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@missshakespeare.bsky.social
I teach teenagers to love Shakespeare...
Or at least that's what I tell myself.
Head of English. Literature Examiner. Mom. NPQLT. Views my own.
Once described as 'bold and brave'.
Or at least that's what I tell myself.
Head of English. Literature Examiner. Mom. NPQLT. Views my own.
Once described as 'bold and brave'.
Being a leader is hard. Trained to teach and make decisions about teaching but leading people...
It's all for the students. That's the why.
It's all for the students. That's the why.
November 12, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Being a leader is hard. Trained to teach and make decisions about teaching but leading people...
It's all for the students. That's the why.
It's all for the students. That's the why.
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Just before tomorrow begins - an important message:
Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.
Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.
August 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Just before tomorrow begins - an important message:
Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.
Grades 1-3 are not fails. Us or Xs are. Anyone with a 1-3 HAS GOT A GCSE. And for some of those kiddos, a 1 or a 2 or 3 can be a phenomenal result that they deserve to be proud of. Let’s be a bit more responsible in our language.
Getting a tent back into it's bag is an Olympic sport. I'm currently DNF.
August 20, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Getting a tent back into it's bag is an Olympic sport. I'm currently DNF.
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And this tells us teachers really REALLY like having their own classroom!
Check out the @teachertapp.bsky.social results onelink.to/teachertapp
Check out the @teachertapp.bsky.social results onelink.to/teachertapp
August 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
And this tells us teachers really REALLY like having their own classroom!
Check out the @teachertapp.bsky.social results onelink.to/teachertapp
Check out the @teachertapp.bsky.social results onelink.to/teachertapp
My annual check of how much I haven't repaid*
* Plan 1 degree finished in 2012 so repaying since 2013.
*Plan 2 teacher training finished in 2018 repaying since 2019.
* Plan 1 degree finished in 2012 so repaying since 2013.
*Plan 2 teacher training finished in 2018 repaying since 2019.
August 20, 2024 at 1:15 PM
My annual check of how much I haven't repaid*
* Plan 1 degree finished in 2012 so repaying since 2013.
*Plan 2 teacher training finished in 2018 repaying since 2019.
* Plan 1 degree finished in 2012 so repaying since 2013.
*Plan 2 teacher training finished in 2018 repaying since 2019.
Well...a decision made in March 2023 is coming home to roost.
🤞🏻 that changing exam board halfway through year 10 has been a positive experience for my students life chances and outcomes.
🤞🏻 that changing exam board halfway through year 10 has been a positive experience for my students life chances and outcomes.
August 20, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Well...a decision made in March 2023 is coming home to roost.
🤞🏻 that changing exam board halfway through year 10 has been a positive experience for my students life chances and outcomes.
🤞🏻 that changing exam board halfway through year 10 has been a positive experience for my students life chances and outcomes.
Booked my wedding venue/day/yay 🥰
August 18, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Booked my wedding venue/day/yay 🥰
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English literature and language, however, both saw small falls in the proportion of A*/A grades achieved this year
August 15, 2024 at 3:43 PM
English literature and language, however, both saw small falls in the proportion of A*/A grades achieved this year
If you could go anywhere on honeymoon...where would you go?
August 14, 2024 at 8:23 PM
If you could go anywhere on honeymoon...where would you go?
Wedding venue decisions are hard. Largely because I cannot believe the cost!
August 14, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Wedding venue decisions are hard. Largely because I cannot believe the cost!
In addition to being an esteemed self effacing, impostor syndrome driven Head of English...
I am also the mother of a 4yo into the 4th week of a summer holiday.
Today, we were supposed to go swimming-except he carved chunks of wood out of the kitchen table, so now we can't.
Give me strength.
I am also the mother of a 4yo into the 4th week of a summer holiday.
Today, we were supposed to go swimming-except he carved chunks of wood out of the kitchen table, so now we can't.
Give me strength.
August 14, 2024 at 11:46 AM
In addition to being an esteemed self effacing, impostor syndrome driven Head of English...
I am also the mother of a 4yo into the 4th week of a summer holiday.
Today, we were supposed to go swimming-except he carved chunks of wood out of the kitchen table, so now we can't.
Give me strength.
I am also the mother of a 4yo into the 4th week of a summer holiday.
Today, we were supposed to go swimming-except he carved chunks of wood out of the kitchen table, so now we can't.
Give me strength.
A level results tomorrow. My brother gets theirs, so I am more emotionally invested in that than my schools. Feeling a strange sense of calm.
GCSE however...
GCSE however...
August 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
A level results tomorrow. My brother gets theirs, so I am more emotionally invested in that than my schools. Feeling a strange sense of calm.
GCSE however...
GCSE however...
No shame. I was a 12 year old girl once upon a time.
I pivoted quite substantially after this.
I pivoted quite substantially after this.
August 14, 2024 at 10:38 AM
No shame. I was a 12 year old girl once upon a time.
I pivoted quite substantially after this.
I pivoted quite substantially after this.
I have read 23 of 40 books for the 2024 Reading Challenge! What should I read next? www.goodreads.com/user_challen...
Start as I mean to go on (I hope) - being the nerdy English teacher I am.
Start as I mean to go on (I hope) - being the nerdy English teacher I am.
Cat’s 2024 reading challenge
See what your friends are reading
www.goodreads.com
August 14, 2024 at 10:34 AM
I have read 23 of 40 books for the 2024 Reading Challenge! What should I read next? www.goodreads.com/user_challen...
Start as I mean to go on (I hope) - being the nerdy English teacher I am.
Start as I mean to go on (I hope) - being the nerdy English teacher I am.