samantha eaton
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Assistant Head at CHS. English Teacher. Learning and teaching is at the heart ❤️ of it all. All views my own.
Joined March 2010
I plan to release a new book each Wednesday. You can get a sneak preview of what is to come in the series here: https://t.co/phyvw8aOGW
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TOMORROW!! We’re excited for our Sports Presentation Evening!! Winners and parents/carers asked to be seated at 16.55 for a pre show performance before we kick off the evening at 17.00. Looking forward to celebrating another year of sport at @officialCHS 🏆
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Have you booked your free place yet? English teachers! Join us on 25 June for a livestreamed CPD on Macbeth in context, with the wonderful Professor Emma Smith, and teacher & author @MichaelDonkor. We're delving into ideas of agency & blame. Book here: https://t.co/iTq32TTaDS
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Some tickets left for Lord of The Flies next week. Out Sixth Form have worked so hard on this. It is absolutely brilliant and they deserve a sell out. QR link on poster below. @SixthFormCHS @officialCHS @MusicCHS
https://t.co/NSv2IqNYq1
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Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to retweet but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. https://t.co/efvD9Je1ue
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@cardiffcouncil @willowshigh I am so proud of this report, especially the quote below. Huge thanks to the entire @willowshigh team for doing what they do, day in, day out. You are amazing! #TheWillowsWay #Belong #Believe #Achieve
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English teachers in Wales. A great opportunity to attend subject specific PL delivered by practitioners. Sign up come along and share great practice!
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🗓️ LitdriveCPD: South East Wales 🗓️ Join us on Wednesday 18 September at Croesyceiliog School in Cwmbran for sessions covering topics such as teaching Macbeth and engaging pupils in poetry. 🐝 Get your tickets: https://t.co/14px50DZYm
#LitdriveCPD #TeamEnglish @Team_English1
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WE'RE BACK for season 7 of the podcast, and this lovely panel will be in your ears bright and early this Friday. Tune in!
We recorded another of our live panel episodes today on close-to-practice enquiry in schools. You can catch this one in September! Thanks to @CSCJES’s Louise Muteham, @palmerston_p_s’s Sarah Cason, Emma Aston from @whs_cardiff & Dr Matt Hutt from @UniSouthWales
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Very interesting piece here raising some important points and asks challenging questions. We have to strive for better for our children. We can’t leave reading to chance. @Bethanl1
https://t.co/Cbj6YvYOiB
bbc.co.uk
One teacher says reading standards for pupils in Wales were "patchy at best".
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A great event - run by @Mrs_D_EngHOD which provides wonderful professional learning for English teachers across S Wales. Some amazing speakers with great strategies and advice… and me upping my game to fit in! Book your tickets now!
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*** Weekend Post *** 'How to do disciplinary literacy' "Done well, and done collaboratively, disciplinary literacy can offer pupils a set of tools to crack open the curriculum." https://t.co/ZlmiUAILL7
alexquigley.co.uk
How pupils read, write, talk, and the vocabulary they use in every classroom is specialist and unique. There are general words and literacy strategies to deploy, but as pupils move up through school,...
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9/ All eight #Detectorists covers available as a pack of postcards from here: https://t.co/b6ZudvpdcV
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Today has been one of those days where I haven’t sold anything in my online shop. Being a small business is bloody hard work at the moment. Please have a look at my shop and retweet to spread the word. Thanks. https://t.co/efvD9JdtEG
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🚨 This latest report from @Literacy_Trust shows a decline in the number of children who enjoy writing. 🖊️ We're currently funding projects focused on improving the writing outcomes of pupils aged 5-16 (Key Stages 1-4) in England. Find out more:
🚨Writing enjoyment has hit its lowest point for the second year running.🚨 The cost of literacy crisis is already impacting children and young people. Without literacy skills, you can't go after the life you want. We need to act now. Full report ➡️ https://t.co/6r4xUJQCgu
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A few people have asked me for a transcript of the speech I gave recently about Curriculum for Wales. #CfW Here it is, with a few useful sources linked in. https://t.co/mE9iyZNBZb And the original video in case you missed it (viewed over 1k times now). https://t.co/Lp8pLd57Cm
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