Also made a motif tracker for the motif of hands at the start of the play - my Y11s have only read act 1 and 2 so far and we will revisit the motif at the end of the play - again, use if helpful!

If anyone is interested in joining me in English and wants to see KC in action, drop me a message - we’re looking for exceptional teachers who want to help shape teaching and learning and whole school literacy/reading! Northants Teaching Educating Northants

When you have Year 11, Year 13 and KS3 assessments to mark all at once and every class is asking about their marks 🤦🏼‍♀️ might have to start all my lessons with this image this week!

Currently trialing different ways to get students exploring alternative interpretations of texts as part of a drive on high think/high participation activities. Giving students 3 correct answers to debate has resulted in some really fruitful discussion! Team English

Day 3 - children with sensory needs/ADHD taken to unfamiliar classrooms BRFORE lessons so they can discuss lighting/position of board, etc and choose their optimum space. Little tweaks. Support doesn’t have to cost ££££££ #send

What a 2 days Kingsthorpe College - so proud of all our incredible young people who have achieved such a phenomenal set of results. So well deserved. They didn’t let anything, including a global pandemic, deter them and they absolutely smashed it! #dreambigworkhardstayhumble

Are all your pupils obsessed with wheels vs. doors?

🚨 Christmas competition 🎁 🎉

Simply retweet this tweet to be entered to win the full set of my books & I will sign them with a nice message in each book 😁🥰

Winner announced 20.12.21 🎄👏🏻

Literacy in secondary school must not simply be seen as a basket of general skills - it must be grounded in the specifics of each subject.

That's according to our guidance report, Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools.

Available here: eef.li/literacy-ks3-k…

Exactly what I needed this morning 🥰 The ‘big pay rise’ comment has to be my favourite…

Thanks again to Grace Hudson for this infographic summary of my book 😁👏🏻

I’m going to finish reading They Both Die at the End today - tissues at the ready!

This is the start of a labour of love for Paige and I. If you want to get involved, please do! Collaboration is key! #mostable

In the spirit of being (quite a lot more than) 10% braver, I've started a blog - something I've been wanting to do for years Educating Northants has inspired me to start regularly contributing to the conversation. Here's my first blog on the symbolism of names: jorodger.wordpress.com/2021/03/29/wha…

So inspired after Educating Northants. Mind is racing with ideas of how I can ensure my students are successful in the first 10 minutes of the lesson. It can be so easy to fall into the habit of checking what students don’t know rather than allowing them to showcase what they do know.

Northants: we may be small, but we are mighty!
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Amazing start Educating Northants. Well done SilhouetteYTC - such talent! #educatingnorthants

Happy World Book Day! This evening I will be re-reading The Great Gatsby (with a little glass of wine, of course) 📚

It's official, Year 10's favourite poem studied so far has been 'Remains' - my sneaky vote for War Photographer couldn't even persuade them otherwise.

You can find all of our Remote #Litdrive CPD sessions here. Running since April of last year and with over 40,000 views, we have almost thirty sessions for a range of texts from expert teachers. Dig in! litdrive.org.uk/remotecpd #Litdrive #TeamEnglish Team English