Mr Mahoney
@mahoneyiam.bsky.social
Curric. Leader of English | Literature graduate @Oxford_Brookes | MA Early-Modern Lit @SussexUni | CTeach @CharteredColl | NPQLT & NPQLL @Ambition_Inst
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It's Stir Up Sunday!
A tradition that dates back hundreds of years, many households stir a sweet plum pudding on the Sunday before Advent. Silver charms often added including coins, a ring to foretell a marriage, a horseshoe for luck and a thimble for a life of blessedness.
Do you still do this?
A tradition that dates back hundreds of years, many households stir a sweet plum pudding on the Sunday before Advent. Silver charms often added including coins, a ring to foretell a marriage, a horseshoe for luck and a thimble for a life of blessedness.
Do you still do this?
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's Stir Up Sunday!
A tradition that dates back hundreds of years, many households stir a sweet plum pudding on the Sunday before Advent. Silver charms often added including coins, a ring to foretell a marriage, a horseshoe for luck and a thimble for a life of blessedness.
Do you still do this?
A tradition that dates back hundreds of years, many households stir a sweet plum pudding on the Sunday before Advent. Silver charms often added including coins, a ring to foretell a marriage, a horseshoe for luck and a thimble for a life of blessedness.
Do you still do this?
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‘Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.'
Listen to Jarvis Cocker read ‘Digging’
youtube.com/watch?v=KRgyIWYMy8g
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.'
Listen to Jarvis Cocker read ‘Digging’
youtube.com/watch?v=KRgyIWYMy8g
October 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.'
Listen to Jarvis Cocker read ‘Digging’
youtube.com/watch?v=KRgyIWYMy8g
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.'
Listen to Jarvis Cocker read ‘Digging’
youtube.com/watch?v=KRgyIWYMy8g
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From the Archive. Seamus Heaney writes to Faber editor Charles Monteith in May 1965 with a ‘selection of poems for your consideration.’ This selection of poems would become the groundbreaking collection, Death of a Naturalist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
From the Archive. Seamus Heaney writes to Faber editor Charles Monteith in May 1965 with a ‘selection of poems for your consideration.’ This selection of poems would become the groundbreaking collection, Death of a Naturalist.
"We will need writers, artists and actors who can help us to imagine what these futures can look like by helping us to understand our present."
#hope #education #amen
#hope #education #amen
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From Derrida to D:Ream to explore what it means to put hope at the heart of our curriculum.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Via @tesmagazine.bsky.social
From Derrida to D:Ream to explore what it means to put hope at the heart of our curriculum.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Via @tesmagazine.bsky.social
How can we teach students to be hopeful in today’s troubled world?
The world can feel like a hopeless place at the moment, but we owe it to our students to give them the same sense of optimism that we had when we were at school, says Mark Enser
www.tes.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"We will need writers, artists and actors who can help us to imagine what these futures can look like by helping us to understand our present."
#hope #education #amen
#hope #education #amen
Simnel cake and the final blossom at Bateman's #blossomwatch #nationaltrust
April 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Simnel cake and the final blossom at Bateman's #blossomwatch #nationaltrust
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It's here, it's here, it's finally here - #BlossomWatch season is back! Camera, phone, painting, we don't mind how you do it, but share the blossom-y goodness near you with #BlossomWatch so everyone can enjoy it 🌸
March 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It's here, it's here, it's finally here - #BlossomWatch season is back! Camera, phone, painting, we don't mind how you do it, but share the blossom-y goodness near you with #BlossomWatch so everyone can enjoy it 🌸
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‘History says, Don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.’
Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.’
Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
April 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
‘History says, Don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.’
Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.’
Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.
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Here’s a poem about going for a walk to clear my head of all the news.
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Here’s a poem about going for a walk to clear my head of all the news.
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*NEW* What is teaching? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
What is teaching?
Can we agree a useful definition or is it already blindingly obvious?
open.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
*NEW* What is teaching? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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The struggle for control of the national curriculum is a fight for the soul of English education.
🖋️ Pippa Bailey in this week's cover story: What is school for?
🖋️ Pippa Bailey in this week's cover story: What is school for?
What is school for?
The struggle for control of the national curriculum is a fight for the soul of English education.
www.newstatesman.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The struggle for control of the national curriculum is a fight for the soul of English education.
🖋️ Pippa Bailey in this week's cover story: What is school for?
🖋️ Pippa Bailey in this week's cover story: What is school for?
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Recently taught this, one of Hopkins’ so-called “Terrible” or “Desolation” sonnets.
An astonishing, shattering poem; the self splitting & re-splitting; self-invigilating, self-flagellating.
A syntax of contortion & depression; words eliding, consuming—until, oh, that wild (“betweenpie”!) ending…
An astonishing, shattering poem; the self splitting & re-splitting; self-invigilating, self-flagellating.
A syntax of contortion & depression; words eliding, consuming—until, oh, that wild (“betweenpie”!) ending…
March 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Recently taught this, one of Hopkins’ so-called “Terrible” or “Desolation” sonnets.
An astonishing, shattering poem; the self splitting & re-splitting; self-invigilating, self-flagellating.
A syntax of contortion & depression; words eliding, consuming—until, oh, that wild (“betweenpie”!) ending…
An astonishing, shattering poem; the self splitting & re-splitting; self-invigilating, self-flagellating.
A syntax of contortion & depression; words eliding, consuming—until, oh, that wild (“betweenpie”!) ending…
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📖 In one of our most-read articles this week, @greeborunner.bsky.social offers some short, sharp, 10-minute activities to help your students with the final push towards their GCSE exams
English literature GCSE: 5 strategies for the final push
As exam time hurtles nearer, Zoe Enser offers her favourite quick and effective approaches to help students feel ready
www.tes.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📖 In one of our most-read articles this week, @greeborunner.bsky.social offers some short, sharp, 10-minute activities to help your students with the final push towards their GCSE exams
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NEW ‘Power and Conflict - The Interpretations’ revision booklet. I always get students to consider 3 interpretations of each poem & ask them to consider which they agree with the most. Great springboard for debate/new ideas. I’ve collated these into a booklet here 👇🏻
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/h5hi3...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/h5hi3...
March 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
NEW ‘Power and Conflict - The Interpretations’ revision booklet. I always get students to consider 3 interpretations of each poem & ask them to consider which they agree with the most. Great springboard for debate/new ideas. I’ve collated these into a booklet here 👇🏻
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/h5hi3...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/h5hi3...
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🚨🚨 NEW TODAY
For the last 18 months, I've been working on a top secret documentary to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK.
Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free):
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ0...
For the last 18 months, I've been working on a top secret documentary to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK.
Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free):
↓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ0...
(Why And How) We Made A Documentary Unpacking Great Teaching
YouTube video by Peps Mccrea
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January 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🚨🚨 NEW TODAY
For the last 18 months, I've been working on a top secret documentary to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK.
Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free):
↓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ0...
For the last 18 months, I've been working on a top secret documentary to capture & deconstruct some of best teaching in UK.
Why We Made It & How To Access It (For Free):
↓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ0...