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More on the brutalisation of language is schools.
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May 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
More on the brutalisation of language is schools.
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May 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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AQA: I Hate Them So Much That I'm Sitting the Exam
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AQA: I Hate Them So Much That I'm Sitting the Exam
You might think of a lot of things which are wrong with the AQA English exam.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
AQA: I Hate Them So Much That I'm Sitting the Exam
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
A long read about grammar teaching in schools. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Problems with Parsing
Exam boards, as is reasonable, reward the use of subject terminology in both Language and Literature GCSEs.
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May 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A long read about grammar teaching in schools. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Curse of Empathy
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The Curse of Empathy
“The fundamental weakness in Western Civilisation is empathy.” Elon Musk
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May 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Curse of Empathy
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Here is a blog on cold call and teacher role-play: www.philbeadle.com/Cold-Call-an...
Cold Call and Teacher Roleplay
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April 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Here is a blog on cold call and teacher role-play: www.philbeadle.com/Cold-Call-an...
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This is our manifesto - what's yours?
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September 8, 2024 at 10:16 AM
This is our manifesto - what's yours?
www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/th...
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I’m sure he wants the history of it all told his way.
December 30, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I’m sure he wants the history of it all told his way.
In Turkey on a balcony feeling human.
December 20, 2024 at 8:38 AM
In Turkey on a balcony feeling human.
Wide awake in the Premier Inn in Hanley before 6.00am. Life on the road.
December 7, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Wide awake in the Premier Inn in Hanley before 6.00am. Life on the road.
Off up to that London in order to get to Dover where I am hoping to make an offer on a house.
December 3, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Off up to that London in order to get to Dover where I am hoping to make an offer on a house.
Brighton to Stoke is a bugger of a journey. About to take it now in order to teach some children paper 2, question 4 in one school and how to punctuate and structure narratives in another. Saturday job.
November 29, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Brighton to Stoke is a bugger of a journey. About to take it now in order to teach some children paper 2, question 4 in one school and how to punctuate and structure narratives in another. Saturday job.
Another day, another train. Up from that Brighton to that London to that, spit, Milton Keynes to speak about positive behaviour management at the University of Buckingham.
November 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Another day, another train. Up from that Brighton to that London to that, spit, Milton Keynes to speak about positive behaviour management at the University of Buckingham.
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Six Quick Things - questions to ask to bring the best out of your middle leaders www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...
November 25, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Six Quick Things - questions to ask to bring the best out of your middle leaders www.independentthinking.co.uk/resources/si...
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Travelling back to Brighton after teaching some lovely young people in Staffs. I like it when the lovely head teacher says "I couldn't believe that we've got you for this" and, as I depart, says, "don't leave teaching; the profession needs you."
November 23, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Travelling back to Brighton after teaching some lovely young people in Staffs. I like it when the lovely head teacher says "I couldn't believe that we've got you for this" and, as I depart, says, "don't leave teaching; the profession needs you."
Fuck my life. After having sold out Sydney four months ago, I am in an Ibis Budget tonight where you are not deemed worthy of a kettle. You have to hire one. Welcome back, baby, to the poor side of town.
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Fuck my life. After having sold out Sydney four months ago, I am in an Ibis Budget tonight where you are not deemed worthy of a kettle. You have to hire one. Welcome back, baby, to the poor side of town.
The fact that I am on a ferry going to an Island where I am about to speak about oracy feels faintly tautological.
November 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM
The fact that I am on a ferry going to an Island where I am about to speak about oracy feels faintly tautological.
Today, I am off to the Isle of Wight to talk about (moreover, get teachers to talk about) oracy for an hour and a half.
November 19, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Today, I am off to the Isle of Wight to talk about (moreover, get teachers to talk about) oracy for an hour and a half.