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Louise Murphy

@lkm-eng.bsky.social
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Head of English; literacy lead; big fan of napping, travel and libraries

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Matt Lynch @matt-lynch.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
NEW* for June 2026 onwards: AQA Lang P1 specimen papers and accompanying PPT slide decks. I’ll add to this folder as I update them. Includes: ✅ Enduring Love ✅ Hound of the Baskervilles ✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping ✅To Kill a Mockingbird Help yourself 😊 www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...
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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
1/ Scaffolds in learning are not optional. Cognitive science shows novices benefit from modelling, retrieval, worked examples & clear structure. Without them, knowledge slips away before it’s secure. (Keep reading for the BUT...)👇
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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Managing behaviour can be a source of huge anxiety for teachers, but Mark Roberts has 5 tips you can rely on to create successful learning environments
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Behaviour: 5 ways to tackle common classroom issues
Behaviour management can be complex, but subtle communication changes in common classroom scenarios can take away anxiety and create successful learning environments, argues Mark Roberts
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
@mrsspalding.bsky.social @funkypedagogy.bsky.social @xris32.bsky.social @engteacherabro2.bsky.social please could you share this? Am keen to connect with schools already using reciprocal reader 😊 thanks!
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Do you use #reciprocalreader in your school? We are implementing it next academic year and would love to connect with some more schools who already use it! #literacy
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Do you use #reciprocalreader in your school? We are implementing it next academic year and would love to connect with some more schools who already use it! #literacy
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VHAbrainwitch @vhabrainwitch.altgov.info · 05/05/2025
Finally! Enough pollen off the car to apply the second generation of this bumper sticker. #MaytheFourthBeWithYou #AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
Princess Leia pictured with blaster pistol. Phrase reads “Well behaved women rarely defeat empires.”
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
@contesi.bsky.social hello! I hope you don’t mind me contacting you directly but I am really interested in reading your thesis but can’t find a copy online. Would you mind sharing a copy with me please?
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We want the government to change law in relation to the death of a child by suicide. We think that all inquests involving these children should be conducted privately - please sign & share! media.https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/714260
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Petition: Require inquests into the death of a child by suicide to be private
We want the government to change law in relation to the death of a child by suicide. We think that all inquests involving these children should be conducted privately, shielded from the public and the...
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Stuart Pryke @spryke2.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Here are some revision lessons on language and literature I’ve made for the 2025 run up to exams. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! Help yourselves 👍🏻 www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/s9x6l...
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
‘Why making reading easier may be a bad choice’ - my piece via @tesmagazine.bsky.social “It is helpful to consider the Goldilocks principle when it comes to reading in class. If it is too easy, it is just as likely to bore pupils as it is to make them more engaged.” www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Why making reading easier may be a bad choice
There are myriad ways to simplify reading, from AI summaries to shortened sentences, but we may be making life hard for pupils in the long run, writes Alex Quigley
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Ohhh Charlotte #traitors
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ALT: a woman sitting on a couch with the words karma is real on the bottom
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
English teachers! What advice would you give your former self before teaching a Shakespeare play for the first time? @englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @teamenglish1.bsky.social @litdrive.bsky.social
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We are reviewing our provision for our weakest readers in school. What programmes / approaches do you currently use? Please RT for a wider audience. Thanks in advance! #literacy
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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
READING RECOMMENDATIONS TERM 2: This term's version of reading recommendations. Follow the link and click to download. Includes: @kmlarwood @kwamealexander Katya Balen @MrEagletonIan learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2024/06/read...
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Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Not sure why, but tonight I looked back at a piece I wrote some 20 or more years ago - a tribute to English teachers. It's all a bit 'Dead Poets Society', I suppose, but also, perhaps, a reminder of why English as a subject matters. And why its teachers do. www.geoffbarton.co.uk/files/englis...
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
#libraries
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
English HODs - do you offer Step up to English or Functional Skills? If so, please can I pick your brains on how it runs alongside GCSE lit & Lang? @litdrive.bsky.social @teamenglish1.bsky.social @mrsspalding.bsky.social @xris32.bsky.social please RT for a wider audience. Thanks in advance!
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
The revolution starts now
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Dr James Shea @englishspecial.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
'Big Listen' respondents' searing 🔥 criticism of Ofsted begs the questions: how did things harm so many, get so bad, for so long, with no self-awareness and such entrenched hubris? Further findings here www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
This @tes timeline for OFSTED changes is really helpful.
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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
@beckyfrancis.bsky.social writes exclusively for @tesmagazine.bsky.social detailing what she and her panel will - and will not - be looking at in the curriculum and assessment review This is commendable transparency and a very useful outline from Becky. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Becky Francis: what the curriculum and assessment review will and won't do
Writing exclusively for Tes, Professor Becky Francis explains how she will approach leading the curriculum and assessment review
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Louise Murphy @lkm-eng.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
We have a new department office! Our last one was tiny…. Any tips or suggestions to utilise the space? Want it to be a space to work and collaborate. Any / all ideas very much welcomed!!
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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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