Kirsty B📖
@_krogg
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Curriculum Leader for English. #LitDrive 🐝 MCCT. Mentor. Musical theatre. Pianist. Linguist. Bookworm. Feminist. Views my own. NPQLL ‘23, NPQLT📚
Greater Manchester
Joined July 2018
💕Here’s my slides from today if useful! Thanks to everyone who attended my talk. #womenempowerwomen @LitdriveUK 🐝 https://t.co/7GU7chMBDP
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This is the most nature is healing article I've ever read. Sorry, but you'll never convince me the problem with a lot of things today isn't the phones. All these kids actually developed hobbies and interests in a matter of months.
nymag.com
Since the bell-to-bell device lockup, teens in New York have rediscovered the simple pleasures of conversation, board games, and poker.
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An intriguing collection of essays on the idea of ‘knowledge rich’ curricula, teaching & learning. Essays include Naomi Pilling’s brilliant argument for ‘knowledge rich’ art curricula & @bennewmark on ‘knowledge rich’ for children who can struggle most. https://t.co/VPmkTnhhd4
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Rewatching The Man Who Invented Christmas with my fellow English teacher husband is always a joy at Christmas. 🎄 Such a gorgeous film. Book ordered ✅
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The architecture of writing development. A thread... 🧵
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“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” • Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own •Art Monica Castanys
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New session: Transition from KS2-3 Just published a short webinar on strategies to support continuity @MyattandCo @stevewillshaw @johntomsett
https://t.co/A8knNYPY8S
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SAVE THE DATE! The annual Litdrive Conference is returning on Saturday July 11th 2026. Be the first to find out about tickets and speakers by signing up to our newsletter here: https://t.co/C24H01wemp
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Feedback is the engine room of adaptive teaching. It’s not the mini whiteboard check that makes the difference - it’s what teachers do next. Corinne Settle explores how in-the-moment decisions move learning forward. Read 👇 https://t.co/rkKzXm3bdO
#AdaptiveTeaching #Feedback
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What happens when teachers act on what pupils show them — and use those moments to shape learning as it happens?
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One shift that has really strengthened my students’ non-fiction writing is mastering a clear ‘Call To Action’ ending. We have focused on using direct address, command verbs and a sharp rhetorical question to help them finish with confidence and impact.✍🏽 #engchat #teamenglish
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I think about this every lesson I see - Everyone must be thinking to be learning - but what are they thinking *with*? https://t.co/1di7zyknbr via @teacherhead
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A common issue I see in lessons is that explanations, questions and practice tasks can be too abstract for too many students because they don’t have secure enough prior knowledge to engage fu…
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Finally finished our new anthology for the Y8 Macbeth “Tyrants” unit. Branches out to associate poetry, prose, non-fiction and media underpinning key concepts. Will share the scheme once fully resource if anyone wants it.
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💝 Day FOUR’s gift: A resource designed to help students of all ages to think strategically about their role in discourse. Yes you’ve guessed it, it's Voice 21’s Student Talk Tactics 🎉 #Voice21FestivalOfGiving #oracy #talktactics
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A summary of the Curriculum and Assessment Review recommendations focusing on literary and oracy. Included in the summary is the DfE response and the related parts of the Ofsted Inspection Framework.
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How to direct your students to active reading during read-alouds: •Explicitly state what you expect students to do before you start reading •Model those expectations •A 1-pg article=15 minutes full of active engagement, checks for understanding, and lots of learning.
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NEW An Inspector Calls 23-lesson scheme for 2026 - the old one was from 2022 (!) and it was a bit outdated so I've re-done it and now it looks like all my others :) I've put it in my google drive & popped a link here - hope it helps someone! https://t.co/vJYItq9ncQ
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