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Kathrine Mortimore

@kathrine28.bsky.social
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AP for Literacy, English, Media and PD at Torquay Academy. Researched tackling disadvantage through MSt at Cambridge. Author 'Disciplinary Literacy', co-author 'Art of...' series.

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Kathrine Mortimore @kathrine28.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
This book has given me so many ideas for next year. We will be celebrating International Men's Day! @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social @hcat201.bsky.social
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
My website includes regular blogs, my fortnightly newsletter ('the 3Rs') and a range of free resources. In the next few weeks, I'll be sharing new writing on study skills, vocabulary, writing, and lots more stuff! Sign up to stay tuned: alexquigley.co.uk
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Hugh Richards @hughrichards.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Hello #edusky! @richkhistory.bsky.social and I are running this webinar series this autumn… All about teaching disciplinary thinking (‘second order concepts’) in history…. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
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Webinar series: Embracing messiness: teaching disciplinary thinking in history
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HCB @misshburke.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
This hopefully explains it in context 🙂: researchschool.org.uk/huntington/n...
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Case study: The Faster Read programme at Scalby School
Can fast reading novels improve pupils' comprehension? A secondary school case study
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Claire Rohdie @clairerohdie.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
@kathrine28.bsky.social I have just read this which I found really interesting and I now finally understand standardised age scores!
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Mary Myatt @marymyatt.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
New post Humans first, professionals second As we think about how we treat one another at the start of the new year open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
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Humans first, professionals second
Well hello there, and welcome to update #089!
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Kathrine Mortimore @kathrine28.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Here is a folder of literacy resources that might be useful: 📘 library lesson booklets with extracts and creative writing tasks for y7 and 8; 📘 vocabulary template used to create our school dictionary; 📘 literacy strategy; 📘 disciplinary literacy wider reading. drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Literacy Resources - Google Drive
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James Durran @jdurran.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
NEW POST: Disciplinary literacy: a step-by-step guide to reading a challenging text in the classroom. #EduSky #UKEd #UKEDU #UKEducation #HeadteachersUK #teachermentoring #TeacherEducation jamesdurran.blog/2024/08/19/d...
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Disciplinary literacy: reading a challenging text in the classroom
This post unpacks a typical approach to reading a challenging text, in this case in a geography lesson. It also describes a number of practices associated with strong ‘adaptive teaching’. Reading chal...
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Sam Evans @samevans.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
Celebrating the arrival of @helenprince.bsky.social and @kathrine28.bsky.social here on #EduSky by sharing this podcast on disciplinary literacy - the most listened to episode on the Oxford Education Podcast. #UKEd oxfordeducationpodcast.blubrry.net/2022/01/13/2...
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27. Disciplinary literacy in the classroom with Kathrine Mortimore - Oxford Education Podcast
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Excellent blog on reading a complex text (using a geography example) to exemplify a helpful disciplinary literacy approach by @jdurran.bsky.social jamesdurran.blog/2024/08/19/d...
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Disciplinary literacy: reading a challenging text in the classroom
This post unpacks a typical approach to reading a challenging text, in this case in a geography lesson. It also describes a number of practices associated with strong ‘adaptive teaching’. Reading chal...
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Kathrine Mortimore @kathrine28.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Here is a folder of literacy resources that might be useful: 📘 library lesson booklets with extracts and creative writing tasks for y7 and 8; 📘 vocabulary template used to create our school dictionary; 📘 literacy strategy; 📘 disciplinary literacy wider reading. drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Literacy Resources - Google Drive
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