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Well... imagine if we focused on all the negativity around teachers - it would get you down, so for now I will mention nothing about it....
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Collaborate, Communicate, Connect
NI ENGLISH TEACHERS
For English Teachers, By English Teachers
We aim to provide high-quality CPD written by English teachers in Northern Ireland, for English teachers in Northern Ireland. Whatever your setting, you have a place in this community.
This online space wants to provide opportunities for English teachers across Northern Ireland to come together to collaborate, communicate and connect - be it through our featured blog posts or our discussion forum. We are also pretty active on Twitter - follow us at @NIEnglishTeachers.
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My First Year As HOD
What convinced my school to appoint me as Head of English? Was it my extensive vocabulary? Was it my encyclopaedic knowledge of...
Grease the Wheel, Don’t Reinvent It.
Zoom /zu:m/ (v) To communicate with (a person or group of people) over the internet, typically by video-chatting, using the Zoom...
A Little Bit More...
We are encouraged to drink water a little bit more, get outside and exercise a little bit more, contribute to charities a little bit...
Imitation in "Frankenstein"
Introduction Whether they’ve read the novel or not, even those with the most passing knowledge of Frankenstein can give the basics: mad...
The Benefits of Booklets
Are you sick of spending your life by the photocopier? Have you had enough of pupils claiming to have lost loose sheets of notes? Are you...
Retrieval Practice in the English Classroom: the secret to summoning knowledge?
The first article I read about retrieval practice was titled: ‘Retrieval Practice: the most powerful learning strategy you’re not using’...
Happiness is a... practice... called Retrieval
Only people of a certain age will 'recall' the catch phrase in the title (possibly 40+) - not that I'm admitting to or denying anything...
Whole-Class Feedback Saved My Life
Sometimes, a new pedagogical fad comes along and you give it all you've got. VAK, anyone? The classroom carousel? Oh, lollipop sticks! It...
Manglish Magic: A whole-community approach to supporting pupils in Maths and English.
Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert: there is no magic in this blog. There are no silver bullets when it comes to improving pupils’ GCSE...
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