Andrew McCallum
@andrewemc.bsky.social
Director of English + Media Centre; author Creativity + Learning in Secondary English (Routledge); EdD in social distribution of creativity in secondary English; reader
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Exciting news to share! Phoenix Brothers by Sita Brahmachari has been nominated for the 2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Medal for Writing! 🎉
From OUP's Super-Readable Rollercoasters series, this is a moving tale of resilience and identity.
#Carnegies2026 #TeamEnglish @cilip.bsky.social
From OUP's Super-Readable Rollercoasters series, this is a moving tale of resilience and identity.
#Carnegies2026 #TeamEnglish @cilip.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Exciting news to share! Phoenix Brothers by Sita Brahmachari has been nominated for the 2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Medal for Writing! 🎉
From OUP's Super-Readable Rollercoasters series, this is a moving tale of resilience and identity.
#Carnegies2026 #TeamEnglish @cilip.bsky.social
From OUP's Super-Readable Rollercoasters series, this is a moving tale of resilience and identity.
#Carnegies2026 #TeamEnglish @cilip.bsky.social
Loved this. Loved it even more when I found out the author is an English teacher!
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Loved this. Loved it even more when I found out the author is an English teacher!
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If you’re an English teacher, please do this. Your views matter & we want them represented in our survey!
At @engmediacentre.bsky.social
we've been doing a survey of teachers' views on the current state of English teaching. We've had a great response but we'd love more, incl more from out of London. If you're an English teacher please do it. It doesn't take long! www.surveymonkey.com/r/EngTeach2025
we've been doing a survey of teachers' views on the current state of English teaching. We've had a great response but we'd love more, incl more from out of London. If you're an English teacher please do it. It doesn't take long! www.surveymonkey.com/r/EngTeach2025
English Teaching in Your School
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October 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you’re an English teacher, please do this. Your views matter & we want them represented in our survey!
Brought half term to a close by reading about 'expressive writing'. So different to today's methods but there's still value in learning to 'write through writing' as @barbarableiman.bsky.social + I hope to show in our 'Big Picture Writing' webinar on Nov 25 www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/0a4b...
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brought half term to a close by reading about 'expressive writing'. So different to today's methods but there's still value in learning to 'write through writing' as @barbarableiman.bsky.social + I hope to show in our 'Big Picture Writing' webinar on Nov 25 www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/0a4b...
November's Big Picture Writing webinar with me + @barbarableiman.bsky.social explores 'composition-led writing' - getting something on paper + working with it. It's such an important part of any effective writing pedagogy! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/0a4b...
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
November's Big Picture Writing webinar with me + @barbarableiman.bsky.social explores 'composition-led writing' - getting something on paper + working with it. It's such an important part of any effective writing pedagogy! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/0a4b...
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Last week Hannah Pettit, EMC's social media content creator took part in the BFI LFF Critics Mentorship Programme. We're so proud she won a place on this prestigious programme for budding film critics. Here's what she wrote for The Standard as part of the programme www.standard.co.uk/culture/film...
No Other Choice at LFF: this delirious satire deserves Oscar buzz
This elegant black comedy from Park Chan-wook is a bitingly relevant portrait of pride and self-worth in our corporate hellscape
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October 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Last week Hannah Pettit, EMC's social media content creator took part in the BFI LFF Critics Mentorship Programme. We're so proud she won a place on this prestigious programme for budding film critics. Here's what she wrote for The Standard as part of the programme www.standard.co.uk/culture/film...
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Treat your classes to some wonderful poetry, along with resources designed by @barbarableiman.bsky.social for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social this Thursday! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/resourc...
Resources for National Poetry Day 2025
Creative approaches to poetry for across all secondary ages, designed by EMC on behalf of Forward Arts Foundation for National Poetry Day 2025
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September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Treat your classes to some wonderful poetry, along with resources designed by @barbarableiman.bsky.social for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social this Thursday! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/resourc...
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EMC TWILIGHTS ARE BACK
Join us after school on October 23rd for engaging conversation, intellectual stimulation + the leftover refreshments from our 50th birthday celebrations!
Refreshments from 4.30pm
@darrenchetty.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social
englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/6fae...
Join us after school on October 23rd for engaging conversation, intellectual stimulation + the leftover refreshments from our 50th birthday celebrations!
Refreshments from 4.30pm
@darrenchetty.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social
englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/6fae...
September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
EMC TWILIGHTS ARE BACK
Join us after school on October 23rd for engaging conversation, intellectual stimulation + the leftover refreshments from our 50th birthday celebrations!
Refreshments from 4.30pm
@darrenchetty.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social
englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/6fae...
Join us after school on October 23rd for engaging conversation, intellectual stimulation + the leftover refreshments from our 50th birthday celebrations!
Refreshments from 4.30pm
@darrenchetty.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social
englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/6fae...
The literary mind has much to tell & learn from the field of cognitive science. Very little of it bears any relationship to cogsci approaches imposed generically across subject areas 🙄
September 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The literary mind has much to tell & learn from the field of cognitive science. Very little of it bears any relationship to cogsci approaches imposed generically across subject areas 🙄
I missed this excellent report when it came out. Much-needed comments about a loss of creativity in schools. Creativity is at the core of everything @engmediacentre.bsky.social does + always will be because it's at the core of how language learning works educationappg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I missed this excellent report when it came out. Much-needed comments about a loss of creativity in schools. Creativity is at the core of everything @engmediacentre.bsky.social does + always will be because it's at the core of how language learning works educationappg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Conjures up all sorts of thoughts about learning with & through literature - with a premium on a form of imaginative thinking akin to Judith Langer’s ‘possibility thinking’ in ‘Envisioning Literature’. Literature has such an important role to play in today’s classrooms
September 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Conjures up all sorts of thoughts about learning with & through literature - with a premium on a form of imaginative thinking akin to Judith Langer’s ‘possibility thinking’ in ‘Envisioning Literature’. Literature has such an important role to play in today’s classrooms
When you've gone super-early on your half-term reads and don't know whether you'll be able to hold out that long!
September 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When you've gone super-early on your half-term reads and don't know whether you'll be able to hold out that long!
I've just realised that over half of the schools + colleges teaching A Level in the UK subscribe to emagazine and/ or MediaMagazine. That's a statistic to be proud of @barbarableiman.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazines/
September 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've just realised that over half of the schools + colleges teaching A Level in the UK subscribe to emagazine and/ or MediaMagazine. That's a statistic to be proud of @barbarableiman.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emc-magazines/
We've been lucky enough at @engmediacentre.bsky.social to work with Raymond Antrobus on several occasions, so it was a real thrill to read his brilliant new memoir/ cultural history of D/deaf cultures. Highly recommended!
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We've been lucky enough at @engmediacentre.bsky.social to work with Raymond Antrobus on several occasions, so it was a real thrill to read his brilliant new memoir/ cultural history of D/deaf cultures. Highly recommended!
If the new curriculum allows space for books in translation then I can't think of a better one to include than this dystopian gem. Defies all expectations, sticks in the mind long after reading + compares brilliantly with other popular dystopias. The Road + Handmaid's Tale spring to mind
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If the new curriculum allows space for books in translation then I can't think of a better one to include than this dystopian gem. Defies all expectations, sticks in the mind long after reading + compares brilliantly with other popular dystopias. The Road + Handmaid's Tale spring to mind
FREE EMC TWILIGHT
We can't wait for this free event at our Webber Street base featuring two of our favourite writers. Book your place on our website while tickets are available @darrenchetty.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social
We can't wait for this free event at our Webber Street base featuring two of our favourite writers. Book your place on our website while tickets are available @darrenchetty.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
FREE EMC TWILIGHT
We can't wait for this free event at our Webber Street base featuring two of our favourite writers. Book your place on our website while tickets are available @darrenchetty.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social
We can't wait for this free event at our Webber Street base featuring two of our favourite writers. Book your place on our website while tickets are available @darrenchetty.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social
It's conference season at EMC this term. A Level conferences for Language, Literature and Edexcel Poems of the Decade at Friends House, with online + in-person teacher conferences for A Level Eng Lang at our Webber Street base. Student ones at this link www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/
Conferences
EMC's student conferences – find out more
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It's conference season at EMC this term. A Level conferences for Language, Literature and Edexcel Poems of the Decade at Friends House, with online + in-person teacher conferences for A Level Eng Lang at our Webber Street base. Student ones at this link www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/
We aim to recruit 30 or so teachers to our full-day online courses, so I'm delighted that Kate Oliver and I will be working with 32 teachers tomorrow!
EMC CPD Online: Teaching Writing for GCSE – Inspiring Strategies
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!
Book by: 8am tomorrow!
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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!
Book by: 8am tomorrow!
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September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We aim to recruit 30 or so teachers to our full-day online courses, so I'm delighted that Kate Oliver and I will be working with 32 teachers tomorrow!
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🧵Why Schools Should Sign Up for EMC’s Annual Webinar Package:
1. Sustained, high-quality, subject-specific CPD that aligns with research on what works.
2. Whole-department access, so no teacher is left behind, regardless of experience or schedule.
1. Sustained, high-quality, subject-specific CPD that aligns with research on what works.
2. Whole-department access, so no teacher is left behind, regardless of experience or schedule.
September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🧵Why Schools Should Sign Up for EMC’s Annual Webinar Package:
1. Sustained, high-quality, subject-specific CPD that aligns with research on what works.
2. Whole-department access, so no teacher is left behind, regardless of experience or schedule.
1. Sustained, high-quality, subject-specific CPD that aligns with research on what works.
2. Whole-department access, so no teacher is left behind, regardless of experience or schedule.
There's a bit of everything in this one - presentations, workshops, discussion groups. It's sure to be an enjoyable as well as an informative and stimulating day. A few places left if you book soon!
EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD
A day of lectures, workshops and discussion to help you teach language change with a focus on digital texts and the latest research.
Book by: 8am on 26th September
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A day of lectures, workshops and discussion to help you teach language change with a focus on digital texts and the latest research.
Book by: 8am on 26th September
buff.ly/2dn3wUH
September 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's a bit of everything in this one - presentations, workshops, discussion groups. It's sure to be an enjoyable as well as an informative and stimulating day. A few places left if you book soon!
Wonderful to see English departments snapping up this brilliant offer which closes at 5pm tomorrow
September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Wonderful to see English departments snapping up this brilliant offer which closes at 5pm tomorrow
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I really enjoyed writing this blog about our brilliant Year 12 students' work on their NEA text, Brotherless Night by @sugi.bsky.social - their responses to the novel have been so powerful and it's been a lovely culmination of my work with @engmediacentre.bsky.social this year.
24/25 EMC Associate Teacher, @stephenjdilley.bsky.social has written this fascinating blog. Read it to see what happens when students respond to reading drawing on their own ideas www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/develop...
Developing authentic responses to texts
How to get students writing about literature using their own thinking as a starting point
www.englishandmedia.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I really enjoyed writing this blog about our brilliant Year 12 students' work on their NEA text, Brotherless Night by @sugi.bsky.social - their responses to the novel have been so powerful and it's been a lovely culmination of my work with @engmediacentre.bsky.social this year.
We invited the 25/26 Associate Teachers to our centre yesterday, along with the 24/25 cohort and had a wonderful time discussing all things English
The EMC Associate Teacher Programme is in its second year. We're looking forward to working alongside these wonderful practising teachers from September!
englishandmedia.co.uk/the-emc-team/
englishandmedia.co.uk/the-emc-team/
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We invited the 25/26 Associate Teachers to our centre yesterday, along with the 24/25 cohort and had a wonderful time discussing all things English
One of the delights of having Associate Teachers with us this year has been the wonderful work they've given us access to
BLOG: FINDING THE 'PERFECT' NOVEL
EMC Associate Teacher, Holly Maguire, explains how she went about finding + teaching a new novel for Y7 englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/searchi...
EMC Associate Teacher, Holly Maguire, explains how she went about finding + teaching a new novel for Y7 englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/searchi...
Searching for the perfect novel to teach
EMC Associate Teacher, Holly Maguire, explores how she went about finding the right novel to teach to her Year 7 students
englishandmedia.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One of the delights of having Associate Teachers with us this year has been the wonderful work they've given us access to
Looking forward to running this one gain next term. It always produces amazing responses from the teachers attending
EMC CPD Online: Teaching Writing for GCSE – Inspiring Strategies
“Engaging and thoughtful discussions with other teachers. I finished the session feeling inspired.”
Book by: 8am on 19th September
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“Engaging and thoughtful discussions with other teachers. I finished the session feeling inspired.”
Book by: 8am on 19th September
buff.ly/KRKHUCW
July 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Looking forward to running this one gain next term. It always produces amazing responses from the teachers attending