I do a lot of curriculum work. For quite a while now I’ve been trying to articulate something for myself with little success. This blog post has been invariably a…
This is a guest blog written by Lucy Wood Lucy is an experienced primary practitioner and has had the privilege of teaching, learning and leading across a diverse range of…
This is a guest blog written by Sarah Smith Sarah originally trained as a social worker before becoming and Early Years teacher. She currently works full-time as an EY and…
This is a guest blog written by Emily Pringle. Emily has been a History teacher for 12 years working in Lincolnshire. She has three children and works 0.8, and is…
This is a guest blog written by Louisa Grimley. Louisa is currently Secondary English Lead at a 4-19 SEND provision in Leicester. A latecomer to teaching, she uses her previous…
I wrote this article for HWRK Magazine in January 2023 to walk through my process for teaching creative writing using reflection and self-regulation. You can read the whole piece here.
John Agard has written this poem in Patois to show that his language and identity is just as worthy as that of the other writers in the English Literary Canon.Y10…
‘Creative’ Writing on the current GCSE specs isn’t really ‘creative’ in the real sense of the word. Students must respond to an unseen prompt in timed conditions and attempt to…
Metaphor is one of the key pillars of knowledge in English. Whether we are creating them or encountering them, metaphors highlight the interconnectedness of ideas and experiences. Fundamentally, metaphors are…
