Author Archives: Is there anything left to say?

Supporting staff with Reading for Pleasure: CPD At TLLeeds22 I shared my understanding of effective CPD for staff on our school focus of Reading for Pleasure. I outlined the importance of evidence informed approaches to CPD based on the EEF Effective Professional Development Guidance report. My learning points from the implementation to date is theContinue reading “Reading for pleasure”

What would you wish for? We all know that wishing is more dangerous than it seems; literature has taught us this. Watching ‘WW84’, I wasn’t expecting it to reference W W Jacobs’ ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ once, let alone so frequently. I have just taught to this to Y8 and I hope they remember that ifContinue reading “WW84: truth and power in the written word.”

Planning for conceptual progression in an English Literature Curriculum? Curriculum planning is one of the joys of teaching English. It is a privilege to be in position where one can lead on curriculum planning and provision. But, this also brings great responsibility and it is the topic of much educational writing. What can be addedContinue reading “Is there anything left to say about…”

‘A Christmas Carol’? ‘A Christmas Carol’ secular or religious text I am very proud to have had this article published by CLiC and I am very grateful for being invited by Viola and Michaela to contribute. A powerpoint can be found above, on which the post is based. This post is the first teaching-focused contributionContinue reading “Is there anything left to say about…”

I’ve been in teaching and education for an incredibly long time. It’s taken me a long time to find my voice and here it is! It’s very important for women to speak out, to share, to give their views as for a long time we have been written out of history, silenced or perceived asContinue reading “Who am I and what have I got to say?”