www.concordiacoaching.com Get in touch if you’d like to explore career coaching with my husband Owen Thomas - currently completing MSC and working with Birkbeck University

Our Year 11 Graduation at the stunning Alexandra Palace Theatre was filled with talent, pride & celebration. Massive thanks to the team @YourAllyPally for being fab hosts. Year 11, you truly shone! You deserved this outstanding evening in one of London’s most beautiful theatres

"[English now] is something that is no longer really literary study at all but rather the performance of a new kind of English that is very different and far less enjoyable"

On Friday we hosted 60 teachers plus speakers for our oracy conference. This sums up the passion + enthusiasm generated by all the attendees during the day. Thank you to everyone for making it such a vibrant + stimulating occasion!

I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion

A fantastic day today at our Linguistically-Informed Oracy Conference! Lots of great speakers, workshops and presentations. @robdrummond.bsky.social @snelljulia.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social @lucystrike7.bsky.social

Some great conversations going on in our first workshop session of the day!

youtu.be/1t9UHQgtDfU Today I had the pleasure of delivering an assembly on ADHD at my children’s school. This video helped make it accessible for yrs 2-6. Amazing Things, the creators encourage sharing it widely - So please if you are parenting or teaching children with adhd - watch and share.

Really enjoyed English & Media centre webinar today on teaching power and conflict poetry. Brilliantly informed by examiners’ reports and thoughtful approaches to teaching. Thanks Kate Oliver and @engmediacentre.bsky.social

KNOWLEDGE FOR ORACY A full-day teacher conference to help schools get to grips with the language knowledge that teachers need to make oracy a success @barbarableiman.bsky.social @englangblog.bsky.social @robdrummond.bsky.social @lucystrike7.bsky.social englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/632d...

Personal Development and Oracy: Two sides of the same coin A free webinar Wed 29 Jan 5pm We will explore how personal development and oracy are deeply connected and how we can maximise this relationship to ensure 'world ready', vibrant and outward looking young people. More details in next post

Last week Andrew McCallum, director of the @engmediacentre.bsky.social came to see how the English department at APS has been developing approaches to Oracy and talk in lessons. He really enjoyed all of the lessons and has reflected on them in this piece. www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/learnin...