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AHT T&L, languages teacher with a side hustle of PSHE, mother of 2, West Ham fan, 1 cat, 1 husband; lover of sleep, tea and British crime dramas.
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I'm doing a free giveaway to celebrate the publication of my latest book! Like and repost to enter (UK only). Winner announced on Sunday. See the link below to find out more about the book. #freebie #giveaway

submitted 50 days ago • 13 comments

New year, new lanyard pins! #MFLbluesky

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been tasked with carrying out an analysis (of sorts) of our school’s current homework practice, adjusting where needed and relaunching in July/September 2025! Step 1: read this! @drcastelino.bsky.social

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone else still planning their INSET session for the first day back. My session on formative assessment and feedback relies heavily on Dexy’s midnight runners and David Moyes. Am wondering whether there are any other quirky characters appearing in staff inset across the country?

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

🔴 EN DIRECTO | Lotería de Navidad 2024: última hora de ‘El Gordo’ y todos los premios del sorteo

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

#newtoSLTchat (1) So… I gave my personal leadership principles a lot of thought before starting the role. I bore it down to three key things: presence, boundaries and development. After the first couple of weeks, I rehashed them into 3 Ps, professionalism, presence and progress. I’m not a big fan

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

It was a privilege to be part of Pearson’s Speaking Your Language Podcast series. There are currently 7 epsisodes in the series. Mine is Episode 1 where I talk about motivation and engagement in the languages classroom. Check them out. www.pearson.com/en-gb/school...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I’m leading a training session in January on an evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning. I want to recommend people to engage with online or who provide snippets to your inbox. Any recommendations would be much appreciated to broaden beyond my few faves.

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I’ve got 6 copies of Code Name Kingfisher to give away to one lucky winner. Simply repost this and make sure you’re following me. I’ll choose one lucky winner at random on Sunday 1st of December.

submitted 96 days ago • 7 comments

So this is my, soon to be, 4 year old daughter at the open morning at our local village primary school. I’ve been more excited than her about this. I’m not sure if it’s a teacher thing but I can’t wait to see how her school journey goes. She’s a total darling and I couldn’t wait for the staff to…

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

‼️ 🔔 Competition Want to win a copy of my book Is Leadership A Race? Repost this post Winner announced Sunday at 10pm

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment