Frances Jones
@francesjones94.bsky.social
Head of English in a London independent school from 3-16 . Clergy spouse. Reader.
Got to confess I’m not convinced by facebook’s new AI search function.
But also, how does peanut butter impact relationships? Not something we considered before we got married.
But also, how does peanut butter impact relationships? Not something we considered before we got married.
June 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Got to confess I’m not convinced by facebook’s new AI search function.
But also, how does peanut butter impact relationships? Not something we considered before we got married.
But also, how does peanut butter impact relationships? Not something we considered before we got married.
Threw a pen across my desk in frustration. It hit my keyboard and has chipped off the F key - a key that I get quite a lot of use out of, obviously.
As my father would say at this point, “that’ll learn ya.”
As my father would say at this point, “that’ll learn ya.”
May 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Threw a pen across my desk in frustration. It hit my keyboard and has chipped off the F key - a key that I get quite a lot of use out of, obviously.
As my father would say at this point, “that’ll learn ya.”
As my father would say at this point, “that’ll learn ya.”
I tasked my year 7 class with responding to an Agony Aunt letter, from Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They have excelled themselves with their relationship advice.
Here follows some of the best…
Here follows some of the best…
May 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I tasked my year 7 class with responding to an Agony Aunt letter, from Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They have excelled themselves with their relationship advice.
Here follows some of the best…
Here follows some of the best…
Today I unironically managed to get the words “Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew,” into a lesson.
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today I unironically managed to get the words “Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew,” into a lesson.
Three of the Times crossword clues today are “bone of the ear.”
Ear, Nose and Throat doctors, today is your day.
The rest of us mere mortals? Good luck.
Ear, Nose and Throat doctors, today is your day.
The rest of us mere mortals? Good luck.
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Three of the Times crossword clues today are “bone of the ear.”
Ear, Nose and Throat doctors, today is your day.
The rest of us mere mortals? Good luck.
Ear, Nose and Throat doctors, today is your day.
The rest of us mere mortals? Good luck.
Got started on this in between lessons today and I’m already hooked! Anna James @acaseforbooks.bsky.social is already popular with our kids; they’re going to love it.
March 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Got started on this in between lessons today and I’m already hooked! Anna James @acaseforbooks.bsky.social is already popular with our kids; they’re going to love it.
Always a great day at Twickenham!
March 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Always a great day at Twickenham!
Happy Book Week 📚❤️
March 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Happy Book Week 📚❤️
One incredibly tired but proud Head of English. Book Week has been a triumph. The children really impressed in our poetry competition today.
Fancy dress to come tomorrow!
Time for a coffee while I look at my emails for the first time in three days 😬
Also pictured behind me: Hatchards book haul!
Fancy dress to come tomorrow!
Time for a coffee while I look at my emails for the first time in three days 😬
Also pictured behind me: Hatchards book haul!
March 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One incredibly tired but proud Head of English. Book Week has been a triumph. The children really impressed in our poetry competition today.
Fancy dress to come tomorrow!
Time for a coffee while I look at my emails for the first time in three days 😬
Also pictured behind me: Hatchards book haul!
Fancy dress to come tomorrow!
Time for a coffee while I look at my emails for the first time in three days 😬
Also pictured behind me: Hatchards book haul!
Meanwhile, my husband reckons he’s said the words “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return” at least 200 times today across all their services.
Super proud of him: he was part of a service in Westminster Abbey today, which he says was especially powerful on Ash Wednesday.
Super proud of him: he was part of a service in Westminster Abbey today, which he says was especially powerful on Ash Wednesday.
March 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Meanwhile, my husband reckons he’s said the words “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return” at least 200 times today across all their services.
Super proud of him: he was part of a service in Westminster Abbey today, which he says was especially powerful on Ash Wednesday.
Super proud of him: he was part of a service in Westminster Abbey today, which he says was especially powerful on Ash Wednesday.
And of course no Book Week would be complete without a visit from the Hatchards Piccadilly book fair. What a treat to get to explore so many beautiful books, all guided by their expert children’s booksellers! They are so knowledgeable and brilliant at making recommendations. Thank you.
March 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And of course no Book Week would be complete without a visit from the Hatchards Piccadilly book fair. What a treat to get to explore so many beautiful books, all guided by their expert children’s booksellers! They are so knowledgeable and brilliant at making recommendations. Thank you.
We had a great visit from writer and illustrator Kate Rolfe yesterday, who came in to visit the smallest members of our school. Wiggling Words is a fab little book about having fun with letter shapes - amazing for young readers who find that the words just won’t sit still on the page!
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We had a great visit from writer and illustrator Kate Rolfe yesterday, who came in to visit the smallest members of our school. Wiggling Words is a fab little book about having fun with letter shapes - amazing for young readers who find that the words just won’t sit still on the page!
A particularly lovely visit from author Anna James @acaseforbooks.bsky.social yesterday! We LOVED exploring Whetherwhy with you. You’re so engaging with the children, and they’ve been buzzing ever since.
I also bought a copy of Tilly and the Bookwanderers for my niece, who will love it!
I also bought a copy of Tilly and the Bookwanderers for my niece, who will love it!
March 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A particularly lovely visit from author Anna James @acaseforbooks.bsky.social yesterday! We LOVED exploring Whetherwhy with you. You’re so engaging with the children, and they’ve been buzzing ever since.
I also bought a copy of Tilly and the Bookwanderers for my niece, who will love it!
I also bought a copy of Tilly and the Bookwanderers for my niece, who will love it!
Our Y3 and Y4 children had a lovely time with author @mrsnicolabaker.bsky.social today. We’re so excited by your books - what a great way to learn more about life in the countryside. Thank you so much for enthusing our children and getting them talking about reading!
March 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Our Y3 and Y4 children had a lovely time with author @mrsnicolabaker.bsky.social today. We’re so excited by your books - what a great way to learn more about life in the countryside. Thank you so much for enthusing our children and getting them talking about reading!
Thank you so much @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social for visiting us in Knightsbridge today. Our kids were really excited by Shadow Creatures - we’ve got a moderate obsession with historical fiction as a school.
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thank you so much @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social for visiting us in Knightsbridge today. Our kids were really excited by Shadow Creatures - we’ve got a moderate obsession with historical fiction as a school.
Thank you so much to @mariesadulak.bsky.social for coming to visit us at school today! Our Y1 and Y2 pupils had a fantastic time with you.
Great way to start off our Book Week celebrations.
Great way to start off our Book Week celebrations.
March 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thank you so much to @mariesadulak.bsky.social for coming to visit us at school today! Our Y1 and Y2 pupils had a fantastic time with you.
Great way to start off our Book Week celebrations.
Great way to start off our Book Week celebrations.
One of my year 10s called me Ozymandias as an insult this morning when I made him help me to prep some resources.
I’m loving that the lesson on the poem yesterday has clearly sunk in…!
I’m loving that the lesson on the poem yesterday has clearly sunk in…!
February 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One of my year 10s called me Ozymandias as an insult this morning when I made him help me to prep some resources.
I’m loving that the lesson on the poem yesterday has clearly sunk in…!
I’m loving that the lesson on the poem yesterday has clearly sunk in…!
This is comedy gold. I’ve always liked Michael Frayn - Noises Off is one of my all-time favourite plays, and this is exactly the same sense of humour. It’s been a while since I’ve actually laughed out loud at a book!
February 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is comedy gold. I’ve always liked Michael Frayn - Noises Off is one of my all-time favourite plays, and this is exactly the same sense of humour. It’s been a while since I’ve actually laughed out loud at a book!
We’ve bought a dehumidifier and I am, no exaggeration, OBSESSED. I feel a sort of maternal pride for how much water it’s gathering.
Name suggestions for the dehumidifier needed, please?
(For context, we name our white goods. The tumble drier is called Professor Tumbledore)
Name suggestions for the dehumidifier needed, please?
(For context, we name our white goods. The tumble drier is called Professor Tumbledore)
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We’ve bought a dehumidifier and I am, no exaggeration, OBSESSED. I feel a sort of maternal pride for how much water it’s gathering.
Name suggestions for the dehumidifier needed, please?
(For context, we name our white goods. The tumble drier is called Professor Tumbledore)
Name suggestions for the dehumidifier needed, please?
(For context, we name our white goods. The tumble drier is called Professor Tumbledore)
Spending an evening marking: rubbish.
However, seeing that my year 9s have absolutely NAILED their assessments on Othello: best feeling ever.
They’re loving the play, and their writing is of such high quality that I can tell they’re going to find GCSE an absolute breeze.
However, seeing that my year 9s have absolutely NAILED their assessments on Othello: best feeling ever.
They’re loving the play, and their writing is of such high quality that I can tell they’re going to find GCSE an absolute breeze.
February 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Spending an evening marking: rubbish.
However, seeing that my year 9s have absolutely NAILED their assessments on Othello: best feeling ever.
They’re loving the play, and their writing is of such high quality that I can tell they’re going to find GCSE an absolute breeze.
However, seeing that my year 9s have absolutely NAILED their assessments on Othello: best feeling ever.
They’re loving the play, and their writing is of such high quality that I can tell they’re going to find GCSE an absolute breeze.
How fortunate we are to have such excellent school food!
Loads of choices available today to celebrate Chinese New Year. This was followed by an amazing fruit salad with dragon fruit, lychee, and star fruit, among other goodies.
Loads of choices available today to celebrate Chinese New Year. This was followed by an amazing fruit salad with dragon fruit, lychee, and star fruit, among other goodies.
January 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How fortunate we are to have such excellent school food!
Loads of choices available today to celebrate Chinese New Year. This was followed by an amazing fruit salad with dragon fruit, lychee, and star fruit, among other goodies.
Loads of choices available today to celebrate Chinese New Year. This was followed by an amazing fruit salad with dragon fruit, lychee, and star fruit, among other goodies.
Now I know where Santa gets his annual dry cleaning done.
January 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Now I know where Santa gets his annual dry cleaning done.
Saw my first daffodil of the season today in St James’ Park!
(No photo as proof because there were too many intimidating-looking geese in the way)
(No photo as proof because there were too many intimidating-looking geese in the way)
January 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Saw my first daffodil of the season today in St James’ Park!
(No photo as proof because there were too many intimidating-looking geese in the way)
(No photo as proof because there were too many intimidating-looking geese in the way)
Naively thought that tidying up the library would be a twenty minute task.
An hour later, I’m still only half done 😭
An hour later, I’m still only half done 😭
January 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Naively thought that tidying up the library would be a twenty minute task.
An hour later, I’m still only half done 😭
An hour later, I’m still only half done 😭
The staff room orchid and I have a lot in common.
January 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The staff room orchid and I have a lot in common.