduqas and know who to follow etc.?

@Solasogood @Shabnamagram Yep!

@Shabnamagram @MsJHammonds Can you do different specs for Lit and Lang?

@busyasabeaver @hugh_lester @EduqasH @Eduqas_English @Eduqas_EdRes @coldhamwjec @eduqa Thanks!

@MsJHammonds Try these for starters: @hugh_lester @EduqasH @Eduqas_English @Eduqas_EdRes @coldhamwjec @eduqa

@SaysMiss Gather the Daughters is what I read after this

Really, very, very good. Any recommendations for someone on a female protagonist, dystopian-y, science fiction-y, oddball rabbit hole? Previous landmarks include The Wives Under the Sea, The Wall, Trespasses, Twelve Moons..

Will I ever not find students calling the Duchess’s husband the Dutch endearing?

As international research suggests teaching the same class for more than a year has a positive effect on attainment, attendance and behaviour, @AlexJQuigley considers if the practice could work in England tes.com/magazine/teach…

@Ms__Waheed_ Thanks 🥰🥰🥰 he’s adorable

First ever half term since I started teaching that I’m not ‘going back’ for… 3 weeks into a different kind of role now!

The #1 problem/weakness in teaching and how to address it. teacherhead.com/2019/10/04/the… Now with an awesome infographic by @olicav to download from the linked post.

@Ms__Waheed_ Thanks!! 🥰 I need it 😅

Walking out of work for the last time before Maternity Leave has very much this feeling about it:

Getting back into the school work mindset today - if I start off by reworking Schemes of Learning then I always feel excited to teach 🤓

🚨Bank Holiday Book Giveaway🚨 This bank holiday weekend, I’m giving away 3 signed copies of ‘Closing the Writing Gap’! ✍️ Simply RETWEET to enter. Winners drawn on Monday 29th August 🤞 [Grab the ‘Practical Strategies’ chapter from the book HERE: bit.ly/3QRvFC6]

Educators and Librarians! I’m giving away a set of hardcover books and audiobooks here and a set on Instagram! I hope you’ll share these with kids or colleagues, add them to your library, or enjoy them. To enter to win, retweet and follow me. Tag a friend for double entry!

If anyone has ever taught Valentine by Duffy I think you can all respect the end of year gift I received today:

good morning to every english teacher who woke up this morning like “today’s the day I assign a short story that will haunt them till the day they die”

2️⃣ As well as suggesting X, Y also seems to imply… 3️⃣ When one thinks of X one perhaps imagines… 4️⃣ The use of X, unlike Y, suggests… 5️⃣ Pressing upon this further… 6️⃣ In suggesting this, perhaps the image also conveys… 7️⃣ Staying with this image, perhaps it also… /3