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Jennifer Webb

@funkypedagogy.bsky.social
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Trust Director of English and Literacy at Carlton Academy Trust | Author | Speaker | CPD | Mum | Wife | ADHD | Founder: The Literacy Community | #EduSky | #UKTeaching | 🇬🇧 🇰🇳 www.funkypedagogy.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Just saw this is over 60k this morning! He needs 75k so can you help push it up up up if you have anything to spare? And if you don't, please do share! #Booksky
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Kathryn Clark @arithmaticks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
“Teaching is neuroscience in the dark… it is the ultimate act of faith.” @funkypedagogy.bsky.social says we’re trying to affect structural change in a child’s brain, but we have no way to check that it is working. (+ Baby Webb watching his mum smash it from the back of the room 🥺) #TTRconnect
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Kathryn Clark @arithmaticks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
SO well put by @funkypedagogy.bsky.social… We’re getting increasingly distant from the thing we’re doing or trying to fix. Or where the idea came from. Or even if it’s what children really need. Does it matter what the current research trend is? What are we really wanting to achieve? #TTRConnect
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Joe Stammers @mrstammers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🧠Still thinking about @ttradioofficial.bsky.social Connect event. Here are my key points: 🔷 know the informedness of your research @funkypedagogy.bsky.social 🔹 'beautiful chaos' in science 🔹 Valuing vulnerability in reading 🔹 Nurturing belonging & equity w/ @mrsfnisar.bsky.social
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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We were delighted to host the annual in-person meeting of NETL today - Network for English Trust Leaders. We hope you stayed cool(ish) and do stay in touch! @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @florencepope.bsky.social
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Miriam Hussain @miriamhussain.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Really looking forward for the book launch of RTT: An Inspector Calls at Aston University. Tickets available below: www.miriamhussain.education/events/bookl... @hugheshaili.bsky.social @spryke2.bsky.social @teachals.bsky.social @xris32.bsky.social @zarashah.bsky.social @funkypedagogy.bsky.social 📚🎉
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Book Launch. Ready to Teach: An Inspector Calls. — Miriam Hussain
Join Miriam Hussain and Haili Hughes for the launch of their new book, Ready To Teach: An Inspector Calls, on Saturday, 2nd May.
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Stuart Pryke @spryke2.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
We’re a month away from the book release date and 2 months away from some great CPD around ‘An Inspector Calls’. @zarashah.bsky.social, @xris32.bsky.social and @funkypedagogy.bsky.social all speaking! 🤩 Sign up below! @hugheshaili.bsky.social @miriamhussain.bsky.social @teachals.bsky.social 👇🏻
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Kathryn Clark @arithmaticks.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Main stage speakers are Ross McGill and Jennifer Webb aka @funkypedagogy.bsky.social 🤩🤩 It is a phenomenal event to network with like-minded teachers and pick up some brilliant ideas that you can take into your classroom as soon as you return after the weekend! 💡 We hope to see you there!
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Nikki Sullivan @nikkisullivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Less than a week to go! Huge thanks to @mrsball.bsky.social, @singhamarbeerg.bsky.social, & Adam Kohlbeck, who kindly read the book prior to publication. Did we mention the LEGEND that is @funkypedagogy.bsky.social was generous enough to write our foreword!? Unlocking Oracy! amzn.eu/d/dft0jXh
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Mrs Morrin @hayemoz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Currently planning our upcoming #ECT induction day. Any suggestions beyond the obvious items @mrts-ects.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social @funkypedagogy.bsky.social ? Thank you in advance.
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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Free! Recording plus slides of last night’s ‘Reading for Pleasure and Growth’ webinar! #openingdoors Please circulate. englishassociation.ac.uk/reading-for-...
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Reading for pleasure and growth: a fresh perspective from a network of UK schools | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
@funkypedagogy.bsky.social Hi Jenny, I wonder if this would be helpful? Just published, aimed at non-specialist teachers in secondary. An overview of reading development and strategies that can help. With additional leader materials. 😊 Took several years to develop! www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Supporting all readers in secondary school
A short course for secondary school staff and leaders to support readers at all levels.
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thinktalkleah.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Genius idea during @englishassociation.bsky.social webinar with @openingdoors.bsky.social from @funkypedagogy.bsky.social Local residents and businesses purchase books for the school library from a desired list via local indie bookstore! Win win! 📖👏🏽
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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@thinktalkleah.bsky.social @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @juliesargent.bsky.social @lauraspargo.bsky.social @justimaginecentre.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @raesnape.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @jillberry102.bsky.social
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thinktalkleah.bsky.social @thinktalkleah.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Looking forward to contributing to the conversation on developing volitional reading habits and enjoyment. FREE webinar with the marvellous @englishassociation.bsky.social
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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We are privileged to have @funkypedagogy.bsky.social as our special guest! 👇 @myf1990.bsky.social @xris32.bsky.social
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A new post from me on writing - part one: This is based on my talk from the LitDrive conference last month. #EduSky #UKTeachers #UKEd #EnglishTeachers #TeamEnglish funkypedagogy.com/a-writing-cu...
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A Writing Curriculum (Part 1) | Funky Pedagogy
Latest A Writing Curriculum (Part 1) blog post from funkypedagogy, serving up a fresh slice of news on all things education!
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Sam Evans @samevans.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The OUP team are at the @litdrive.bsky.social conference today! Come and say hi to Katie & Alex to check out #Rollercoasters plus #OxfordRevise English Language & NEW English Literature revision guides! 👋📚 #TeamEnglish #LitdriveCPD25 @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @lyndsaybawden.bsky.social
OUP team members on the stand at LitDrive National Conference, with a display of resources including Oxford Revise English Language and English Literature revision guides, plus Rollercoasters for KS3 reading.
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Amjad Ali @trythisteaching.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
You can purchase the entire series via the link below. @funkypedagogy.bsky.social
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Gemma H @gemmamh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
11. Highly readable and very useful. Will be passing to colleagues at school! Thank you @funkypedagogy.bsky.social
The Metacognition Handbook by Jennifer Webb
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Madeleine F-B @mxfb.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.” ― Carol Ann Duffy Perfect stimulus for a y13 essay planning lesson on that very topic (intense emotions). 🍎🎓📚
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Gemma H @gemmamh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Excited to get stuck in to this by @funkypedagogy.bsky.social this weekend
The Metacognition handbook book cover by Jennifer Webb. Described as a Practical Guide for School Leaders
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Teacher’s Manual @unofficialoa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This episode’s guest on The (Un)official Teacher’s Manual Podcast is Assistant Principal and best-selling education author, Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social Here Jennifer offers 5 tips to motivate reluctant writers: open.spotify.com/episode/5r6p...
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5 Tips to Motivate Reluctant Writers - Jennifer Webb
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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
@xris32.bsky.social @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @myf1990.bsky.social
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Recorded a while ago, but I really enjoyed talking to Omar about writing 😁
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Do you want to develop your KS3 curriculum? I’m running my ‘Crafting Curriculum’ course again in March and April. My courses are always more practical than theoretical, and deal with the reality of working in schools. Join us live or just get the recording: funkypedagogy.com/product/craf...
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Crafting KS3 Curriculum 2025 | Funky Pedagogy
Do you want to develop your KS3 curriculum? In this course, Jenny will support you to: Audit what you already have in place and identify where to make tweaks and changes. Map writing skills and op...
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I felt extremely proud to represent Carlton Academy Trust at the @innerdrive.bsky.social T&L Summit today - it felt good to take a bit of Bradford down to Eton College and share our work with colleagues across the sector. Thanks so much @bradleybusch.bsky.social and team! #EduSky #UKTeaching
A lecture hall with leather rising seats. It is full of teachers - Jennifer Webb is giving a talk from the centre - her slides are projected on a large screen behind her.
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T and Teaching Podcast @tandteaching.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
@funkypedagogy.bsky.social talking about effective CPD and how using internal expertise is often the best solution to a problem
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CEO at TTCT @ttctceo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Amazing session from brilliant @funkypedagogy.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone who joined us this evening.
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Amjad Ali @trythisteaching.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Looking forward to delivering the THIRD in our series on Writing and SEND in the English classroom with the incomparable @funkypedagogy.bsky.social this evening! You can still get tickets and access the recordings from the sessions you’ve missed from here- funkypedagogy.com/product/writ...
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Writing and SEND in the English Classroom | Funky Pedagogy
This course is co-designed and delivered by Jennifer Webb and Amjad Ali. Why is writing so hard? What can we do about it? How can we help students to write MORE and write BETTER? How can we build u...
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Lexonic @lexonicliteracy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
@funkypedagogy.bsky.social has been inspirational in leading the ambitious reading strategy at Carlton Academy Trust. We are incredibly proud that Lexonik Leap has enabled the Trust's weakest readers to see an average turnaround progress of 25 months in just four months. lexonik.co.uk #EduSky
25 months* progress in 4 months
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Laura Senior @laurasenior.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
It’s not too late to sign up for this FREE event with @funkypedagogy.bsky.social on The Writing Cycle 6th Feb 4-5pm. Sign up here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7a6434... @shirley01756.bsky.social @nikkisullivan.bsky.social @jgprofdev.bsky.social
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Andy McHugh @andymchugh.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’d love to chat with some Heads of RE about timetabling and staffing of RE (and PSHE). Comment below or DM if you have 5 mins to spare! Thanks 😊 #rechatuk #UKEd #EduSky
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Madeleine F-B @mxfb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Ah, thanks, CAD. #teacher #EdSky #UKTeaching #UKEd #Poetry 🍎🎓
A poem called teacher by Carol Ann Duffy 

Teacher 

When you teach me, 

your hands bless the air 

where chalk dust sparkles. 

And when you talk, 

the six wives of Henry VIII 

stand in the room like bridesmaids, 

or the Nile drifts past the classroom window, 

the Pyramids baking like giant cakes 

on the playing fields. 

You teach with your voice, 

so a tiger prowls from a poem 

and pads between desks, black and gold 

in the shadow and sunlight, 

or the golden apples of the sun drop 

from a branch in my mind’s eye. 

I bow my head again 

to this tattered, doodled book 

and learn what love is. 

Carol Ann Duffy
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ALi @felaheen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🌟 We are thrilled to announce the official formation of Senraise – a service designed to empower children and young people by providing holistic, tailored support that ensures they receive the education they deserve. Visit senraise.co.uk @senraise.bsky.social
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Characteristically thought provoking blog from @greeborunner.bsky.social 👌
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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
*** NEW POST *** When talking about education, do we just jump to the end? @greeborunner.bsky.social asks that we give the full picture... wp.me/p7mhqT-OC
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Now draw the owl
This meme became famous a few years ago in my circles. It is an amusing idea that takes to extremes some of the issues we have all encountered with instruction. Often we are given some very precise…
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I’m so excited for this! FREE CPD for anyone who wants to hear about approaches to writing!
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Nikki Sullivan @nikkisullivan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Don’t miss out on this FREE CPD event with the amazing @funkypedagogy.bsky.social 6th Feb, 4-5pm events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7a6434... @laurasenior.bsky.social
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Thinking Reading @thinkreadhq.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Reading problems in secondary school create a complex web of consequences for mental health, confidence and self-esteem – as well as limiting academic progress. Read more in our book. Link to our book: (Amazon): ow.ly/lyeX50R2ol9 #EduSky #UKEd
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Thinking Reading: What every secondary teacher needs to know about reading: Amazon.co.uk: James Murphy, Dianne Murphy: 9781911382683: Books
Buy Thinking Reading: What every secondary teacher needs to know about reading by James Murphy, Dianne Murphy (ISBN: 9781911382683) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on e...
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Brett Handley @physicsmrh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
#UKEd
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James Handscombe @jameshandscombe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
What’s that you ask for? An assembly? One with an uplifting but focused message for exam groups, challenging the tendency to dwell in dreamland, littered with late 20th century pop references and bookended with Shakespearean exegesis? I have just the thing: james-handscombe.co.uk/ambition/dre...
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Dreams | james-handscombe.co.uk
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Isaac @isaacmoore7.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
Does anyone teach GCSE Spanish please? Please RT #UKEd #EduSky #UKTeachers
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Dr Haili Hughes @hugheshaili.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Listen to the first episode of 'Sitting in the Chair' on Spotify. Find out about the reality of headship from Mark Tilling in Hartlepool - this series is going to be amazing and illuminating. RT welcome! open.spotify.com/episode/2rlP... Sponsored by @innerdrive.bsky.social
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Series 1, Episode 1: Mark Tilling in Hartlepool
Sitting in the Chair · Episode
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InnerDrive @innerdrive.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Feeling burnt out? 🤯 Our Cognitive Load Theory workshop can help you ditch the cognitive overload & design lessons that ACTUALLY stick! Enquire here: bit.ly/4eFlpJ3
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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
One of my favourite things about Bluesky is how many photos of beautiful home-made Yorkshire puddings I see on my timeline on Sundays. This sort of wholesome joy soothes my soul 🥰
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Bethan Grace Thomas @mrsbgteach.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Being sofa bound with a cough this weekend can only mean good things for my resource bank! This and some AIC Act 2 quotation drills coming soon! #edusky #teamenglish #kinglear #eduwales #wjec #alevel #englishlit
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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Understand your pupils Create genuine relationships Prioritise predictability Be skilled in scaffolding Seek support 5 essential skills for teaching a variety of SEND needs, shared by SENDCo @kirstysimkin.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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5 essential skills for teaching a variety of SEND needs
With around five pupils in the average classroom having a diagnosed SEND, ensuring that we cater to all is more important than ever, writes Sendco Kirsty Simkin
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