We are excited to announce that the first Team English National Conference will be hosted this Summer in Salisbury on Saturday 14th July. Watch this space for more info (& other venues/dates!) coming soon...
#TENC18
#TeamEnglish
LitDrive is ready!!!!!!! There is no more Team English Dropbox - this is bigger and better and brillianter (that’s a word...) 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Sign up now if you haven’t already and give a special nod to the genius that is
@SaysMiss
. She’s an actual Super Hero.
To every one of you who has helped the Team English community this year (and especially you heroes who just broke up today) we wish you all a very restful and happy Christmas. Love Becky and Nikki 😘
Morning
@BBCiPlayer
- I think I speak on behalf of our huge community of English teachers when I say we would all massively appreciate you putting An Inspector Calls back on iPlayer this half term, as would our students. Any chance?
Hi
@BBCiPlayer
. Is there any possibility you could do the English teaching community a colossal favour and make the BBC's excellent adaptation of An Inspector Calls available to watch? Pretty please? Would make a huge difference - especially without theatre visits at the moment.
Hi everyone - please bear with us if we’re a little slow replying or retweeting at the moment. It’s a hard time for all of us and while we want to help, we also have to look after ourselves and our students. Much love to you all.
Nikki, Becky & Fiona
We’ve launched a Writing Group to support English teachers of all phases who want to build their confidence in modelling creative writing for their students. Have a read and join in!
#TEWriters
‘Once more unto the breach, dear friends’ Whether it be preparation for GCSEs, A levels or Sats, have a good half term leading them into battle...and remember, it’s not your qualification, it’s theirs; don’t kill yourself. ✌️
I’m excited to let you all know about our sister account
@ITTteamenglish
, specially set up for all trainee/NQT English teachers. Please retweet, follow and get involved!
#TeamEnglish
Afternoon everyone. We know many of you are going back to school next week (& the week after) and so this is just a reminder to call upon us if you need anything. Check our timeline and
@LitdriveUK
for resources or tweet/DM us if you just need a bit of moral support.
#TeamEnglish
In place of the Weekly Resource Round-Up tonight we are excited to share the English Teachers' Bibli-Blography by
@NSMWells
which is now hosted by Team English on our blog. Many thanks to Nick for trusting us as the new home for this incredible resource!
So, nearly another year done, thanks to you all for being a part of the team this year. We are constantly amazed by the generosity and support you all show one another. Carry on being kind. Much love, Becky and Nikki xxxx
Morning all! Let’s chat about poetry:
- What’s your favourite poem personally?
- What’s your favourite poem to teach?
- Name a poem or poet you think more people should know about.
Join the discussion and have a lovely, positive day folks!
#TeamEnglish
Just noticed we’ve reached 15k followers!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 It just keeps getting bigger and bigger! Thanks to all you legends who help make
#TeamEnglish
what it is!
~ Nikki & Becky ~
We’ve just found out that Team English is 5 years old today! Thank you to everyone who has helped us build this brilliant, supportive, welcoming community. Much love to all our lovely followers 🥰
#TeamEnglish
Lots of prospective NQTs are asking for interview advice at the moment, especially possible questions. Could we start a thread here of interview advice and questions for English NQTs? (Although I’m sure many of the questions will be relevant to all.) Thanks!
#TeamEnglish
Ok, so
@amymayforrester
just tweeted that there is a ridiculously easy way to convert PDFs into Word and I thought “Nah, mate. That can’t be true!”
It bloody ruddy well is true! It’s pure wizardry!!
A little thread about Gerald. Jesus Christ, I am not a fan of Gerald.
The way in which he behaves as a mouthpiece for both Sheila and Eva is incredulous. He’s not just an unreliable narrator because he lies by omission about the affair with Eva, but he perpetuates a version...
Top Christmas Tips from
#TeamEnglish
: Eat all the things, watch all the movies, sit/sleep all day long, leave all school work til the last day! Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Thank you so much to
@SPryke2
and
@teachals
for the acknowledgment in here. You two are amazing and we cannot wait to get stuck into this. I think this is going to be on every Team English wish list!
We love this idea! Please can we call on all our followers to share this with your departments and students and get as many kids as possible involved.
#TeamEnglish
@LitdriveUK
@EngChatUK
I don’t normally do this but a
#FF
for all the teachers live teaching at the moment.
We were never trained for this, but, like the A-Team, we are metaphorically trapped in a barn with a van, a welding torch and some steel drums.
The A-Team saved the village and so will we.
There are so many wonderful tweets about yesterday’s
#TENC18
- we can’t keep up with them! Huge thanks to
@MrsSpalding
&
@TLPMsF
for making it happen. You are true Super Women! So excited about the future of Team English. Best department in the world!
Morning everyone! There won’t be a weekly round up blog over the summer but we’ll start it again in September. Thank you too all for the incredible contributions we’ve had this year.
In the meantime, please sign up to
@LitdriveUK
if you haven’t already. It’s going to be awesome!
Start a conversation about CPD.
Which book, blog or speaker has made you consider teaching & learning in your classroom/school.
(can be educational books or other topics).
Please RT.
Happy New Year to you all and thanks to each and every one of you for the resources and support you have given over the last year. Here’s to 2019 and all the English excitement it will bring. Love always, Becky and Nikki xxxx
Morning everyone! Remember that the
#TENConline
sessions are all still available until midnight on Monday. Another day of high quality, inspiring CPD awaits!
Following on from the last tweet, we also get lots of requests for interview advice from people applying for English HoD or similar roles. If we could start a thread here of advice and interview questions then we can share with everyone who needs it 😊
#TeamEnglish
One of our followers would like to know how schools are supporting English departments who are facing an increased workload due to TAGs this year. Any advice or recommendations greatly appreciated.
#teamenglish
Time for my annual RT of this. Here’s my Dropbox folder containing everything I’ve ever shared including booklets, PPTS, revision resources etc. Some bits need updating to reflect new ideas but it might help with planning. Help yourselves!
@Team_English1
Team English is a broad church of different degree specialisms and we’re always learning - that’s what makes our job so interesting! Let’s share some of the best ways we have all enhanced our subject knowledge since graduating and boost each other’s confidence a bit!
#TeamEnglish
Morning all! So, today we’re asking:
- Which literary character would you most like to spend the day with? Why?
- Which literary character would you hate to work with? Why?
Join in and have a gorgeous day you gorgeous people! 😘
#TeamEnglish
Start a conversation about books, answer one of these, or just add one of your own!
What is the one book you would like to go back and re-read?
An overrated book (in your opinion)
Or an underrated book
What famous book haven't you read?
Do you have a favourite author?
Been inspired by the creative writing sessions on
@TeamEnglishNC
this weekend? Then have a go at the next
#TEWriters
challenge!
Another stunning image from
@HeyPobble
here
Upload your writing to our google docs folder (link is in our latest blog).
Enjoy!
Evening all! It’s time for Sunday Night Surgery to start up again. I’ll be here for the next hour to retweet any requests for resources and offer general help and advice... in between checking Trump’s twitter account for any new outbursts!
#TeamEnglish