Gráinne Hallahan
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Head of Community at @teachertapp • previously analyst at @tes • views are all mine • former teacher • Grawn-ya
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It’s the
@teachertapp
blog!
Why teachers leave, what you think about the 150m buffer zones and AI cheats 👇🏼
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This is the truth we all knew. Well done to all of those who pushed for this data to be released.
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I made my sister a cup of tea with a mug that says ‘I’m a twat’ on the bottom.
She’s on a work video call and she’s just had an email telling her.
I’m the best big sister.
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Big bad folder of cover: thirty 20/20/20 stand alone plus four booklets
@Team_English1
#teamenglish
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Whether teachers strike or not, the ticking time bomb of the recruitment crisis caused by not addressing pay and conditions is set to go off this autumn term.
🚨 Vacancies up 14%
🚨 Schools unable to recruit
🚨 Trainee recruitment targets missed
🚨 1 in 5 considering leaving
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AQA Mod folder of exemplars- each band for every q+ every paper. Thank you
#teamenglish
#engchatuk
for all the help!
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‘You need to write in more detail...’
Some ideas to help students who need to develop their phrasing to write in more detail, make more analytical points, and drawn in more quotations.
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Tips for a calm classroom?
✅Give teachers enough PPA to properly plan and mark
✅ Maximum class size so all students feel known by their teacher
✅Fund CAMHS and PRU/AP properly so they can work WITH schools
Or did you not mean things like that, Gavin?
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My lockdown goal achieved! Ran 10 miles this morning feeling comfortable and strong. It’s taken three months but I’ve done it 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
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From marking, these were the most common spelling mistakes that came up again and again:
@Team_English1
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Today I was editing a piece on bullying in schools - but it got me thinking about how schools deal with bullying between staff members.
Is bullying between/towards staff something you’ve seen or experienced? Do you think schools do enough to support teachers who are bullied?
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A little booklet of fiction extracts that can be used for Language Paper One
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My timeline is full of exhausted teachers doing really challenging admin tasks at the end of the toughest term of the school year.
We know our pinch points- shouldn’t we be stripping back what we do to do it well, instead of adding onto an already overburdened staff?
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All of my A Christmas Carol resources- inc mocks, exemplar ans, revision tasks, vocab, analysis tasks
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry
All my resources! Exemplars, mocks, revision, quotes, tasks
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#engchatuk
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SOW for Lang Paper 2 including mocks, exemplars etc
#teamenglish
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thanks
@MissATollafield
for the help!
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10 stand alone cover lessons using 20/20/20 format- reading, comprehension, and writing.
#teamenglish
thanks
@Xris32
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry • All complex vocab organised by poem
#teamenglish
#engchatuk
@Team_English1
@EngChatUK
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As soon as they gave it a ‘catchy’ name, I knew the Big Bang reopening would be inevitable.
The focus has been on the WHEN schools reopen, not the HOW.
Everyone working in schools knows the HOW is what matters.
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Yesterday a primary teacher said to me:
“The design of the reading test discourages good exam technique, they aren’t tested on comprehension just reading speed.”
We go into the numbers here:
Me in
@tes
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I think this is the most 2021 way to celebrate your birthday, right?
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All my Unseen Poetry resources inc exemplar answers, revision booklet, poems in pairs
#englishchatuk
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I revisited this resource again this week. Putting Q2 and 3 next to each other to Look at what the difference is between language and structure AND why they’re similar.
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@EdusitesEnglish
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Next week in
@tes
we have a piece on learning names.
Unsurprisingly, very few people get my name right on first attempt. But someone trying, and failing, to pronounce it never bothers me.
What upset me at school was when teachers asked 'What can I call you instead?'
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A small collection of exemplar essays for a mixture of literature texts to use with students.
@Team_English1
@ITTteamenglish
#teamenglish
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I did it I did it!
My sub 2hr half - completed in 1hr52 and feel tired, but proud, and happy.
And I can’t wait to do another one 🥰
#ukrunchat
@UKRunChat
@TeachersRunClub
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Poetry revision! This is a really simple way to encourage students to a) make links between poems and b) consider the shift from first to last lines.
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Ohhhh look at this! Great Teams hack.
I'm going to compile a list of the best online learning 'hacks' for
@tes
. Has anyone else got some good ones to share?
Today's MS Teams discovery...type @ forms (no space) into the chat/posts and you can generate an instant poll or quiz question. Love this!
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Making my prediction now: this is going to be an online Oak course that pupils do on computers, not with teachers in a classroom.
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If you’re in need for cover lessons/back up lessons/student absent or excluded/emergency break the glass I need to teach with no resources lessons, then this might help 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
@Team_English1
@ITTteamenglish
Big bad folder of cover: thirty 20/20/20 stand alone plus four booklets
@Team_English1
#teamenglish
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Creative Writing tasks- vocab, games, SPAG, photo prompts, inspired by
@Xris32
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An Inspector Calls Historical Context: Priestley's
@BBCRadio4
Postscripts calling for social change
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Everything Language Paper 1: mocks, mini mocks, vocab lists, creative writing- some
#teamenglish
too
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All of my vocabulary resources inc images, lists and tests organised by text/exam paper
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A Dropbox of all of my unseen poetry resources inc booklets mocks and activities
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Drop box of the quick 5 minute SPAG activities that I've created.
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AQA Power and Conflict Anthology Plus other context bits (for Lang paper 2) vocab, quizzes, quotes, plus exemplar essay
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@Team_English1
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#ittteamenglish
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In a bid to raise our children to be independent, we have allowed our eldest to butter her own toast.
I now realise that this was a grave error.
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This is a pdf of my talk yesterday ‘Cracking the Language Paper’ for resources please see
@EdusitesEnglish
and get a department subscription because they are awesome 👏🏼
@researchED1
#rED18
#teamenglish
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This is a language paper one mock I made, plus lots of supportive questions/examples to try and help with the initial understanding of the text, and then the phrasing of analytical points. I hope it helps!
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A Dropbox of all my images to use for correcting the most common spelling errors
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My daughter changed schools in lockdown and her teacher has been really supportive in encouraging friendships. This means that now she is nominating her friends and happily joining in...despite never having met them in person.
Primary school teachers- you are amazing ❤️
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Used these for my lesson today and I was dancing with happiness at how well they worked. You are a⭐️
@LHanson1711
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Not something I’m particularly keen on, but I made this to help with a marking policy where GCSE grades were given to KS3. Split between reading and writing. I hope it helps.
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Language Vs Structure for Paper 1
Extracts from same text analysed twice, then prompts, then independent
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No waffle 🙅🏽 avoiding 'it makes you want to read on' with structure in The Blind Assassin
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I'm hearing some teachers say lockdown has made them reassess their speed in class, and how slowing down has produced better outcomes.
Is this something you've found since teaching remotely? Are you thinking about changing your f2f teaching?
#journorequests
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1. Schools do this already
2. Pledging it won’t make it more effective
3. Changing the things that make children fall behind in the first place would be where to start
4. I’ve also got thoughts on ‘fall behind’ and the obsession with measuring
If your child falls behind in maths or English, we are asking schools to intervene and help them get them back on track.
That’s our pledge to every parent.
It’s part of the central mission of this government: to unite and level up across the country.
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Booklet of ten 500 word stories with tasks for Lang P1 sec B. Thanks
@TLPMsF
and
@ladybarkbark
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Paper 2 Mock Football using Victorian female football player and The Secret Footballer
@Team_English1
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A Dropbox of resources for the Last Brussel Sprout Creative Writing lesson- perfect for the last week of term 🎄
@Team_English1
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Yesterday my beautiful friend passed away. She died from a brain tumour. We were school friends, work friends, mum friends. I miss her terribly already. Brain cancer receives a tiny % of research funding, so please donate to help find a cure
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Calling all google classroom experts-
@tes
would like to put a helpful list together of the best tips for teaching using that platform.
What would be your top tip for using google classroom?
Thank you!
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Victorian food critic on London's 1st Veg restaurant & NYeats anti burger • Lang Paper 2
@Team_English1
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Some thoughts here on how to get the most out of this list with students via
@EdusitesEnglish
AQA Power and Conflict Poetry • All complex vocab organised by poem
#teamenglish
#engchatuk
@Team_English1
@EngChatUK
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It might be nearly midway through term two, but I have first day nerves!
Today I say goodbye to
@tes
, and start a new role at
@TeacherTapp
writing their editorial content as the head of Teacher Tapp community.
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Reaction of every teacher:
1. This is old news
2. Most schools aren’t spaced out like that
3. Awaits late night announcement overriding this plan
Only primary school children and students in Year 11 and 13 will return to school next week, says Gove
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A collection of non-fiction to accompany P&C poetry to teach context and lang paper 2
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Guided writing (thanks
@EnglishEffects
@AQAEnglish
) and then adding an image
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Despite EVERYONE agreeing leaks are the worst way to find out about lockdown changes, ministers continue to let the leaks go to the press.
For parents and school staff this is so unnecessary and anxiety inducing.
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If you are one of those poor souls still in school teaching, these quick five minute SPaG activities might ease the pain in class/formtime
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I’m relieved for the students.
I’m relieved for the teachers.
I’m relieved I won’t have to say statistical model again. 😳
Now to deal with all the knock on effects of this balls up.
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Anyone else praying they haven’t hit print yet on those GCSE results?
Is someone taking time to check their working out again?
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All my Romeo and Juliet resources (mocks, vocab, how to analyse, exemplars) plus some
#litdrive
#teamenglish
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Good luck to all those going back tomorrow.
I hope your shoes don’t give you blisters and you remember your SIMs log in.
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My dad just out-Irished himself and gave my daughter a boiled potato to snack on in the car.
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Dropbox of all my photobox descriptions in one place
#teamenglish
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thanks
@Tom_Briars
for the idea!
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Paper 2 Olympics: Ennis-Hill and Arthur Conan Doyle 1908 marathon controversy
@Team_English1
#teamenglish
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AQA Unseen Poetry Revision Booklet 7 Mock Qs plus example answers + terminology guides
#teamenglish
#englishchatuk
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"The sun was as bright as..." NO! How to avoid cliched and dull description for Q5
#teamenglish
@Team_English1
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This has been really useful when preparing students for language- revisiting words that have come from exemplars and texts we’ve been using, and now trying to think about ‘stock’ phrases to use in their own writing.
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Lang Paper 2 Mock • surgeon who operated on himself + Victorian surgery pre anaesthetic
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Using
@mr_englishteach
and some sentence structures from last year, I’m making some ‘prompt mats’ for students who need more reminders about how to pair their analytical words to lead to deeper analysis. Thanks Mark!
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On my first day as a trainee teacher I sat in the dinner hall with my mentor to eat my lunch as part of my induction, and a student asked me what year I was in.
@tes
is looking for teachers to share first day of teaching memories- please drop me a message if you have one for us!
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I'm looking forward to using these for Paper 2 summarising differences. Thanks so much
@LHanson1711
for the idea
@Team_English1
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Without funding this pay rise, it’s hard to see how this news helps anyone in schools.
It should have been funded. Where are schools meant to cut the money from to pay for this?
BREAKING: Experienced teachers are to get a 5% pay award in 2022-23 and teacher starting salaries will see an 8.9% uplift in September this year, reaching £28,000,
@educationgovuk
has announced
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It was clear from the very first set of guidance from the DfE that we couldn’t operate without test and trace up and running.
What a shock to no one in education: schools reopening isn’t being inhibited by work shy teachers after all.
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Happy New Year! Happy to be representing
@tes
and talking to
@BBCBreakfast
at 8:30 about the challenges facing schools when coronavirus testing begins this term.
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Booklet of spy fiction • Three short extracts plus comprehension questions • KS3 or KS2
@Team_English1
@PrimaryRocks1
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A while ago I went through and created a list of all the complex vocabulary in the AQA poetry cluster. Below is a blog explaining how I use it, as well as the actual list. I can’t explain how useful I’ve found this. Students’ confidence soared.
Some thoughts here on how to get the most out of this list with students via
@EdusitesEnglish
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I used this again recently, and it is still my favourite way to check understanding, and to make connections between multiple poems in a meaningful way. If you’re revising poetry I really recommend it!
@team_english1
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry • All complex vocab organised by poem
#teamenglish
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@Team_English1
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These are all my countdown to Christmas advent calendars - different revision tasks for every day in December
@Team_English1
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The outpouring of feeling in the replies to my
@tes
piece on 50+ teachers make me feel so sad for all of those teachers who have felt pushed out/unappreciated.
We clearly need to change how experience is valued in schools; our education system is weaker from losing this talent.
There's been a disastrous loss of experienced teachers from the profession and not enough people are aware of it, or talking about it.
Even more worrying, not enough is being done to stop the over-50s leaving.
@heymrshallahan
deep dives into the data
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If you find Paper One question four a bit of a pickle- this is a good one to use to help students find their supportive textual detail
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My latest resource and contribution for International Women's Day: Miss Nainsì Hallahan ☺
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89% of teachers agree that parents have become “far too disrespectful” of teachers.
The data we’ve got on
@TeacherTapp
shows a change in parent relationships AND pupil behaviour. These two things are clearly linked.
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Nothing beats your headteacher tweeting about how proud he is of you 💙
#OnceAStBensGirlAlwaysAStBensGirl
Always proud to see and hear this former St Benedict’s College student commenting so knowledgeably on education matters…well done Gráinne. We could do with people of your calibre on this side of the Irish Sea.
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This is a Paper One a student made from a Q5 (planning in photo/Dropbox) based on waterfalls! Easily the best story he has written. Such a good idea for students to then think about effect
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Power and Conflict poetry vocab HW booklets. 114 complex words they need to understand. Weekly tasks and quizzes
@Team_English1
#teamenglish
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I’m double triple checking all these words with my students this week AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Vocabulary
@Team_English1
@ITTteamenglish
AQA Power and Conflict Poetry • All complex vocab organised by poem
#teamenglish
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@Team_English1
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