@Miff__

@LondonLate, HOD English, #PhD @IOE_London- @BSAShakespeare The Pedagogy of Watching Shakespeare @CUP_LitPerform https://xitter.cf/t.co/s73iECYoQ0

 West London
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Joined December 2011
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25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre
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Leaving this place, am on the other one but quickly becoming unsure if they’re worth it. Also on goodreads! Come to LATE and meet me in person (pinned info) Bye!
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These would be great for any and all people interested in Shakespeare but think if if @mtpt_project people on mat/pat leave who fancy some free brilliant CPD this could be lovely. I loved a webinar on mat leave
GCSE MACBETH@GCSE_Macbeth7 Jan 2025
Free webinars? On every Shakespeare play? With Emma Smith? You're a fool if you miss these. english.ox.ac.uk/english-fac…
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Myfanwy Edwards@Miff__31 Dec 2024
25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre
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Replying to @DamianHinds
How much evidence do you need Damian? Average teacher salaries acc. to DfE workforce census (2016). Maintained vs. Academy pay. Happy to send more as clearly know MP was willing to intervene… discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin…
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Replying to @BarbaraBleiman @tombennett71
In fact drilling in English can risk ironing out complexities, lead to stale thinking rather than ongoing fresh insights, reduce the subject to a single right answer rather than multiple ones, over-play the use of learning multiple quotations, take time away from dialogue.
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Myfanwy Edwards@Miff__6 Jan 2025
If you’ve been interested in conversations surrounding the English curriculum, the political aspects of change, the future of English and what’s really going on in schools do get your tickets to this: all our workshops are led by English teachers in London schools! #TeamEnglish
Myfanwy Edwards@Miff__31 Dec 2024
25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre
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If you’ve been interested in conversations surrounding the English curriculum, the political aspects of change, the future of English and what’s really going on in schools do get your tickets to this: all our workshops are led by English teachers in London schools! #TeamEnglish
Myfanwy Edwards@Miff__31 Dec 2024
25th January ‘What Space for English’ an event celebrating and exploring what English is/ has been/ can be as we look forward. At UCL Institute of education, will post eventbrite ASAP! Workshops by teachers on drama, talk & poetry #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre
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Mr T@HeroicMrT5 Jan 2025
Replying to @spyfan8171
Too. Much. ‘Consistency’… Or perscriptivism. Too many meetings. Behaviour being poor. Total lack of trust. Total lack of freedom. Consistency and control freaks and admin and meetings are killing education.
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The outraged binary responses to this are incredibly unhelpful. Of course flaws in the current curriculum aren’t responsible for *all* behaviour problems in school! But are they a part of the problem? Yes. There is a long list of reasons & a list of things that can be done…1/
The Times and Sunday Times
@thetimes1 Jan 2025
Ministers are facing union pressure to make the curriculum more enjoyable for disadvantaged pupils after figures showed that school suspensions and expulsions have reached a record high ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…

Make lessons fun to keep children in school, ministers told

Critics claim that changes introduced by Michael Gove are causing more pupils to disengage from education, fuelling suspensions and exclusions

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Replying to @BarbaraBleiman @1917AndAllThat
There's quite a consensus that English urgently *needs* reform & that the texts on offer need to be part of this - Awarding Bodies, academic English communities, English teachers, ITT. See this report of a recent big meeting on this: englishassociation.ac.uk/sum…
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Tes magazine@tes2 Jan 2025
There has been an alarming rise in the number of children needing specialist treatment for severe mental health crises, despite attempts to provide more mental health support in schools tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

Rise in pupils needing severe mental health crisis support

Increase comes after the previous government’s rollout of mental health professionals to schools was criticised for being too slow

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On quality v enjoyability...a long time ago, I wrote 'The Poetry Pack' for EMC. One of the most popular activities was a 'Reading Trail' with 'I wandered lonely', an extract from Dorothy's journal, a poem by Gillian Clarke, another modern comic one & the Heinneken ad...1/
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This account and the attached website are the most powerful things I found out about when pregnant and ensured I got 12 weeks full pay across a year. Take a look and see how they can help you- amazing stuff
Teachers SPL@TeachersSPL1 Jan 2025
Happy New Year 🎉 If you started your maternity leave in the second half of 2024, it's not too late to take Shared Parental Leave! teachersspl.co.uk #sharedparentalleave #teacher #teacherlife #education #teacherworklifebalance #teachertwitter
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Teachers SPL@TeachersSPL1 Jan 2025
Happy New Year 🎉 If you started your maternity leave in the second half of 2024, it's not too late to take Shared Parental Leave! teachersspl.co.uk #sharedparentalleave #teacher #teacherlife #education #teacherworklifebalance #teachertwitter
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Pie Corbett@PieCorbett1 Jan 2025
Replying to @Miff__
@Miff__ year five riffing on Shakespeare.
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Myfanwy Edwards@Miff__1 Jan 2025
eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-spac… Tickets are here! January 25th 10am-1pm Lunch included in ticket price. All welcome!

What Space for English? English Teachers, Agency and Control

LATE Conference: for teachers of English across the London region

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eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-spac… Tickets are here! January 25th 10am-1pm Lunch included in ticket price. All welcome!

What Space for English? English Teachers, Agency and Control

LATE Conference: for teachers of English across the London region

eventbrite.co.uk
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The EMC download publication has a very strong focus on the play as drama, by the way, as well as offering work on scenes critical and contextuel material. englishandmedia.co.uk/public…
Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation@BarbaraBleiman30 Dec 2024
I've been re-reading 'An Inspector Calls' for a workshop I'm doing in a school in Jan. It's interesting coming back to it again after a couple of years. I've been working up a creative-critical activity that has highlighted a few fresh things for me about Priestley's approach. 1/
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Last book of 2024 Gliff by Ali Smith. I loved it. But I love Ali Smith. Hard to summarise but a quite horrifying dystopia whilst also hopeful, intellectual, beautiful and I have to say full of olfactory ethics!
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