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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

And so it begins: I wonder why they’re out at night? I wonder why the goblin is sad? I wonder why they’re not on the Saltmarsh? I wonder why there are beads and shells? I wonder why they’re not in the picture? Tbh they noticed more than the ITT students did haha! @openingdoors.bsky.social

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Oh it’s amazing. I’ve given lectures at university for ITTs and I always read this to them to show how you can elevate a poem from a read to a performance.

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

NYMPH! NYMPH! WHAT ARE YOUR BEADS? I flipping love it. We’re being ambitious as they’re Year 1 but it’s such a beautiful poem to act out with character voices and we’re going to create some water colour art of their own Saltmarsh. I wonder which characters will be overhead on theirs?

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Art week? Linked to a brilliant text? Lots of oracy? Let’s go overhear what’s happening on that salt marsh…

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It’s beautiful! We had the excellent Patrice Baldwin come in to work with us last year and she took us to Story Land. This would be absolutely perfect to have alongside that sort of visit. Poems we know, poems we’re writing now and poems waiting to be written so they can have wings to fly.

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’ll post some more when have it. I’ve been off a half term with a poorly knee so just getting back into things!

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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A very exciting step forward for #openingdoors 👇👇👇

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’ve not been this excited about a book since the epic that was Lost Words.

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Oh my days this looks amazing. Alas I have to collect my son from school so need to leave my school by 5pm. Is it recorded so I can geek out at leisure in my own time?

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Bob, please don’t encourage me to spend more money on books…nah. Recommend away! 🥰

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Ooooh. I’m having complete Patrice Baldwin storyland vibes here now. In the underwater kingdom of wine I can see…

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Oh this is flipping amazing. Purchased and about to enjoy a glass of wine and a read through. Thank you for being so fantastic!

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Julie Sargent @juliesargent.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I very much enjoyed creating this. Language, vocabulary and imaginary play are at the heart of this new unit. @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social @juliangrenier.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @justimaginecentre.bsky.social

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Picture the scene. End of term. Year 1. Tired, hot, grumpy. Graveyard shift 2.30-3.00. Print ‘make your own book’ templates. The ENTIRE CLASS sit and write and illustrate. No stress, no “I can’t” they write and it’s bloody fantastic. I love my job. 🥰

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I have to keep pinching myself. After so many years of crap that it’s not supposed to be difficult.

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We’ve not paid a fee yet. Amazing. Can’t wait for the “big” signings as what we have already is completely amazing! 💙🤍💙 #bcfc

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Oooh I love some Kafka. The difference in discussion between first and second image is brilliant. Thank you for drilling in so deeply as my teacher brain is frazzled sometimes and I forget to dig a bit deeper sometimes!

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The amazing Patrice Baldwin came in to my school today to deliver a training day on using thought, oracy, and drama for writing and it was superb. Any of my educolleagues after a decent inset then I heartily recommend her work! www.patricebaldwin.net

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Patrice Baldwin – ‘Drama for Learning’ Trainer, Adviser, Speaker and Writer

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Honestly I could listen to you all day. I’m chomping at the bit already for next year! Thank you for being so inspiring!

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Wembley bound and slightly obsessed with Tom Wagner’s BCFC jacket. 💙🤍💙 #bcfc

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

@openingdoors.bsky.social Using A Power Struggle in Y4 to personify weather in our adapted rags to riches tale.

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Our Y5s are furiously typing up their poems for you!

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It was fabulous, Bob. I’m just so happy to be learning more about high quality literature without a prescriptive scheme. It’s so exciting.

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Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's a privilege to read this review in the 'English 4-11' magazine. Thanks @uklitassociation.bsky.social @natefeed.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Thank you, that’s very kind of you. Our Year 5 teacher was absolutely thrilled with what they came up with!

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

@openingdoors.bsky.social Y5 have been working with The Magnifying Glass. They’re really proud of their efforts as they found writing using imagery really challenging at the start of the year.

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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Up the attendance. Up the project. Up the Stansfield. Up the Blues #bcfc

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Thank you. I’ll share these responses with my class tomorrow! I’m sure they’ll be buzzing! ❤️

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Mrs Top Cat Teacher @mrstopcatteacher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thank you! That is very kind. They really enjoyed their writing unit for this and it was nice to explore both wolf and pig and how they’re portrayed through image, action and word.

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