Laura May Rowlands
@TillyTeacher
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Teacher, mother, woman. Occasional @tes writer; co-author of #SuccessInEnglish; #MTPTProject Rep; English subject expert panel member for @OakNational and HoF.
Southampton
Joined May 2011
So, you want to talk about cancer... https://t.co/KPmbZJ1DHa This is very much a selfish post - getting the details of the last few weeks down for me. But if anyone wants to read it, feel free.
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I wrote about the radicalisation of Stephen Fry
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My youngest son has audio versions of all of the Harry Potter books. Given the public pronouncements of a certain artist, Iโve started to find this problematic. True, one can separate the art from...
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I wrote about Karen Danson and the unacceptability of women having to reveal trauma to ask that their boundaries are respected (and the double bind of "no evidence / all imaginary" if you don't, "biased / weaponising / too damaged" if you do)
thecritic.co.uk
Should a woman have to reveal a past history of trauma in order to have her boundaries respected in the here and now? Karen Danson, one of the nurses suing Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trustโฆ
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"..a change in specification on the horizon." @TillyTeacher cited in this @tes piece by @jasminenorden: https://t.co/7KsgbX4Dp9 2/2
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Schools need support to break away from An Inspector Calls to cover texts by authors from more diverse backgrounds, say experts
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Choosing GCSE English texts: "Generally there is so little [resource support] out there that, despite thinking some of these texts might be more suitable for cohorts, I do not want to spend a huge amount of time researching & learning new texts when there may or may not be.." 1/2
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Treating the concept of "female biology" as "nebulous" or impossible to define, in a world where the default body is still seen as male, inevitably reinforces medical misogyny
thecritic.co.uk
The neglect of female bodies in medicine has a long history. The male-default bias, writes Caroline Criado Perez in Invisible Women, โgoes back at least to the ancient Greeks, who kicked off the...
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Whether you're finishing maternity leave or shared parental leave, contrary to popular belief, you can return to work on the first day of a holiday if you want to! #teachers #maternity #sharedparentalleave #spl
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I was delighted to have been asked to offer some ideas for @Bedr0ckLearning 's new white paper - it's launching tomorrow and you can read it here!
bedrocklearning.org
Improving literacy for life - Bedrock Learning develops vocabulary, grammar and English skills for students aged 6+.
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@Team_English1 @TillyTeacher @LauraLolder @engteacherabro2 @Xris32 @FunkyPedagogy I'm desperately hoping to talk to someone currently teaching A Level Eng Lit B but I'm struggling. I'd be so grateful for a retweet if you wouldn't mind. Thank you so much!!
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New Blog about the Literature Exam Report - A summary. Hope it is useful @Team_English1 @AQAEnglish
susansenglish.wordpress.com
Yesterday, I worked on summarising the Language exam reports and today Iโve done the Literature ones. I hope they are useful as I know myself and my team find it useful to have a quick refereโฆ
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@TillyTeacher sounding great on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning!
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What's the job of a head of department on GCSE results day? Head of English @TillyTeacher shares her tips for middle leaders https://t.co/Vfpk07kUMU
tes.com
GCSE results day can be as worrying for staff as it is for students - and heads of department need to support everyone while looking after themselves, too, says Laura May Rowlands
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#TeamEnglish #UKEdChat I'm starting at a new school in September. It's my first and only school move in 10 years! โ๏ธWhat tips do you have for settling into a completely new school setting?โ๏ธ
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Last month we sorted two new PA systems for a school, month before a teacher took her department out to The Ivy... But this month, one lucky teacher is going to get to have their shop-til-they-drop on @TeacherTapp Who is the best dressed teacher most deserving of this prize??
Want to win ยฃ500 to spend on a NEW summer wardrobe? ๐๏ธ Answer 4 days-in-a-row on the app to receive a ticket into our July prize draw! How many tickets do you have? ๐ค
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Didn't her party literally just have 14 years to think about this? ๐คฃ๐คก #smartphonefreechildhood
Eton has banned smartphones; grades will improve. But the negative impacts of smartphones and social media on children and our future extend far beyond education. Why arenโt politicians taking notice? A ๐งต1/8 @Telegraph @JonHaidt
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Nigel Farage is going to hate being an MP. Heโs going to go in to the House of Commons thinking heโs going to get to grill the PM every PMQs and instead heโll be answering letters from Doris about why they closed the public toilets on Clacton High Street.
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Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.
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.@Team_English1 Are you an expert in a particular area of Literature? Can you record a short (30 minute) session on it? If so, I need you! I want to run mini lectures for my A-level students and I'd love to build a bank of them. Please let me know if you can help!
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